1. An impressive achievement at Cedar Trails Elementary in Cedar Springs. The students there set a new benchmark for the Kids Heart Challenge - raising more than $22,000 for the American Heart Association.
More than 5,000 schools across the Midwest participated, the average fundraising amount was just over $5,000. To celebrate, the students at Cedar Trails were able to slime their principals and get a special glow dance party on Wednesday. Congrats to them!
A Grand Rapids nonprofit is introducing an addiction recovery program for women.
2. Guiding Light has acquired a new home in downtown Grand Rapids, which will house the women participating in the program.
Organizers expect the first residents — up to 11 women, in addition to a house manager — to move in this summer.
The nonprofit is also working with Aquinas College to provide a location for off-site programming on weekdays.
Guiding Light first began offering services to women last year, with the establishment of two sober-living transitional homes. The nonprofit says they have been operating at full capacity.
3. Muskegon is honoring the artistic talents of young people in the community during Expressions - an exhibit featuring k-12 students.
Now in its 42nd year, Expressions has nearly 240 works in a variety of media from 38 schools across the county.
Art teachers from each of the schools carefully selected the featured pieces that will be a part of the exhibition at the Muskegon Museum of Art.
It opens next week, Thursday, and will be on display through May 19.
4. Where does milk come from? It's a question that not everyone has the answer to. That's why Ottawa County Farm Bureau hosted Project Red — or Rural Education Day.
More than 200 students were able to see local agriculture in action at Zeeland's Visser Farms.
Students rotated through stations, getting an up-close look at blueberry harvesting equipment, seeing how produce is washed and preserved before heading to a grocery store, and of course, they got to see some cute animals.
Learn more about the program by going to facebook.com/ottawacountyfarmbureau.
5. Need something to keep those littles busy over the summer - Kellogg Community College has more than 60-day camps that will educate and engage children from 5 to 18.
From baking to art, science, sports, theatre, and even career camps. There is online registration and if you get in by April 15, with a special code (ebsu24) you get ten percent off tuition.
There are also scholarships available for the stem camps and let's build a puppet camp. Head to kellogg.edu/youth for all the details.
