Summer Breeze Productions combines fellowship, entrepreneurship, civic engagement, and service while creating elegant events that uplift Greater Lansing. Courtesy Photo: (L to R) Michelle Williams Miles, Fonda Brewer, Miranda Burton-Hinton, and DJ Jazzy J, the phenomenal team behind Summer Breeze Productions. When Fonda Brewer organizes an event, the music, atmosphere, and fashion are important parts of the experience. However, the impact that remains after the final song is

Colonel James Stokes reflects on the lives lost, the courage shown and the enduring duty to remember September 11, 2001, on its 25th anniversary.

Army veteran Richard Ochoa continues a 25-year legacy of service by helping Michigan veterans connect with resources through his work at the Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency.

Courtesy Photo: Left to right: MVH nurse Susannah LaCombe, Army veteran Todd Codd, MVAA director Terry Sabo and Navy veteran Gerry Bathurst. LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency (MVAA) director Terry J. Sabo and deputy director Todd Butler spent four days in the western Upper Peninsula (UP) meeting directly with veterans and the organizations that serve them, reinforcing the agency’s commitment to bringing veteran services and resources into communities across Mi

LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency (MVAA) has launched their new “Talk to Your” campaign, an initiative encouraging Michigan residents to have conversations with the veterans in their lives about various aspects of life after service. The campaign aims to motivate family and friends to reach out to their veterans about their military experiences, the benefits they earned from their service and their mental health. “When veterans are able to talk to loved o

Nonprofit to expand its thrift enterprise to live sell clothing and accessories to create community while increasing revenue to help fund essential programs for veterans, seniors, and families SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (July 1, 2026) – VOA Michigan (formerly Volunteers of America Michigan) today announced the launch of its new MI Thrift by VOA Michigan showroom on Whatnot, a popular, fast-growing livestreaming e-commerce app founded in 2019. The new revenue-producing enterprise will

LANSING, Mich. – City and county officials will come together on April 3 for “Mayor and County Recognition Day for National Service” to celebrate Ingham County’s national service members who contribute thousands of hours of service annually. The event will be hosted by the Ingham County Health Department’s AmeriCorps programs at First Presbyterian Church located at 510 W. Ottawa in Lansing at 2 p.m. Brian Calley, Lt. Governor of Michigan, Ginna Holmes, Executive Director of