Category: In the News
WMPC’s Asian American Anti-Racist Statement
On March 16, 2021, eight people were killed at three different spas in Georgia. WMPC mourns with our community as we navigate through our anger, disbelief, and grief at the loss of Delaina Ashley Yaun, Xiaojie Tan, Daoyou Feng, Paul Andre Michels, Hyun Jung Grant, Soon C. Park, Suncha Kim, and Yong A. Yue. We are devastated by these fatal shooting, especially amid increasing incidences of violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders across the U.S. Officials are still investigating the motivation behind the shooting; It is hard to extricate race from this horrific incident of the eight individuals who…
WZZM 13 – Kent County foster families to receive free meals for Valentine’s Day
Grand Rapids Business Journal covers Foster Kent Kids’ Fall in Love with Foster Care
Foster Kent Kids with WGVU’s Shelley Irwin on Fall in Love with Foster Care
Foster Kent Kids partnership to provide over 100 meals to foster families on Valentine’s Day
Fox 17 covers Ready by Five Childhood Millage funds received by WMPC
Kent County’s tax-funded early childhood program to help parents navigate foster care system- MLive
WMPC secures funding for new Parent Engagement Program through the Ready by Five Childhood Millage
Christmas ornaments hang in local GR businesses to support Foster Kent Kids
WMPC’s Asian American Anti-Racist Statement
On March 16, 2021, eight people were killed at three different spas in Georgia. WMPC mourns with our community as we navigate through our anger, disbelief, and grief at the loss of Delaina Ashley Yaun, Xiaojie Tan, Daoyou Feng, Paul Andre Michels, Hyun Jung Grant, Soon C. Park, Suncha Kim, and Yong A. Yue. We are devastated by these fatal shooting, especially amid increasing incidences of violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders across the U.S. Officials are still investigating the motivation behind the shooting; It is hard to extricate race from this horrific incident of the eight individuals who…