SHELBY – The Community Foundation for Muskegon County announced it has been awarded a grant of $315,000 from the Michigan Health Endowment Fund (MHEF) to support initiatives that will improve access to and consumption of healthy food for children and seniors in Muskegon, Oceana, Mason and Manistee counties. Funds allocated for competitive grantmaking in Oceana, based on population size, will…
Cherry Hill Supermarket in Shelby and Gale’s IGA in Hart are making strides to help grocery shoppers locate healthier foods, with guidance from the Healthy Families of Oceana County coalition (HFOC). In January, members of the HFOC coalition set-up new shelf labels at Cherry Hill Supermarket that identify healthy foods throughout the grocery store, such as fresh fruits and vegetables,…
MEARS — The next meeting of the Women Who Care of Oceana County (WWC) is Tuesday, March 1, from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Open Hearth Grille. At the group’s last meeting Dec. 1, Choices West Counseling Services, Inc, a substance abuse treatment center in Hart, was chosen to receive personal checks from each WWC member totaling $14,000. The center…
HART — Spitler Elementary students this spring will have the unique opportunity to walk with heroes — not the cliché caped crusaders or masked marvels from comic books, but the real everyday heroes who work tirelessly to make our community a better place to live. Local veterans, law enforcement, emergency medical personnel, firefighters, and other public servants will be encouraged…
Contributed by Ron Beeber. PENTWATER — The importance of bolstering student interest in the fields of science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics — STEAM — was the subject of a program for the Pentwater Service Club, Feb. 4. Aaron Myers, of the Michigan State University Extension office in Scottville, discussed the “4-H Tech Wizards” program that’s being introduced in…
.jpg)
