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Blog Post

Posted November 15, 2022

Advancing Macomb works to shine the spotlight on Macomb County-based nonprofit organizations. In this edition, we welcome Zuhair Issa, Co-Founder and Director of Community Affairs of LK St. Clair Soccer.

Categories: Advancing Macomb, Communities, Development and Projects, Nonprofits

Blog Post

Posted November 3, 2022

Providing kids a safe place to grow and play is vital for the health of our communities. When Advancing Macomb learned that an important community center in Mount Clemens had closed because of lack of funding, we went to work. The Cairns Community Center fills an essential gap in the Mount Clemens community as continued disinvestment and shrinking tax bases forced the city to cut back on recreational programming. These cuts put youth sports and recreational activities out of reach for many families.

Categories: Advancing Macomb, Communities, Development and Projects, Nonprofits

Blog Post

Posted August 31, 2022

Advancing Macomb works to shine the spotlight on Macomb County-based nonprofit organizations. In this edition, we welcome Lauren Christilaw, development specialist for The Arc of Macomb County. 

Categories: Advancing Macomb, Communities, Nonprofits

Blog Post

Posted May 11, 2022

Advancing Macomb recently commissioned a study with the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy at Grand Valley State University to better understand the disconnect between philanthropic need and opportunity in Macomb County. The study finds that despite ranking third in population, Macomb County ranks last in metro Detroit and Michigan for the number of charitable nonprofits per GDP.

Categories: Advancing Macomb, Communities, Nonprofits

Blog Post

Posted October 26, 2021

Nonprofits are facing new challenges because of the COVID-19 pandemic while stilling striving to fulfill their roles on the frontlines of our communities. A new project aims to highlight their efforts and document their stories.

Category: Nonprofits

Blog Post

Posted October 26, 2021

Mount Clemens’ Shadyside Park was full of creativity and activity this summer. Advancing Macomb hosted a series of community art sessions in the park to get the community’s creativity engaged while community partners upped the activity. Supported by the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs grant program, the art sessions helped bring arts and crafts into the hands of citizens of Mount Clemens to come together, create, and talk about ways to enhance their community through art.

Categories: Advancing Macomb, Communities, Development and Projects

Blog Post

Posted August 30, 2021

Today, we at Advancing Macomb are proud to relaunch our blog series. This post and those that follow are intended to inform, engage and – we hope – encourage your personal involvement in the success of Macomb County. 

Category: Advancing Macomb

Blog Post

Posted July 27, 2021

Since its beginnings as the East side's first hospital in 1899, Henry Ford Macomb Hospital has been a leader in advancing medicine and partnering with the Macomb County community to improve the health of those we serve. 

Category: Advancing Macomb

Blog Post

Posted July 27, 2021

Advancing Macomb and the Clinton-Macomb Public Library have teamed up to provide access to the Foundation Directory Online (FDO) in Macomb County. FDO by Candid, is the most extensive, up-to-date database of philanthropic giving available.

Category: Advancing Macomb

Blog Post

Posted July 27, 2021

Advancing Macomb was chosen to be one of 13 organizations in the state to partner with the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) to launch the Michigan Community Resilience Program. The MCSC, which utilizes service as a strategy to address the state's most pressing issues and empowers volunteers to strengthen communities, awarded a total of $200,000 in grants among those nonprofits to aid in COVID-19 response and recovery.

Category: Advancing Macomb