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West End groups announce Fall Programmatic Grant Awardees

(ISHPEMING, MI) – The West End Health Foundation has announced the recipients of its 2022 Fall Programmatic Grant Cycle. Seven organizations will share in a total of $30,000 in grants.

Thomas Edmark, President of the West End Health Foundation, says the grants provide funding to organizations that “advance health and wellness initiatives through programs and services in western Marquette County.”

Organizations receiving grants include, Cancer Care of Marquette County, Girl Scouts of the Northwestern Great Lakes, Greater Ishpeming Commission on Aging, Ishpeming-Negaunee-NICE Community Education Division, Superior Shore Systems Inc., and the Women’s Center Inc.

The foundation also awarded $16,974 to the Marquette County Cares Coalition from the 2022 Golf Outing event partnership, and $24,236 to Start the Cycle for the 2022 Bike Raffle.

The grants were announced at a Business After Hours November 9th at the Hygge Center in Ishpeming.

Hans Ahlström is the host of several programs including the daily musical variety show Weekday, the mostly straight ahead jazz show Night Studio, the self explanatory Blues Today, and the eclectic Sound Spectrum. You can also hear Hans as the local host of NPR's All Things Considered news magazine. He also helps manage Public Radio 90's web content, interviews local and visiting writers and artists, works with NMU student interns, and writes the occasional news story.