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Foundation grants address proactive pediatric mental health

At its fall grant award celebration in October, the Superior Health Foundation awarded $722,065.93 in proactive pediatric mental health grants to six organizations. Accepting grant awards were the Michigan State University - Department of Pediatrics and Human Development; Upper Peninsula ...

Food bank group reports success

HOUGHTON — The Western Upper Peninsula Food Systems Collaborative invites the public to review their 4th annual report; the report highlights a sampling of area projects taking place last calendar year in support of stronger and healthier local food systems. Community members’ photos ...

SHF adds new member to its board of directors

MARQUETTE — The Superior Health Foundation added a new director to its Upper Peninsula board at its November meeting. Scott Sampeer is a certified financial planner for Northwestern Mutual in Marquette. Sampeer, CFP®, CLU®, ChFC®, has worked for Northwestern Mutual for 16 years, ...

Snowshoe expedition program at PWPL

MARQUETTE — Michael Neiger, of Backcountry Search and Rescue, will present a slide program chronicling his adventures as he and others snowshoed through moose country First Nations Country to Lower Hudson Bay on the Arctic Ocean in 2015. The program is set for 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday in the Community Room at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette.

Shiras Institute gives to YMCA

The Shiras Institute made a $10,000 donation to the YMCA of Marquette. Shown in the photo left to right. Jim Reevs of the Shiras Institute, YMCA CEO Jenna Zdunek and Cheryl Hill of the Shiras Institute. The Shiras institute is a philanthropic endowment created in 1937 by George Shiras III and ...