Join Maranda for the 2009 Priority Health Baby Walk, a benefit for Tomorrow’s Child – Michigan SIDS. The event takes place at Celery Flats in Portage on Sunday, October 4! Bring the family out and walk to remember lives and to keep babies healthy and safe. For more information visit www.mibabywalks.org.
This weekend we’re celebrating creativity with ArtPrize! Here is a glimpse of what you can expect if heading downtown with your family.
This weekend’s show is an insiders look at ArtPrize, the world’s largest art competition taking place in Grand Rapids. Now through Saturday, October 10, your family can head downtown Grand Rapids to check out amazing art from over 1,200 artist. You’ll see everything from paintings to sculptures and performance art to films.
Make sure to check out www.artprize.org before you go. You’ll find a complete list of artist entries, venues and maps to each location. Bring the whole family and enjoy this one-of-a-kind event celebrating creativity!
All week, the Where You Live crew has been shooting downtown Grand Rapids for our ArtPrize show. Maranda’s been capturing some awesome art and created an ArtPrize photo gallery on her Facebook page. Like what you see? Check out more ArtPrize pics at the link below!
This week on Where You Live, find out simple things you can do to transform your life.
The Grand Rapids Student Advancement Foundation was founded in 1993 and has been working for the last 16 years to make sure all students in Grand Rapids Public Schools have the tools they need to learn. Here are five ways the organization is transforming student’s education.
Literacy: Every library in the Grand Rapids Public Schools has been restocked with new books to meet national standards. This totals 133,333 books!
The Arts: All children in grades 1 through 6 have an enriching community-based arts experience every school year. All students also have the opportunity to participate in band or orchestra with use of a quality instrument.
One thing a lot of people want to transform are their finances. But, where do you begin? Our expert from Fifth Third Bank recommeds doing a one month spending fast. Here’s how to do it.
1. Create a budget for ONLY absolute necessities like bills, groceries and gas. If you already have a grocery budget, stick to your normal numbers.
2. No shopping for clothes or shoes. This will help you learn to make the best use of what you already own and stop buying things that are a “good deal,” but that you don’t really need.
3. No eating out and no gourmet coffees. This will means packing lunches for work and making meals at home each night. Eating out and quick trips to Starbucks are big budget eaters.
Join us as we celebrate the special bond between grandparents and their grandkids!
Here’s an amazing opportunity for children between the ages of 9-18 who have had at least one year of dance training-The Grand Rapids Ballet Company is holding open auditions for its annual holiday favorite “The Nutcracker”. Auditions will be held Saturday, Sept. 19th from 12:30-2:30 p.m. at the Grand Rapids Ballet company’s Meijer-Royce Center for Dance, Sunday, Sept. 20 from 2:00-4:00 at Kathy’s Dance Company in Grandville and Saturday, Sept. 26th from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. at the Ada Dance Academy. A $10 audition/registration fee is due at the time of audition. The whole audition experience can be a great learning opportunity for kids so make the most of it!
As a grandparent, you can have a deep impact on your grandchildren’s financial futures. As soon as your grandchildren can count, you should introduce them to money – what it is and how it works – because observation and repetition are two important ways children learn.
1. Set goals, and encourage your grandkids to reach them. If you know they want a toy, tell them you’ll match what they save – and help them buy it themselves.
2. Open a bank account for them, and contribute to it regularly – even if it’s in small denominations here and there. When they visit, go over the balances and help them set goals on how to spend the money when they’re older. Will this go towards their first car? A college education? A wedding?
3. Start talking about college early, and show them you mean business. Grandparents can open a 529 account for grandkids, or if they already have one contribute to it.
These are three tips to give your grandkids a good financial foundation without breaking the bank!
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