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Welcome to the Western Michigan University American Humanics Student Association.
Western Michigan University Students Grant $13, 750 to Local Nonprofits!
WMU Students from the Seminar in Nonprofit Leadership class granted $13,750 last week to local nonprofit organizations. Grant funding came from WMU’s School of Public Affairs and Administration and from Campus Compact and Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund in a program called Students4Giving.
Grant recipients include:
- Advocacy Services for Kids-$4,200 for its leadership program for youth struggling with mental health issues
- Kalamazoo Book Arts Center-$2,100 for its summer program where youth write poetry and make a book from scratch
- Kalamazoo County Michigan State University (MSU) Extension-$3,000 for breast pumps for mothers whose babies are vulnerable
- Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra-$3,450 for its music education program in public schools
- Michigan Organizing Project-$1,000 to organize for a vote on the City of Kalamazoo’s homelessness fund
About AHSA at WMU
Over the past seven years the WMU Nonprofit Leadership Program, a part of the School of Public Affairs and Administration, has graduated and certified 86 nonprofit leaders, given $33,000 to local nonprofits, served 22,500 hours as interns in local and regional nonprofits, done 9,600 hours of service learning associated with classes, and educated 16 local nonprofit professionals.
