In 2014, at only 30 years old, Charlasa Dean suffered a massive stroke, followed by a heart attack. Doctors weren’t sure if she would live. After a 90-day hospital stay that included a medically-induced coma, they told her mother, Doris, that Charlasa would likely never walk or talk on her own again. All Doris could […]
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When they learned a big community center was coming to their neighborhood, Harmony and Samantha Clark were a bit nervous. “We were worried it was going to take away our sledding hill!” Harmony said. But as the oldest of seven Clark children, they soon learned not only was their favorite sledding spot safe, but the
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Emma Clevenger started knitting at the Kroc Center a little more than a year ago. Her needles are wooden dowels that she honed with a pencil sharpener; her yarn is made of plastic from grocery bags. Her project is making portable mats for the homeless so they don’t have to sleep on the ground. “I
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2020 marks the fourth year the Kroc Center has been able to partner with Grand Rapids Public Schools to teach basic swim lessons to second-grade students. The program started with Brookside Elementary in 2017, then grew to three schools in 2018, and four schools in 2019. Last spring, 225 total students participated from Brookside, Burton,
UPCOMING JULY CHANGES: We are in the process of finalizing plans for how Kroc Center guidelines, processes, and activities will change as most of the state’s COVID restrictions are dropped as of June 22 (we may choose to start making changes then, but we will not adjust the recreation schedule until July 1). Some of the
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