5 Nonprofits To Get Behind In The Grand Rapids Area

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Nonprofit groups are keystone community organizations in the Grand Rapids area. Fortunately, there is no shortage of organizations to volunteer or get behind financially, and that need your help.

Here are five outstanding nonprofit groups you should know about in the Grand Rapids area:

• American Heart Association-Midwest Affiliate - The organization helps fight heart disease and stroke, as well as helping families and communities thrive.
• Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park - The organization promotes the enjoyment, understanding, and appreciation of gardens, sculpture, the natural environment, and the arts.
• Grand Rapids Art Museum - The organization looks to provide a gathering place where people of all ages and backgrounds can enrich their lives through interaction with authentic works of art of the finest quality in a thought-provoking and creative way.
• Neighborhood Wetlands Monitors - The organization selects vulnerable and accessible unprotected wetlands; educate owners of the many irreplaceable qualities and values of wetlands; inventory such wetlands for their individual diversity and maintain such records; monitor such wetlands for any and all potential disturbances; and educate the public.
• School-To-Career-Progressions - The organization equip students and their families with the skills to overcome the barriers of poverty by preparing students to be successful in school the workforce.

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