🌱 NBA Cares Season Of Giving + Remote Treatment For Patients

Morning, Grand Rapids! Let's get you all caught up to start this Saturday, December 4 off on an informed note. Here's everything you need to know in Grand Rapids today.

First, today's weather:

Sun and areas of high clouds. High: 42 Low: 23.

Here are the top stories today in Grand Rapids:

1. Grand Rapids School’s Security Chief Larry Johnson described what active shooter training looks like for GRPS. Johnson, who serves Grand Rapids as Assistant Superintendent, Chief of Staff, and Executive Director of Public Safety & School Security, says the district’s active shooter plan is designed around staying safe for 20 minutes, the time it may take for law enforcement to arrive. One of the most important elements in the GRPS safety program is silence, to make sure the person on the other side of the door that wants to cause harm can’t hear what’s going on inside the room. (WOODTV.com)
2. The Grand Rapids Gold is launching its NBA Cares Season of Giving for the holidays. On Dec. 4, the Gold will partner with University of Michigan Health-West to honor health care workers in Grand Rapids for its Health Care Heroes and Holiday Hats theme night. The Gold will then partner with The Children’s Foundation on Dec. 15 to highlight the Children’s Healing Center, which provides a year-round recreational center for children with weakened immune systems and is supported in part by The Children’s Foundation. (GR|MAG)
3. A new report from the home services website Porch has found that 59% of homes in Grand Rapids sold above the asking price between Jan. and Sept. 2021.(grbj.com)
4. Grand Rapids Public Schools Foundation has announced their new president and chief executive officer as Stephanie Adams. (School News Network)
5. Mercy Health St. Mary’s is offering remote treatment for patients suffering from chronic pain or movement disorders. (grbj.com)

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— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander. She works as a freelance copywriter for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and as an assistant producer for a live-lit storytelling show in Chicago. She holds a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies from The University of Rhode Island. In her free time, you can find her traveling, hiking, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.