🌱 Tidal Waves Toy Drive + Jaume Plensa​ + Cookies With A Cause

Happy Tuesday, neighbors! Let's get you all caught up on what's happening locally to start today off on an informed note.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and not as cold. High: 42 Low: 29.

Here are the top stories today in Grand Rapids:

1. A sculpture by world-renowned Spanish artist Jaume Plensa has been installed in downtown Grand Rapids. The installation of the 16-foot-tall, stainless-steel sculpture “The Four Elements” was completed on Friday at the northeast corner of Monroe Avenue NW and Lyon Street NW. The 5,400-pound sculpture, constructed in Spain, uses latter characters and element symbols representing air, water, fire, and earth to create a human form, signifying the many different characteristics that bring people together to form a single human race. (Fox17)
2. A local volunteer group hopes to receive 1,000 dozen homemade cookies to donate to the troops. Grand Rapids Cookies with a Cause will be hosting its third annual Cookie Drive for Troops on Dec. 11. The group collects cookie donations from the community and ships them overseas to U.S. military bases. Interested individuals are asked to bake cookies at home and drop them off at one of their pick-up locations in disposable containers labeled with what type of cookie they are. (WZZM13.com)
3. Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park is decked out for the holidays with Christmas trees and 300,000 lights. (News/Talk 94.9 WSJM)
4. Grand Rapids Tidal Waves, an all women's tackle football league, will be hosting their toy drive for the 5th year. (Fox17)
5. A Korean barbecue and karaoke restaurant, K-ROK Grand Rapids, has opened downtown at 169 Louis Campau Promenade, across the street from Rosa Parks Circle in downtown Grand Rapids. (GR|MAG)

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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.