To provide advocacy, services and support for all seniors in Shiawassee county to enable them to live independently in their homes with dignity.
To empower and support children and families in reaching their full potential and becoming self-sufficient, saving lives and creating futures through education and shelter services.
To integrate medical education, research, and professional services for the training of medical learners (residents, students, and healthcare personnel).
To maintain an association of philanthropic individuals to raise, receive and administer gifts, endowments and bequests for and to support the goals and objectives of the Sloan Museum and the Longway Planetarium.
To positively influence a healthier community through enhanced philanthropy and collaboration.
To promote and enrich the quality of life for older adults and those who care for them by collaboratively providing meaningful services and opportunities.
To enrich the community through access to library services and cultural opportunities.
We provide $20,000 each year to support hundreds of free programs for children and adults, including programs that focus on early literacy, history, and music, as well as technology classes and author visits. Friends also supports cultural enrichment in Muskegon through the annual Charles H. Hackley Distinguished Lecture in the Humanities.
At the Sylvester Broome Empowerment Village, our mission is to cultivate leadership capacity.
Expressing God’s love by reaching out to the hurting and homeless of the Great Lakes Bay Region by providing shelter and care, proclaiming the Gospel of Christ, and establishing Christian disciples among disadvantaged people.