Stories of Change

Feature Story Left to right: Treasurer, Cathy Lipa, Pat O’Connor and Corresponding Secretary, Jan Zimmer.
Feature Story Volunteers staining a porch at the 2023 Rock the Block event.
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Partner Content A Farmers Market Food Navigator assists shoppers at the Muskegon Farmers Market.
Partner Content A family enjoys jump roping along the Lansing River Trail.

Rec-Connect™ makes fitness fun for everyone


Partner Content A meal at El Azteco West in Lansing. The restaurant partnered with NorthWest Initiative to feature only 100% organic juice with its kids' meals.
Partner Content Bike racks support active living in Grand Traverse County.

Active communities are healthier communities


Partner Content The Greater Flint Health Coalition’s work in gardens grew out of its SNAP-Ed direct education programming like Fresh Conversations and Rec-Connect™, pictured here at Burton Senior Activity Center.

Gardens growing change in Flint


Partner Content Third-grade students at Neinas Dual Language Learning Academy in Detroit trying a yummy fruity roll-up tasting.
Partner Content Participants enjoy BMCC's 13 Moons of Anishinaabe programming.

Bay Mills Community College SNAP-Ed programs inspire healthy living


Partner Content Children enjoy a StoryWalk®.

Dearborn nonprofit forges relationships to inspire healthy living


Partner Content A farm stand at Butzel Family Recreation Center in Detroit, sponsored by Henry Ford Health, Come Play Detroit, and Eastern Market.

Henry Ford Health SNAP-Ed collaborations creating healthy change


Partner Content A father selects fresh-picked radishes at a local farm stand.
Partner Content Families enjoying fresh fruits and vegetables at a local farm stand.
Partner Content Jake Williams, Gleaners Community Food Bank nutrition education manager, and Bridget Brown, director for Gleaners' Food Secure Livingston program, at Shared Harvest Pantry in Howell.

SNAP-Ed inspires healthy eating in Southeast Michigan food pantries


Partner Content Children in the Three Sisters Garden in Buckley.
Partner Content Signage promoting physical activity in Baldwin.
Partner Content Signage promoting physical activity in Baldwin.
Partner Content Students participate in an Apple Crunch Fall Festival facilitated by Traverse City Area Public Schools.
Partner Content Students at Flint's Brownell STEM Academy participate in MI Apple Crunch Day.