People Doing Good

Officer Lake with the Grand Rapids Police Department is reminding us all once again that life is bigger than just ourselves.

People Doing Good doesn’t get any better than this story from MLive about two young boys that wanted to give back!

Here’s a People Doing Good courtesy of WOODTV, It happened back on the 5th of July, in Muskegon, but we’re just now hearing about it.  It’s a story about 3 and a half-year-old Ezra, who ended up saving his mom’s life, while still following the rules...

This is a great story and a great reminder. I came across a post by Bruce Steffke in the We Are Westsiders Facebook group about an act of compassion he witnessed to at the Meijer gas station on Kalamazoo Ave, just south of 28th Street. It happened just after noon on Monday, Bruce was at the Meijer station when he noticed a walker next to the back of a GRPD vehicle...

I say it a lot, we’re all in this together; which is why I love finding stories of “People Doing Good”. Today’s goodness comes from Ionia, where Holli Skibinski saw what looks like possibly a snapping turtle crossing Steele Street yesterday...

Man, I love People Doing Good stories.   It’s a chance to be reminded that world is bigger than just you.  It’s also a chance to see the positive side of the world. This story is going to hit you in the feels. You see life’s been tough for Mohammed, 17, and Noor, 6, since their mom and dad got divorced...

Ok, heads up, this will probably make you cry, but good tears! Back in October, right before the high school basketball season started, Caledonia junior Macayla Kohn was killed in a car accident.  This was a big blow to her teammates and the other students at Caledonia High...

Lately, negativity and fighting has been the main story and conversation, which is why I keep trying to find these stories. The other day, Ionia DPS Officer Chad Jones stopped a car that he spotted speeding along. Tara Smus was like most of us, completely absorbed in the events of our day...

This is a cool story.  A lot of times when you lose something, you assume it’s gone for good. Well, last week Ionia Department of Public Safety was contacted by a lady who lived in San Diego, CA.  She had found this Ionia Fire Fighter badge buried in the yard of a house she used to own and she wanted to get it back to it’s rightful owner...

Since I’ve moved to Grand Rapids, I’ve been very impressed with the level of courtesy and professionalism of the Grand Rapids Police Department.  While other departments are knee deep in controversy, our police department seems to really be trying to be active in community policing and being a great role model for our younger residents, rather than just an intimidating factor...

Kids these days… are doing a lot more than we were at their age!

April of last year, Dan Price, CEO of Gravity Payments, made big waves when announced he was raising the minimum pay rate of all his employees to $70,000.  A lot of people said his company would take a hit; some CEOs expressed disappointment in him, because he was making them look bad...