Connecting with Community Awards

WOOD TV8 and our Community Parnters are pleased to honor all of the collaborations nominated for their efforts to bring people together to solve problems and make our community stronger.  With so many remarkable entries, it was very difficult for our selection committee to narrow down the list and come up with eight finalists.  Each of the finalists will be featured in an upcoming Connecting With Community segment with Eva Aguirre Cooper during 24 Hour News8 and on line.

All those nominated will be honored at the Connecting With Community Awards Celebration on January 22, 2009 at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids.  At that time, the first Connecting With Community Award winner will be chosen from the finalists.  Below is a list of nominees and finalists for this awards.  Congratulations to all for your outstanding efforts to make West Michigan a better place to live for all of us.

Nominees:

• Women's Enrichment Forum, Inc.
• American Cancer Society's Cattle Baron's Ball
• Perrigo Company & Allegan Area Educational Service Center
• Women's Resource Center Working Women's Clothes Closet & Flagstar Bank
• West Michigan Potter's Guild & God's Kitchen's Soup's On For All
• Harbor Industires, Inc. & United Way of Greater Ottawa County
• MSU Club of West Michigan & The Grand Rapids Advancement Foundation
• Haworth Corportation & Allegan County Area Technical & Education Center

Finalists:

• Advanced Eyecare Professionals Community Eyecare Day
• Uptown Collaborative Partners
• T.E.A.M. 21 - Teach, Enrich, Achieve, Move
• Stepping Stones In Home Recreation Therapy
• E.S.C.A.P.E., Inc. Fire Safety For Kids
• WECO - Wyoming Employees Community Outreach
• Kent School Services Network
• Hospice of Michigan "Except for Six"