Holland Litho Is Giving Back!

current and previous winners

We at Holland Litho would like to share just a bit of our success with those who may need our help. With Giving Back, we select a deserving volunteer or non-profit organization in Michigan and produce up to 10 sets of business cards free of charge (up to 2500 total business cards in any combination, such as 10 sets of 250 each).

For more information, see our Giving Back: information and nomination page.

Current Giving Back Winner:
Ele's Place

Ele's Place gives grieving children, teens, and their families a safe, welcoming place to process loss and find healing through peer support, counseling, and community. Their mission is simple and powerful: make sure no child in Michigan has to grieve alone, with all services provided at no cost thanks to donors and volunteers.

Visit their web page at https://www.elesplace.org/.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Fostering Faith

Fostering Faith brings the hope of Jesus to children in foster care while also providing consistent and reliable respite for foster parents by providing weekly respite care for foster children, giving parents a break while kids enjoy a safe, positive environment with trained volunteers.

Visit their web page at https://wefosterfaith.org.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Growing Hope

Growing food. Growing futures. We're proud to support Growing Hope Globally and their work helping farmers around the world fight hunger with lasting solutions.

Visit their web page at https://www.growinghopeglobally.org.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Valley Field

This nonprofit is working to restore the historic Valley Field ballpark in Grand Rapids, turning it back into a vibrant gathering place for youth sports, concerts, and neighborhood events.

Visit their web page at https://fansofvalleyfield.org.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Calvary Schools

Calvary Schools educates students ranging in age from junior kindergarten to 12th grade at 2 locations. Calvary Schools employs a model of education based on English educator Charlotte Mason.

Visit their web page at https://calvaryschoolsholland.org.

The Equest Center for Therapeutic Riding improves quality of life through equine-based therapy to physically, mentally and socially/emotionally challenged individuals. Their unique program integrates academic, social and physical skills, using the horse as a catalyst.

Visit their web page at https://equestcenter.org.

Previoius Giving Back Winner:
SoBar Recovery Community Center

SoBar creates a welcoming and inclusive community for individuals, and families, in and/or seeking recovery from addiction or substance use and to promote the value of recovery as a positive and transformative experience.

Visit their web page at https://sobarrco.com.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
My House Ministries

My House Ministries provides safe housing and restorative programs for women breaking free from the chains of abuse, addiction and chaos.

Visit their web page at https://myhouseministry.org.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Magic with a Message

Magic with a Message has over 50 years of experience providing church and recovery events.

You can contact them by calling 616-308-7285.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Give Hope RV

Give Hope RV exists to provide foster and adoptive families with a place to get away, go camping and rest FREE of charge. They have four locations, all of which are in Michigan: two locations are in Allegan County and the other two are in Mason County. Families can sign up to stay for a 3-night mid-week or a 2-night weekend during the camping season.

Visit their web page at https://www.givehoperv.com.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
CranHill

Year-round, CranHill provides a unique Christian camp and retreat experience filled with adventure, excitement, and fun.

Visit their web page at https://www.cranhillranch.com.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
The Humanity Share

The Humanity Share works hand in hand with East African communities to break cycles of poverty and build sustainable, equitable futures.

Visit their web page at https://www.thehumanityshare.org.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Mission India

As its name implies, Mission India is solely focused on ministry in the nation of India.

Visit their web page at https://missionindia.org.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Beacon of Hope

Beacon of Hope's mission is to be God's hand offering Christ-centered, inclusive, accessible, and professional mental health counseling.

Visit their web page at https://www.beaconhope.net.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Celebrate Recovery

Celebrate Recovery is a Christ-centered, 12 step recovery program for anyone struggling with hurt, hang-ups, and habits of any kind. Celebrate Recovery is a safe place to find community and freedom from the issues that are controlling our life. .

Visit their web page at https://www.celebraterecovery.com.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Little Eden Camp

Since 1944, Little Eden Camp has been a place where people can come to enjoy time with family, friends and God in a beautiful Northern Michigan setting. Our staff are here to serve you and provide you with a wonderful Christian environment to develop deeper relationships and life-long memories. .

Visit their web page at https://www.littleeden.org.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Building Men for Life

Building Men For Life provides a safe, clean, and healthy environment, free of the influences of substances to begin the recovery process. As recognized members of the NARR, BMFL offers certified recovery coaching and safe recovery residence filled with peer support, with like minded people. .

Visit their web page at https://buildingmenforlife.com.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Workplace Chaplains U.S.

Workplace Chaplains focus on emotional health, spiritual health, wholeness, and well-being of employees.

Visit their web page at http://www.workplacechaplains.us.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Hardee County Animal Countrol

Hardee County Animal Control runs a shelter for pet adoption.

Visit their web page at https://www.hardeecounty.org/departments/animal-control.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Ragamuffin House Ministries

Ragamuffin House's missions is to demonstrate God's love to men needing a fresh start by providing a Christian community-based living environment conducive to building a stable, sober, productive way of life centered on the knowledge of who they are in Christ.

Visit their web page at http://ragamuffinhouse.org/.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Doors of Hope

The Mission at Doors of Hope is to build relationships, remove the barriers of generational poverty and crisis living, and encourage independence.

Visit their web page at https://coahm.org/doors-of-hope/.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Encompass Kids

Encompass Kids's purpose is to change the destiny of the kids and youth of South Africa from the current reality of poverty, abuse, addiction and HIV to one of hope with the expectation for spiritual, emotional, physical, social, academic and economic well-being.

Visit their web page at https://www.encompasskids.org.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Harvest Stand Ministries

For over 20 years, Harvest Stand Ministries has been providing free food, clothing, and resource connection assistance to those in need in the Zeeland community.

Visit their web page at https://harveststandministries.org.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Upward Bound Ministries Zeeland

Upward Bound Ministries oversees Zero Gravity Ministries and One Way Ministries. Its mission is to give a clear presentation of the gospel of Jesus Christ to the students of Zeeland Schools. We do this by building relationships through before and after school programs, camps, and other events.

Visit their web page at https://ubministries.org.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Solid Rock Ministries

Home repairs can ruin the lives of financially challenged and disabled individuals. Solid Rock Ministries provides affordable home repair services to empower individuals, restore dignity and renew hope.

Visit their web page at https://solidrock-ministries.org.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Lakeshore Pregnancy Center/Positive Options

Positive Options provides professional care to the men and women in our community facing an unplanned pregnancy. We offer compassion and resources to those who seek support at our center.

Visit their web page at https://www.mypositiveoptions.org.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Lapeer County Search and Rescue

Lapeer County Search and Rescue is comprised of professionally trained volunteers that strive to execute well planned searches to locate lost or missing persons, alive or deceased, both in urban and wilderness environments.

Visit their web page at http://lcmsar.org.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Michigan Search and Rescue

Michigan Search and Rescue is an all volunteer missing persons response team serving Michigan and the Great Lakes Region. Canine Teams are available 24/7 and there is never a charge for our services.

Visit their web page at http://michigansar.org/.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Paradise Bound Ministries

The goal of Paradise Bound is to do 'whatever it takes' to bring the gospel of Jesus Christ to the lost and dying in Guatemala. We strive to weave the gospel of Jesus Christ through every Paradise Bound program: physically through building relationships by meeting needs, verbally through spoken word, spiritually through much prayer and discernment and everlastingly through the distribution of our Lord's Living Word!

Visit their web page at https://paradisebound.org/.

Previoius Giving Back Winner:
Storehouse of Community Resources

The StoreHouse is a Nonprofit Warehouse Distribution Hub where NEW, donated goods are procured and redistributed BENEFITING local, vulnerable populations of people.

Visit their web page at https://www.storehousemi.org/.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Lifeline Ministries

Lifeline Ministries is providing safe, transitional housing with structured community support and individual check-ins to help participants develop and achieve their goals to overcome homelessness and improve their lives.

Visit their web page at https://www.lifelineministriesmi.org.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Serenity Ranch Ministries

Serenity Ranch provides housing to the homeless and those in recovery, focusing on an individual person's strengths and weakness and helps them to become productive members of society.

Visit their web page at https://www.serenityranchministries.org/.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Warning Lights

The mission of Warning Lights is to educate, empower and engage individuals of all ages (especially youth and young adults) against the crime of human trafficking. Warning Lights is a preventative approach by raising awareness about human trafficking. Arming individuals with the knowledge they need to protect themselves and others. Our mission is to help all people recognize the "warning lights" of human trafficking. We are dedicated to our purpose of preventing victims and protecting individuals. We believe that through awareness alone lives are saved from the lures of human trafficking.

Visit their web page at https://warninglights.org.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Grant Me Hope

Grant Me Hope produces excellent, professionally done one- and two-minute, high-quality, broadcast-worthy videos of foster children who are available for adoption. These videos are aired during the newscasts of our partnering television stations, as public service announcements on TCT TV, and on social media to allow the children to introduce themselves to thousands of potential families.

Visit their web page at http://grantmehope.org.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
iCare

iCare helps children, adults and families with one-time immediate donations to help diffuse any current crisis. They are dedicated to raising funds to help those in need where no other help exists, and provide such in a speedy response. Each person or organization dedicated to the mission graciously volunteers either their individual resources, expertise and/or their time.

Visit their web page at https://www.icare-mi.org.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Fans of Valley Field

While officially named Sullivan Field, Fans of Valley Field is a grassroots effort to restore and revitalize a precious gem of a field, located on the west side of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Those of us who grew up playing on and around then Valley Field, or those who simply admire this historical neighborhood jewel, want to restore, revive and give this place a new sense of purpose through a coordinated effort between private and public partnerships.

Visit their web page at https://www.fansofvalleyfield.org.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services

DHHS' mission is to provide equal communication access, education, and advocacy to the Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing in pursuit of all life's opportunities.

Visit their web page at https://deafhhs.org.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Bring Me Home

Bring Me Home works with law enforcement to help build a relationship with the special needs population of St. Johns County to improve the safety precautions taken to ensure everyone makes it home safely.

Visit their web page at https://bringmehomeinc.com.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Casa de Esperanza

Casa de Esperanza Ministries is a faith-based Christian organization that seeks to bring HOPE to those in need by promoting self-sufficiency and spiritual growth through supportive housing, training, and skill development, and to provide medical, dental, and construction services. Casa de Esperanza means House of Hope in Spanish. They seek to answer Jesus' call to look after orphans in their distress, to feed the hungry, to give shelter to the stranger and to care for the sick.

Visit their web page at https://casaofhope.com.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Byron Township Fire Department

Byron Township is located south and west of the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Their Fire Department covers an area of approximately 31 square miles and is staffed with both full-time and paid-on-call personnel who proudly serve our growing community with Fire, Rescue and EMS response, as well as providing additional services such as Smoke Detector Installations, Child Safety Seat Installations, and 911 Address Signs.

Visit their web page at https://www.byrontwpfire.com.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Riding for Ryan

Riding for Ryan is a local non-profit organization whose mission is to promote the safety of young bike riders through visibility and awareness. Five days before his 7th birthday, Ryan died from injuries sustained in a bicycle-truck accident. He was riding his bike with his dad and had the right of way to cross an intersection when a driver did not see him crossing the street. In an effort to turn this tragedy into something positive, Riding for Ryan was formed to equip kids with safety flags for their bikes, free of charge.

Visit their Facebook page at Facebook.com/RidingforRyan/.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Projects for Purpose

Projects for Purpose works together to bridge gaps and develop talent here in West Michigan.

Visit their website at projectsforpurposemi.com.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Kibir Consultants

Kibir consultants ignites the Ethiopian Church presently in the marketplace for Kingdom impact through superior training and consulting services built on biblically-based business standards.

Visit their website at kibirconsultants.org.

Current Giving Back Winner:
Berkshire Waldorf High School

The Berkshire Waldorf High School provides an education for adolescents that seeks truth, develops imagination, nurtures growth, fosters responsibility, and honors inner freedom in an atmosphere of academic excellence, artistic fulfillment, openness, and mutual respect.

Visit their website at berkshirewaldorf.com.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Renew Therapeutic Riding Center

Renew's mission is to enhance the well-being of individuals in our community through the physical, cognitive, and emotional benefits of therapeutic horsemanship. At Renew, each rider has the opportunity to go beyond their disability, inability, fear, or reality. They encourage and support dreams by offering therapeutic horsemanship activities to fulfill our mission, striving to help riders develop their maximum potential in a caring and fun environment that empowers the rider in ways different from traditional therapy.

Visit their website at renewtrc.org.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
If I Squeeze Your Head I'm Sorry

12-year-old Rylan thrives and struggles with Autism and Tourette Syndrome. He and his Mama Bird, Gwen, are publishing their first book, set to hit shelves in September, 2019. This one-of-a-kind picture book, "If I Squeeze Your Head I'm Sorry" will uplift, educate, create dialogue, entertain, and allow readers to enter the brain of a child who sees, feels, and understands the world from a remarkably and refreshingly unique perspective. Their work reminds us how important it is to listen to each other in an effort to truly understand and to assume immense value in one another.

Visit their website at ifisqueezeyourheadimsorry.com.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Benjamin's Hope

Benjamin's Hope is a "live, work, play, worship" intentional community in which people of all abilities are transformed by the love of Christ.

Visit their website at www.benjaminshope.net.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Life Matters Worldwide

"Our vision is to see local churches all over the world engaged in compassionate sanctity of human life ministry as they fulfill the Great Commission. One of our goals is to train God's people for pro-life ministry in their churches and communities. Toward that end, we create materials and ministry opportunities with local churches in mind."

Visit their website at www.lifemattersww.org.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Exalta Health

Exalta Health reflects the spirit of Christ by providing compassionate, accessible healthcare. We serve all ages and provide urgent and primary medical care, vision, urgent and primary dental care, integrated behavioral health and spiritual care services. Our small core of caring and competent staff is surrounded with many enthusiastic, mission driven volunteers ranging from doctors and dentists to maintenance staff, all working together to create a wonderful environment for caring for our patients.

Visit their website at www.exaltahealth.org.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
New Hope Church/GreenHouse

New Hope Church believes that the Bible (the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments) is God's infallible written Word. It stands as the sole basis of their beliefs. They believe that it was uniquely, verbally, and fully inspired by the Holy Spirit and that it was written without error (inerrant) in the original manuscripts. It is the supreme and final authority in all matters on which it speaks (2 Tim. 3:16; 2 Peter 1:21).

Visit their website at www.newhopehaslett.com.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Keys for Kids Ministries

God has blessed Keys for Kids Ministries with new ideas, new technology, and new areas of ministry. That doesn't mean we're dumbing down the gospel or replacing it with entertainment. We're staying true to the gospel but providing it where kids and families live today — in all areas of media.

Visit their website at www.keysforkids.org.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
A Father's Walk

The Mission of A Father's Walk is, "Impacting the lives of children by encouraging and equipping single fathers to be intentional leaders in their own lives and in the lives of their children."

Visit their website at afatherswalk.org.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Gracie Brave Foundation

Gracie Brave exists to link arms with children and adults who suffer with clinical depression and other emotional challenges. The Gracie Brave Foundation is working to achieve this through our book, GRACIE BRAVE, merchandise, counseling, workshops and advocacy.

Visit their website at www.graciebrave.org.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Global Bible Initiative

The Global Bible Initiative believes that God has called us to play important roles in fulfilling the Great Commission: developing technological tools to help the Bible translation process become cheaper, faster and better and working on specific translations ourselves that God has called us to do.

Visit their website at www.globalbibleinitiative.org.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Berkshire Botanical Garden

The Garden's mission is to fulfill the community's need for information, education and inspiration concerning the art and science of gardening and the preservation of our local environment.

Visit their website at berkshirebotanical.org.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Outdoor Discovery

The ODC Network is a registered 501 (c)(3)non-profit education and conservation organization that was founded in the year 2000. Its purpose is to connect people with nature through outdoor education for the benefit of wildlife and the conservation of the natural world.

Visit their website at http://outdoordiscovery.org.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
The Hired Project

HIRED, INC., (Humanitarian Interaction for Relief and Sustainable Development) is a non-profit charitable organization that brings assistance to communities who are suffering in desperate situations. They help them through special project design, housing, interaction and education. Their current USA project is to "END VETERAN HOMELESSNESS, Community by Community!"

Visit their website at http://www.hiredprojectusa.org.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Ride of Silence

The WHO Global Status Report On Road Safety recently pointed out that road traffic accidents caused more than 1.25 million deaths and more than 20-50 million injuries each year; Road traffic deaths among cyclists are 50,000. Ride of Silence raises awareness for this issue and remembers the victims of accidents.

Visit their website at http://www.rideofsilence.org.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
ACTS Holland

Roughly 7 years ago, Jaime was called to create a youth group for a church in the core city of Holland. In a few short months, it became apparent that these kids needed more than a Wednesday night program, they needed a group to call their family. Since then, we've moved the ministry into a home on 15th St. in Holland and continue to grow!

Visit their website at http://actsholland.com.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Youth for Christ West Michigan

YFC reaches young people everywhere, working together with the local church and other like-minded partners to raise up lifelong followers of Jesus who lead by their godliness in lifestyle, devotion to prayer and the Word of God, passion for sharing the love of Christ and commitment to social involvement.

Visit their website at http://wmyfc.org.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Caribbean Christian Centre for the Deaf

Caribbean Christian Centre for the Deaf exists to reach, teach, and nurture the Deaf of Jamaica. Our mission is to enable full language access and affirmation in an inclusive community whereby knowledge is empowered to know the Lord, appreciate diversity and understand the functions of the world. It's U.S. office is right here in Zeeland, Michigan.

Visit their website at cccdjamaica.org.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Audio Scripture Ministries

ASM records and distributes Scripture to oral learners who can't, don't, or won't read. For a minimal cost of $35 per audio Bible, you can give an entire family the gift of hearing the Bible in their heart language!

Visit their website at asmtoday.org.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Reliant Missionaries Joe and Kelsey Testa

The college campus in the U.S. may be the most strategic mission field in the world. Reliant Missionaries Joe and Kelsey Testa work on campus at Michigan State University with students from all over Michigan and the United States, along with 130 other nations. Michigan State, like many universities, houses the future leaders of our country and world. We seek to recapture the universities for Christ on whom there were all originally founded.

Visit their website at reliant.org/joe.testa.

Joe supplements the support he receives for his ministry as a self-employed fishing guide. Visit his business on the web at www.nofishleftbehind.com On the site, he writes eloquently about nature and its relationship with his faith. Here's a short excerpt:

"Probably one of the greatest blessings about growing up in the outdoors is that, from an early age, I saw the beauty of the world around me. My time spent catching brook trout and rainbows in the Rockies created a sense of wonder. That wonder developed over time into a sense of awe as I looked at the world around me. I would look at the intricacies of what I saw and think that there was way to much complexity and order for all of this to come from a random, haphazard accident happening billions of years ago."

As for fishing guides, you won't find any better. Rick Baarman, our VP of Sales & Marketing, went on a walleye fishing excursion and had one of the best fishing experiences ever and nearly limited out! Visit their fishing guide website at www.nofishleftbehind.com.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
United Methodist Community House

The United Methodist Community House is a non-profit agency based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Their mission is to increase the ability of children, youth, adults, and families to succeed in a diverse community. Since 1902, they have been meeting the needs of and offering opportunities to children, youth, adults, seniors, and families in our neighborhood, to help them increase their opportunities to succeed. Located in the heart of Grand Rapids, they are committed to serving a diverse population and are continually adapting our programming to best service those who need us most — our community.

Visit their website at umchousegr.org.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Steepletown Neighborhood Services

Steepletown, located on the West Side of Grand Rapids, is transforming lives within the urban core communities of Grand Rapids and the surrounding region through education, workforce development, and community empowerment. This creates hope that is rooted in opportunity, which ultimately leads to a sense of well-being and economic security.

Visit their website at www.steepletown.org.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Extended Grace

Extended Grace is a nonprofit, grassroots social lab that builds community while solving problems. They believe that as human beings we can all do a better job extending grace to each other and to ourselves. They provide opportunities to do so by forming collaborative relationships and offering programs and events to nurture, educate and inspire individuals so that together we can address issues of social justice and human rights.

Visit their website at www.extendedgrace.org.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
LAMPE Ministries

LAMPE Ministries provides a Christian ministry to the developing world through a partnership with Living World Bible College. Most recently, they have been focused on work in Nigeria, where Pastor Tony Allan has traveled for each of the past several years.

Visit their website at lampeministries.org.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Wings of Hope Hospice

Wings of Hope Hospice helps patients enjoy their last days, weeks or months in the embrace of loved ones and comfort of home. They help dying patients and their loved ones through the dying process. They increase the patient's choice, control, comfort and dignity and provide the training and assistance his or her loved ones will need to provide care.

The hospice provides compassionate care at the end of life and support through the grief experience for individuals and families in Allegan County, Van Buren County and surrounding communities. Visit their website at wingsofhopehospice.com/.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
City on a Hill

The City on a Hill story begins with a small group of women praying about human needs during a hurting economy. Funding was tight for ministries at a time when community needs were increasing.

As these women prayed, God opened doors. Just when Zeeland Community Hospital planned to vacate a building, a team inspired by the women's prayers was pursuing the idea of a ministry center — a shared facility where nonprofits could work more efficiently to meet the spiritual and physical needs of the community. Visit their website at www.coahm.org.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Eleanor's Pantry

Eleanor's Pantry feeds as many as 1,000 children and adults each month, many of whom could be described as the working poor. Families can receive a "four day emergency supply" of food once per month. Van Buren county is one of the poorest of 83 Michigan counties. The pantry receive generous support from community churches, businesses, organizations, families, and individuals. Visit their website at eleanorspantry.org.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Helping Heroes Kids

Helping Heroes Kids' specific purpose is to benefit families who have lost parents or who have member that have been seriously wounded in either combat or service to this country, including firemen and police. With your help, HHK can send a child to camp or help provide funding for a student to attend college. Visit their website at helpingheroeskids.org.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Purpose Properties

As the west side of Grand Rapids is growing, some families and people who have lived here a long time are being "pushed out" by rising rent costs. Purpose Properties exists to provide safe, warm, dry and dignifying housing to families in West Grand Rapids through creative housing solutions. Visit their website at www.purposeproperties.rent.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Families Victorious

This month's winner of HLPS' Giving Back program is Families Victorious, a group that is truly doing God's work by devoting itself to helping folks with gambling, alcohol and/or drug addiction in our local area. Visit their website at www.familiesvictorious.org/.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Laurel Hill Association

We broke with our policy of choosing western Michigan charities this month and chose Laurel Hill Association of Massachusetts. LHA, founded in 1853, is the oldest existing village improvement society in the United States. Activities include maintaining Association properties, planting trees and flowers, and cooperating with town authorities and other organizations for community welfare. Our newsletter guy is on the board! Visit their website at www.laurelhillassociation.org/.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Outdoor Discovery Center

The Outdoor Discovery Center Macatawa Greenway (ODCMG) is a registered 501 (c)(3) non-profit education and conservation organization that was founded in the year 2000. Its purpose is to connect people with nature through outdoor education for the benefit of wildlife and the conservation of the natural world. Visit their website at www.outdoordiscovery.org/.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Answer Nepal

ANSWER is a non-religious, non-partisan organization dedicated to helping the people of Nepal address problems of poverty through education, primarily by providing educational sponsorships for low-caste and impoverished students.. Visit their website at answernepal.org/.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
The Dock

Beginning in 2005, it has been the vision of The DOCK to reach the kids and families of the community with the Gospel. Now in its 10th season, they are open three days per week after school as a drop-in center, middle and high school students come in to play games, do crafts, spend time with friends, and eat a snack. They share hope from the Bible with their students and their loving volunteers lend a listening and caring ear to each student who walks through the doors. On Thursdays they have an opportunity for our high school students to learn how to be leaders through activities, large and small group times, tutoring, and service projects. God has grown this ministry in amazing ways over the past 10 years and they are excited to see where he continues to lead. Visit their website at www.thedock.org.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Camp Beechpoint

From forest to shoreline, Beechpoint offers 100 acres of splendid beauty and endless hours of recreation. Exceptional programming, caring staff, choice activities, and hearty meals frame your experience for the week or the weekend!. Visit their website at www.beechpoint.org.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Hand2Hand

Hand2Hand began in October 2008 after a need was discovered in a local elementary school that children risked going hungry on the weekends because of financial strain. The founder of Hand2Hand, Cheri Honderd, attended Fair Haven Church and worked with the Principal of that particular school. A plan was implemented that would provide food to these children in a way that was confidential. Visit their website at hand2handbackpack.org.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Lakeshore Lifeworks Ministries

Lakeshore Lifeworks Ministries is a missionary outreach program which links the Body of Christ to aging out foster youth and street kids in West Michigan. Our aim is to fulfill the Great Commission; to go and make disciples of the fatherless, through housing, biblical training, employment, and life skills. We create volunteer opportunities for individuals and church small groups to minister, as we partner with Michigan D.H.S. to reach fatherless youth with Christ's love. Visit their website at lakeshorelifeworks.org/.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
New Day Staffing Services

For a program participant, being able to support themselves and their family is critical. Yet, for someone who has a criminal past, finding an employer willing to give them a second chance is very difficult. According to a recent study, 65% of employers surveyed stated they would not "knowingly hire a person with a criminal record, regardless of the offense."

At New Day Staffing, they are interested in their participant's obtaining a job and long term success. New Day Staffing assists with skill training, resume preparation and interview coaching. The service works with local companies in West Michigan to provide the best candidate for the job. Employers who are interested in learning more about the program and they value they offer, please contact Clay Reinking at 616.796.0685 ext 155 or visit www.newdaystaffing.org/.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Grand Rapids Revival

The mission of Grand Rapids Revival is simple: "Love God, Love People." We thought we would quote the father of one of the young people in this group, who nominated it for this award:

I would like to nominate Grand Rapids Revival. My son Ben and a group of area high school and college students meet every Wednesday in downtown Grand Rapids to minister to the people on the street. Last week he asked me if I could design a business card for them and how much it would cost to have them printed. Seeing they are operating on their own funds for any costs involved with this ministry, I think it would be a huge blessing to help them out with cards.

We couldn't agree more and are honored to help this worthy organization. Visit Grand Rapids Revival by visiting their Facebook page.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Community Homeworks

The mission of Community Homeworks is to empower low-income neighbors to maintain safe, sustainable, and dignified homes. They know that low-income families face many challenges and believe that one of the first steps to moving forward is working to create a more stable and sustainable home environment. Often that starts with addressing critical repairs that a homeowner is not able to afford. But at Community Homeworks they are committed to connecting homeowners to resources and opportunities to make more lasting change.

Visit Community Homeworks at communityhomeworks.org/.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Ronald McDonald House of Western Michigan

While the Ronald McDonald House of Western Michigan cannot make medicine taste better or take away painful treatments, it can help lessen the burden and ensure more than 450 families a year have the stability and resources they need to keep their child healthy and happy. The RMHWM raises 100% of its operating budget annually. The power to keep families together is in your hands. Donating is simple at www.rmhwesternmichigan.org/donate. Thank you!

Visit Ronald McDonald House of Western Michigan at www.rmhwesternmichigan.org/.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Lionheart Academy

Coming in 2015, Lionheart Academy disciples boys into godly manhood. Their students will learn to see the world from a uniquely Christian perspective through the time-tested model of classical education. This takes place in a school specifically designed to meet the needs of boys at each stage of development.

Visit Lionheart Academy at lionheartclassical.org/.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Tri-Cities Ministries Counseling

If you or someone you know is in need of professional counseling, help at Tri-Cities Ministries Counseling (TCM) is just a phone call away. TCM was founded 37 years ago by local churches, and currently has a panel of 25 professional,Christian therapists. However, it is important for the community to know that TCM meets people where they are at. A person does not need to be a Christian to get counseling at TCM. Also, a person does not need to have insurance to get counseling at TCM.

TCM never turns a person away if they live, work, or worship in the Tri-Cities (Grand Haven, Spring Lake, or Ferrysburg). Never.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Lakeshore Habitat for Humanity

Lakeshore Habitat for Humanity is an affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International. Their mission is: Seeking to put God's love into action, Lakeshore Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.

"Lakeshore Habitat for Humanity has been meeting the need for safe, decent, and affordable housing by providing homes to deserving families in Ottawa and Allegan counties since 1990. To date, they have served over 130 families whose income falls between 30-50% of the area median income. This represents over 700 adults and children.

"Our unique and effective ministry model provides a zero-percent interest mortgage and Energy Star constructed homes to low-income, hard-working families who would not otherwise qualify for a conventional mortgage. Our goal is to provide a hand up not a hand out. Our work is made possible through donations, volunteer labor and in-kind donations of supplies and materials."

We have also connected LHH with Amanda Impens, one of our volunteer graphic designers and a client of ours, to help them develop their new cards.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Equest Center for Therapeutic Riding

A previous winner of our Giving Back drawing is the Equest Center for Therapeutic Riding (www.equestcenter.org) in Rockford, Michigan. A very interesting initiative!

Here's their mission in their own words:

We improve quality of life through equine-based therapy to physically, mentally and socially/emotionally challenged individuals. Our unique program intergrates academic, social and physical skills, using the horse as a catalyst

They are a wonderful organization reaching out to over 200 individuals per week with horse assisted therapy. They currently "employ" close to 30 horses.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Social Charity Club of Grand Rapids

A previous winner of our Giving Back drawing is the Social Charity Club of Grand Rapids (www.socialcharityclub.org). They just celebrated their 2-year anniversary, with an event to benefit the Helen Devos Children's Hospital Foundation.

The group's motto is "Step up While Stepping Out with the Social Charity Club of Grand Rapids!"

The Social Charity Club of Grand Rapids is a network of socially conscious professionals in the Grand Rapids area who choose to give back while enjoying and supporting local establishments. We realize that in these hard economic times people are redefining ways to spend their 'entertainment' budget, so we are providing a fun and affordable avenue for people to help stimulate our local economy and give back to our community.

The idea is easy and awesome: every month, the SCC hosts an event at a different venue with a different local chartiable beneficiary each time. By donating $10 to the charity, you'll receive a complimentary beverage and appetizers. 100% of proceeds are given to the charity.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Holland Rescue Mission

A previous winner of our Giving Back drawing is the Holland Rescue Mission (www.hollandrescue.org). Holland Rescue Mission exists to glorify God by proclaiming and demonstrating His love through Christ-centered programs of excellence for the homeless and less fortunate.

Among their many programs, they run an emergency shelter that often includes mattresses on the floor during our busiest times. At Holland Rescue Mission, they understand that people don't roll out of bed one morning and decide to move onto the street. It's a devastating process. For many, homelessness is just one illness, accident or layoff away.

Holland Rescue Mission is first and foremost a shelter. They are not, however, anyone's permanent address. With separate shelters, one for men and one designed to meet the needs of women, children and intact families, we provide a warm, safe, loving place to regroup, rethink and rechart a divinely guided course toward independence.

The Emergency Shelter Program includes Food, Shelter and Clothing, Personal Case Management, Financial Accountability, Bible Studies and Chapel Services, Employment Assistance, Parenting Classes and Children's Programs.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Center for Women in Transition of Holland, MI

A previous winner of our Giving Back drawing is the Center for Women in Transition (www.cwitmi.org). The Center's mission is to respond to, reduce, and prevent domestic and sexual violence against women. This mission will be achieved through education, collaboration, and advocacy, with crisis and supportive services to victims and survivors.

Their Values

• They value the right of every individual to a safe and just environment.
• They value community accountability and recognition to eliminate the root causes of violence.
• They value the inherent equality and worth of all individuals.
• They value the strength and power of individuals to make their own life choices.
• They value the integrity of our organizational practices.
• They value responding to community need with vision, creativity and courageous leadership.

Previous Giving Back Winner:
Ottagan Addictions Recovery

A previous winner of our Giving Back drawing is the Ottagan Addictions Recovery (OAR) (www.oar-inc.org). OAR is dedicated to helping you, your family, and your friends experience recovery from addiction. They have been helping individuals and their families overcome and recover from alcoholism, drug addiction and related problems for over 40 years. As a community supported organization, they provide a variety of treatment and educational services throughout West Michigan. Since our inception, they have helped over 55,000 individuals in their struggle with addiction. They have the expertise and experience to help you on your journey to recovery.

If you'd like to enter your non-profit or volunteer organization for our future monthly drawing, it's easy! Just send us an email at givingback@hollandlitho.com.