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Gifts for the Greater Good: Philanthropy in West Michigan

Today on Gifts for the Greater Good: Philanthropy in West Michigan how area employers are tapping into the veteran workforce for employment. Non-profits West Michigan Veterans Coalition and Goodwill Industries of Greater Grands recently hosted a Veteran/Employer Networking Event. We stopped in for the interviews at the Downtown Market to find out what employment barriers veterans returning to the civilian world face and how employers align veteran skill sets benefiting their workforce. 

Patrick joined WGVU Public Media in December, 2008 after eight years of investigative reporting at Grand Rapids' WOOD-TV8 and three years at WYTV News Channel 33 in Youngstown, Ohio. As News and Public Affairs Director, Patrick manages our daily radio news operation and public interest television programming. An award-winning reporter, Patrick has won multiple Michigan Associated Press Best Reporter/Anchor awards and is a three-time Academy of Television Arts & Sciences EMMY Award winner with 14 nominations.
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