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Gifts for the Greater Good: Phlanthropy in West Michigan

WGVU News | By Patrick Center
Published November 29, 2016 at 1:38 PM EST
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The holiday season is in full-swing with shoppers flocking for deals during Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but today a reprieve, a day to reflect on the meaning of the season. This is Giving Tuesday, and in the City of Grand Rapids a new Giving Tuesday concept has been launched.
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Patrick Center
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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