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Gifts for the Greater Good: Philanthropy in West Michigan

WGVU News | By Patrick Center
Published December 17, 2019 at 3:56 PM EST
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Employees and members of Fit Body Boot Camps raised money for its annual event, The Big Give. They gathered inside the Knapp Corner Meijer in Grand Rapids purchasing gifts and necessities benefiting children and families in need living in 10 area school districts.
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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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