© 2024 WGVU
95.3 / 88.5 FM Grand Rapids and 95.3 FM Muskegon
Donate
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Gifts for the Greater Good: Philanthropy in West Michigan

WGVU News | By Patrick Center
Published September 6, 2016 at 6:18 PM EDT

Van Andel Institute and its Purple Community are taping into the state's craft beer industry raising funds for cancer and Parkinson's disease research. Participating Michigan breweries will identify a beer on the menu and for each pint sold will donate one dollar to Hops for Hope.    
Tags
Midday West Michigan Gifts for the Greater Good: Philanthropy in West MichiganVan Andel InstituteHops for HopePurple CommunityChris Kies
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.
See stories by Patrick Center
Related Content