Giving Tuesday with the Portage Health foundation is tomorrow and there are just a few more groups we have yet to meet. The Keweenaw Family Resource Center – Home of the Treehouse Indoor Playground, has engaged with the annual day of giving since it’s inception. The donations to their non-profit …

Residents of Hancock will have the chance to meet the city’s newest police chief tomorrow evening. From 4 -6 pm at the Hancock Fire Hall, Tami Sleeman will meet with residents with light refreshments available. Sleeman plans to step in as the department’s newest leader in the beginning of December, …

The Keweenaw Nordic Ski Club is in their second year working with the portage health foundation’s giving Tuesday. Last year the group used those donations and funding from other sources to re work, re route and design new and existing trails in the Maasto Hiihto trail system in Hancock. The …

This past summer Copper Country Senior Meals began working with local farmers and food producers to source ingredients for their meals delivered to seniors in the Keweenaw Peninsula. The addition of local food to their meals has seniors feeling happy and healthy. The new program and efficiency the non-profit has …

There are more than 100 friends of state parks groups around Michigan, but only one calls the Porcupine Mountains home. Friends of the Porkies began with the wilderness state park’s ski club, that operated like an early form of the friends groups that would come later. Officially the Friends of …

Giving Tuesday helps highlight various non profits working in the copper country. Many are well known outside of the area, but others are not so well known. The Dan Schmitt Gift of Music may fall into the later category, but the work they do with kids in the region helps …

Part of the Portage Health Foundation’s mission is creating happier and healthier communities in the Keweenaw Peninsula. With that goal in mind the foundation has spent a lot of time and money helping support various trail clubs and outdoor recreation groups in the Copper Country. But with outdoor recreation comes …

This Satuday artisans and vendors gathering at the Rozsa Center for another local holiday shopping opportunity. The Rozsa Center will hold the 24th annual Home for the Holidays Gift Market, for students and the community, to check out some great local artists, businesses and vendors. The Home for the Holidays …

Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday means it is that time of the year again; when shoppers will pack stores around the country to get the best discounts for holiday shopping. And while a lot of focus is always placed on brand names and big box stores, …

Omega House cares for seniors in the copper country, and seeks to ensure quality end of life care. The group has been able to care for many elders in the community by keeping their fees relatively low to no cost for low income individuals. Omega House’s mission lines up with …