For many community members, 2020 is synonymous with COVID lockdowns and shelter-in-place orders. From March through June, Michiganders only left home for essential items in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19. However, a shelter-in-place order is incredibly hard...
One person at a time, that’s how Arniece Montgomery is handling her work as one of more than 50 Vaccine Ambassadors in Calhoun County. Her approach appears to be paying off. “I noticed after COVID got so bad and so many people were dying that more people were taking...
Operation Fit started in 2014 as a small initiative at two schools with big aspirations. Since then, it has been established as a Battle Creek Family YMCA Program that is generously funded by CHP, and has grown into something truly spectacular. A Powerful...
A T-shirt she wore defending the importance of getting the COVID-19 vaccine did not protect Karla Fales from negative comments coming from people she didn’t know. Fales, Chief Executive Officer of CareWell Services Southwest, was among a group of volunteer COVID...
Calhoun County residents who aren’t listening to the science or the experts about the benefits of the COVID-19 vaccine may listen to people who aren’t scientists or experts who have been vaccinated. This is what architects of the County’s Vaccine Ambassadors program...