Thank you so much to the Kalamazoo Country Club for their wildly successful book drive benefitting our clients! We know that having access to books as children leads to the promotion of social and emotional development, so the impact KCC has had on our clients with this book drive is huge!

The members of KCC are also generous supporters of our Holiday Giving Program so we are eternally grateful for the ways they show up for our clients and community!

Thank you Alpha Xi Delta women at Western Michigan University for volunteering so much time on a Saturday! They cleaned our residential house, as well as our gym, from top to bottom.

These brilliant and compassionate women have been incredible volunteers of ours, setting such a great example for their college and community. President Lucie Johnson works closely with Heather Videto, Resource Development Coordinator, to arrange various volunteer projects around the agency.

We appreciate you, ladies!

Isabella Van Valkanberg recently invited her entire 1st grade class to a very special event…her adoption finalization! Staff and 1st graders from Walters Elementary School, as well as family and friends, all dressed up and gathered around Isabella as she was officially welcomed as the 15th member of the Van Valkanberg family.

Though our goal as an Agency is always to reunite children with their birth families, we know there are situations where that ideal is not possible. In those cases we are so grateful for families like the Van Valkenbergs who pour so much support, love, and attention on the children they are adopting.

Adoptions like this one are one aspect of our work that an entire community can get behind. Thanks to all of the news networks and local journalists who came to celebrate with the Van Valkanberg family!

Watch WWMT's coverage here: https://wwmt.com/news/local/marshall-calhoun-county-adoption-foster-care-family-battle-creek-walters-elementary-school-community-west-michigan