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Meijer

Meijer is a family business that focuses on their customers and thrive by meeting their needs and exceeding their expectations. Meijer believes in treating each other with dignity and respect and are committed to strengthening the communities we serve.

CareLinc

CareLinc specializes in medical equipment sales and rentals along with equipment repair for people of all ages and sizes. They are billing specialists and work directly with insurances to try and get prescribed medical equipment as a paid benefit.

Behler-Young

Behler-Young is made up of a high-performance team that delivers superior customer service by providing the best HVAC/R solutions for licensed mechanical contractors. They are innovative, curious, and are constantly exploring new markets and ways to serve their customers better. They help mechanical contracting business owners and their teams achieve extraordinary success. They specialize in providing creative solutions that address every challenge the contractor faces in their business. They do that by using the latest technology, world class logistics, and the highest quality products in the industry. Behler-Young believes strongly in quality. That is why they partner with the best vendors that have the highest quality products and provide the best training and support to their team as well as the contractor. They are committed to employing a high-quality workforce, providing superior customer service, and partnering with their customers to be successful.

Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Guild

Mary Free Bed offers services to support every stage of recovery after an injury, illness, surgery, or debilitating condition. They're available for everything from a short course of treatment or a lifetime of care. They can help determine which level of care is most appropriate for your needs and will coordinate the admissions process to ensure you have a positive experience.

Blue Cross Blue Shield

Since 1929, Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) companies have provided healthcare coverage to members, allowing them to live free of worry, free of fear. In every ZIP code, Blue Cross Blue Shield offers a personalized approach to healthcare based on the needs of the communities where their members live and work. They work closely with hospitals and doctors in the communities they serve to provide quality, affordable healthcare. At Blue Cross Blue Shield, they take corporate responsibility seriously, building and supporting programs that positively impact healthcare in communities across America.

Fishbeck

Like you, they are innovators, designers, scientists, and visionaries. They are architects of the next generation; Their work provides the platform for your growth and development. Their integrated services in engineering, environmental sciences, and architecture allow them to maximize coordination and collaboration. Then, responsive communication, budget and schedule sensitivity, and their constant pursuit of technical excellence help them transform your ideas into reality. Above all, Fishbeck believes in harmony between your project and the natural environment, and their approach is created with this balance in mind.

Trellis

TRELLIS is the trusted furniture dealer for companies big & small who want to reimagine their workspaces. At TRELLIS, they use furniture and the built environment to enable their customers to be the best versions of themselves. Thinking of a TRELLIS as an element of architectural style and design that supports growth and stability, they design and install supportive spaces that empower people and organizations to grow into the best version of themselves. The TRELLIS promise is to provide a consultative and tailored experience.

Wolverine Building Group

Wolverine Building Group is recognized nationally as a leader in the construction industry. They specialize in industrial, multi-unit residential, healthcare, office, retail, and restaurant construction. They provide quality building solutions through integrity, value and craftsmanship. Wolverine Building Group is one of West Michigan’s most trusted and experienced construction companies

Belanger/Barber Family

Belanger/Barber Family

A dear friend, Board President, and supporter of Disability Advocates.

Bimbo Bakery

From the breakfast table to lunch boxes to family barbecues, Bimbo Bakeries USA's fresh, high-quality products have delighted Americans for generations. As the largest commercial baking company in the U.S., they are proud to deliver bread, bagels, buns, English muffins and sweet baked goods to every town, city and community in the United States. Bimbo Bakeries USA is a proud part of Grupo Bimbo, the world’s largest baking company with operations in 34 countries. As part of their commitment to Nourish a Better World, they take active steps to support the communities where we live and work and protect our planet. Their Purpose: Nourish a better world. Their mission: Delicious baked goods and snacks in hands of all. Their philosophy: To build a sustainable, highly productive and deeply humane company.

Buist Electric

Since 1964, Buist Electric has been committed to “Raising the Standard” in the electrical industry. Buist is dedicated to the highest ethical standards and strive to put their employees’ needs first. This philosophy results in unparalleled productivity, competence, and service for their valued customers. It works. Buist Electric has risen to the challenges of a quickly evolving and complex electrical construction industry. They continue to focus on ethics, productivity, excellence, and service.

Corewell Health

Corewell Health thinks differently about what is possible. They empower their patients, team members and partners to do the same. When others say "no", they keep questioning. When it seems impossible, they say – "keep pushing until it isn’t." Because at our core, they believe "we can."

Grand Valley State University

At Grand Valley State University, they empower learners in their pursuits, professions, and purpose. The university enriches society through excellent teaching, active scholarship, advancement of equity, and public service. Grand Valley State University will prepare globally minded citizens for the future they face and the communities they shape. Their community of educators create and employ innovative approaches to liberal education and professional programs that center on and prepare students for a lifetime of continual learning and growth.

Gun Lake Casino

Gun Lake Casino, a premier gaming and entertainment destination featuring a variety of thrilling gaming options, including 2,500 state-of-the-art slot machines, 47 table games, a modern sportsbook, keno and is comprised of high-quality dining amenities with a sports bar and lounge. Gun Lake Casino seeks partnerships with local non-profit organizations where they can make a positive impact. Gun Lake Casino is committed to giving back by seeking opportunities to improve the quality of life in the community in which it serves. They believe it is a privilege and responsibility to help build and maintain a positive and healthy community. Making contributions to charitable organizations is one way they continue to make an investment in the future of their business, their team members, their families, and the community as a whole.

John Ball Zoo

Conservation education is at the core of John Ball Zoo’s mission and we strive to provide opportunities for our guests and partners to grow their knowledge, appreciation, and support of wildlife conservation. Their programs are designed using fun, hands-on and flexible teaching methods for students ages three through adulthood. At John Ball Zoo, their goal is to teach their guests about wildlife conservation and the importance of restoring and protecting natural ecosystems.

Miller Johnson

Miller Johnson provides counsel to employers for their most sophisticated legal needs and work to improve quality of life in the communities they serve. Together, they are part of an increasingly diverse, multicultural, and global marketplace—a world full of change, challenges and possibilities.

North and Florence Stockton Charitable Foundation

North and Florence Stockton Charitable Foundation

Peracchio & Company

John Peracchio provides strategic consulting services in the intelligent transportation systems (“ITS”) sector and automotive industry for strategic and investor clients. His focus is on deployment of mobility solutions across transportation modes, especially those involving connected and highly automated vehicles as well as innovation in transaction management and payments processing.

Varnum: Attorneys at Law

As you look for opportunities to expand and grow your business, Varnum attorneys are there to help every step of the way. They provide actionable legal and business advice to create and enhance value. Varnum invests in understanding their clients’ businesses and their vision. While corporate law and litigation are core competencies, Varnum is a full-service provider of legal services across several key industries.

Choice One Bank

For over a century, Choice One Bank has been committed to their community. This means they're responsible to their neighbors, their farmers, and their local businesses. Your goals become their own. And your dreams become their work. They're a team of bankers, investors, lenders, and consultants. But more than all these things, they're a group of people who serve the people around us. They're committed to seeing Michigan grow, their neighbors prosper, and their employees enjoy a meaningful career. They believe this is their responsibility as the community bank in Michigan: to honor those that trust them with their livelihood. Their mission is to provide superior service, quality advice, and show utmost respect to everyone they meet.

Downtown Grand Rapids, Inc.

Downtown Grand Rapids Inc. (DGRI) is the organization responsible for city building and place-management in the urban core of the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Established in 2013, DGRI serves as the singular management entity for the combined operations of the Downtown Development Authority, the Downtown Improvement District, and the Monroe North Tax Increment Finance Authority. In total, DGRI actively engages more than 100 unique individuals from metro Grand Rapids in the decision-making flow of the organization's fiduciary boards, advisory alliances and project steering committees. This robust leadership network ensures DGRI continually brings together people with different knowledge, perspective and experience to solve problems, identify opportunities and directly support the day-to-day work of improving Grand Rapids' Downtown neighborhoods.

Experience Grand Rapids

The mission of Experience Grand Rapids is to create an exceptional community by sharing Grand Rapids with the world. What does that really mean? It means that they inspire tourism and conventions through short-term promotions, long-term marketing and sales strategies, and a focus on community developments that will impact the visitor experience. Experience Grand Rapids is the official Destination Marketing Organization (DMO) for the area. They are the only community resource devoted to marketing the destination brand by raising visitor awareness of the region’s product – i.e., its appeal as a tourism and convention destination. Their efforts produce millions of dollars in direct and indirect revenues and taxes that uplift the local economy.

Ferris State University & Kendall College of Art and Design

Kendall College of Art and Design (KCAD) offers an outstanding education in a broad range of professional pursuits in design, art, and art history. Their faculty members are regionally and nationally known designers, artists, and scholars in their own right who share their experience freely in the studio and beyond. Professors know their students by name and are invested in their success. KCAD's facilities provide well-resourced studios, classrooms, labs, workshops, and exhibition spaces. And their technology is directly aligned with the systems and software used in the professional world. KCAD's Mission: As a college within Ferris State University, Kendall College of Art and Design prepares students for leadership in design, the visual arts, and art history; provides innovative, collaborative education that fosters intellectual growth and individual creativity; and promotes the ethical and civic responsibilities of artists and designers, locally and globally.

Grand Rapids Public Museum

GRPM is a place to spark your curiosity and allows for never-ending inspiration focusing on science, history, and culture. They exist to be a living monument of artifacts, ideas and stories told through exhibitions, events, and educational programming designed to inspire, motivate and celebrate our human bond. They enrich the lives of our community through experiences of the wider world in a uniquely Grand Rapids context. Their vision is to inspire curiosity and a deeper understanding of the world around us.

Grand Rapids Public Schools

For more than 150 years, Grand Rapids Public Schools has been a leader in West Michigan. With over 40 schools in one dynamic district, they take pride in preparing scholars for the real world. Their mission is to ensure that all students are educated, self-directed and productive members of society.

Jenny Shangraw

Jenny Shangraw

Mercantile Bank

Mercantile Bank provides a high level of service, a knowledgeable staff, and are committed to strengthening the diverse communities they serve. With an inclusive, equitable and hands-on approach to community engagement, Mercantile employees help to support local economies, youth, families and individuals.

Mobile GR

Mobile GR is a City of Grand Rapids department that works to provide safe, reliable, affordable, and diverse transportation options to support the City's economic and quality of life goals. Mobile GR operates city-owned parking systems and maintains many aspects of transportation and safety infrastructure within the City of Grand Rapids and Kent County. Social justice, economic development, and transportation depend on one another's success. Mobile GR works together to improve the community's quality of life by getting more people to use active transportation. Mobile GR helps expand people's mobility choices by making it easier to take transit, walk, bike, carpool, or drive alone.

Peckham

Peckham, Inc., a nonprofit community vocational rehabilitation organization, is a unique business and human services agency that values quality, diversity and performance. Their mission is to provide a wide range of opportunities to maximize human potential for persons striving for independence and self-sufficiency. They embrace collaboration, effective resource management and innovative approaches to achieve world-class excellence. Every client has a story of overcoming obstacles to become more successful. Peckham's customers speak of exceeded expectations and high-quality performance. Whether providing vocational programs or globally competitive products, Peckham delivers on potential.

Rockford Construction

Together, Rockford Construction develops, builds and manages spaces that make a positive impact on their team, their clients and their communities.

United Healthcare: Tamara Sevenski-Popma & Bob Popma

At UnitedHealthcare, their mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. They dedicate themselves to this every day for their members by being there for what matters in moments big and small — from their earliest days, to their working years and through retirement.

University of Michigan Health West

University of Michigan Health West put YOU first. Good health begins with a great primary care physician – a skilled doctor who knows you and what you need to feel your best. At University of Michigan Health-West, they offer convenient access across West Michigan to renowned care teams backed by a world-class health system. Care when you need it, where you need it! Dedicated Family Practice, Internal Medicine and Pediatric Medicine physicians are available right around the corner from wherever you live in West Michigan

Dan Vos Construction Company

DeVos Construction builds more than buildings. They believe that building relationships through honest communication and providing outstanding service is as important as the projects they construct. Their tagline “Building for Life” means their construction has purpose, quality and durability. They are here to serve people and to enhance life, while maintaining long-term relationships with their customers, sub-contractors and employees. Long after your project is complete, they will be standing next to you, helping you plan for your future.

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services

The mission of DHH&S is to provide equal communication access, education, and advocacy to the Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing in pursuit of all life’s opportunities .

Dominican Sisters-Grand Rapids

The Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids, is an apostolic community of vowed women religious.They respond to a call to live their commitment made in baptism: to grow in the love of God. Through ministry, community, study, and prayer they share Christ’s message — redemptive love that reflects God’s desire for a just world. Their hope is to continue opening themselves to the power and presence of the Holy Spirit — and to be a flame of truth, love, hope, and mercy. Our commitments include having relationships with God's mission, with one another, with others, and with Earth.

Grand Rapids Community College

GRCC provides relevant educational opportunities that are responsive to the needs of the community and inspires students to meet economic, social and environmental challenges to become active participants in shaping the world of the future. GRCC is an open access college that prepares individuals to attain their goals and contribute to the community.

Griswold Group

Formulating unique strategies while maximizing benefit values for each client is their specialty. Griswold Group understands that no two companies or individuals are alike. They value their customer relationships and stay true to delivering effective and friendly service. Their priority is to provide tools and expertise to their team, while striving to create growth and opportunity for each team member.

Hanger Clinic

At Hanger Clinic, they care for their patients like family, working together to deliver the best possible orthotic and prosthetic outcomes. With more than 900 locations across the country, they create customized solutions for people of all ages, including state-of-the-art prostheses, braces, cranial helmets, and other devices designed to increase the mobility and function of each person they serve.

The Image Shoppe

There is no one-size-fits-all for creating an authentic brand. At its core, it is the understanding that every brand must have a unique selling point that separates it from the rest of the businesses in its oversaturated industry. Queue the concept of authentic branding! By diving deep to find the heart of why you started your company and the goals you hope to achieve through it, their team of strategists, creatives and marketers can help you create genuine stories that resonate with your audiences. By crafting messages and visuals that are unique to you, not only will you connect with those who matter most, but you will shine in a room full of competitors.

Kent County

The Kent County Inclusion Department's mission is to advance a culture that demonstrates inclusion. At Kent County, they work to provide an inclusive and belonging environment for County employees and residents. They are committed to providing residents with equitable access to efficient, effective, and culturally responsive services; Intentionally incorporating inclusion practices in their service delivery; Recruiting and retaining a qualified, diverse workforce that reflects their continually changing community. Kent County embraces a shared responsibility across their 25 departments to achieve these priorities. They are committed to working internally and externally to help identify new and innovative strategies. They will continue to review their progress including work to enhance our performance metrics and integrate inclusion in programs, practices, and policies.

Lumbermen's Inc.

Headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan since 1955, Lumbermen’s operates in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. A leading distributor and manufacturer, they are driven by the goal to be first choice for their employee owners, customers, and suppliers. Lumbermen’s is 100% employee-owned and committed to investing in rewarding relationships and doing the right thing in every interaction. Lumbermen’s products are available through local lumberyards and dealers. They exist to enrich the lives of people by intentionally caring for all who experience them.

Michigan State University College of Human Medicine

Michigan State University College of Human Medicine is committed to educating exemplary physicians and scholars, discovering and disseminating new knowledge, and providing service at home and abroad. They enhance our communities by providing outstanding primary and specialty care, promoting the dignity and inclusion of all people, and responding to the needs of the medically underserved.

Sinas Dramis Law Firm

70+ Years of personal injury excellence, integrity, and results throughout all of Michigan. When you contact Sinas Dramis Law Firm, they’re going to take time to get to know you and your family and understand your needs and how they can best represent them as our clients. As part of their free consultation, they’ll listen to you and make sure they understand your situation. As part of their contingency fee agreement, you don’t pay unless they win or settle your case.

Weller Truck Parts

Weller Truck Parts specializes in new and remanufactured transmissions, differentials, steering gears, electronics, mechatronics, driveshafts, and heavy-duty truck parts. Since 1973, Weller Truck Parts has dedicated itself to out-servicing the competition. They have grown for nearly fifty years and so has their capacity to exceed customer expectations. If you’re not currently a customer, they'd love to prove themselves to you. Go ahead and contact them with a support question or issue. They're here for you even before the sale. When you purchase, you’ll experience what it means to partner with a company wholly focused on getting you the product you need, when you need it. Our company-owned distribution centers, extensive inventory, and local support team are located across the United States.