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Advocacy ; Education / Instruction ; Municipal / Civic ; Nonprofit

The City of Marquette Senior Center offers services and activities to the City’s older adult population at its location in the lower level of City Hall. The Senior Center publishes a monthly newsletter which highlights activities and information of interest to seniors. It also offers a wide variety of health, education, nutrition, fitness and recreation programs, as well as the services of state-licensed social workers. Social workers and homemaker assistants also provide services to home-bound residents. “A Senior Center is a community focal point where older persons as individuals or in groups come together for services and activities which enhance their dignity, support their independence and encourage their involvement in and with the community. As part of a comprehensive community strategy to meet the needs of older persons, Senior Center programs take place within and emanate from a facility. These programs consist of a variety of services and activities in such areas as education, creative arts, recreation, advocacy, leadership development, employment, health, nutrition, social work and other supportive services. The center also serves as a community resource for training professional and lay leadership and for developing new approaches to aging problems.” — Quoted from The Older Americans Act

Kathleen M. Heideman

Advocacy ; Arts & Culture : Literature & Poetry , Visual Arts ; Nonprofit

Kathleen M. Heideman is a writer, artist and environmentalist working in Michigan’s wild Upper Peninsula.

Mackinac Arts Council

Advocacy ; Arts & Culture : Arts Advocacy , Literature & Poetry , Performing Arts , Visual Arts ; Education / Instruction ; Media ; Nonprofit

Mackinac Arts Council is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization designated as Mackinac Island’s non-profit arts agency. Now in its 19th year, the Arts Council serves and works in partnership with Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs, Mackinac Island Community Foundation, Mackinac State Historic Parks, Richard and Jane Manoogian Mackinac Art Museum, the City of Mackinac Island, Mackinac Island Tourism Bureau, and other community groups to meet the arts and cultural needs of the Mackinac Island community through a diversity of initiatives and services and cultural programming. We hope you will join us in our endeavor to provide quality arts programming on beautiful Mackinac Island.

Pence Consulting

Advocacy ; Business / Retail

Pence Consulting is a firm established in 1992 in the State of Michigan. Carole J. Pence is President and Owner. Pence is an expert in Fundraising, Philanthropy, Consulting, and Training. She has served 100’s of clients over the past 30 years. Pence Consulting develops leadership and organizational capacity to raise money. In 1995 she joined the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy faculty and teaches their curriculum nationally. A certified DiSC Training effectively using the Behavioral Profile to train people on how to gain insight into people and their preferred behavioral styles. Changing one’s approach to people based on these techniques helps a person better solicit and retain donors. The firm specializes in Annual, Capital, Endowment, and Special Project Campaigns.

Upper Peninsula Arts and Culture Alliance

Advocacy ; Arts & Culture : Arts Advocacy ; Nonprofit

The Alliance fosters and promotes creativity by encouraging connections between individuals, organizations, artists, performers, and audiences throughout the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The Upper Peninsula Arts and Culture Alliance is a 15-county affinity group comprised of Artisans and art organizations, historians and culture bearers, as well as allies in related sectors such as tourism and recreation, local and regional government and economic development. The success of the Alliance will be determined by our ability to improve the visibility, connectivity, and sustainability of the arts and culture sector as part of the broader fabric of regional Upper Peninsula development.