Gary and Bernice Packard: Honoring Deep Roots by Supporting Benevolent Care “You don’t realize what a joy it is that Benevolent Care is available,” said Bernice Packard. “It’s not something you think about when you’re younger. It is a joy to not have that burden and to know you won’t have to move somewhere else.” […]
Brio Living Services Announces Master Plans for Major Expansion Project Brio Living Services is exploring plans to expand its Porter Hills Village community, which has served older adults in Grand Rapids since 1970. “The core portion of Porter Hills Village has served this community for 55 years, providing a bedrock of exceptional, nonprofit, faith-based senior […]
Meet Our Donors: Pat Winton Remembers Wife, Elaine, and Honors Her Caregivers “We did everything together. She was my first mate,” says Pat Winton of his wife, Elaine, who passed away in February 2024 after living with frontotemporal dementia for seven years. Pat’s great appreciation for the care Elaine received at Chelsea Retirement Community’s Towsley […]
Brio Living Services Celebrates National Social Work Month In recognition of March as National Social Work Month, Brio Living Services is proud to celebrate the life-changing work of social workers throughout our communities. Social workers at Brio play key roles in furthering our mission of ‘Welcoming all, partnering together, enriching lives,’ and bringing to life […]
Bringing the Gift of Music to Brio Living Services Residents Robert Nordling, a distinguished conductor, Music Director of the Shoreline Music Society, and an integral partner of the UMRC-Porter Hills Foundation Concert Series, stood before the crowd of residents at Porter Hills Village anxiously waiting to hear jazz savants, The Terry Lower Trio. Robert asked […]
Give the Gift of Vibrant LivingAs we enter the season of giving, and the end of the calendar year approaches, you may be considering ways you can make a meaningful difference for the causes you care about, while also realizing a tax savings for you. With your Individual Retirement Account qualified charitable distribution (QCD), you […]
Meet Our Donors: Will Epps IV Shares Passion for Affordable Living Will Epps IV experienced what it means to have unstable housing as a child growing up in Flint. Today, affordable housing is a passion he pursues in his work in real estate as an operations executive at McKinley and as founder of The Beetle […]
UMRC-Porter Hills Foundation Receives Grant for Exhale – The Family Caregiver Initiative November is National Family Caregivers Month, a time to recognize and honor the vital work of family caregivers across the nation, raise awareness of the challenges they face, and offer ways to increase support for those who provide so much care and compassion […]
