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MEMBERS ON THE MOVE                                                   FOCUS MAGAZINE  |  NOVEMBER 2021



        The Salvation Army in Lansing is     Osteopathic College of Radiology      program’s goal is to improve nutrition
        kicking off the holiday season early   as the inaugural recipients of the   for Michigan children in schools and
        this year! Red Kettles will start going   Outstanding Affiliate Award. The   childcare settings while also investing
        out at stores and businesses in the   Outstanding Affiliate Awards         in Michigan agriculture. Holt Public
        tri-county area on Nov. 19 through   recognize state and specialty         Schools has received a grant of $6,200
        Dec. 24. This year, each kettle will   college affiliates that demonstrate   to support this program.
        feature multiple ways to give: cash,   innovation, creativity, resourcefulness
        checks, via QR code, or with Kettle   and flexibility; highlight outstanding   Chick-fil-A Lansing celebrated
        Pay, which allows users to use Venmo,   affiliate performance; recognize   five amazing years of service to
        PayPal, Apple Pay, or Google Pay to   affiliate contributions that advance   the Greater Lansing community
        make a secure donation. As many      the osteopathic profession; and       on Wednesday, Oct. 13. A special
        continue to struggle, particularly   celebrate and share noteworthy        ribbon-cutting ceremony was held
        with pandemic poverty, the need for   programs and initiatives with all    with cookies and a handshake from
        assistance continues to be on the rise.   affiliates to encourage best practices.   everyone’s favorite cow.
        The Salvation Army Lansing Capital
        Area expects to serve a record number                                      Siena Investments has joined
        of children, adults, and families this                                     Buckingham Strategic Wealth to
        holiday season and well into the                                           further strengthen their focus on
        new year. There are a variety of ways                                      client service and shared philosophy
        you can get involved and make a                                            of building and preserving wealth
        difference in our community.                                               through sound financial planning,
                                                                                   integrated tax services, and evidence-
        Bekum America Corporation, North     The MSU College of Music officially   based portfolio management
        America’s leading manufacturer of    realized a dream come true by         strategies. Founded in 2000 by Roger
        blow molding machinery, welcomed     cutting the ribbon on the Billman     Millbrook and Stephen Hicks, Siena
        local high school students in-person   Music Pavilion—a state-of-the-art   Investments is a fee-only fiduciary firm
        to celebrate Manufacturing Day       facility, purpose-built for music     offering wealth management services
        beginning on Friday, Oct. 1 at Bekum   study, practice, and performance. On   to executives and other professionals,
        America, located at 1140 West        Friday, Oct. 1, the college celebrated   business owners, and retirees and
        Grand River Avenue in Williamston.   the expansion and improvement of      their families in the greater Lansing
        Local high school students joined    college facilities and included a music-  area and beyond. The firm has been
        the Bekum leadership team for in     filled open house. Crews completed    associated with Buckingham since
        person presentations and tours of    much of the pavilion construction in   2000 through its partnership with
        the newly expanded state-of-the-art   the spring of 2020, but the pandemic   Buckingham Strategic Partners,
        manufacturing facility.              caused delays in the celebration.     LLC, Buckingham’s affiliated
                                             The pavilion first opened to students   comprehensive wealth platform.
        McLaren Greater Lansing Hospital     and faculty in the fall of 2020 under
        and the McLaren Greater Lansing      Covid-19 safety protocols.            MSU Federal Credit Union is
        Foundation recently celebrated a                                           partnering with the Spartan Media
        smoother road to health care with    Volunteers of America Michigan, a     Network and WLNS 6 News to
        the dedication of Chi Drive at its new   social services organization and one   provide a new weekly magazine-
        state-of-the-art health care campus in   of the state’s largest service providers   style television program for Spartan
        honor of Dr. Ki Whan Oh Chi and Dr.   to veterans in Michigan, celebrated   fans throughout Michigan. The
        Seong Chi. The dedication recognized   a grand re-opening of its thrift store   “MSU Federal Credit Union Coaches
        the many contributions of the doctors   located at 5411 S. Cedar Street, Lansing.   Show” contains exclusive content
        to McLaren Greater Lansing and the   Organizers commemorated the           and features officially affiliated with
        community during and after their     special occasion with a ceremony and   Michigan State University. The new
        tenure with the hospital community.   ribbon cutting on Thursday, Oct. 14.  program is 30 minutes of weekly
                                                                                   original programming airing over 16
        The Michigan Osteopathic             Holt Public Schools has received      weeks, from Oct. 22, 2021 through
        Association (MOA), the American      a grant to ensure students receive    Feb.12, 2022, with hiatus weeks
        College of Osteopathic Family        healthy options for breakfast and     at Thanksgiving and Christmas.
        Physicians and the American          lunch. The 10 Cents a Meal for        The show is a fast-paced, content-
        Osteopathic College of Radiology     Michigan’s Kids & Farms is a state    driven format featuring inside
        earned recognition. The AOA          program, which provides matching      access to Michigan State University
        recently selected the MOA, the       dollars to schools to purchase        coaches, student-athletes, and
        American College of Osteopathic      and serve Michigan-grown fruits,      narratives hosted by the WLNS 6
        Family Physicians, and the American   vegetables and legumes. The          News Sports team. l

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