Last year, 95.3 WBCK and The Edge 104.9, along with the family of staff at the Haven of Rest, listeners and advertisers, teamed up to raise over $60,000 to provide vital services for the hundreds of homeless women, children and families who stay at The Haven of Rest’s emergency …
The City of Battle Creek recommends staying inside as much as possible, as at the subzero temperatures we will be getting it’s possible to get frostbite in just 15 minutes.
Nonprofits around southwest Michigan and the country hope to latch onto Black Friday and Cyber Monday momentum on what has become known as Giving Tuesday, this year on November 28, 2017.
The Battle Creek Community Foundation has quickly offered a short-term loan to Battle Creek's Haven of Rest homeless shelter, so that its employees can receive a paycheck they have been owed since August 18.
The Haven of Rest has now agreed to the terms of a loan from the Battle Creek Community Foundation, to help them get out of a financial hole. BCCF CEO Brenda Hunt tells 95.3 WBCK late Wednesday that they will be delivering a $50,000 check to the Haven this Friday...
Major restructuring is coming to Battle Creek’s family homeless shelter. In a release dated Friday, the Haven of Rest Ministries says that Executive Director Elaine Hunsicker is retiring from her position. Hunsicker has been Executive Director for 12 years, and the Haven says that her “passion, compa…