It’s an honor to once again serve as the president of ISAAC. Again, thank you to Pastor Matt Weiler for your dedication and service to ISAAC and our warmest blessings go out to you and your family.

Our leaders in ISAAC are a blessing to me. I would like to again send a special thank you to Pastor Matt Weiler for his time as President of ISAAC. Thank you Elder Doug King for graciously answering the call as you step into the President’s role!

The Youth Violence Prevention Task Force had a powerful start to the Future Leaders for Peace Initiative. Two youth leadership training sessions and two youth-led round table discussions were held in March.

The action is heating up for our Task Force and partners!

On April 5th, Task Force members CJ Jones, Ginny Middleton, Brenda Stubbs, and Rochelle Habeck car pooled to Lansing to attend the Michigan Power to Thrive (MPTT) Summit on Alternatives to Preschool and Early Care Expulsion, where we joined our partners from the Learning Network, Melissa Fish, Jared Volz and Sakhi Vyas.

Join us for dinner at Panera Bread on April 13th. 20% of meal proceeds will be donated to ISAAC. Please print and bring this flyer with you. We look forward to seeing you there. All are welcome! Panera Bread April 13, 2016 4pm-8pm 5119 West Main Street (near N. Drake Rd) Kalamazoo 49009 [su_gmap address=”Panera Breads, 5119 West Main […]

Dr. J. Louis Felton, former Pastor of Galilee Baptist Church, is coming back to town to be keynote speaker for our 15th Anniversary Banquet on Thursday evening, June 30! He was one of the founders of ISAAC in 2001, as well as being a founder of our partner and awardee ERACCE, when he was the […]

We appreciate your support. We earned over $130 and we KNOW this night was a success. We had a wonderful time of fellowship and outreach.

Food, Fellowship and Paint! Please join us on Saturday, April 30th at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church (Dining Room) from 3-5 PM for a Paint and Cheese Party Fundraiser. This event will be led by artist Debbie Bell. Debbie graduated from Kendall College and teaches art at the East Grand Rapids Community Center and at Montcalm Community College.

I would like to send a heartfelt thank you to Margaret Madden for graciously agreeing to serve as the Interim Treasurer of ISAAC. Margaret was born in Detroit but has lived in Kalamazoo since the 1960’s.

The Certificate of Service this month goes to Chris Roberts. A faithful member of First Congregational Church, Chris serves as their Leadership Board Representative to ISAAC.

A special thank you to County Commissioner Kevin Wordelman for visiting and speaking with our Executive Committee about the “Campaign to Unload.” If you have not already, please read more about this initiative and feel free to sign the petition. We are in this together!

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