密歇根州消费者能源基金会向西密歇根12家机构拨款逾18.5万美元
密歇根州消费者能源基金会（Consumers Energy Foundation）10月26日宣布，已向西密歇根地区的12家社区机构发放超过185,000美元的拨款，用于支持这些机构加强社区、改善居民生活质量的服务和项目。这笔资金通过该基金会的「社区影响奖」发放；该奖项在全州范围内共向27家机构发放了超过450,000美元。
部分受助机构包括：卡拉马祖县的詹宁斯开发综合体（Jennings Development Interplex）获20,000美元，为北区学前儿童建设基于自然的学习和游乐空间；肯特县的南端社区外展事工（South End Community Outreach Ministries）获20,000美元，用于扩展移动食物储藏室，把营养食物和卫生用品直接送到面临获取障碍的家庭；渥太华和阿勒甘县的人民中心（The People Center）获10,000美元，帮助维持为有需要家庭提供的安全过渡住房；马斯基根县的马斯基根探路者（Pathfinders of Muskegon）获20,000美元，为20名青少年提供实践教育、导师辅导和职业探索。
基金会秘书兼财务主管凯瑟琳·威尔逊（Catherine Wilson）说：「当人们能够获得繁荣所需的资源、机会和场所时，强大的社区就会建立起来。这些拨款支持的是了解自己社区、每天把切实解决方案付诸行动的组织。」消费者能源基金会是密歇根州最大能源供应商消费者能源公司的慈善机构。2025年，该基金会与CMS能源基金会、消费者能源公司及其员工和退休人员共为密歇根州的非营利组织和社区贡献了超过1,700万美元。
Consumers Energy Foundation Awards Over $185,000 to 12 West Michigan Organizations
The Consumers Energy Foundation announced on October 26 that it has awarded more than $185,000 in grant funding to 12 West Michigan organizations that provide services and programs strengthening communities and improving quality of life for residents. The funds were awarded through the foundation's Community Impact Awards, which presented more than $450,000 to 27 organizations throughout the state.
Recipients include Jennings Development Interplex in Kalamazoo County, which received $20,000 to create a nature-based learning and play space for Northside Kalamazoo preschoolers; South End Community Outreach Ministries in Kent County, which received $20,000 to expand its mobile pantry, bringing nutritious food and hygiene products directly to families facing access barriers; The People Center in Ottawa and Allegan Counties, which received $10,000 to help maintain safe transitional housing for area families in need; and Pathfinders of Muskegon in Muskegon County, which received $20,000 to provide 20 Muskegon County teens with hands-on education, mentoring and career exploration.
"Strong communities are built when people have access to the resources, opportunities and places they need to thrive," said Catherine Wilson, secretary and treasurer of the Consumers Energy Foundation. "These grants support organizations that know their communities and are putting practical solutions to work every day." The Consumers Energy Foundation is the charitable arm of Consumers Energy, Michigan's largest energy provider. In 2025, the foundation, the CMS Energy Foundation, Consumers Energy and its employees and retirees contributed more than $17 million in support of Michigan nonprofits and communities.
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