Stories of real people and inspiring lives 

A "Forever" Family for Christmas

Camp gives a foster teen the chance to shine  

Foster father enjoys providing kids with stable home

Flower Girl 

MapleCreek hosts pilot geriatric fellowship

Our best Christmas gift ever 

Your gifts to LSSM do change lives

Tecumseh school administration building may become senior housing

MapleCreek Resident Resource Center 

Owning Your Story: Wisdom from a Young Detroiter 

Thrift store donations travel from Petersburg to Saginaw 

A home for Heidi

An American Tale  

Five adopted girls keep family busy

Burma to Battle Creek

LSSM In the News

Volunteers from Birch Run schools help resale shop paint mural

June 29, 2011, 3:30 PM, The Saginaw News

Michigan Teen Conference provides social, practical skills for foster children 

June 23rd, 2011, Big Rapids News 

Somali refugee takes oath of U.S. citizenship year after his brother
September 22, 2010, The Grand Rapids Press

Women opens door to new church ministry
September 12, 2010, The News Herald

County puts coats on Family Center kids
March 11, 2010, Hometownlife.com, Wayne County, MI

Congo family's first Christmas in U.S. is 'time of great happiness and joy'
December 24, 2009 The Grand Rapids Press, Grand Rapids

All the pieces are in place for MapleCreek CCRC resident
July 13, 2009 Grand Rapids Business Journal, Grand Rapids

Refugees strive for work in U.S.
June 22, 2009 State News, Michigan State University, Lansing 

Top dads
June 21, 2009 Cadillac News, Cadillac

Burmese refugees rebuild community through a garden
June 10, 2009 Lansing State Journal, Lansing

'Lost Boy' wants clinic: Refugee from violence in Sudan aims to help residents of his village.
March 16, 2009 Winston‐Salem Journal, North Carolina