by gro ry
m ofth
ntion lly
G ill
round t
t t. A ic off � turing
Engi r occurred on Oct. 6 t th
BI Child d amily I ti­
tut in La in H on
h nd to announ tb "Michi­
gan Harv t Gat ring Chal­
In.· Three corporate gian
- Ameritech, Con umer
Po r Co. and Do Ch mical
Co. - have agreed to donate
25,000 ach if Schu tt can
rei 150,000 from 10 other
Michigan oompani .
He is off to a good tart.
Three Grand Rapids area bu i­
ne already have donated
15,000 or more. Amway Corp.
of Ada has contributed $15,000;
Meijerlnc. haadonated 15,000
and a truckload 0 food igb­
ing 33,750 pounds; and Spar­
tan Sto has donated 15,000.
Schuette id h exp cta
other bu in to do the same.
"I'm confident that con­
cerned businesses leaders will
step up to the plate and meet
the challenge," he said. "I know
Michigan business care and
they want to be a part of the
Michigan Harvest Gathering
family."
At the kickoff, a canned food
sculpture built by children who
attend activities at the Black
Child and Family Institute was
on display . It was entered in
the second annual Canned Food
Sculpture Contest, a competi­
tion between schools, busi­
nesses and nonprofit agencies.
There are 27 groups who ap-
lied to' build sculptures, in-
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cuing the Michigan State
e ice, St. Gerard School in
Lansing and the Sigma Alpha
C 0
n to Tra
. , Grand
d it.
On Nov. 3 it will be t tb F'
W rd Community C n r in
S gina nd on Nov. 10 it will
tra I to Kalamazoo Loa
Fi h in Kalamazoo. Th cele­
bration reception i pl nned for
Nov. 17 at the Marshall St t
Armory in Lansing.
Gerald Faverman, a prof -
or of education admini tration
at Michigan State University, .
on the MHG host committee.
The committee is made up of
community I de who invite
people to the celebration and
who help promote MHG.
Faverm n wa a ked by
Schuette to join MHG the first
year it was in operation. He
said he joined the program be­
cause he believes it provid a
ne ary service.
"1 think in a time of hardship,
homelessness and hunger, we
all need to remember to help
our neighbors," he said. "While
it doesn't sound glamorous, I
think it's important. "
Arnold agreed. He said that
MHG is a unique program in
that it provides year-round sup­
port for food banks. The funds
that are raised can be used to
ship donated food to the food
bank when drives aren't being
held. That helps considerably,
he said, because most food.
drives- occur around the holi­
days but food is needed 365
days a year.
"It's a ni'Jllll'r_·-
the holidayap f giving and
year-round support," he said.
ofop
nd nu­
m rou individual don t d
nearly 470,000 nd 900,000
pounds of food to MHG. Th
donation w re given to th
Food Ban Council, hich
Arnold aid MHG i unique
bl food banks to
products rather
,
marketing. We need to do more
with product development. The
public ector needs to do more to
be involved in bettering Michi­
gan tourism and the sta te needs
to help out so we can have th e
advantages. "
The northea t part of the
state has a pecial problem in
dra wing people to the area,
Spot said, and is an area that
n to be dev loped further.
Also, tate parks might consider
adding r ort-style lodgings to
attrac other tourists besides
campers.
Lik I th bi
to �� .. ��
a y r for the car ferry that
cr Lake Michigan to Wis­
consin, Brillhart said.
I fishing, cross-country ski­
ing and hunting are very popu- .
lar winter activiti in northern
Mi hi n r like Ludington,
Brillhar id. Th ar I 0
many winter fe tival h ld
around th . state, sh aid.
R ntly, to h lp draw rno
pl to th tat, h tour' m
indu try w giv n a 2.3 mil­
lion funding increa ,for th
1991-92 y r, ranking it 21 in
th nation in tr vel budge .
Te fi t in lin with
bud 26. million, while
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million.
Wh t Michigan d with this
mon y has been ch
th years, Wagner aid. Th re
h been an increased focus
from publications to data cen­
ters, and one established to give
inform tion on fall color viewing
logged in at I st 10,000 lls,
W gn rid.
But ther needs to b an c­
cent on more than just promo­
tion, said D ni 1 Spotts, n
i t nt profe or with th
Michigan State Univer ity
Travel, Tourism and Recreation
Resource Center.
id.
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"shoulder
"WE'VE HAD AN emphasis
only on promotion," Spotts said.
"Promotion is only one aspect of
Ha buying a hom r r financing th on y u
wn alway m d ltk m thing out f
y ur r h?
D Y u y r f l hk aying, "What' th
u f trying?"
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Th Initlativ M rtgag M fr m
Fir t of Am ri Bank.
With f1 ibl t rm and mp titiv
rat ,it' a way to h Ip P pi buy a h m in
D troit, Highland Park, H mtr m k r
Pontia .
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p m nt an b a hul 5% f r a fi drat
Bla
poverty triple
that fo wh ite
m
WASHINGTON, D - The pov­
erty rate for American Blacks is
nearly thr e times that for
whites and appears to be" getting
worse. That was one o the chief
conclusions of new Census Bu­
reau data released in early Oc­
tober. In 1992, the percentage of
African Americans living in pov­
erty stood at 33.3�. That com­
pa1'89 to 11.6� for whites, 12.5%
for Asians and 29.3% for His­
panics.
Overall, 14.5� of the nation's
people live in poverty. And, th
rate of incr in poverty has
been 12.8� ince 1989. Thus,
poverty is increasing at th
times the growth in population.
Describing th last four yea ,
Daniel H. Weinberg of the Cen­
sus Bureau id, "The rich got
richer. The middle class tayed
the sam And the poor got
poorer."
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