It’s About Honoring Service

Optimist Club of Saginaw “Ed was an true optimist,” said Louis Diechman, member of the Optimist Club of Saginaw and the “Officer Ed” Nowaczyk Scholarship Selection Committee.   When Edwin F. “Officer Ed” Nowaczyk passed away in 1985, the Optimist Club of Saginaw,...

It’s About Being Connected

Zachary Schmid and Amanda Jovanovich When it comes to supporting community foundations for Zachary Schmid, it runs in the family. Schmid, a recent transplant to our region, hails from St. Clair, Mich. where his mother works for the Community Foundation of St. Clair...

It’s About Opportunity

Getting Off to a Great Start:  Scholarships for high-quality preschool benefit children in the Great Lakes Bay Region   Ken and Phyllis have been married five years and live in Saginaw. They have two children, ages 1 and 3. The family rents a small home in the...