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February 5 Newsletter

A snow-covered Grand Valley- Photo by Bo Anderson

Challenging Heights Bake Sale
Erin Erickson

Mr. ANCHOR Pageant
Sarah Thornton

ANCHOR
 is
 hosting
 a
 bake
 sale
 on
 February
  25-­‐27
 in
 Henry
 Hall
 and
 in
 the
 Niemeyer
  lobby
 to
 raise
 money
 to
 sponsor
 a
  Challenging
 Heights
 student.
 Challenging
  Heights
 is
 an
 organization
 in
 Ghana
 that
  provides
 education
 for
 children
 who
 have
  been
 freed
 from
 forced
 child
 labor.
 The
  honors
 program
 sends
 a
 group
 of
 students
  to
 Ghana
 each
 year
 to
 work
 with
 this
  organization.
 The
 children
 are
 survivors
 of
  child
 trafficking;
 most
 of
 them
 do
 not
 have
  financial
 resources
 to
 pay
 for
 school.
 It
 costs
  $300
 to
 sponsor
 one
 child
 for
 an
 entire
 year.
  As
 a
 sponsor,
 ANCHOR
 can
 keep
 one
 child
  safe
 from
 child
 trafficking
 while
 providing
  the
 child
 with
 an
 education
 and
 a
 safe,
  empowering
 environment.

For
 ANCHOR’s
 February
 program,
  there
 will
 be
 a
 pageant
 for
 the
 men
  of
 our
 community
 to
 participate
 in!
 It
  will
 take
 place
 at
 7
 pm
 on
 Friday,
  February
 8
 in
 the
 Cook-­‐Dewitt
  Auditorium.
 The
 judges
 are
 Dr.
 J,
  Janaan
 Decker,
 and
 Erin
 Ash
 (GA
  from
 Laker
 Village)
 and
 they
 will
 be
  judging
 based
 on
 the
 following
  categories:
 GV
 wear,
 talent,
 Q
 &
 A,
  and
 lastly
 a
 Penny
 Wars
 benefitting
  Helen
 DeVos
 Fundraising
 Group.
 The
  contenders
 are
 Glenn
 Miller,
 Michael
  Hurley,
 Grant
 Price,
 Jacob
 Sackleh,
  Preston
 Purdue,
 Scott
 Hancox,
 and
  Jack
 Bontekoe.
 The
 winner
 will
  receive
 a
 gift
 certificate
 for
 the
  bookstore
 and
 a
 beautifully
 
  hand-­‐crafted
 sash.
 GrooVe!,
 a
 coed
 
 a
 cappella
 group,
 will
 be
 performing
  and
 light
 refreshments
 will
 be
  served.
 Be
 sure
 to
 invite
 your
 friends
  to
 this
 exciting
 and
 unique
 event!
 

Trip to Ghana- Photo from Janaan Decker

Kids’ Food Basket
Erin Erickson

GVSU group helps at Challenging HeightsPhoto from Janaan Decker

On
 February
 9
 and
 March
 16,
 the
  ANCHOR
 community
 service
 council
  will
 be
 taking
 a
 trip
 to
 Kids’
 Food
  Basket
 in
 Grand
 Rapids
 to
 volunteer.
  Students
 will
 be
 packing
 and
 sorting
  lunches
 for
 the
 Sack
 Supper
 program,
  which
 provides
 meals
 to
 over
 4,800
  children
 daily.
 The
 purpose
 of
 Kids’
  Food
 Basket
 is
 to
 end
 childhood
  hunger
 by
 providing
 sack
 meals
 for
  underprivileged
 children
 in
 the
 Grand
  Rapids
 area.
 Without
 the
 assistance
  of
 volunteers,
 it
 would
 be
 impossible
  to
 help
 this
 many
 children.
 To
 find
  out
 about
 more
 volunteer
  opportunities,
 come
 to
 an
 ANCHOR
  meeting
 on
 Wednesday
 nights
 at
  9:30
 pm
 in
 Honors
 148!
 

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Alumna Spotlight: Kirstyn Wildey

Sarah Pale

Kirstyn Wildey

February Events
February 6-13Helen DeVos selling Candy Grams February 8Mr. ANCHOR Pageant February 9Kids’ Food Basket Volunteering February 25-27Challenging Heights Bake Sale February 28Helen DeVos Chili Cook Off


  Kirstyn
 Wildey
 is
 a
 2007
 Graduate
 of
 Northville
 High
 School
 and
 a
 2011
 Graduate
 of
  GVSU
 and
 the
 Frederik
 Meijer
 Honors
 College,
 Magna
 Cum
 Laude
 with
 a
 B.B.A.
 in
 Human
  Resource
 Management
 and
 Marketing
 and
 a
 minor
 in
 Philosophy.
 While
 at
 GVSU,
 she
  volunteered
 by
 being
 an
 Honors
 student
 ambassador
 and
 an
 exam
 proctor
 and
 tour
 guide
  for
 scholarship
 competitions.
 Wildey
 was
 also
 a
 student
 assistant
 in
 the
 Honors
 College,
  and
 HR
 intern
 in
 ARAMARK/Campus
 Dining,
 vice
 president
 for
 the
 Society
 for
 Human
  Resource
 Management,
 and
 a
 member
 of
 Beta
 Gamma
 Sigma
 at
 GVSU.
 
 
  Since
 graduation,
 she
 has
 been
 employed
 as
 Human
 Resource
 Generalist
 for
 Lake
  Michigan
 Financial
 Corporation,
 and
 she
 is
 responsible
 for
 recruitment
 and
 selection,
  performance
 management,
 and
 employee
 relations.
 She
 said
 she
 likes
 her
 position
  because
 she
 gets
 to
 utilize
 what
 she’s
 learned
 at
 GVSU.
 
 
  In
 addition
 to
 work,
 she
 is
 also
 pursuing
 her
 Juris
 Doctor
 at
 the
 Thomas
 M.
 Cooley
 
  Law
 School
 in
 Grand
 Rapids,
 sits
 on
 the
  Membership
 Committee
 for
 Grand
 Rapids
  Helen DeVos Group Young
 Professionals
 (GRYP),
 is
 a
 Career
 Coach
  and
 Workshop
 Facilitator
 for
 Career
  Happenings Transitions
 Center
 of
 West
 Michigan,
 and
  Sarah Wilson volunteers
 at
 Kids’
 Food
 Basket.
  In
 her
 (very
 limited)
 free
 time,
 she
 said
  To
 get
 into
 the
 Valentine’s
 Day
 spirit,
  she
 enjoys
 spending
 time
 with
 old
 and
 new
  the
 Helen
 DeVos
 fundraising
 group
 is
  friends,
 catching
 up
 on
 missed
 TV
 episodes
 of
  selling
 candy
 grams
 from
 February
 6-­‐13
  her
 favorite
 shows,
 and
 eating
 as
 much
 Thai
  at
 the
 front
 desk
 of
 Niemeyer.
 It
 is
 an
  food
 as
 possible. easy
 way
 to
 be
 able
 to
 let
 someone
  know
 how
 special
 they
 are
 to
 you
 with
  Look
 for
 another
 Alumni
 Spotlight
 in
 the
 next
  a
 sweet
 treat.
 The
 candy
 grams
 are
  ANCHOR
 Newsletter!
  only
 $1
 and
 all
 proceeds
 will
 go
 toward
  fundraising
 efforts
 for
 the
 Helen
 DeVos
 
  Children’s
 Hospital.
 Also,
 on
 February
  28
 from
 8-­‐10
 pm
 in
 the
 multipurpose
  I
 have
 found
 that
 among
 its
  room,
 the
 group
 will
 be
 hosting
 a
 chili
  other
 benefits,
 giving
  cook
 off.
 All
 interested
 chefs
 can
 create
  their
 signature
 chili
 recipes
 to
 share
  liberates
 the
 soul
 of
 the
  with
 attendees.
 For
 a
 donation
 of
 $3
 at
  the
 door,
 each
 attendee
 will
 have
 the
  giver.
  chance
 to
 vote
 for
 their
 favorite
 recipe,
  and
 the
 chef
 with
 the
 most
 votes
 will
 
  win
 a
 prize
 for
 their
 chili
 creation.
  -­‐Maya
 Angelou
  Further
 details
 for
 the
 event
 will
 be
  coming
 soon
 as
 far
 as
 signing
 up
 to
  cook
 for
 the
 event.
 

Editor- Sarah Hillenbrand Writers- Sarah Wilson Erin Erickson Sarah Thornton Sarah Pale

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