Midland Area Youth Action Council

04/12/2026

Thank you to everyone who attended our annual Inclusivity Event put on by our Inclusivity Committee. A huge shoutout goes to our speakers and Ken Jolly for their incredible presentations. We can’t wait to do it again next year!

03/02/2026

At our February Quarterly Meeting, we accomplished a lot!💙❤️
We proudly voted to fully fund several incredible organizations, including Chippewa Nature Center, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan, and CMU Medical Education Partners.
Thank you to our members, presenters, and community partners for an evening of collaboration and action.

02/05/2026

Due to bad roads, tonight's Grants Committee and Project Committee Meetings are on Zoom! Look out for an email from Penelope and / or Sam with the Zoom link or email Sara JC for it.

Project Committee is live and will be starting in 5 min or so -

01/08/2026

Urgent announcement: Project committee meeting is cancelled for tonight, Thursday January 8, 2026. See email from Chairperson Penelope for details about rescheduling.

Grants meeting still a go for 6:30pm

01/08/2026

Several students in the community have achieved something extremely rare… they’ve been published as authors in a peer-reviewed scientific research journal. This is the same level of academic publishing that college students, graduate students, and even professional researchers work years to accomplish.

Special recognition to our own Sophie Cai and Sanvi Patel, whose names now appear in legitimate academic literature alongside established researchers.

We’re incredibly proud of these students and the Space Farmers program for proving that high school researchers can contribute meaningfully to real science.

Read the full Midland Daily News feature here:
https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/dow-high-space-farmers-study-21277541.phpe

Dow High graduate Margaret Hitt wasn't expecting the research of her and her fellow Space Farmers to be published in a major scientific journal.

01/01/2026

Happy Holidays! 🎉

11/26/2025

November meeting: absolutely stacked.
We kicked off early, powered through three quarterly grants, funded ten mini-grants, and still had time for committee updates and new volunteer opportunities.

Our quarterly grants? Fully funded across the board.
Shelterhouse.
The Breaking Bread Village.
Foster Families Navigation & Resource Center.
Three presentations, three green lights. Huge work from our due-diligence teams.

Committees are also pushing forward: Inclusivity is gearing up for April’s big event, Projects is tackling mental health and social media overuse, Grants finalized the field trip policy, and PR is building out new media resources.

Volunteer shifts for Poseyville Preserve and Santa House are open. If you want in, reach out to an officer or Sara.

No November/December meeting, so enjoy the break. We’ll see you at the December Social!!! ❄️🎄

10/31/2025

Halloween’s been around longer than you think 😮🎃

It started as a Celtic festival (Samhain ➡️ “Sow-in”) and evolved into the candy, costumes, and chaos we know today 🍫🎭

Learn the real story behind spooky season 👇
https://www.nypl.org/blog/2018/10/26/brief-history-halloween

10/20/2025

10/19/2025

Raymond is 🧑‍🍳 again...
Midland Area Cultural Awareness Coalition

10/19/2025

Our October meeting was filled with great energy, laughter, and leadership in action! 🎉

Members connected, shared updates from committees, and looked ahead to exciting plans for the year. We also heard an inspiring message from Alysia Christy about the importance of trust and collaboration in philanthropy. 💡

The highlight of the night — celebrating our President, Luvya, for being invited to join the Michigan Community Foundations Youth Project (MCFYP)! 👏💙

It was an amazing evening that captured the heart of what youth philanthropy is all about — connection, community, and making a difference together. 💛