Giving Back / Moved By Good

8 Easy Ways To Make An Impact In Your Community

Abbie Dyer - Nov 13, 2017 8:49:03 PM

Every day is a good day to share the feeling of joy with those who need it most. While making a donation or writing a check can definitely help other people, there are plenty of other creative ways...

Community Events / Lake Trust Employees / Giving Back / Moved By Good

Food For Thought: Day of Caring

Abbie Dyer - Aug 16, 2017 2:28:30 PM

 With over 1 million people in Michigan struggling to put food on their tables1, was there really a way we could make a difference?

Giving Back / community partners / Moved By Good

Hope for a Home: A Day With Humble Design

Abbie Dyer - May 24, 2017 1:35:53 PM

 Home. It's a place many of us take for granted and a spot whose meaning we don't always understand until our situation changes. It's hard to say exactly what defines a home besides four walls and a...

Community Events / Member stories / Giving Back

A Big Win for Two Members

Abbie Dyer - Jan 26, 2017 10:05:43 AM

It's not every day that you get to go to work knowing that you're about to change the lives of two people. On Tuesday, January 24, we celebrated a life-changing moment for two Lake Trust members,...

Giving Back / Budgeting

6 Big Ideas to Give Back When You're Broke

Abbie Dyer - Dec 15, 2016 2:55:30 PM

We all want to do our part to make the world a better place. No one wants to be a Scrooge, but it seems like there are people everywhere asking for donations. So it feels like a big punch in the gut...

Foundation / Giving Back

Spreading the Love on Giving Tuesday

Abbie Dyer - Nov 30, 2016 4:04:42 PM

Battling crowds on Black Friday. Finding unique gifts on Small Business Saturday. Hunting for bargains on Cyber Monday. There's nothing relaxing about Thanksgiving weekend and spending all of that...

Giving Back

The Chance of a Lifetime

Abbie Dyer - Nov 29, 2016 10:11:00 AM

Everyone should have the opportunity to act out their passions and do good in the world by sharing those passions. That's why we take the idea of community very seriously here. So when we heard that...

Giving Back / Moved By Good

Spreading Joy Through a Day of Caring

Abbie Dyer - Aug 19, 2016 8:54:18 AM

On an early summer morning, we showed up for another day of work. But today we traded in our usual work tools for rakes, shovels, and gardening gloves. The day was spent planting flowers, trimming...

Foundation / Giving Back

More Than A Game: The 2016 Lake Trust Foundation Golf Classic

Abbie Dyer - Jul 1, 2016 11:17:18 AM

On a sunny day in late June, 136 people gathered at Oak Pointe Country Club excited for the upcoming round of golf. Old friends shared stories from the last year of their lives and some new faces...

Member stories / Giving Back / Be Yourself / Moved By Good

Young in Age, Big in Heart: Connor's Story

Abbie Dyer - Jun 20, 2016 3:20:18 PM

 Like most young boys, Connor loves to explore the great outdoors and use his imagination to build things. At almost 10-years-old, he practices martial arts and he's interested in writing books. But...


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