The Ottawa County Community Foundation awarded more than $76,500 in community grants and special awards to 34 local nonprofit organizations during its annual awards presentation at Catawba Island Club on June 20.
The foundation "sees the needs in our community, and it is so uplifting to know that we have been a part of the solution in meeting those needs," says Grants Chair Mary Coffee.
One recipient of the fourth annual Joy Roth Little Tiger Award was Light House Sober Living, which provides recovery housing for residents of Ottawa and Erie counties.
The award recognizes similar champions who go above and beyond to give back to the community.
"She was like the wizard behind the curtain," says the executive director of Light House Sobor Living.
"We often take in people who come to us with little or nothing to mind.
Together, we work to build them up to become productive citizens and show them they can have life worth living."
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