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Copper Country Community Arts Council
HANCOCK – The Copper Country Community Arts Council (CCCAC) is the administrator for the Regional Re-granting program of the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA). The CCCAC facilitates funding opportunities for the arts in the six counties of the Western Upper Peninsula; Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, and Ontonagon.
Minigrants for Arts Projects provide up to $4,000 for locally developed, high quality arts projects, which provide special opportunities to address local arts needs and increase public access to the arts. Minigrants support a broad range of artistic expression from all cultures through projects which preserve, produce, or present traditional and contemporary arts.
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HOUGHTON The nonprofit organization 31 Backpacks was founded, because its co-founders, Laurel Maki and Melissa Maki, identified a critical need within the Copper Country Intermediate School District: Many K-12 students throughout the CCISD are of low-income families and received free or reduced breakfasts and/or lunches. But on the weekends and during breaks from school, there are many children who may not have an adequate amount of food at home. The issue is not limited to the Western Upper Peninsula, nor it is a new problem.
Back on July 1, the Michigan Advance reported that data from mid-May disclosed that 17% of Michigan households with children reported sometimes, or often, not having enough to eat in the past seven days. This figure can be compared to 37% of households with incomes below $35,000, stated the Michigan Advance report.