LANSING - When Cops Cafe & Bakery closed permanently last June, co-owner Michelle Bryant mourned the loss of the small business and thought about her future.
The Delta Township eatery had been her second act. Bryant, a detective with the Lansing Police Department, retired after 25 years in 2017. She and partner Heidi Williams opened the cafe in 2018.
Neither of them could have seen COVID-19 coming. What am I going to do next? Bryant thought. I m too young to sit around. You ve got to have a reason to get up and do stuff.
Last November, she found the answer. She became the first Greater Lansing volunteer for New Day Foundation For Families, helping with its grocery delivery program for cancer patients.