Auburn

The 2024 program is called "Adventure Begins at Your Library," provides materials for parents to keep kids engaged in learning over the summer. Worksheets and other materials also are available at the Literacy Council of Bay County and online.

Keeping the kids entertained this summer can be educational

Keeping the kids engaged in learning over the summer is important. It's also not as difficult to do as you might think.

The Annual Bay City Fireworks Festival fills the sky with lights and the parks with music and carnival rides on July 4, 5, and 6..
Your guide to Bay County’s 2024 summer festival schedule

Summer festivals bring music, food, and fun to communities throughout Bay County, Here, we highlight some of your options for summer entertainment.

The Bay-Arenac Diaper Bank provides thousands of diapers every year to families who need a little help. 
Half of U.S. families struggle to pay for diapers; Bay-Arenac Diaper Bank can help

The Bay-Arenac Diaper Bank relies on donations, grants, and volunteers to provide thousands of diapers to families in two counties

College-bound high school juniors recently completed the SAT.
SAT test is stressful for students

SAT testing is always stressful. When it was offered less than a week after Spring Break, the stress was amped up for students.

Bay City Central High School (Photo Credit: Doug Coombe)
Teen artists at Bay City Central and Western are producing work earning statewide honors

Teachers say the 2023-24 academic year was especially successful for kids in the arts programs  

The Range is 25-acre property accessible year-round. It can be used for cross-country hiking, running, biking, skiing, and snow-shoeing. It is fur-friendly so you can bring your favorite pet for some exercise as well.
Day trip guide to Auburn: From dawn to dusk, this Bay County city keeps everyone entertained

From the highway, Auburn may not look like much. But pull off the expressway and you'll find art, entertainment, food, and fun in this community between Bay City and Midland.

In 2013, the Oscar P. & Louise H. Osthelder Advisory Fund granted New Dimensions $3,000 to build a new shed to store lawn care equipment. (Photo courtesy of New Dimensions)
New Dimensions and the United Way work together to get people into the workforce

An on-the-job training program, from New Dimensions and the United Way of Bay County, creates benefits for employees and businesses

Owning a business is one version of the American dream. Olivia Maurer, a youth correspondent for Route Bay City, talked to three business owners in the area who graduated from the Bay-Arenac ISD Career Center.
Career Center program plants the seed for three Great Lakes Bay Region entrepreneurs

Many students from the Marketing & Management program at the Bay-Arenac ISD Career Center have gone on to start their own businesses. Here, we profile a few success stories.

Caregivers for people living with dementia are invited to support groups and trainings available through Golden Horizons Adult Day Center.
Training and support groups help caregivers and people living with dementia

The grant-funded Dementia Training Project allows Golden Horizons Adult Day Center to provide support and guidance for area caregivers. Funding for the project comes from Bay Area Community Foundation’s Alzheimer’s Fund.

John Ratajczak and Keagan Wardynski, 2023 BAISD Career Center graduates, say what they learned in high school helped them land good-paying jobs in Southeast Michigan. (Photo courtesy of the Bay-Arenac ISD Career Center)
Bay-Arenac ISD Career Center links recent graduates to jobs

High school students are earning real-world experience in the skilled trades even before they graduate from the Bay-Arenac ISD Career Center  

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