ST. CLAIR SHORES — The Optimist Club of St. Clair Shores is hosting another Pizza Palooza fundraiser to help a local family get treatment for their little boy.

NOVI — Actor Mark Wahlberg and Jay Feldman once again took to the green, along with several other celebrities and sponsors, for the Feldman Automotive Children’s Miracle Network Celebrity Golf Invitational at the Detroit Golf Club June 9.

ROYAL OAK — To help spread awareness and raise money for people and families affected by prostate cancer, the Michigan Men’s Health Foundation will be hosting the Run for the Ribbon June 15.

WEST BLOOMFIELD — Drivers are needed to make deliveries for the Meals on Wheels program in West Bloomfield, bringing food to those in need.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — In a 6-0 vote at their meeting on May 19, members of the St. Clair Shores City Council approved the receipt of a donation from the Shorewood Kiwanis to create more pickleball courts within the city.

TROY — Kathryn Ahlbrand and Sandra Burgess were elected to serve a 3-year term on the Troy Nature Society’s (TNS) Board of Directors during its annual membership meeting, which fell on April 24 this year.

METRO DETROIT — As the school year ends and the second year of the Michigan School Meals program nears completion, C & G Newspapers looked across metro Detroit to see what food programs are available to bridge the food insecurity gap during the summer.

SOUTHFIELD — Selma Blair has come a long way from her roots in Southfield to be a Hollywood actress, but she returned to the city in order to accept one of its biggest honors.

METRO DETROIT — A mission group to Haiti that includes churches in Sterling Heights, Southfield and more is sounding the alarm on the plight of the country — the poorest in the Western Hemisphere — as gangs have captured the town of Mirebalais, once a safe haven.

NOVI — People with intellectual and developmental disabilities who have found employment held a discussion at the Novi Public Library May 8 as ambassadors for Mi Work Matters, a nonprofit organization, on the value of workers with disabilities.

NOVI/FARMINGTON HILLS — Over the last 18 years, the people of St. James Catholic Church in Novi have blessed one family every year with home repairs through Rebuilding Together Southeast Michigan.

DETROIT — First responders from the Eastpointe and Roseville fire departments got fired up May 4 when they participated in the Fight For Air Climb at Comerica Park.

ROYAL OAK — Corewell Health Children’s pediatric programs have received $1.8 million in grants from Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.

NOVI — Letter carriers from the Walled Lake Post Office were among the millions of letter carriers across the country working to Stamp Out Hunger on May 10 as part of the National Association of Letter Carriers’ annual food drive.

ROYAL OAK — The Shades of Pink Foundation’s annual event, “A Walk at the Zoo,” was a huge success April 26 at the Detroit Zoo.

SOUTHFIELD/BERKLEY —  Rev. Chris Yaw, rector of St. David’s Episcopal Church in Southfield, announced the launch of Disamory Ministries on April 29. The nonprofit Christian ministry is “seeking to care for neighbors by providing gun buyback opportunities,” coupling thoughts and prayers with action to get unwanted guns off the streets. 

NOVI — The National Association of Letter Carriers’ annual Stamp Out Hunger campaign is set to take place May 10, and local postal carriers will be trying something new this year.

NOVI — Aarush Arun, a sophomore at Novi High School, volunteers his time regularly. Last year alone, he volunteered around 105 hours. However, he said many people he knows are having trouble finding volunteer opportunities that fit their interests.

EASTPOINTE — Fourteen years ago when Sue Todd was a youth services librarian at the Eastpointe Memorial Library, she went to a Kiwanis of Eastpointe meeting to inquire about a donation for library programs.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — PACE Southeast Michigan, a nonprofit that provides all-inclusive health care services to more than 2,100 low-income older adults in the region, will host its annual Set the PACE 5K at Stony Creek Metropark in Shelby Township June 7.