Author Archives: Betsy Thompson

Poverty Simulation Offers Perspective on Living in Need

By Betsy Thompson, on June 16, 2009
ACCESS recently had a Poverty Simulation at Wedgwood Christian Services.  Check out the link and click on the video to the right to watch the footage. WZZM13 and ACCESS Poverty Simulation

Poverty Simulation June 10th at GRCC

By Betsy Thompson, on May 18, 2009
Join us June 10th at 6:30pm for our next Poverty Simulation! The poverty simulation experience is designed to help participants begin to understand what it might be like to live in a typical low-income family trying… read more

County Wide Food Drive

By Betsy Thompson, on May 18, 2009
This year's County Wide Food Drive will be held October 10, 2009. This is a concentrated effort to collect non-perishable food and non-food items from porches in the Greater Grand Rapids area for distribution to neighborhood… read more

Our Legislators Take On the Poverty Simulation

By Betsy Thompson, on April 29, 2009
ACCESS took the "Living On the Edge" Poverty Simulation workshop on the road to Lansing on Tuesday, April 28th.  We were given the excellent opportunity to offer the workshop to our legislators and others who… read more

Poverty Simulation is Going to Lansing

By Betsy Thompson, on March 4, 2009
The Poverty Simulation is Going to Lansing! On April 28th ACCESS will bring the Poverty Simulation to Lansing. We have been invited by Senator Jansen and Senator Hardiman to go to Lansing and facilitate the Poverty Simulation… read more