AFFILIATES:
Partners
SECOM would like to thank the following individuals and organizations for partnering with us. It is through our collaboration that SECOM is able to work towards its mission.
ACCESS partners with SECOM to help provide SECOM's food pantry. ACCESS (All County Church Emergency Support System) is a network of congregations, individuals, and the community at large working together to meet needs in Kent County.
Camp Henry endeavors to serve the child, the individual, the family, the church and the community through year-round programs of children's camps, family camps, conferences and retreats.
The Child and Family Resource Council partners with SECOM to provide SECOM's Encouraging Family Foundation. The Child and Family Resource Council shapes a community that protects children from abuse and neglect.
Family Independence Agency (FIA) refers parents to SECOM's Encouraging Family Foundation program. The Agency is Michigan's public assistance, child and family welfare agency. FIA directs the operations of public assistance and service programs through a network of over 100 county family independence agencies in every county in Michigan. SECOM's Food Pantry is support by a grant through Michigan's Department of Human Services.
Grace
Episcopal Church helps sponsor the Holiday
Giving
Network and Pride for Parents. The Church is committed to meaningful
worship, Christian education for all ages, a rich variety of parish
activities and the opportunity to serve the wider community by utilizing
their gifts of time, talent and treasure.
The Grand Rapids Community Foundation. The Grand Rapids Community Foundation's mission is to build and manage the community's permanent endowment and lead the community to strengthen the lives of its people.
The Heart
of West Michigan United Way helps support
the SECOM's Food
Pantry. The United Way strives
to help people create solutions to important health and human
service issues. United Way's 2-1-1 program offers resource information to services throughout the county. Dial 2-1-1 from your home phone or, from your cell phone, dial 459-2255 or 459-6281.
Meijer partners with SECOM in making the Meijer Committed to Our Community Food Pantry possible. Meijer was the birth of one-stop shopping and since has grown into a supercenter featuring over 40 departments with over 150 stores across the Midwest. Meijer has donated generously to the Building Fund at SECOM and continues to find ways to help individuals help those in need, such as the gift cards for the pantries program at store checkouts.
Spectrum Health - Initiated the Food Pantry "Nutritional Options for Wellness" Program (NOW) for clients with chronic illness. Clients are referred by their doctor to Spetrum Health's Nutrition program and, then they are referred to SECOM.
Spectrum Health Hospitals has also provided much of our décor and furnishing items through their Materials Management system, recycling used items into the non-profit sector locally and around the world.
United Methodist West Michigan Conference supported SECOM since formation of the agency. The West Michigan Conference helps to unite United Methodist churches in West Michigan and forwards their gifts and general support to SECOM.
Comprehensive List of Partners
- Access of West Michigan
- Adeline Leigh Catering
- All Phase Services Inc
- Applied Imaging
- Arrowaste Inc
- Battjes, John
- Bird's Meat
- Boy's Garage
- Butter Ball Farms
- Byron Center Meat
- Camp Blodgett Staff and Programs
- Consumers Energy
- Costco
- Dale Van Voorst Computer Services
- DVQ Studio
- Elite Disposal
- Engineered Protection Systems Inc
- Family Fare
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Feeding America West Michigan Food Bank
- Gordon Food Service
- Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce
- Grand Rapids Area Center for Ecumenism (GRACE)
- Grand Valley State University Johnson Center
- Griffin Pest Control
- Home Repair Service
- Kuilema Pottery
- Lowe's
- Office Depot
- Macatawa Bank
- Maple Hill Golf
- Michigan Department of Human Services
- Natural Choice Foods
- North End Community Ministries (NECM)
- Quantum Leap (formerly Norlight)
- Notions Marketing
- P B Gast & Sons Company Inc
- Van Manen Petroleum Group/Pacific Pride
- Parker Brake & Alignment inc
- Parrish Consulting
- PC Specialist
- Pridgeon & Clay
- Richmond Stamp
- Riverside Integrated Systems Inc
- Robbins Lock Shop Inc
- Russell Properties LLC
- Save- A- Lot
- Spring Electric Inc
- Troost Service Company
- United Church Outreach Ministries (UCOM)
- United Methodist Metro Ministry
- Grand Rapids District of the United Methodist Church
- Walker, Fluke & Sheldon PLC
- West Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
- Woltjer, Duane
- Xtreme Demolition
- The wonderful staff and students of Kent Education Center - SECOM Location (of the Grand Rapids Public Schools)