Health Care and Wellness

Fernando Popking, a Guatemalan man from a small village lacking health care, came to the U.S. with a basketball-sized tumor on his hip. With the help of Covenant HealthCare and Synergy Medical, he is on the road to recovery and pitched at a Great Lakes Loons game in July.

What if you didn't have a permanent home, but instead lived in a tent? Most anyone would find it unpleasant, unsanitary and unsatisfactory. That's why one Bay City company is doing their best to make sure people in Haiti, where shelter is difficult to come by at times, are getting a chance to move out of their tents and into a permanent structure.

A new internship program is jumpstarting the entrepreneurial spirit in area college students by pairing them with start-up companies in Mid Michigan. The program provides students with real-life experience that traditional classrooms can't provide. The program is a way to infuse companies with talent, energy and assistance at a lower-than-normal cost -- and convince graduates to stay in Michigan.