SAGINAW COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE

We are happy to announce our newly elected Board Chair, Mrs. Marlana Cork! Marlana is a lifelong resident of Saginaw County, where also currently resides. She is a graduate of Davenport University, where she received her Associates, Bachelors and Masters Degree with a dual major in Business Administration/Business Management. She also holds a Workforce Development certification as a Global Career Development Facilitator. Marlana is also a 2023 Graduate from the Great Lakes Bay Regional Alliance Institute for Leaders, as well as 2023 Non-Profit Heart of the City Award Recipient. Following her passion, over the last 16 years, Marlana has served in several capacities in Workforce Development and community convening across the GLB Region. She is currently employed with the Bay Area Community Foundation, as the Director of Strategic Initiatives. Marlana and her husband Charles have been married for 20 years; they have three sons-Trenton Sr., Charles II, and Caleb, and one grandson Trenton Jr. She is also very active with her church (Ephesus Seventh-Day Adventist Church); sorority (Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.), and volunteering within the community across the GLB Region. We are so excited to announce our newly elected Vice Chair, Ms. Viloshinee Murugan. She has been a resident in Saginaw County for the last 3 years. She is a graduate of the University of KwaZulu (South Africa) with a Bachelors of Arts with an emphasis in Pedagogics in Education as well as a Masters of Arts in Educational Leadership from Western Michigan University. She is currently enrolled at Western Michigan University in the Doctoral of Philosophy Department with in emphasis on Educational Leadership. She has built an amazing career in K-12 Education and Administration over the last 26 years. She currenly serves as a Secondary Curriculum and Instruction Specialist with Midland Public Schools. She has extensive experience in the Diversty, Equity, and Inlusion work across her professional career as a certified instructor and trainer in this area. She is a graduate of the Henry March Institute of Public Policy, Beyond Equity Cohort, Racial Equity Cohort (MDE), Leadership Saginaw Cohort (Saginaw County Chamber of Commerce). She is currently serving as a board member on the Riverfront Development Commission (City of Saginaw), Saginaw Building Authority, and the YWCA Board Member.

THANK YOU TO OUR BOARD CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR! Since 2016, Mayor Brenda F. Moore and Dr. Barbara Jones have served on the Board of Directors for the Saginaw County Community Action Committee. Recently, our Board Chair, Brenda Moore, decided it was time to pass the torch to others to serve. "The time is now, I believe in this agency and the good it does for the community. I've served in this position for over 8 years and now I believe it's time to let someone else take it further", said Moore. The agency is grateful for her service. Although she has stepped down as the Board Chair, she will remain on the board as a committed trustee and voice of wisdom as the agency presses ahead. Also, Dr. Barbara Jones served as the Vice Chair and Committee Chair for the Personnel Committee for many years. Her expertise and wisdom have positively impacted the agency and we'll always be indebted to her time of service. Effective in July 2024, she will be retiring from the board and will focus on other areas in the community. We are thankful for her service!

Day 1️⃣ of our Commodities Food Giveaway! A two day event that happens every quarter! Hundreds of people showed up to get free food and meats to take home to their pantries! Tomorrow we will begin at 9am and go until 1pm. Always Open to the Public!! Thanks to all the volunteers and staff that make this event possible! Over 1,700 boxes will be distributed over two days!

We were honored to host the Governor’s Office and the US Department of Treasury’s Office for some exciting opporuntities for non-profits and locsl municipalities coming soon!

Our Community Garden is off to a great start!! Thanks to our team at CAC led by Warren Griffin for tending to our garden!

We are grateful for our partnership with Huntington National Bank! The Northern Region celebrated their Colleague Appreciation Week at Dow Diamond on Thursday! Our agency, Saginaw County Community Action Committee (CAC) was nominated and selected to receive a Community Service Award and we also received $10,000 to continue our needed work across Saginaw County! Thank you to our Regional President, Seth Perigo, Vice President for Community Relations, Patricia Franklin-Lindsay, and the entire team at Huntington Bank! #Community #CAC #Partnerships #Collaboration

Excited to this Minority Business Development and Training being facilitated by Saginaw County Chamber of Commerce!

We are celebrating 60 years!! Community Action turns 60!

Today we hosted our Lt. Governor, Garlin Gilchrist and Senator Kristen McDonald-Rivette today at the agency! They along with our county commissioners and city of Saginaw councilmembers received a tour and announced the Working Families Child Tax Credit that is going to bring home an average of $550 dollars per Michigander beginning February 2024!!

Check out our Executive Director, Hurley J Coleman III, MSA, on WNEM's Focus on 5 Show which recently aired. He shared a story of a family the agency was able to assist in their time of need! We enjoy letting our residents know the great things happening at Saginaw CAC! To find out more about us, please visit www.saginawcac.org or find us on Facebook or Instagram! https://lnkd.in/gWtVbFQx