Thank you to everyone who made the East Grand Rapids Schools Foundation's 15th Awards Dinner such an amazing event!  

 

Cadence co-founder Susan Lovell, our Community Service Award honoree, was clearly thrilled with her award. Our tribute to Distinguished Alumni honoree the late AJ Birkbeck, EGRHS class of 1978, was inspiring. And the remarks from Distinguished Alumni honoree Dr. Nii Addy, EGRHS class of 1996, about growing up in East Grand Rapids and his life’s work as a neuroscientist, were as fascinating as they were informative. 

 

If you know someone who should be considered for the Community Service or Distinguished Alumni awards, you can nominate them on the East Grand Rapids Schools Foundation's website, egrsf.org.

 

A special thank you to the high school students in the string quartet who played during our social hour, our Madrigals choir for their uplifting performances, and to our EGRSF student board members, Caleb Rapoport ‘27 and Lucy Custer ‘28, who presented our Excellence in Teaching and James and Georgia Nicholas Endowed Awards for 2025 and 2026 to Heather Carlson, Andrea Dudley, Kailey Faris, Kristen Borak, Adam Horos, and Corey Kapolka.