30 Years

30 Years

By: Kalie Date: 07/30/2015 2015 marks 30 years of outreach for Alpha Women’s Center of Grand Rapids (AWC). As we celebrate this milestone, we are taking time to look back and reflect on how much we have grown over the last three decades. We began at Cherry Street in...
Miracle Baby

Miracle Baby

By: Kalie Date: 07/23/2015 Last fall, a young woman named Amber* came to Alpha Women’s Center of Grand Rapids (AWC) pregnant with her seventh child and completely overwhelmed. She had just received heartbreaking news that her unborn baby was severely underweight and...
Welcome!

Welcome!

By: Kalie Date: 07/15/2015 Welcome to the Alpha Women’s Center of Grand Rapids (AWC) blog! If you follow us on Facebook or read our Constant Contact emails, you already receive information from AWC. So why are we starting a blog? With this launch, AWC will now have a...

Amy Blom

Amy Blom Amy Blom is a Zumba instructor, children’s ministry coordinator, mom, wife, and passionate mentor at Alpha Women’s Center of Grand Rapids (AWC). Amy began volunteering at AWC events in 2013. In January 2014, she decided to attend AWC’s volunteer training,...

Sherry Austin

Sherry Austin As a young woman, Sherry Austin wished she had someone to go to for help. Someone to talk to. Someone who would just listen. Now as a volunteer, mentor and supervisor at Alpha Women’s Center of Grand Rapids (AWC), she is able to help others in similar...