The Wyoming Community Foundation is a component fund of the Grand Rapids Community Foundation. Stressing violence prevention, the camp will use various activities to address issues of drug and alcohol use, smoking, and stress. The Michigan Model is designed to reach students and their families with health promotion and disease prevention messages. The curriculum directly addresses issues related to drug and alcohol abuse, teen pregnancy, stress, smoking, and rape. The planning room is staffed by a paraprofessional and is a place for students to cool off and work out problems with each other when an altercation occurs.
Research indicates that seventh graders are at the age when they first consider alcohol and drugs.
The Grand Rapids Community Foundation, the oldest community foundation in Michigan, was founded in 1922. It continues to fund, initiate and lead programs that benefit the Grand Rapids area in the arts, community development, education, environment, health, and human services. The Grand Rapids Community Foundation 161 Ottawa Ave.