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Workers also donated 351 bicycles, far surpassing last year's record of 217. Nearly every bike came with a helmet.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and Michigan State Police are encouraging people to pick up free gun locks as part of an effort to raise awareness about safe gun storage.

Grocery stores in northwest Lower Michigan are getting extra brown bags this month— the 35th annual fundraising campaign for Child and Family Services.

TOPSoccer offers soccer lessons for kids who have disabilities. It is a 30-year-old national youth sports organization. In Midland, TOPSoccer head coach Tamara Hageage shares her experience coaching the kids.

Youth Triathlon in Midland continues the annual tradition and attracts more than 200 racers this year.

Children's Grief Center says one out of 11 kids in Michigan experience a loss of a parent of a sibling by the age of 18. Children's Grief Center offers peer support groups to help on the children's healing journeys.

Children's Grief Center of the Great Lakes Bay Region offers support for people experience the loss of a loved one.

Bills to require doctors to screen young children for lead poisoning passed the Michigan Legislature Tuesday.

Several children's hospitals in Michigan say they're no longer completely full, like they were during the RSV and flu surge in November and December.That big spike in little kids getting really sick with respiratory illnesses last year overwhelmed children's hospitals in Michigan, a state with only 10 pediatric ICUs. But as the RSV and flu rates have started dropping, children's hospitals are back to something more like normal.

Mental health, school safety, and teacher retention all ranked among the top concerns listed in the final report from the Michigan Parents’ Council.