Help Now! Fund – United Way of the Battle Creek and Kalamazoo Region

United When Disaster Strikes

December 27, 2017

When a 2016 mass shooting in Kalamazoo left six people dead and two seriously wounded, United Way joined with community foundations in Kalamazoo and Battle Creek to raise money to aid victims and families. That’s what United Way does when tragedy and disaster strike. While UWBCKR focuses on local needs, United Way Worldwide stepped up…

Help Now! Fund: Work continues one year after mass shooting

February 20, 2017

A year ago today, our region was sent reeling by an unthinkable tragedy. The shock waves of a mass shooting tore through Kalamazoo on the night of Feb. 20, 2016, when a gunman killed six people and wounded two in multiple locations across the county, with victims from both Kalamazoo and Battle Creek. The communities…