Dole Family Foundation

Dole Family Foundation  in the News

Betsy and Stan Dole have long been supporters of Planned Parenthood.  One of the grants they made through the foundation this past year was $12,000 to Planned Parenthood of Western and Northern Michigan to pay the cost of colposcopy screening for women in Northern Michigan who would otherwise not have been able to afford this critical testing.  Staff from the Traverse City office of Planned Parenthood have reported how appreciative and relieved the clients have been who have received this service.  Recently, the Traverse City Record Eagle carried an article about this grant, headlined, “Dole grant provides cancer screening.”  While the original press release was edited, the article did highlight the important service which Planned Parenthood is providing due to our grant.  We will just have to hope that the foundation is not inundated with health related requests as a result of this publicity!

Teichner Preserve – On Sunday, April 28, 2012 there will be an opportunity to walk the new boardwalk and view the wetlands restoration.   The walk starts at 10:00 am.  This would be an interesting time to see how the restoration of native plants and wildflowers is coming along.  Photographers could take some pictures which could be compared to as midsummer visit to Teichner Preserve in July.

DeYoung Farm – While the Dole Family Foundation support was for stream restoration, it might be interesting for local history buffs to visit the old DeYoung Farmstead on Tuesday, May 22 at 1:00pm.  There will be an opportunity to meet with professors and students from Eastern Michigan University who have been doing a project of historic preservation at the old farmhouse.

In July, when the Dole Family Foundation is all together,