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Scholarships available

The Community Choice Foundation opened the application process for college, continuing education, and skilled trades scholarships. The Community Choice Foundation provides aspiring post-high school students with networking and support beyond financial aid. It helps these scholars explore opportunities to explore their passions, connections with community contacts and charities and financial guidance.

The Foundation’s scholarship program is one of the largest in the credit union industry both in Michigan and nationally. The scholarship program is funded by Community Choice Credit Union and the generous support of its members, team members and local businesses.

Applications are due Feb. 28, and may be filled out online by visiting CommunityChoiceFoundation.org. Scholarship winners will be announced in April.

Take it outside Photo Contest

Sponsored by the Grosse Ile Nature and Land Conservancy. Entry deadline is Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 5 p.m. Open to high school students within Wayne, Washtenaw and Monroe Counties.

We are searching for photos captured locally (within Wayne, Washtenaw and Monroe Counties) that inspire us to appreciate and steward our environment: air, water, land, wildlife, resources, and ecosystems. Categories are Dawn to Dusk; Fur and Feathers; Bark and Blooms. Total of $445 in prize money. For more information, visit see https://www.ginlc.org/photo-contest

Dr. Bruce Jones Memorial Scholarship

Grosse Ile High School seniors can apply for this scholarship by writing about their experiences working to protect our natural environment. Graduating seniors should contact the GIHS Counseling Office for information and to apply. Now is the perfect time for your high school student to complete some community service hours to protect our natural environment and then write about the experiences on the scholarship application. Sponsored by the Grosse Ile Nature & Land Conservancy. www.ginlc.org/bruce-jones-scholarship

Salvation Army Weekly Events

Golden Agers Bingo, Mondays, 10 a.m. to noon, $1. Downriver Music, Tuesdays, 4:30-5:30 p.m., kindergarten and older. Downriver Youth, Tuesdays, 5:30-7:30 p.m., kindergarten and older. Downriver Bible Study, Wednesdays, 5-6 p.m., 16 and older. The Salvation Army Downriver Corps Community Center is located at 1258 Biddle Ave., Wyandotte. For more information, call 734-282-0930.

Genealogy Research

The Downriver Genealogical Society Library, located at 28639 Division Street in Flat Rock, is free and open for genealogy research Tuesdays from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The society began in 1980 and for the past 42 years has been collecting information on the people and cities of the Downriver communities, mostly taken from local newspapers. There are also resources from the surrounding areas and for other states and other countries.

Volunteers are available to help those wanting to begin researching their own family. Information on the society, holdings and publications can be found at downrivergenealogy.org. For more information, call 734-535-6530.

Al Turner Drop In Chess

Every Thursday 5:30 p.m. at the Bacon Memorial District Library, 45 Vinewood, Wyandotte. Kids and adults of all ages can meet challenging new players every Thursday at 5:30 pm. For more information, call 734-246-8357.