Alive After Five Leads the Midwest Region in Class B Scorecard Again!
2012-01-11

For the second straight quarter, Alive After Five leads the midwest region in Class B scorecards, right behind two Class A Clubs - Walker and Greenebucs.

Alive After Five makes national headlines again!
2011-12-23

Hard to believe (not really!) but for the 3rd time this YEAR, we made headlines in the National AMBUCS magazine! The Winter 2011 issue just arrived in mailboxes today, and there we are on page 21, shown giving away an AmTryke to Michelle Bache in Schoolcraft. Check out the articles section for the electronic version.

AmTryke Giveaway in February
2011-12-07

Alive After Five is planning to present a high schooler an AmTryke at Paw Paw High School in February. We are working with the Special Education instructor there to find a candidate. A local sponser for this AmTryke has already stepped forward to help - stay tuned for that announcement.

Dinner & A Movie Raffle Sales Starting Soon!
2011-12-06

Out Dinner & A Movie fundraiser is scheduled to kick off February 16. Master handler Rick Remynse has received the raffle license and will be distributing tickets at the December Social. Call your favorite member to reserve your tickets today!

$2 million Donation to WMU O.T. Dept.
2011-11-09

Fred Sammons and Dr. Barbara Ryder made a $2 million contribution to the Department of Occupational Therapy at Western Michigan University today. Fred is the National AmBility Chairperson and a board member of the Alive After Five AMBUCS chapter. Dr. Ryder is a practicing therapist and was the Occupational Therapy Department Chairperson at WMU from 1976–1985.

Therapeutic Bike to be Gifted in Schoolcraft
2011-10-22

Alive After Five AMBUCS (a 501 3C Charitable Organization) will be gifting a special Schoolcraft area teenager with a Therapeutic Bike (called an AMTRYKE) on Tuesday, October 25 at 6:00 p.m. at Schoolcraft High School during a girls volleyball game intermission. This bike will assist Michelle Bache to become more independent with her friends while improving her balance and muscle strength. Michelle, the daughter of Susan Bache of Portage and Brad Bache of Schoolcraft, was born with downs syndrome and has mild gait and balance issues. Michelle is in the ninth grade, is 15 years old and loves to sing and dance. She recently attended the Big Time Rush concert at the Allegan County Fair. She participates in Special Olympics- swimming, bowling and basketball events.AMTRYKES were developed more than 20 years ago and are utilized by many different persons with disabilities for just these issues.

You can see the entire range of Trykes at AMBUCS.org.

This gifting was made possible with donations from Newman IT, Kalamazoo Home Team, and various Kalamazoo Bike Club members.

Alive After 5 Gets District Awards
2011-10-05

At the Mid-States Regional convention held in Dayton, Ohio, Alive After 5 was awarded the Local Charities 2, Visibility 2, Chapter Website 2 and Public Relations district awards. The big awards went to Fred Sammons as District AMBUC of the Year and Donna Whitcomb as Project Manager of the Year for the high school AMTRYKE donation project. Great job everyone - sets that bar to a new level!

In the National AMBUCS magazine again!
2011-09-20

We've done it again! The Veterans Tryke program that our local Kalamazoo chapters coordinated got national recognition today with an article in the Fall 2011 issue of the AMBUCS magazine. Check the Articles section to get more information.