The Merze Tate Explorers are learning the importance of philanthropy. The youth council has led fundraising efforts that have helped youth around the globe! Not only have the students contributed $1,000 of their fundraising dollars to a girl in Tanzania for a year of education, they are providing supplies to youth in their community. The
*Headline image: Explorers pose with Stacey Randolph-Ledbetter during the gift wrapping fundraiser. While COVID-19 held many nonprofit youth organizations hostage to virtual activities, the Explorers worked through it to provide scholarships for girls locally and abroad! During a Krispy Kreme Doughnut fundraiser and 4th annual Gift Wrapping Fundraiser, the Explorers raised enough funds to provide
For the 4th year, the Merze Tate Explorers will wrap gifts at the Crossroads Mall in Portage, Michigan. The event will be held for 5 days only! In the past, the annual event helped provide scholarships for summer academy and study abroad adventures. This year, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we will use all funds
The Explorers are on the move! A new partnership with Kalamazoo Valley Community College will allow Explorers as young as 6th grade to take college courses! To provide this opportunity to our students without barriers, we are on a quest to raise $10,000 for scholarships, books, and course fees. Please help by joining us at
Mattawan (MICH)- Members of the Merze Tate Explorers served as assistant chefs for the recent Stone Soup competition at Pretty Lake Vacation Camp and Adventure Centre. The Explorers not only learned how to create unique meals from fresh food products grown locally, they also created this amazing video to highlight the event! For more information
For the second year, the Merze Tate Explorers wrapped gifts for hurried Christmas shoppers at the Crossroads Mall in Portage, Michigan. Gifts of all shapes and sizes were wrapped for donations to support the study abroad scholarship fund for the Explorers. The 2019 study abroad destination is Japan! Selected Explorers will travel to Numazu, the
By Sonya Bernard-Hollins- Founder, Merze Tate Explorers PORTAGE (MICH.)- Two weeks before Christmas the Explorers were on a mission: HELP SHOPPERS WRAP THEIR GIFTS! Explorers, parents, and community volunteers all took part in this amazing fundraising adventure, thanks to the Crossroads Mall in Portage, Michigan. The mall allowed the Explorers to set up a Santa
As the Merze Tate Explorers prepares for an amazing 2018, we ask for your support as we raise funds through various projects. Please support the girls while enjoying Little Caesar’s Pizza. Click on this link to have a pizza or cookie kit sent directly to your door. Our goal is to raise $50,000 for scholarships
Nearly 200 community leaders, family and supporters of the Merze Tate Explorers came out for great Italian food and opera music in their Taste of Italy fundraising dinner at the Ladies’ Library Association on June 1, 2017. Thanks to the generous donations of food from Monelli’s Italian Eatery, the donation of the building by the
Invest in girls as they explore the possibilities of life through travel! Six area girls will serve as travel writers and earn 3 college credits as they visit Paris and Italy! Enjoy the amazing sounds of Soprano Rhea Olivacce as she performs from the famous opera, Carmen! Enjoy great food and entertainments, all for a