Flowers planted at first completed tiny home in Hope Village
August 25th, 2025 By: WoodTV GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer joined Mel Trotter Ministries project leaders and community partners Monday to plant flowers near the first completed tiny homes in Hope Village. “Having a place of your own...
Nonprofit celebrates construction of first tiny home in planned village
March 20th, 2025 By: WoodTV GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Mel Trotter Ministries and subsidiary Next Step of West Michigan on Thursday celebrated the placement of the last wall on their first tiny home, part of a project aimed at breaking the cycle of...
Mel Trotter marks 125 years with donation drive
February 24th, 2025 By: WoodTV GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Mel Trotter Ministries is celebrating 125 years of service on Monday with a donation drive at its downtown Grand Rapids shelter. The nonprofit, which began as a soup kitchen in 1900, has grown...
