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Consumers Energy Foundation Awards $150,000 to Kalamazoo Nonprofit for 2025 People Awards
The Consumers Energy Foundation unveiled Community Homeworks in Kalamazoo as one of its 2025 People Award winners today, distributing $150,000 to the area nonprofit to help empower its neighbors to maintain safe, stable and sustainable homes.
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