Choze Powell

A Beautiful Me Pop-Up Shop Helping Teen Girls Find Success

Our teen girls are faced with all sorts of problems and issues these days. Confidence and low self esteem issues can be tough on our teens. A Beautiful Me is a nonprofit organization that provides young girls with confidence-building programs and workshops. 

The Closet by A Beautiful Me is a retail space that sells new and gently worn dresses. They will be having a Pop-Up Shop on Saturday, December 3rd, from 10:00AM – 1:00PM at 235 Huron Avenue in downtown Port Huron. 

Some of their merchandise can’t be sold, and instead will be set aside to be repurposed. The teen girls who are part of A Beautiful Me’s emerge360 program will be learning basic sewing skills that they will use to turn the dresses into decorative pillow shams and scrunchies. There will be a limited supply so get there early, they will also be providing free popcorn to attendees.

Reporting for WGRT – Choze Powell

HollyDazzle Brings A Unique Holiday Experience To Michigan

With Thanksgiving behind us, the Christmas season is here! With so many Christmas-themed events popping up this year, make sure that you check out HollyDazzle located at the Michigan Renaissance Festival Village in Holly, MI. 

HollyDazzle is a three-quarter mile outdoor trail that features over 1 million twinkling lights for you and the family to enjoy. Sledding penguins, Santa, and Candy Land Castle are all waiting for you to check it out. Sit around the tree and listen to holiday stories while the kids sip on free hot cocoa, afterwards, you can visit Santa and receive a free gift. 

HollyDazzle is open from November 25 – December 31st, from 5:30PM – 10:00PM. Tickets are $21.95 for adults and $8.95 for children ages 5 – 12. You can also purchase the Elf Bundle that admits one child and one adult for $21.95. 

For more details and information visit them on Facebook at: Michigan Renaissance Festival

Reporting for WGRT – Choze Powell

Port Huron Schools To Abandon Current Mascots

The Port Huron Area School District has made the decision to do away with the mascots, and logos associated with some of their schools. The 2022 school year will be the last year that they will be used as they begin to look into alternative names and designs.

The Port Huron High “Big Reds,” Roosevelt Elementary “Little Reds,” and Michigamme Elementary “Little Chiefs” are deemed offensive or inconsiderate of the Indigenous and Native American people. There was a unanimous approval on the name change by Board members, which some may or may not agree with. 

The deadline for the changes to take place is March of 2023, so that the school can use grant funding to pay for the redesigning and changes needed.

Reporting for WGRT – Choze Powell

Participate In “Giving Tuesday” This November 29th

The holiday season tends to bring out the best in people, more smiles, more goodwill toward their fellow man, or woman, and just a general sense of being a little more kind. 

This Tuesday, November 29th, is “Giving Tuesday,” a day that encourages individuals to donate their time, and resources to nonprofits and charitable organizations. Giving Tuesday was created in 2012 as a joint project of New York City’s 92nd Street Y and the United Nations Foundation. 

With many of us more focused on spending due to the Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday promotions, Giving Tuesday is a way to counterbalance those days, and cause us to reflect on those who are unable to purchase gifts or those who may have less. In 2021 Giving Tuesday saw donors give almost $3 billion, not to mention those who donated their time or resources. 

Reporting for WGRT – Choze Powell

Support Local Business This Year With Small Business Saturday

Everyone is pretty familiar with the after Thanksgiving sale “Black Friday,” where retail stores offer consumers reduced prices on their inventory. Black Friday is a win for both the consumers as well as the retail shops, as it allows individuals to purchase Christmas gifts at a slightly lower price and helps the stores with their bottom line during the slower winter season.

Your favorite local stores in the Blue Water Area are undoubtedly going to participate in Black Friday, but were you aware of Small Business Saturday? Small Business Saturday will be this Saturday November 26th from 11AM – 7PM, and continues each Saturday until December 17th.

Local shop owners will have sales and deals on their items just as they would on Black Friday, with the same goal, to boost income and sales during the slower winter months. Support your local business owners and entrepreneurs this season, as you may find better deals than your larger corporations, along with the service and familiarity that smaller businesses provide. 

Reporting for WGRT – Choze Powell

Don’t Waste Those Thanksgiving Leftovers, Tips You Can Use

If you’re anything like most Americans, Thanksgiving dinner is one of, if not the main highlight of the holiday. Visiting family and friends is great of course, but what would Thanksgiving be without all of our favorite foods laid out before us to feast upon? 

Statistics show that we waste approximately 40% of the food available to us, now why would we want to do that? Here are some tips and ideas to get the most out of Thanksgiving dinner this year.

  • Donate what you can’t eat to those in need.
  • Make to-go containers readily available to your guests and let them take food home.
  • You can make a delicious stock from your leftover turkey to use in other dishes.
  • Don’t let hot food sit out more than two hours.
  • You have up to four days to eat what’s leftover before you should consider throwing it out. 

Reporting for WGRT – Choze Powell