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ForeverStrong Foundation Forever we are strong together. Together, we'll find light in the shadows and become ForeverStrong.

The purpose of ForeverStrong Memorial Foundation is to strengthen our community as we honor the victims and survivors of tragedy. We offer immediate and long-term support and resources, while working together toward the creation of a memorial center that promotes unity, hope, and growth.

The Chain Gang, a local cycling club, invites the community to join the ten-year anniversary of the 'Finish The Ride' Me...
06/05/2026

The Chain Gang, a local cycling club, invites the community to join the ten-year anniversary of the 'Finish The Ride' Memorial Event, honoring the lives lost on June 7, 2016. The event will take place on Tuesday, June 9, 2026 at 6:00pm at 5300 N Westnedge Ave, adjacent to Markin Glen Park in Kalamazoo. The memorial will pay tribute to Debbie Bradley, Melissa Fevig-Hughes, Fred (Tony) Nelson, Lorenz (Larry) Paulik, and Suzanne Sippel, whose memories continue to inspire The Chain Gang and the greater cycling community. See below for parking information.

โœจ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜: ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ-๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™”๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™จ ๐˜ผ๐™œ๐™ค, ๐™Š๐™ช๐™ง ๐™’๐™ค๐™ง๐™ก๐™™ ๐™’๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐˜ฟ๐™–๐™ง๐™ .๐™‰๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™’๐™š ๐˜พ๐™๐™ค๐™ค๐™จ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐˜ฝ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™‡๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ.February 20, 2...
02/19/2026

โœจ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜: ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ-๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ

๐™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™”๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™จ ๐˜ผ๐™œ๐™ค, ๐™Š๐™ช๐™ง ๐™’๐™ค๐™ง๐™ก๐™™ ๐™’๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐˜ฟ๐™–๐™ง๐™ .
๐™‰๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™’๐™š ๐˜พ๐™๐™ค๐™ค๐™จ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐˜ฝ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™‡๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ.

February 20, 2016 - Our community was forever changed by senseless acts of violence.

Six precious lives taken: ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต, ๐—ง๐˜†๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต, ๐—๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป, ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—๐—ผ ๐—ก๐˜†๐—ฒ, ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ก๐˜†๐—ฒ, ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜„๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ป.

Three courageous survived: ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น ๐—ž๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ณ, ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐—”๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต.
They carry that day in ways many of us will never understand. They continue to walk forward with strength and courage, and we honor that deeply.

Grief does not disappear just because a decade has passed.
It lives in quiet spaces.
In empty chairs.
In milestones that feel incomplete.

But so does something else.

๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž.
๐…๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ก.
๐‹๐จ๐ฏ๐ž.
๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ.

So this year, instead of letting February 20 mark what was taken from us, we are choosing to build something.

We invite you to join the
โœจ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜: ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ-๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ. โœจ

๐˜ฝ๐™š๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™š๐™—๐™ง๐™ช๐™–๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ, ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ก๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ ๐™š๐™–๐™˜๐™ ๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ๐™จ.

You donโ€™t have to fix the world.
You just have to brighten the space youโ€™re standing in.

Not something dramatic.
Not something complicated.
Just something deliberate.

-Pay for someoneโ€™s coffee.
-Send the text youโ€™ve been meaning to send.
-Feed someone in need.
-Pray for healing.
-Choose forgiveness.
-Serve quietly.

The size of the act does not matter.
The intention does.

Violence marked our story.
But it does not get to write the ending.

Ten days.
Ten acts of light.
An endless ripple of kindness.

If you choose to participate, share your act using



Walk with us.

Letโ€™s carry their light forward โ€” ๐™๐™ค๐™œ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™๐™ค๐™ง๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ.

01/01/2026

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