Tobi Lyon is the New Face for Business Development at C2AE C2AE, a full-service architectural, engineering and planning design firm is pleased to announce the recent hire of Tobi Lyon, CAE, CFRE. Lyon joins C2AE as a Business Development Manager, bringing with her an impressive background and experience in healthcare philanthropy, association management, finance and sales. “Tobi’s outgoing personality and drive to succeed will have a tremendous effect on our ability to bring in new Read more [...]

As Father’s Day begins its second 100 years as the holiday celebration for all things “Dad,” I’m left wondering, “what is the real meaning of Father’s Day?” Backyard barbeques, smaltzy greeting cards and dare I say it, the ugly necktie? Okay, so maybe all neckties aren’t ugly, but come on folks, who are we kidding here? Although as a country we have celebrated this holiday for more than a century, it almost bit the dust a few times. I know this will surprise you, but when Father’s Read more [...]

With nearly 372 million mobile phones shipped in the first quarter of 2011, the chances are excellent that you own one and carry it with you everywhere you go. While smartphones are gaining in popularity, there are still significant sales of so-called feature phones. So if you are one of those women who hasn’t made the move to a smartphone, you may be wondering what all of the fuss is about. While I do have a smartphone and use it regularly, I decided to ask a slightly younger woman what she Read more [...]

Talk about getting into character. After landing a spot in the cast for the 2010-2011 tour of CATS, Ashley Travis — a musical theatre graduate from Western Michigan University — spent a month in New York learning how to channel her inner feline. In an exercise called fluidity, Travis and her fellow cast members spent rehearsal time honing in on their inner cat doing neck stretches, crawling around on their hands and knees and sniffing the air. “We explored the room and each other,” Read more [...]

6,000 homeless animals, each requiring a medical evaluation, behavioral screening, food, shelter and love ― that’s the minimum number of animals the Capital Area Humane Society cares for each year. The goal for each of these animals is a second chance: a safe and loving home. It costs a lot of money to provide for 6,000 animals each year. The shelter receives no government support, only funds donated by a generous and caring community, many of whom were at the 2011 Fur Ball, the Humane Society’s Read more [...]

Some immutable facts: summer vacation is coming; gas prices are higher than an elephant’s eye and the kids are already planning on how they’re going to express their impending boredom. To help ease that boredom in my household this summer, the kids, the wife and I will be hitting the roads to discover fun, inexpensive and memorable places in Michigan. Maybe 25 years ago this trip would have meant that some buddies and I would have popped a Steppenwolf audio cassette into the Plymouth Fury Read more [...]

Lansing area women aren't afraid to get a little dirty when it comes to volunteering. A group of 15 women certainly put their backs into it Saturday, April 30 to celebrate Habitat for Humanity’s fourth annual Women Build week, sponsored by Lowe’s. The volunteers swung hammers, lugged lumber and helped out in any way they could, building walls for a new South Lansing home. The finished construction will be a 1,700-square-foot, six-bedroom home for a family of 12. “The family was chosen Read more [...]

Michigan’s shorelines are a beautiful place for bicycling, and the League of Michigan Bicyclists (LMB) wants all roadways to be equally as welcoming for bicyclists. The League of Michigan Bicyclist’s mission is to promote bicycling and the safety of bicyclists on roadways. The statewide nonprofit began in 1981 with its shoreline bicycle tours as a way to promote bicycling in the state. LMB still holds tours today, but they have evolved to become fundraisers for advocacy and educational work. Each Read more [...]

I love a good fairytale. Not many of us actually get to live one, however. Sometimes in dating, it’s more like a nightmare. The storyline that most people can relate to: the girl kisses the frog and he turns into her prince. But what if he’s not a prince and he’s just playing one on TV? He may just be a frog. The question is how do you know which one you’re dating? Communication How well do you communicate? And I don’t mean how many texts you’re sending each other. I’m talking Read more [...]

One of Big Brothers Big Sisters’ largest fundraising events, Bowl for Kids Sake was held from April 28 to May 6. At Bowl for Kids’ Sake, participants raised at least $100 in pledges each and had a night of fun with children from the mid-Michigan area. On the night of Thursday, April 28, participants lit up the alleys at Royal Scot in Lansing to benefit the one-to-one youth mentoring program.

The Greater Lansing Food Bank hosted its 5th annual Empty Plate dinner on Tuesday, April 26 at the Kellogg Center on the campus of Michigan State University. Along with shopping both a live and silent auction, an estimated 600 guests sampled food from area restaurants and catering companies, and helped to raise more than $230,000 to feed the hungry in Ingham, Eaton and Clinton counties.

The Women’s Council of Realtors hosted a fashion show at Eagle Eye Golf Club on Wednesday, May 4. The show, emceed by WILX newscaster Jason Colthorp, featured a number of fashions from local retailers, modeled by women involved in the local real estate scene. Proceeds from the event benefited the Ronald McDonald House.