Mason

Mason residents express their passion in life

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Discovering your niche in life can sometimes be difficult, but these Mason residents have discovered what makes their life worth living. Thirty-eight year Mason resident Annie Lambrecht said her passion is reading, and she has loved it ever since she was a little girl. Lambrecht’s mother was a teacher and instilled the love of reading in her heart very early on. “I even remember my first hard cover books were “Swiss Family Robinson” and “Robinson Crusoe” said Lambrecht,who is 70. “I’ve been reading ever since I could remember.”

Lambrecht said her favorite is genre is fiction, although she always makes an effort to try something new.

Old Town Lansing

The Firecracker Foundation is using "Soulfire" to help sex assault victims

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By Cynthia Lee
Old Town Lansing Times Staff Reporter

Where there’s smoke there’s fire, and it’s called Soulfire. The Old Town-based Firecracker Foundation is a nonprofit organization to help children who survived sexual trauma, by building a community invested in healing them. The foundation was founded on July 31, 2013. The organization is run by president Amanda Dubey-Zerka who holds the annual community event called Soulfire. Soulfire 2016: The Firecracker Foundation Gallery Reveal on Nov.