ISHPEMING, Mich. (WZMQ) – Over the next year at the Ishpeming Senior Center, a commemorative handmade installation can be found throughout it’s hallways and community spaces, representing the community of its workers who do so much to care for others. The display is called A Caregiver’s Butterfly Garden.
The fourth installation of A Caregiver’s Butterfly Garden, a statewide traveling art and advocacy exhibit honoring direct care workers and caregivers, opens February 19 at the Ishpeming Multi-Purpose Senior Center, 121 Greenwood St., in Ishpeming. The exhibit marks the first installation in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and will remain on view through January 2027.
MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) – A Caregiver’s Butterfly Garden is coming to the Upper Peninsula for the first time. Ishpeming Multi-Purpose Senior Center Executive Director Ashley Roberts talked to TV6’s Mandy Koskela ahead of opening day on February 19. “It’s huge. We’re so excited because we do the work hands-on,” Roberts said. “The heart of what […]
IMPART Alliance is proud to announce the opening of A Caregiver’s Butterfly Garden at the Ishpeming Multi-Purpose Senior Center—marking an exciting milestone for this growing, statewide initiative. Opening February 19, this installation represents the fourth Butterfly Garden exhibit overall and the first to land in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, expanding the project’s reach to new communities […]
ISHPEMING, Mich. (WBUP/WJMN) — As Michigan faces a 36,000 worker shortage in caregiving, there’s an exhibit that brings this crisis to life through art and it’s coming to the Ishpeming Multi-Purpose Senior Center.
IMPART Alliance presents, in partnership with AgeAlive and the City of East Lansing EAST LANSING, MI — A moving art-advocacy installation celebrating Michigan’s Direct Care Workers (DCWs) will soon brighten the halls of the Hannah Community Center. A Caregiver’s Butterfly Garden opens November 17, 2025, and will remain on display through April 30, 2026. The […]
Hundreds of Michigan’s direct care professionals, employers, educators, and advocates recently gathered to the state’s Capitol city for the inaugural Direct Care Worker Conference, hosted by IMPART Alliance in partnership with Easterseals MORC. The three-day event marked a defining moment in the state’s long-term care movement, a celebration of the people who provide essential support […]
When Vinculum Care’s founder and director, Elia Hussein, first envisioned her company, she wasn’t just building another home health care agency — she was building a bridge. “The word vinculum comes from Latin, meaning bond and connection,” Hussein explained. “It’s not just a name. It’s the heart of our mission. It represents the unbreakable bond […]
For Ashley Drooger, caring for others isn’t just a job – it’s her calling. “There’s no getting around it,” she said. “This is absolutely what I was meant to do. I was put on earth for this right here.” Ashley began her career as a certified nurse assistant, working in hospitals to build her bedside manner and medical skills. But she found her true passion in direct in-home care, where she could […]
For Jennifer Voegtline, CEO and administrator of Lake Superior Life Care and Hospice, the work is about more than medicine; it’s about dignity, hope, and honoring life to the very end. Recently, her team helped a patient fulfill a final wish: one last ride in his sports car with his daughter. “People still have goals, […]
