News & Stories

Foundation Establishes Education-Focused Partnership With West Michigan Osteopathic Association

The West Michigan Osteopathic Association (WMOA) has been the primary fraternal and medical education society in West Michigan for many years, providing its members with outstanding opportunities to learn from peers and to earn highest-level credits for continuing education. The organization offers membership to DOs and MDs and to other practitioners in...

Dr. Patrick Walsh Memorial Fore Health Golf Scramble

For the past six years, the Osteopathic Foundation of West Michigan has held the Dr. Patrick Walsh Memorial Fore Health Golf Scramble. Without your support, this event would not have been possible. As the Foundation and our community continues to evolve and grow, we have decided to shift our efforts in a different direction. Again, we can not thank you...

Grant Aids Hospice Telehealth

COVID-19 has brought heartbreaking challenges to every corner of every community, limiting our contact with those we love, and sending many into a spiral of isolation and loneliness. It has been especially tragic for fragile hospice and palliative care patients whose contact with loved ones has been reduced to phone calls and conversations through glass...

Foundation establishes education-focused partnership with West Michigan Osteopathic Association

OsteoScholars – Online and On Target!

When 75 OsteoScholars picked up their program packets at the start of this school year, each received a timely cloth face mask printed with Future Doctor on it instead of the traditional T-shirt. That’s just one of the creative changes made by Charlene Dubois, who coordinates all aspects of OsteoScholars from reviewing student applications and recruiting...

Meet The Team

Abbei Monroe moved to West Michigan from her native Upstate New York after college and worked for several non-profit organizations along the lakeshore including Hospice of North Ottawa Community, North Ottawa Community Health System, Harbor Humane Society, and the Tri-Cities Historical Museum. In 2019, she joined the Osteopathic Foundation as development...

AgeWell Meals Grant

AgeWell Services of West Michigan was a busy place even before COVID–19. The organization serves thousands of seniors in Muskegon, Ottawa and Oceana Counties and offers a variety of programs from elder abuse prevention, Meals on Wheels, and non-emergency medical transportation to wellness activities that support the mental and physical health of those over...

Join our team!

We are seeking an Administrative Assistant to join our office team! Click here for a full job description and details on this flexible part-time opportunity. Interested candidates should send a resume and cover letter to contact@osteopathicfoundation.org no later than September 30, 2020.

Randy’s House is a Refuge for Opioid Recovery

Ellen (not her real name) was in her early teens the first time she used drugs. She’ll openly tell you that she has been an addict ever since. She’s spent 13 of her 39 years in jail because of drugs. “Three days after I got out of jail the first time, my dad put a gun to his head. I didn’t have the people around me or the emotional tools to help me get...

2019 Strategy & Impact Report

The Osteopathic Foundation of West Michigan is a community health and education foundation. Our mission is to measurably improve fundamental wellness in the Muskegon-Lakeshore area in the tradition of osteopathic medicine. We support programs that improve access to healthcare, nutrition, physical activity, and a sense of belonging. We serve a four-county...