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Seven-year-old Abby Gronsman is learning to live without her father, Chris Gronsman, who passed away last June with cancer. Abby will be cheering for her mom, Ana, when she races the 25 K in the Fifth Third River Bank Run this weekend in memory of her dad.

Coral

Connie Lettinga of Byron Center swings her daughter Coral, 8, in their living room, playing on a Friday night. Coral has autism and the Lettingas are heading up a campaign to raise money for a new Hope Network facility in Grand Rapids. The institution will be for Neurological Behavioral Differences in Grand Rapids.