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Executive Director Marge Palmerlee will retire effective this month.
Credit: Degage Ministries Author: 13 ON YOUR SIDE Staff Published: 12:05 PM EST January 7, 2021 Updated: 12:05 PM EST January 7, 2021
GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan Downtown Grand Rapids homeless shelter Dégagé Ministries announced that longtime Executive Director Marge Palmerlee will retire effective this month.
Thelma Ensink has been named to succeed Palmerlee as Executive Director and has already begun working in her new role.
Palmerlee’s influence can be felt in nearly every aspect of the Heartside community. For more than 20 years, she has fought to advocate for those without a voice.
Palmerlee joined Dégagé 27 years ago, first as a volunteer and then as Executive Director for 23 years. She has shaped Dégagé Ministries into the organization it is today by encouraging staff and volunteers to create and offer programs that first and foremost foster d