Good morning, Flint.

Patriot Ambulance Service will host its annual Companies Feeding Families food giveaway at 8 a.m. Wednesday, Sept.

23 at Flushing Community Church of the Nazarene in Flushing Township. The veteran-owned company uses the event to connect with local families away from emergency responses.

The Flint Public Library hosted its Build Your Home Library event where families, teenagers and kids selected free books to create home libraries (part of its 175th anniversary celebration) with support from the A.

G. Bishop Charitable Trust.

After a tip on Sept. 18, Genesee County Sheriff Christopher Swanson found that goats and sheep at an abandoned house on the 7000 block of Jennings Road near Flint suffered from neglect; he is asking local rescues to care for four surviving animals as investigators seek leads on the case.

Flushing High School valedictorian Keira Dumas-Knieper was accepted to MIT and will study chemical engineering this fall in Cambridge (after outstanding achievements in STEM, music and athletics), reflecting a local journey of dedication to learning and community engagement.