A new option for education will bring new opportunity for youth with the opening of Educare Flint, the newly opened school on the campus of Durant-Tuuri-Mott Elementary. The $15 million, 34,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility that will welcome as many as 220 students will also welcome media, state and local dignitaries and other special community guests to […]
A youthful glow was seen on more than one face at the 18th Annual Lights On Afterschool, an annual nationwide rally that highlights the importance of providing afterschool programming for children. The initiative took place last month at 16 sites throughout the city. “It was a huge hit,” says LaKeitha Givens, the Program Director for YouthQuest,Flint & Genesee County […]
“There’s a lot for them to wonder about.” Nancy Swords knows about the power of discovery. As the Deputy Director and Head of Visitor Experience at Cranbrook Institute of Science, she’s used to seeing a child’s eyes widen at the smallest thing. Those moments occur often in Flint during the school year through an ongoing […]
New investments in early childhood education and intervention is welcome news to educators, healthcare professionals and parents facing lingering challenges associated with Flint’s water crisis. Timing is everything and, particularly, for Flint’s youngest residents, it’s critical, according to health experts who report that children who have been exposed to high levels of lead may face […]
“Investing in youth” is a phrase used so frequently its meaning is sometimes uncertain. From volunteer mentoring to job programs, investment in young people in Flint and elsewhere, takes place in many valuable forms. But Flint youth are fortunate enough to have a good friend in the form of one of the city’s most prominent […]
Two million: That’s the commitment that Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores and the Consumers Energy Foundation collectively pledged toward creating a Flint Promise scholarship fund for Flint high school graduates. Consumers Energy Foundation’s $1 million commitment is the largest it has ever given, according to company officials, who distributed $840,000 to Genesee County-based nonprofits over […]
There’s more to farm life than meets the eye. What appear, to some, as long days that amble along at a leisurely pace are often bustling, up-at-sunrise routines that help create nutritional products that get shipped to local supermarkets and, ultimately, land on breakfast and dinner tables around America. Children who live in urban communities […]
For some Michigan youth summer is the hungriest time of year. While the season ushers in cookouts and picnics, a daily challenge for low-income households is stretching the meal budget to feed youth who’d normally enjoy one or more meals at school. With the annual closing of student lunchrooms comes the annual opening of Meet […]
Flint preschoolers paint water colors while listening to music, create stained glass from tissue paper, create ceramic animals from molded clay and are encouraged to draw whatever they want to express themselves to the world around them. Once they’ve created their own artwork they visit the Flint Institute of Arts to see how professional artists […]
Kettering University and its students are problem-solvers. The institution, founded in 1919 as General Motors Institute, believes in real-world, hands on cooperative education. That philosophy goes beyond the classroom and its co-op programs and extends into its home city, Flint. Over the past few years, Kettering students, parents and faculty have lent their time, talents […]