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In 1949, the United Way and Ford Motor Company launched a collaboration that transformed the way companies donate and charitable organizations receive donations.
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Flying High with Low Brass
By Leslie D. Green The Ford Motor Company Fund recognizes that creativity and artistic expression enrich lives and inspire innovation and that communities which support and provide access to the arts are stronger for it. In this collection of stories, we share how and why music affects us at all ages and stages of our lives. Clothing and a safe
Read more‘Music Helps Me Engage’
By Leslie D. Green Songs are not minor in trumpeter’s life The Ford Motor Company Fund recognizes that creativity and artistic expression enrich lives and inspire innovation and that communities which support and provide access to the arts are stronger for it. In this collection of stories, we share how and why music affects us at all ages and stages
Read moreKeeping neighborhoods safer, healthier
Genevive Meeks was 19 when AmeriCorps members began boarding up abandoned homes in her Detroit neighborhood. “There were open holes where there was a lot of drug trafficking,” she says. Afterward, she says the neighborhood felt different. “I know the kids felt safer going to school. It wasn’t just every person for themselves anymore.” While working on her street, a
Read moreEmpowering educators to build a stronger, smarter future
Despite being one of the most powerful countries in the world, the United States doesn’t rank in the top five for literacy. In fact, according to some studies, the U.S. doesn’t rank in the top 25 for literacy based on the population. Finland, Armenia and Norway rank higher, and students in Japan, China, South Korea and Singapore test better. In the U.S.
Read moreDevastation to Education: Rash of Teen Driving Fatalities Spurs a Community to Action
It was Sept. 30 when Lisa Scott, a mother of three, was watching the 10 o’clock news and saw the breaking news alert: A 16-year-old boy lost control of his speeding vehicle and struck a tree, killing himself and his two 15-year-old passengers. The driver had his license for a week. To make matters worse, it was the second teen
Read moreNonprofits take learning beyond the last bell
The new presidential administration and questions about funding for school, after school and summer learning programs have amplified the national conversation about how we instruct our children. While many focus on traditional school day programs, some experts say out-of-school programs are equally, if not more, important to the development of today’s youth. Children spend about 20 percent of their waking
Read moreReal estate firm donates 16 old phones to help fulfill charity’s wish
When Gordana Cwiek, marketing director of Armada Real Estate Services, was reading Crain’s Wish List, she identified three nonprofits in the list and sent a message. “They emailed us out of nowhere saying they saw we have technology needs and asked if we wanted telephones. She copied other nonprofits on the email and said whoever responds first gets the phones,” explained Brooke Adams,
Read moreStudent finds her spark: Career academy drives pupil to her passion
A very shy Shakarah Nelson wanted to attend the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math school, but it was too far from home. Instead, she enrolled in Whites Creek High School in Whites Creek, Tenn. The school, part of the Academies of Nashville, has a distinct program.
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