Microsoft was in Flint recently, making technology fun by leading local middle-school students through the process of constructing sensor gloves – and sneaking in a lot of learning about human anatomy, data testing and mechanical and software engineering.
Flint’s Urban Safety Corps — made up of 10 AmeriCorps members — and community partners are reducing crime and blight along the University Avenue corridor.
Mott Foundation President Ridgway White explains how afterschool programs support children, working parents and companies.
The Flint Community Schools’ STEAM Camp, a two-week experience blending academics and the arts, helps increase early exposure to science, technology, engineering, art and math.
Every summer for more than 40 years, Mott Camp hosted Flint school children for three-week visits to improve their health and social skills.
Flint’s National Service Accelerator is drawing increasing interest as a potential model for other communities. Successfully leveraging more than $3 million in local and federal dollars, Flint’s Accelerator has helped local nonprofits increase the number of service members three-fold to about 100 now working throughout the city.
An “unusual pick” for a national policy fellowship, Officer Darren Grimshaw encourages police and fire departments to engage with their community’s kids and families by partnering with local afterschool programs.
The Georgia Statewide Afterschool Network has been recognized for its work in developing quality standards for the state’s afterschool programs.
The Mott Foundation is pleased to announce two promotions within its Education grantmaking program. Benita Melton has been named program director, and Gwynn Hughes has been promoted to senior program officer.
The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation has reaffirmed its commitment to education as one of the most important pathways for children and young people to succeed in work and life.
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