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.
Summer is underway, but plenty of free and low-cost activities to keep children busy and entertained are still available for Flint-area families.
Flint’s Urban Safety Corps — made up of 10 AmeriCorps members — and community partners are reducing crime and blight along the University Avenue corridor.
Flint’s Durant-Tuuri-Mott Community School is reaching out to students, families and — increasingly — adult residents in its neighborhood.
Ridgway White, president of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, comments on recent announcements regarding the quality of Flint’s drinking water.
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.
The Flint Community Schools now have a community health worker assigned to every school, helping to link local families with health and social services.
Every summer for more than 40 years, Mott Camp hosted Flint school children for three-week visits to improve their health and social skills.
Brian Larkin has joined the staff of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation as an associate program officer for the Flint Area grantmaking team.
The restoration of Flint’s Capitol Theatre — funded, in part, by a $15 million grant from the Mott Foundation — will help add new spark to the city’s revitalization.
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