The Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce is putting 60 teens to work this summer with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. The Flint teens have completed the TeenQuest pre-employment program and are busy with landscaping, planting gardens, mowing lawns, and cutting hedges, just to name some of the work they will be doing. The […]

Many students who live in a city setting don’t get a chance to experience gardening and the healthy food choices that come with it – which is why YouthQuest is bringing gardening to the students. “Urban gardening improves access to healthy foods for everyone, regardless of where they live.,” said LaKeitha Givens, YouthQuest Program Director. […]

CARNIVAL EARNED BY ACCELERATED READING The Accelerated Reading program at Freeman Elementary is designed to help kids improve their reading scores throughout the school year. The students read books and take quizzes on what they read to earn points. After hitting their goal of 1,600 points, staff from YouthQuest, Community Education and Freeman’s day school […]

When Elizabeth Fejedelem first started her job at the bakery in the Bavarian Inn, she had never worked retail or used a cash register before. But her mom knew she could do it. “She thought it would help me to open up and not be so shy,” says Fejedelem, who graduated from Genesee High School […]