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5 Things You Can Do Starting Next Week in Flint & Genesee
With Governor Whitmer’s Stay at Home restrictions lifted, Flint & Genesee is ready to start re-opening with restaurants, stores and attractions putting guidelines in place to encourage social distancing. Here are five things you can safely do starting next week: Local restaurants are beginning to open at 50 percent capacity starting next week. However, the safest way to dine out… Read More 

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FLINT, Michigan, June 3, 2020 – The Ruth Mott Foundation has awarded $100,000 to help Black-owned businesses in north Flint that suffered economic hardship amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and the program’s next application deadline is June 7. The grant will be made to the Genesee Chamber Foundation, a supporting organization of the Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce. The Ruth… Read More 

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YouthQuest Students Excel in GISD Virtual Pitch Competition
In May, the Genesee Intermediate School District held its 2nd Annual Countywide Pitch Competition virtually. The competition challenged students throughout Genesee County to submit a video pitch of a product business, service business, social enterprise or technology business. TK Thomas, a YouthQuest student at Southwestern Classical Academy, was one of the students that submitted a video pitch. His business idea… Read More 

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YouthQuest Highlights: May 2020
Keeping in Touch With virtual programming underway, YouthQuest staff have been keeping up with family engagement by calling parents on a weekly basis. During these check-ins, staff asks a variety of questions to ensure families have the resources they need, including food security, technology and support in keeping up with home learning. Egg-Citing Science Every week using Microsoft Teams, the… Read More 

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On the Job: Cevannah Scott
In 2018, Cevannah Scott left her career in higher education and made the move to Columbus, Ohio to try something new. “I had family in Columbus, and they took me in,” says Scott, who completed TeenQuest while attending Carman Ainsworth High School. “Then I was offered an opportunity to interview for a job at Discover Financial Services and I made… Read More 

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Flint Promise Scholars Share Their Favorite Classes
With the Flint Promise scholarship, high school graduates in the city of Flint have the opportunity to attend Mott Community College, Kettering University and the University of Michigan-Flint for little to no cost. Recently, Afterschool Download caught up with Flint Promise scholars and discussed their favorite classes since starting college. Listen to what they had to say. Flint Promise—which is… Read More