Push22 owner Mike Verville read about Beyond Basics in a recent Crain’s Detroit Business article. He was in the process of moving his office to another location and wanted to donate his office furniture to our organization. He reached out to us and we gratefully accepted.
The battle against Detroit’s illiteracy crisis is fought one child at a time. Consider the story of Elijah Craft, a towering 6-foot, 6-inch 12th-grader at Central High School, where he plays football, basketball and baseball.
Both interns and staff members from UHY Advisors‘ Michigan practice took a day off from busy season earlier this month and visited students from Burton International Academy in Detroit.
Keith Famie short film about Beyond Basics, Elijah’s story, and illiteracy in Detroit …
Dream big. Take risks. Don’t be afraid to fail. Challenge authority. Give back to pull others forward. Those were among the takeaways presented to 64 Mumford High School ninth-graders during a leadership day event Tuesday at Baker College’s Auburn Hills campus.
Second Annual All Seasons Art Exhibition
Storybook Soiree
Chapman House in Rochester, Friday, April 28th, 2017 at 5:30 p.m.
Our experience shows, the teachers are the heroes in the educational system that gets rolled out in poverty. Most already know that the teachers have large class sizes and lack of resources.
The American Educational System is a great one. Unfortunately, it is rolled out at the social and economic level of the community it serves.
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