- By Beyond Basics
- Beyond Basics
Celebrating 20 years!
We encourage you to join us for our 20th Anniversary Gala on March 1st, 2019 at the Detroit Athletic Club.
We encourage you to join us for our 20th Anniversary Gala on March 1st, 2019 at the Detroit Athletic Club.
When we opened up the doors to our Family Literacy Center in October, we knew we would reach many but we didn’t know how the “many” would be packaged. We expected high school drop outs and older adults to walk through our doors, but to our surprise, a mother of 8 home-schooled children was the first to seek our services.
On January 15, we hosted our 2019 Leadership Series which featured CEO and Co-Founder of Life Remodeled, Chris Lambert, and NFL Running back, Joique Bell. The event was held at the Durfee Innovation Center and the focus was “Pursuing Passions.”
Keith Famie’s short film “A Day in the Life of Elijah Craft,” which chronicles how learning to read changed Elijah’s life, is one of the films featured in the highly prestigious IMDb-qualifying New Hope Film Festival in New Hope, Penn. that runs from July 20 to 29.
“We are thrilled to be a key partner in the Durfee Innovation Society, which houses our Beyond Basics Family Literacy Center.
A Detroit-area nonprofit is bringing experts together to discuss literacy in the city and across southeastern Michigan.
The tragic truth is we are failing many of our children in America and if they do not receive some badly needed intensive care they may never recover.
Impact100 Oakland County, a woman’s philanthropic group, announced that it has awarded $100,500 grants to Beyond Basics and CARE House of Oakland County.
The Mars Agency, and advertising firm in Southfield, MI, sent some employees to volunteer in our office today. They ask their employees to “give back” to the community one day a year. This group really did a fantastic job organizing and filing all of our years of student data in our new data room.
18000 West Nine Mile Road
Suite 450
Southfield, MI 48075
248-250-9304
Fax: 248-996-9577