Once again, the Flint DDA coordinated flower-planting in the pots along Saginaw Street area to brighten up your Downtown Flint! Many hands made short work of the annual beautification project held on the morning of Saturday, June 4.
One of Flint’s automotive pioneers, Charles Stewart Mott was an original partner of General Motors, which was founded in Flint in 1908. Mott created his Foundation in 1926 to respond to the increasing needs of Flint’s growing population.
Jameshia Shepherd, 23, has many of the same qualities she had at age 13 – studious, curious, obedient and determined. Those attributes helped her evolve from a young participant at Motherly Intercession – a non-profit organization which helps children who have an incarcerated parent – into a staff member at the very place that nurtured her in her formative years.
We’ve compiled a list of some of Greater Flint’s fun summertime events. With festivals and performances, to carnivals and fairs, you, your friends, and your family will never be bored this summer season.
Founded by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956, Sister Cities International is a nonpartisan 501(c)(3) non-profit which serves as the national membership organization for individual sister cities, counties and states across the United States. Eisenhower’s goal with establishing this organization was to create a network of peace and prosperity between different people around the world. Since his time, Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton and Obama have served as the honorary chairmen.
On May 6, 2016, ELGA Credit Union’s annual Diaper Drive brought in 61k and a truck full of diapers and wipes to benefit the Flint Diaper Bank. The money raised will purchase diapers at below cost prices.
Celebrating the National Day of Prayer on May 5, around 300 Christian men and women from 25 Greater Flint area churches gathered at Downtown’s Riverfront Banquet Center for breakfast, music and Christ centered prayer.
The Genesee County Habitat for Humanity held its 7th Annual Habitat Olympics at Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy in Flint. The Habitat Olympics is a fundraiser where teams are formed with local businesses, organizations, and groups to compete in construction-themed games to win gold, silver, and bronze medals. Along with the games, there was a silent auction, drywall raffle, prize wheel, refreshments, carnival-style games, and a large prize drawing.
Medawar Jewelers will present the annual Tux & Tennies Gala and Auction Saturday, May 14, 2016, from 5:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. at Grand Blanc Motorcars in Grand Blanc, Mich. All proceeds will benefit Whaley Children’s Center’s (WCC) nationally accredited residential and clinical programs for children who have suffered from extreme abuse and neglect.
Clubs typically form when a group of people discover their shared interests; so when a club’s common interests are motorcycles and doing good for the community, the unlikely pairing becomes something to recognize.
Girls, ranging in age from ten to 17, who have been abandoned, neglected and abused – physically, sexually and emotionally – have an outlet to express their inner thoughts thanks to the Buckham Art Gallery and Genesee Valley Regional Center (GVRC) Share Art Project.
