After growing up in the foster care system and bouncing from home to home, Eric had trouble adjusting to adult life. After being evicted from his apartment, Eric found a stable home in Exodus Place. Most recently, Eric even landed a new job at a local fuel station!
Take a tour of Exodus Place, and you’ll likely find Antonio working out in our fitness area. Between shifts at his local place of employment, Antonio uses exercise to battle his addiction, for which he has entered recovery since arriving at Exodus Place and finding “a community of guys that have hope.” See his testimony…
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Even without having people in their physical building, Ele’s Place’s West Michigan branch is still helping kids and teens who have gone through trauma. They offer clinical consultation over the phone or email, with weekly email check-ups, and a variety of other resources. For more information on what they can offer…
Detroit Horse Power teaches five social-emotional traits – Perseverance, Empathy, Responsible risk-taking, Confidence, and Self-control – through riding and caring for horses in our free summer horse camps and year-round after-school programs
The Downtown Boxing Gym recently teamed up with Detroit Horse Power to give our students a one-of-a-kind week of learning how to ride and take care of horses at Cedar Ridge Equestrian Center in Ann Arbor. Click to watch a video of the amazing experience.
DETROIT – The Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program (DAPCEP) has spent more that 40 years introducing children to STEM careers. While the fall session just wrapped up, it’s not too late to enroll you child in the virtual spring program. Nonprofit DAPCEP helps about 11,000 underrepresented students across southeast Michigan each year discover careers in STEM.…
A dog brought to the Capital Area Humane Society after being found in Sharp Park starving, wounded, and covered in urine and feces is in a foster home and doing great. “He is thriving in his foster home. He’s had a minor setback with the respiratory infection, but considering his overall health, it’s not uncommon for…
Impression 5 Science Center announced this week that it has received a $35,000 grant from the PNC Foundation to fund at-home, play-based learning kits, which will be delivered to more than 1,600 Ingham County Head Start families each month from July through December 2020. WKAR Public Media is proud to be a part of this…
“It has been a great experience being a part of CDK! They have been supportive of my business by providing me the necessary information to grow my business through providing business workshops, vendor opportunities and contacts with local food distributors that are made available for CDK members. The staff is accessible and often inquires if…
“My brother Tristan and I started our food business journey last year in 2017 when we first started with Can Do Kitchen. We had both only worked in the restaurant business and did not know much about food based entrepreneurship. The 12-week course was invaluable to us as it opened our eyes to the food…