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Flint Kids Grow: Flint Fresh Mobile Market

General November 7, 2017

Plump red tomatoes, crisp heads of lettuce, firm Michigan apples, and dozens of other fruits and vegetables fill baskets on the Flint Freshâ€¦

General November 7, 2017

A two-year-old boy gently brushes blue paint on his cheeks, dabs it on his nose, and squeezes it through his hands. He smiles from ear toâ€¦

General November 7, 2017

A mom holding hand puppets shows them to her 6-month-old son, while sitting on the doctorâ€™s office floor. Another woman videotapes themâ€¦

General November 7, 2017

Reading plays a tremendous role in child development, and when children are read to consistently in the early years it improves vocabularyâ€¦

General November 7, 2017

Carina (not her real name) came to Flint to live with a boyfriend. She had no job, no family support, and no high school degree. She wasâ€¦

General November 7, 2017

Sarginson City Park was run-down, over-grown, and anything but welcoming. In the past few years, the West Flint Community Watch and Southâ€¦

General November 7, 2017

Love is a word typically attributed to affection for another person, and this describes the late Dr. Sandra Urquhart Brown. Donald Brownâ€¦

General November 7, 2017

The hospice movement in Genesee County began in 1980. Carol Sinclair, R.N., a nursing administrator at Crestmont Medical Care Facility inâ€¦

General November 3, 2017

Charred houses, debris-filled basements, and rotting trees filled vacant lots in the Eastside Franklin Park neighborhood for several yearsâ€¦

General November 3, 2017

Getting close to nature by digging in the dirt, preparing soil for planting, and watching blooms grow into beautiful flowers can beâ€¦