Stories of Meaningful Change

Stories from the Community Foundation of Greater Flint.

Successful, healthy families is the #1 goal

General May 9, 2018

Health issues can be barriers to learning when sick kids stay home from school and miss out on the dayâ€™s activities. For families in theâ€¦

General April 11, 2018

An exciting, new, interactive exhibit awaits visitors to the Flint Childrenâ€™s Museum (FCM), an organization that has been providingâ€¦

General April 11, 2018

Educare Flint, a new, state-of-the-art school for Flint children ages 0â€“5, opened its doors to students on December 4, 2017. Launched inâ€¦

General April 11, 2018

Monica Wilsonâ€™s home is where the extended family gathers. So it was only natural for the family to meet there for a â€œLiving Roomâ€¦

General April 11, 2018

Two-year-old Sincere Smithâ€™s photograph appeared on the cover of Time magazine in February 2016. For his mother, Ariana Hawk, seeing theâ€¦

General April 11, 2018

She knocked on the church doors not knowing what to expect. She needed help and had no place to turn. Homeless, cold and hungry, she hadâ€¦

General April 11, 2018

For five minutes each day the classroom is quiet and students take a mindful moment â€¦ a yoga pose, taking deep breaths or focusing on theâ€¦

General April 2, 2018

Quincy Murphy is a lifetime resident of Flint, a community activist, and leader of the Garfield-Bunche Community Service Corporationâ€¦

General April 2, 2018

Just 27 years ago, Arthur Hurand, along with other community-minded people, created the Community Foundation of Greater Flint. He becameâ€¦

General April 2, 2018

Young philanthropists working for the greater good of Genesee County â€” 61 members of the Gen Forward Network â€” made their second grantâ€¦