Stories of Meaningful Change

Stories from the Community Foundation of Greater Flint.

Preschoolers Love their Scooters

General May 22, 2018

On a spring day itâ€™s fun to go outside and breathe in the fresh, crisp air. Itâ€™s more fun when you are 4-year-old and can do that on aâ€¦

General May 22, 2018

Gone are the days when students were assigned desks aligned in neat rows facing the teacher. At Indian Hills Elementary School, studentsâ€¦

General May 22, 2018

Florence Michelson was a quiet woman who loved her church and her garden. Born in Mundy Township in 1902, Florence moved to the Fenton areaâ€¦

General May 9, 2018

This was no ordinary annual meeting. Nearly 400 friends of the Community Foundation of Greater Flint gathered at the Holiday Inn Gatewayâ€¦

General May 9, 2018

As a teenager in the 1970s, Tom Flanigan considered himself an underdog. Small in stature but a determined runner, Flanigan woke up everyâ€¦

General May 9, 2018

Itâ€™s easy to get lost in the beauty of Fentonâ€™s 155-acre Dauner Martin Nature Sanctuary, located in the heart of the city. The sanctuary isâ€¦

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€¦