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Flint-area administrators reflect on school year amid coronavirus pandemic Updated Jan 07, 2021; GENESEE COUNTY, MI -- The COVID-19 pandemic has cast a light on already existing disparities across society. Educators on the front lines in the Flint area trying to ensure children and families have the resources they need. The pandemic has “illuminated” daily challenges faced by families, Grand Blanc Community Schools Superintendent Clarence Garner said. Those challenges include food insecurity and access to technology and broadband. “I think there’s a fallacy that we think everybody ...

Other American philanthropy is the envy of the world. Since colonial times, when Benjamin Franklin’s Junto Society, a proto–think tank of public-minded Philadelphia citizens, developed volunteer fire departments and a lending library, Americans have evolved a unique civic culture of giving and entrepreneurial problem solving. From 1995 to 2002, charitable donations as a percentage of GDP were nearly six times higher in the United States than in France and 14 times higher than in Germany. In 2007, America’s charitable giving amounted to $306 billion. No wonder that European universities ...

Free Critical Home Repairs Now Available for Flint Seniors Enter your number to get our free mobile app There's a bit of relief coming for seniors living in Flint that are in desperate need of home repairs. Thanks to the $120,0000 that was awarded to The Genesee County Habitat for Humanity, Flint seniors will get critical home repairs done for free. The money came from The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation and will be used for repairs including roofs, structural damage, electric, handicap accessibility, energy efficiency upgrades, and other health or code-related repair needs. According to F...