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 Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2017 4:58 pm Post subject: Flint scholarship plan gets $1M from Pistons owner Tom Gores |
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http://nba.nbcsports.com/2017/08/24/flint-scholarship-plan-gets-1m-from-pistons-owner-tom-gores/
| Quote: | Flint scholarship plan gets $1M from Pistons owner Tom Gores
FLINT, Mich. (AP) Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores and a Michigan utility’s foundation are each committing $1 million to help fund college scholarships in Flint in the wake of the city’s water crisis.
The $2 million in combined pledges announced Wednesday aim to create a “Flint Promise,” starting with students graduating next spring. It’s not clear how much has been raised, though Gov. Rick Snyder’s administration previously had a $5 million goal.
Gores, a Flint-area native, says “every student who works hard deserves a chance to earn a college degree.”
Consumers Energy President and CEO Patti Poppe calls the foundation’s commitment a “down payment on a bright future” for Flint.
Many scholarship details are still to be determined.
Legislation to make Flint eligible for state funding to help finance the program has languished. |
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| Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2017 12:12 pm Post subject: Re: Flint scholarship plan gets $1M from Pistons owner Tom Gores |
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| Basketball Fan wrote: | http://nba.nbcsports.com/2017/08/24/flint-scholarship-plan-gets-1m-from-pistons-owner-tom-gores/
| Quote: | Flint scholarship plan gets $1M from Pistons owner Tom Gores
FLINT, Mich. (AP) Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores and a Michigan utility’s foundation are each committing $1 million to help fund college scholarships in Flint in the wake of the city’s water crisis.
The $2 million in combined pledges announced Wednesday aim to create a “Flint Promise,” starting with students graduating next spring. It’s not clear how much has been raised, though Gov. Rick Snyder’s administration previously had a $5 million goal.
Gores, a Flint-area native, says “every student who works hard deserves a chance to earn a college degree.”
Consumers Energy President and CEO Patti Poppe calls the foundation’s commitment a “down payment on a bright future” for Flint.
Many scholarship details are still to be determined.
Legislation to make Flint eligible for state funding to help finance the program has languished. |
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Not many kids left unharmed who could collect that. That POS governor should be in jail
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