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Alumni Spotlight
Energizing Detroit Students Past and Present
Read more in our March Newsletter (PDF)
Frankel Students Create Energy Drink for Detroit
By Eric Czarnik C & G Staff Writer WEST BLOOMFIELD — Matthew Tukel and Sawyer Altman are not emergency city managers, but they have a unique, entrepreneurial way of reaching out to Detroit in an effort to restore it. The two high school juniors from Frankel Jewish...
Foundation’s Mission Expansion To Help Students In New EAA
Last October, we announced that we had expanded the Foundation’s mission to include the support of successful programs that benefit students not only in DPS schools, but also in the State of Michigan’s new Educational Achievement Authority (EAA) and in the schools...
DPS FOUNDATION BEGINS NEW DPS ALUMNI PROGRAM, HIRING ERICA RAGLIN AS ALUMNI DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST
DETROIT – (March 20, 2012) – The Detroit Public Schools Foundation today announced Erica Raglin has joined the foundation as Alumni Development Specialist. In this newly created role for the foundation, she will raise donations, involvement and awareness of the...
DPS FOUNDATION CEO HONORED AS ONE OF 25 “WOMEN MAKING A DIFFERENCE’
Chacona Johnson to be honored at Michigan Women’s Foundation 25th Anniversary Celebration Dinner DETROIT – (March 20, 2012) – Detroit Public Schools Foundation President and CEO Chacona Johnson will be one of 25 Metro Detroit women honored as “Women Making a...
A New Foundation Connection For DPS Alumni
It’s always a wonderful thing to be able to announce growth as the Foundation advances its mission. This time, our team has growth with the addition of a new member – Erica Raglin, who is stepping into the newly created role of Alumni Development Specialist. We...
Together We Shape the Future
Read more in our February Newsletter (PDF)
Generosity From Many Places Helps Detroit Students
As we get closer to spring, an effort from last summer is providing a ray of sunshine here at the Foundation. In late August, families in the Birmingham School District came together to support education by creating “The World’s Longest Lemonade Stand.” On the weekend...
DPS Foundation Matches Gifts for Gleaners through Sodexo Support
DPS Foundation Matches Gifts for Gleaners through Sodexo Support
It’s Time to Think Differently About Education Funding
When I first started in educational fund development, at the University of Michigan in the 1980s, one of my first meetings was with a wealthy family who had sent its children to private schools and then to U-M. I asked them about whether they would consider a...