FCA Foundation Awards $50,000 Grant to Winning Futures

December 11, 2018 by Chris Cahill, MA Announcements, Mentor, News

We are excited to announce that we've received a one-year $50,000 grant from the FCA Foundation, the charitable arm of North American automaker FCA US LLC. The grant will support core expenses for local tenth graders who are participating in Workforce Prep – our in-school mentoring and leadership skills development… Read More

Emeel Ajluni, FCA Foundation, FCA US LLC, mentor, mentoring, Pontiac Academy for Excellence, Stephen Hatfield, volunteer, Workforce Prep

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Magna Executive, Dino Nardicchio, Joins Winning Futures Board of Directors

October 17, 2018 by Chris Cahill, MA Announcements, News

Dino Nardicchio, global vice president of Advanced Technology Engineering for Magna Seating. Dino Nardicchio, global vice president of Advanced Technology Engineering for Magna Seating has been elected to the Winning Futures Board of Directors. “Winning Futures is an inspiring way to support Magna’s commitment to the communities where we live and… Read More

Advanced Technology Engineering, Board Member, Board of Directors, Dino Nardicchio, General Motors, Magna Seating

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The Impact of Mentorship

October 15, 2018 by Winning Futures Announcements, News

Fawjia Yeasmin, Winning Futures Class of 2018 and current freshman at the University of Michigan – Dearborn. Do you remember what it was like preparing for life after high school? I do, and it wasn’t pretty. For me, the realization that whatever decisions I made would effect my life forever… Read More

alumni success story, Dearborn, Fawjia Yeasmin, Julie Osburn, Kiana Elkins, University of Michigan, University of Michigan Dearborn, warren mott high school, Wayne State University

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Golfers Raise $140,000 at the 20th Annual Lear Golf Classic

September 18, 2018 by Chris Cahill, MA Announcements, Event, Fundraiser, News

Our 20th Annual Lear Golf Classic raised more than $140,000 to support our new Workforce Prep program. You would think that on a rainy Monday the last thing anyone would want to do is spend the day golfing. This wasn’t the case for the 246 people who, with positive attitudes… Read More

Hamilton Chevrolet, Indianwood Golf and Country Club, Lake Orion, Lear Golf Outing, Lear; Leggett & Platt Automotive, Levi Stubbs III, Todd Glance, Winning Futures, Workforce Prep

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Ford Executive, Matt Duffy, Joins Board of Directors

September 17, 2018 by Chris Cahill, MA Announcements, News, Sponsor/Donor

Matt Duffy, Global Director of Electrical and Electronics Purchasing, Ford Motor Company Matt Duffy, global director, Electrical and Electronics Purchasing, Ford Motor Company, has been elected to Winning Futures’ board of directors. Duffy’s 25-year career includes stops at IBM, Apple, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, and Sonos. His more notable… Read More

Apple, Board of Directors, Corks & Forks, Ford Motor Company, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, IBM, Matt Duffy, Sonos

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Dresner Foundation Awards $150,000 Grant to Winning Futures

September 17, 2018 by Chris Cahill, MA Announcements, News, Sponsor/Donor

Career Program Associate, Katherine Morgan (center), with Winning Futures mentor, Mark O’Malley (bottom left), and students at Warren Mott High School. We are excited to announce that we received a two-year $150,000 grant award from the Vera and Joseph Dresner Foundation. Funding from the Dresner Foundation will support core expenses… Read More

Detroit, Dresner Foundation, Kris Marshall, Kristina Marshall, mentoring, Vera and Joseph Dresner Foundation, Virginia Romano, Winning Futures, Workforce Prep

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2018 Awards Ceremony – Changing the World!

June 15, 2018 by Chris Cahill, MA Announcements, Event, Mentor, News

2018 scholarship winners left to right: Brittany Padilla, Breia Swanigan, and Samantha Susalla. I’ve been to many awards ceremonies in my lifetime and I’ve watched a few on television. They’re mostly mundane. Too many times participants rave about themselves or how something they’ve done changed the world when really they… Read More

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She Was Worried She Wouldn’t Be a Good Mentor. Now She’s Receiving the Governor’s Service Award.

May 21, 2018 by Chris Cahill, MA Announcements, Mentor, News

Pictured left to right are Stephanie K, Angel, and Lee Ellen Kerr at WWCK - Supertalk 1570 AM. Lee Ellen Kerr is the kind of person that wants to give back. So when we pitched our mentoring program to Lee and a small group of her colleagues at Dow Automotive,… Read More

Angel, Cass Technical High School, Dow Automotive, Drew Gentry, Governor Rick Snyder, Governor's Service Award, greg kelser, Kelser Camp, Lee Ellen Kerr, Michigan Community Service Commission, Pontiac Academy for Excellence, Stephanie K, WWCK-Supertalk 1570 AM

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Besties Benefit From Mentors

March 27, 2018 by Chris Cahill, MA Mentor, News

Pictured left to right are Lee Ellen Kerr, Jazmine Jones, Ruby Houston, and Stephanie Jones. Best friends Ruby Houston and Jazmine Jones have known each other for several years. You could say they knew almost everything about themselves and each other, except one thing. They didn’t know what they would… Read More

Davison Middle School, Dow Automotive, Jazmine Jones, Lee Ellen Kerr, Pontiac Academy for Excellence, Ruby Houston, Saginaw Valley State University, Stephanie Jones, Winning Futures

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Corks & Forks Makes a Big Splash

March 22, 2018 by Chris Cahill, MA Event

Pictured at the 2018 Corks & Forks are Kristina Marshall, president and CEO, Winning Futures, and Event Chair, Matt Duffy, global purchasing director, Ford Motor Company. Fine wine, gourmet cuisine, live jazz, and a hilarious auction emceed by Les Gold from the TV hit series, Hardcore Pawn – all this… Read More

Cass Technical High School, Corks & Forks, Dipita Das, Ford Motor Company, Hardcore Pawn, Lear Corporation, Les Gold, Matt Duffy, Phillips Service Industries, PSI, Sharon vanSpronsen, Townsend, University of Michigan, Winning Futures

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