News & Stories
Every Dollar Matters… Right? Make Your 2018 Donation Today!
December 12, 2018 Fundraiser, News
“Every dollar matters.” Ever heard this before? It’s a common phrase used by nonprofits. The idea is to convince you to open your wallet and make a donation, even if it’s a nominal amount. But does every dollar really matter? For the 2018-19 academic year, we are operating in… Read More
FCA Foundation Awards $50,000 Grant to Winning Futures
December 11, 2018 Announcements, Mentor, NewsWe 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
Magna Executive, Dino Nardicchio, Joins Winning Futures Board of Directors
October 17, 2018 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
The Impact of Mentorship
October 15, 2018 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
Golfers Raise $140,000 at the 20th Annual Lear Golf Classic
September 18, 2018 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
Ford Executive, Matt Duffy, Joins Board of Directors
September 17, 2018 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
Dresner Foundation Awards $150,000 Grant to Winning Futures
September 17, 2018 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
2018 Awards Ceremony – Changing the World!
June 15, 2018 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
She Was Worried She Wouldn’t Be a Good Mentor. Now She’s Receiving the Governor’s Service Award.
May 21, 2018 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
Besties Benefit From Mentors
March 27, 2018 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