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News & Stories

21st Annual Winning Futures Award Celebration

June 12, 2015

[caption id="attachment_2054" align="aligncenter" width="450"] Congratulations to all the 2015 Scholarship Recipients![/caption] 17 students from Detroit’s Cass Technical High School, Cornerstone Health + Technology High School, Harper Woods High School, Madison High School, Pontiac Academy for Excellence, Warren’s Community High School and Warren Mott High School were awarded Luminary Awards and… Read More


Melvin Akins’ Story

June 10, 2015

After finishing High School I decided to leave Detroit and start my educational journey in a new environment at Baker College, studying Business Entrepreneurship. I continue to set short and long-term goals that have helped me achieve great things and help enlarge my opportunities in life. As my journey started the first week of classes,… Read More


Shannan B Lucas’ Story

June 10, 2015

I’m now 21, no children and work and attend Wayne State University. Since Winning Futures  I have encountered some challenges that may seem more severe than others. After graduating high school in 2011 I proceeded to college as a normal high school student is expected to. I went to WCCCD… Read More


Janae Register’s Story

June 3, 2015

I am currently in my third year at Michigan State double majoring in Criminal Justice and Social Relations and Policy working towards my Bachelor’s Degree. I'm  working an on campus job at the moment. I spend most of my time doing school work, working, campus organizations, and sleep when I… Read More


Chloe Lucas’ Story

June 3, 2015

Before I started going to Winning Futures, I always knew that I was going to go to college. That was always a given for me. My mom went to college and my sister is in college. So I knew that for me not to go to college was not an… Read More


Scholarship Winner in Oakland Press

May 29, 2015

Pontiac Academy for Excellence student earns Winning Futures scholarship Written by Dave Phillips [caption id="attachment_2022" align="aligncenter" width="450"] Amanda Rymiszewski (left) and her Winning Futures mentee Lizannette Rivera-Colon. Rivera-Colon has been named a recipient of the Winning Futures scholarship.[/caption] "A mentorship program at Pontiac Academy for Excellence is instilling confidence and teaching… Read More


Leon Peterson’s Story

May 27, 2015

"Entering a class room with a group of adults I'd never met before was very intimidating"; Those were the words Leon Peterson used to describe his first Winning Futures Session. "I had no idea of what to expect, I knew it sounded cool but, I had no idea what I… Read More


Donna Rochester’s Story

May 27, 2015

My mentee is a Winning Futures success story! She graduated Community High and is now in her second college semester studying physical therapy and will be traveling to England this spring followed by a study semester in Greece. But none of this was ever her plan before joining Winning Futures.… Read More


Suits Delivered from Project Pinstripe!

May 22, 2015

    [caption id="attachment_1940" align="aligncenter" width="390"] Christian Jackson, student from Community High School, with his new Project Pinstripe suit.[/caption] On March 28, 2015 mentees from Winning Futures along with other young men from Detroit and surrounding areas received a free suit and valuable job coaching through Project Pinstripe, a not-for-profit… Read More


Mary Innes’ Story

May 20, 2015

In 2011, I participated in the Winning Futures program at Warren Mott High School. The organization teaches many principles that I believe students do not receive in depth through the public school system. Through Winning Futures I learned to have vision for my future and to prepare a plan to… Read More