Detroit afterschool program in the News!

[Victoria Vrana]

Think Detroit, and afterschool program that integrates sports with computer
training, made the Detroit News on January 2nd.
http://detnews.com/2001/technews/0101/02/b01-170321.htm

Michael Tenbusch, the founder and director of Think Detroit, is a member of
YouthLearn.

Congratulations Michael!

We encourage YouthLearn participants to share their success.  If you get a
press mention, grant award, start a new program or just had a great week,
share it with the list!

Victoria

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Think Detroit is more well-known for the athletic leagues it sponsors for
the city's underprivileged children. But it also offers classes that teach
kids -- and grown-ups -- the ABCs of PCs and the Internet. Later this
month, the organization will start training children in refurbishing old
computers -- an effort that will give kids the skills they'll need to join
the workforce of tomorrow and narrow the digital divide.... Think
Detroit's plans already have the backing and blessing of the city, General
Motors Corp., technology entrepreneur trade group DigitalDetroit, Web
development firm Cobalt and Focus:Hope, the venerated Detroit-based charity
that feeds the needy and offers job training. In September, the automaker's
business-to-consumer e-commerce unit eGM said it was donating $3 million
over three years to support the nonprofit's computer program. Think Detroit
plans to use the money to recruit more instructors and upgrade its
classrooms.
<snipped for copyright restrictions>
http://detnews.com/2001/technews/0101/02/b01-170321.htm
~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~
Victoria Vrana vvrana at morino.org
Director, Interactive Media
Morino Institute http://www.morino.org

Entrepreneurial ventures of the Institute include:
* closing societal divides http://www.youthlearn.org
* advancing a more effective philanthropy
http://www.venturephilanthropypartners.org
* advancing New Economy entrepreneurship http://netpreneur.org
* stimulating economic opportunity http://knowledgeway.org

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You are subscribed to the YouthLearn (http://www.youthlearn.org) electronic
mailing list, part of the YouthLearn online community, an entrepreneurial venture of the Morino Institute (http://www.morino.org)

For information on unsubscribing to YouthLearn or changing your settings,
please see our Web site:  http://youthlearn.org/join/mailing.html

To send a message to YouthLearn, email: youthlearn at listserv.morino.org

If you haven't visited the Web site lately, please take a look!
We are adding content all the time! Questions?  Email Victoria Vrana, list facilitator, vvrana at morino.org
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Youthlearn Discussion Forum is powered by L-Soft's LISTSERV(R) software
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html