Our Mission

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Welcome to New & Returning Members!

This fall, BwB Michigan will partner with 17 schools in the greater Detroit area to host after-school programs. We offer a special welcome to one new school joining us this year: University Preparatory Academy in Detroit. The BwB staff looks forward to another great year of service, education, sponsorship and fun with our BwB members and advisors and the whole community! Click here to visit the MI region's web page.

Students Get Close Up of Neighborhoods

Like BwB Lead programs across the U.S., the MI Lead Team uses "community mapping" to help students learn how their individual volunteer work helps the entire community become a better place. This summer, Lead members explored two of Detroit's most vibrant neighborhoods, Southwest Detroit and Corktown, noting the assets and challenges in each. They spoke with small business owners, directors and volunteer coordinators at non-profit organizations, and with people who simply live and work in the neighborhoods. Read more.

Trek Team Learns Life Lessons in Mali

This summer, eleven students and three teachers from Michigan participated in BwB's Trek for Knowledge to Mali. They were joined by two BwB staff members and two interns from Vassar College. The group traveled to Mali to help build a school in the village of Seribadjambougou. By the end of the emotional trip, the students lives were changed and they hoped the new school would change the villagers lives, too. Read more.

 

Michigan Members Contribute Hearts & Souls to Community

During the 2007-08 school year, Michigan BwB students raised more than $17,000 to sponsor a school in Nicaragua. Funds were raised through many different events and creative fundraisers. They also contributed more than 16,000 hours of volunteer service in their community. The BwB members at Lumen Christi High School in Jackson had the highest number of service hours nationally in the last year, contributing 3,742 hours to their community. BwB thanks all its members and the schools for their work and support and looks forward to another great year. Each month starting in October on the MI region's web page, we will highlight the top programs in the region for local community service hours and funds raised to sponsor the construction of a school in a developing country.