Focus: HOPE

1355 Oakman Boulevard
Detroit, Michigan 48238
313.494.5500

Intelligent and practical action!

Focus: HOPE is a nationally recognized civil and human rights organization in Detroit, Michigan. Our mission is to use intelligent and practical action to fight racism,
poverty and injustice.

Weatherization Job Training

Focus: HOPE is launching a new education program July 20 along with Henry Ford Community College and THAW Training Center. The 10-week program will train students for jobs weatherizing homes and businesses to reduce energy costs. Employers are already inquiring about hiring graduates. Students must have a high school diploma or GED and pass a drug test and background screening. To learn more about the program, call our Admissions Office starting July 6.

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Class of 2009

Congratulations to graduates of our Center for Advanced Technologies engineering program! Pictured with Eleanor Josaitis, co-founder, William F. Jones, Jr., CEO, and Joanna Woods (right). CAT manager, are (from left) Bianca Jones, Louis Rice, Dalevonni Mathis, Vanessa Sherrod, JeJuan Toney, LaKeesha Perry, and DeAngelo Pope. Not pictured, Alan Clark.

40th Anniversary Video

Click on the link above for a five-minute video that captures the history and spirit of Focus: HOPE.

Food Distribution

NFL pro bowl player Braylon Edwards teamed up with Feed the Children and Focus: HOPE recently to distribute food and personal care items to 400 families and senior citizens. Every year, Edwards returns to his hometown to provide assistance to community residents. Pictured above are (from left) Steve Whetstone, vice president of international relations for Feed the Children; Edwards; Malesa Plater, executive director of the Braylon Edwards Foundation, and Eleanor Josaitis, co-founder of Focus: HOPE. Below, Edwards and volunteers loaded the boxes directly into vehicles so that people didn't have to stand in line on a hot afternoon.

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ACCESS Community Service Day

Volunteers from Arab Community Center for Economic & Social Services (ACCESS) planted flowers and packed food boxes recently as part of National Arab American Service Day. Above, volunteers planted flowers in the Cool Cities Park next to the Village of Oakman Manor senior apartments. Energetic volunteers also packed 3,000 boxes of food for delivery to homebound senior citizens, built raised beds for a community vegetable garden, and planted flowers around Focus: HOPE's campus. In one afternoon, the group had a huge impact on our neighborhood.

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