Kronk Gym Foundation - proud recipient of the 2010 Global Youth Day Grant.
Awarded by YouthVille Detroit.



The purpose of this grant was to purchase supplies that would be used to eliminate debris and beautify the block that the Kronk Gym resides on, as well as sanitize the interior of the gym.



Michigan Final Report

Partners
Lead Agencies: Michigan Community Service Commission, YouthVille Detroit, Resource Genesee
Lead Agency Partners: Abudantant Family Services, Academy for Business Technology, Board of Water and Light, Build On, Chapel Hill Baptist, Christmas in Action, City Year, Council of Michigan Foundations Youth Action Councils, Crocket High School, Denby High School, Detroit Academy of Arts and Science, Detroit Edison Public, Detroit Enterprize Academy, Detroit International Academy for Young Women, Don Bosco, Douglas Academy for Young Men, Douglas High School, East Detroit High School, Girl Scouts of the USA - Dearborn, Golightly, Greater Ephesians Baptist, Hannahville Indian Community, Hartford Memorial Baptist, Henry Ford Community College Alumni, Henry Ford Health Clinic, Impression 5, Interfaith Youth Core, International Academy, Job Corps, Learn and Serve Michigan, Michigan AmeriCorps, Michigan Campus Compact, Michigan State University, Michigan State University Extension, Michigan Youth and Community, Northwestern, Service-Learning Youth Council, St. Francis Cabrini, St. John Evangelistic Temple of Truth and Wisdom, St. Mary of the Hills, St. Mary's Port Huron, ST. Simon and Jude, The LEAGUE, Tristam Craig, Trix Elementary School, University of Michigan, University Preparatory High School, Volunteer Centers of Michigan, W.E.B. Dubois Academy, Washington Carver Academy, Washtenaw Youth Mentoring Coalition, Wayne State University, WISDOM Group, YMCA
Grantees: Alma Middle School, Barbara Gottschalk, Bridge the Gap Ministries, Cooley High School, Detroit Public Schools, Detroit and Wayne County Health Authority, Galesburg Augusta Community Schools, , Genesee Intermediate School District, Hush House Community Museum and Leadership Training Institute for Human Rights, Michigan Community Service Commission, Ministry with Community, Rolyat Street Community Alliance, Tracey C. Frazier
Foundations and Sponsors: Home Depot, Kronk Gym

Projects and Volunteers
Number of Projects: 54 - Number of Youth Volunteers: 5,170 - Project Highlights: Flint, MI
The girls from the Dr. Betty Shabazz Delta Academy, an afterschool program, celebrated Global Youth Service Day by collecting 110 lbs of food and $40 for the local food bank.  Recognizing the importance of the food bank to the area's neediest residents, they spent time sorting food and stocking the shelves of the food bank's pantry, learning about poverty and homelessness in Flint, a city with one of the highest levels of unemployment in the United States.
Lead Agency Highlights: YouthVille Detroit - Detroit, MI
YouthVille Detroit focused their Global Youth Service Day efforts on the community surrounding their facilities.  Located in the economically-depressed North End, this Lead Agency and its youthful constituents served in a variety of ways, including the building of a community garden that provides fresh food for people in the neighborhood and the cleanup of a long-neglected park so it could host poetry nights in the future.  YouthVille Detroit’s projects were all youth-led, youth being responsible for the logistics and working together to drum up support in their neighborhood. 
Lead Agency Highlights: MichiganCommunity Service Commission - Lansing, MI:
This year, the Michigan Community Service Commission partnered with Impression 5 (a local science museum) and the Board of Water and Light (a local energy company) on the annual Adopt A River Clean-Up in Lansing, Michigan.  This year more than 300 youth volunteers picked up nearly two tons of trash along the Grand River and surrounding areas while learning about the value of water quality and protecting and preserving Michigan’s waterways.  In addition to learning about water, they planted trees and learned to recycle. 

Media and Elected Officials
Number of Media Stories: 27 - Number of Impressions: 31,892,758- Elected Officials: 12
House Resolution Sponsors: Representatives John Conyers and Vernon Ehlers
Senate Resolution Sponsors: Senator Debbie Stabenow
Governor proclamation: Issued by Governor Jennifer Granholm