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News of December 14, 1999
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| Ford donates $6.2 million to Dearborn . |
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| DEARBORN, Dec. 13, 1999 – Ford Motor Company announced
today a donation of $6.2 million to the City of Dearborn and Henry Ford Academy in support
of community and education initiatives. . |
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| "Ford Motor Company is pleased to help the City of
Dearborn and Henry Ford Academy provide cultural and educational resources for our
community," said William Clay Ford, Jr., Chairman Ford Motor Company. "Part of
our philosophy as a business is finding innovative ways to help enrich the lives of people
in our neighborhoods." Ford Motor Company is donating $5 million to the City of Dearborn in support of the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center. |
Bill Ford Jr., Chairman Photo: Ford |
| The facility will include state-of-the-art facilities for
theatre performances, meeting space for community groups and senior citizens' activities,
fitness and recreation programs. The center will support community-based health, fitness,
recreation, performing arts programs, activities and educational services. Ford is also donating $1.2 million to the Henry Ford Academy for operating support and development of new programs. This award is in addition to the $4.8 million Ford Motor Company donated in 1997 to help launch the Henry Ford Academy. This public charter high school created, by Ford Motor Company in partnership with Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, has achieved student attendance and retention rates that are among the highest in the state. In the spring of 1999, 18 of 21 students who took the MEAP, as 10th graders, passed and are now eligible for dual enrollment at both HFA and Henry Ford Community College. These students will be able to earn college credit as juniors in high school. With the additional support from Ford Motor Company, new programs will be developed to infuse the use of technology, principles of performance-based and project-based learning, and other innovative models of teaching.
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