Recent Stories

| Categories: ,
Lights On Afterschool: YouthQuest Celebrates with Fall- and Halloween-Themed Community Events
Recognizing the importance of afterschool with events Oct. 22, 23, 29 and 30 (FLINT, Mich. – October 21, 2020) Tomorrow, Oct. 22, the historic arches along downtown Flint’s Saginaw Street will shine blue for the same reason that YouthQuest is hosting a series of family-friendly fall- and Halloween-themed events for the public. The activities aim to highlight the importance of… Read More 

| Categories: , ,
The following statement should be attributed to Tim Herman, CEO of the Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce, regarding General Motors' announcement today of new investments at the company's Flint Assembly facility: On any day, General Motors’ $32 million investment in Flint Assembly would be great news but it is especially great news coming at a time when Michigan is… Read More 

| Categories:
Voting is personal. I realize that. It’s also our civic duty and allows us to express our opinions on important matters such as health care, taxes, civil rights, trade and tariffs, and the economy. As with most elections, especially the presidential kind, there is much at stake. Some go as far to say that the Nov. 3 election is the… Read More 

| Categories:
YouthQuest Highlights: September 2020
Dime Drive At Pierce Elementary, students are participating in a dime drive to raise money for their school. Leading up to the event, in September, students worked on financial literacy skills by playing math and money games. Students also focused on reading and writing by using Mad-Libs to help learn parts of speech and understand storytelling. This prepared them to… Read More 

| Categories:
On the Job: Jelani Taylor
A recent graduate of Cornell University, Jelani Taylor is on a path to start his career as a business analyst at McKinsey Seattle, a global consulting firm. “I learned about the opportunity from my school’s internal job search engine,” says Taylor, who graduated from college in December 2019. “I didn’t know much about working as a business analyst when I… Read More