Focus: Hope Holds Ball to Raise Money for Scholarships; Conclude 40th Anniversary Celebration

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"We consistently try to raise money for scholarships, so the students who are financially unable can attend the programs at the Machinist Training Institute, PAST TRACK, the Information Technology Center or even the Center for Advanced Technologies," said William Jones, Jr., CEO. "The population we serve generally has difficulty supporting that on tuition basis, so scholarships are extremely important."

"The difficult economic times make it more of a challenge to raise that kind of money, but they also illustrate the need at the same time," he said; "So, the same circumstances that make it more challenging to raise money makes the need more acute to raise scholarships. So it cuts both ways."

"This timetable did sort of fit," he said. "There's not a great deal of conflict with other events in Detroit It does neatly fit right at the end of our 40th year."

The Machinist Training Institute, provides state licensed and accredited training in precision machines and metalworking; PAST TRACK is a computer skills program; and the Center for Advanced Technologies is an engineering program. Other programs and services Focus: HOPE offers include ' the Pood Prescription Center, which provides free food to low income seniors and single mothers in a supermarketstyle setting; and the Center for Children, a Montessori daycare facility open to both Focus:.

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Focus: Hope Holds Ball to Raise Money for Scholarships; Conclude 40th Anniversary Celebration

Focus: HOPE will conclude its 40th anniversary year with a ball to be held March 7 at which the agency hopes to raise $250,000 in scholarships.

"We consistently try to raise money for scholarships, so the students who are financially unable can attend the programs at the Machinist Training Institute, PAST TRACK, ...

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