What if you could impact Grand Rapids’ economy and the lives in your community by improving your leadership or the leadership of others?
What’s in it for Participants?
Through GRIL, participants learn balance, accountability, interdependence, diversity, empowerment, and leverage, in the Ambassador Club School Program, Community Leadership Program (CLP), Youth Worker Program, and GRIL U Faith-Based Program, a 9-month program held during the school year.
Through GRIL, participants learn balance, accountability, interdependence, diversity, empowerment, and leverage, in the Ambassador Club School Program, Community Leadership Program (CLP), Youth Worker Program, and GRIL U Faith-Based Program, a 9-month program held during the school year.
Milestones:
To date, 99% of our teen graduates have a high school diploma. 88% are in college. The difference between our high school grad rate and the state average (76%) amounts to thousands saved in incarceration and unemployment costs.
To date, 99% of our teen graduates have a high school diploma. 88% are in college. The difference between our high school grad rate and the state average (76%) amounts to thousands saved in incarceration and unemployment costs.
Spiritual Mandate:
“Jesus replied: Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment.” Matthew 22: 37 – 38
Special thanks to W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the DeVos Family Foundation/DeVos Urban Leadership Initiative, and all of our donors without whose support, our efforts wouldn’t be possible.
