Wristband fundraising efforts help area homeless

HOMETOWN HEADLINES
FLINT
THE FLINT JOURNAL FIRST EDITION
Friday, January 20, 2006
By Melissa Burden
mburden@flintjournal.com • 810.766.6316

FLINT- Flint Central High School’s National Honor Society received $500 Wednesday for its efforts in selling 350 “Gotta Home?” bracelets after winning the High School Challenge, an organizer said.

High schools across the area were invited to participate in the challenge, orchestrated by the Committee Concerned with Housing, a local nonprofit group that addresses housing issues and homelessness.

Students sold the rubber bracelets for $2 each to help raise money for the prevention of homelessness. The committee needs to raise funds to match a $25,000 challenge grant.

Montrose High School took second place in the challenge and received $300, while Swartz Creek High School finished third and received $200, said Marcus Fisher, a committee member and a Local Initiatives Support Corp. AmeriCorps community organizer with the Flint Neighborhood Improvement and Preservation Project.

The bracelets are available at Regis Salon in Genesee Valley shopping center in Flint Township and at the University of Michigan-Flint campus bookstore in the UM-Flint pavilion, Fisher said.

- Melissa Burden