theWinter 2014 • Volume 20 • IssueVision 1 www.winningfutures.org e are excited to have begun The day after the award was We are currently implementing a pilot W Mark Chernoby, Senior 2014 on a high note! So many great announced, program called Keys to College. This Vice President of Engineering and things have already happened as we four-session workshop takes place in Vice President-Product Committee celebrate our 20th year! teachers’ classrooms with high school Coordinator-Chrysler Group, students to prepare them to select Crain’s Detroit Business named us the presented a $65,000 grant to us and apply for continuing education. 2013 Best-Managed Nonprofit. Cindy from the Chrysler Foundation. Over Goodaker, the Executive Editor, shared the last year, Mark has recruited 20 Our “Shoot for your Goals” basketball Greg Kelser “The judges were impressed by employees from his department to camp with has been so Winning Futures’ disciplined approach mentor and has seen the impact first- successful in Detroit that we are to its operations and its success hand. “Helping students develop the starting a second free camp this in attracting a board committed skills and self-confidence that they summer in Warren. to achieving specific individual need to succeed is an investment that fundraising goals. That discipline will pay dividends for a lifetime,” said And by the way, 141 people donated includes setting a long-term strategy Chernoby. to our $20,000 Challenge and we and controlled growth followed by surpassed our goal! Thank you independent evaluation of results. It The expansion of our school programs to all of those who responded so is exhibited in more nuts-and-bolts is a powerful example of how business generously with financial gifts. areas as well: Winning Futures has a and education can partner to help succession strategy in place and has our youth grow and prosper. Our high You may be asking “How are all of how-to documents in place for its school mentoring programs at Pontiac these great things happening at programs and processes.” Academy for Excellence, Cousino, once?” The answer is easy - because Community, Warren Mott, Harper of all the great people involved! Read We are proud that our entrepreneurial Woods, Cass Tech, and Madison high more inside about them. spirit, fiscal responsibility, fundraising schools continue to grow. Starting strategy, youth outcomes, and this summer, we are launching succession planning have been programs in Detroit at Cornerstone acknowledged with this award! Health High School and Golightly Education Center. SURVEY SAYS... KEYS TO COLLEGE WORKS! One goal is to increase the number understood the steps necessary of students we impact with our 98% to continue their education. programming. Through a capacity building grant from the Dresner Foundation, we implemented a series agreed that they were better of college preparation seminars. Titled 97% prepared to fill out college Keys To College, we use hour-long applications. workshops at our partner schools to inform students how to pick the right college, how to understand the said they feel more confident application and essay process, and 97% about applying for financial aid. how to pay for college. We launched n the Keys To College seminars in The launch of this seminar was so October 2013, working with seniors successful that we are bringing the at Harper Woods High, Madison program to juniors in the second High, Pontiac Academy of Excellence semester. Keys To College will be and Warren Community High. More offered to all of our partner high than 200 students took part in the schools, as well as Consortium College seminars and among those surveyed Preparatory High School in Detroit. afterward: WINNING FUTURES’ ALUMNI VIDEO CONTEST CHANCE TO WIN A 2014 CAMERO FOR THE WEEKEND OR $500 CASH If you are a Winning Futures’ alumnus, you can participate in our upcoming online video contest to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Winning Futures. Submit a short video of you telling the world how Winning Futures made a difference in your life. To enter or for more details, Click here. Sponsored by: CORKS & FORKS PRESENTS THE SAM CUPP IMPACT AWARDS Over 350 guests sampled a variety of unique wines, martinis and gourmet food. The event raised close to $35,000 to benefit our youth development and scholarship programs. The event also featured our Sam Cupp Impact Awards which recognizes a business man and woman who have impacted their community through charity work, education, or mentoring young entrepreneurs. 2014 Business Man of the Year Winner: Paul A. Glantz, Founder and Chair, Emagine Entertainment, Inc. 2014 Business Woman of the Year Winner: Marcie Brogan, Founder and Chair, Brogan & Partners Click here to view event photos. BOARD MEMBERS AND SPONSORS n BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chair, Scott Rice, Powerlink Vice-Chair, Lyndon Williams, Aisin Ellyn Davidson, Brogan & Associates John Erwin, SRG Global Cynthia Grubbs, Mavin Global Warren Mott High Gerald Hartley, Fifth Third Bank School 1998 Theresa Hilborn, General Motors Adam Poterek Scott Hiipakka, Patriot Services Macomb Community College Jeff Hoover, Howard & Howard DeAndre Lipscomb, HAP Quicken Loans, Mortgage Banker Kristina Marshall, Winning Futures Winning Futures helped mold me into the person I Lisa Mower Gandelot, Gandelot & Assoc. am today. I learned that when I applied myself I James Parks, Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss could be successful. Trevor Pawl, MEDC Kerri Ross, O’Keefe Chuck Schmidt, Seizert Capital Partners Cousino High School Jennette Smith, Crain’s Detroit Business Present 2005 Kevin Sutton, Lusk & Albertson Elena Kapintcheva n DONOR-FOUNDERS B.A., College for Creative Studies Gil and Kay Cox Major: Graphic Design Sam and Betty Cupp Elefant Design, Owner Donald and Aleta Hamilton Eugene and Dorothy Hamilton Winning Futures taught me to create a plan to achieve my vision which helped me accomplish my n PLATINUM SPONSORS dream of becoming an entrepreneur. Chrysler Foundation Community Foundation for Southeast Mi. Pontiac High School Present Detroit Auto Dealers Association Fund 2006 Dresner Foundation Tayla Daniels General Motors Foundation B.A. Trinity Washington University Hamilton Chevrolet Lear Corporation Children’s Defense Fund, Program Asst. Youth Powerlink Facilities Management Leadership & Development SRG Global Winning Futures helped me realize the importance United Way for Southeastern Michigan of helping children overcome obstacles. n GOLD SPONSORS Advance America Butcher Community AT&T Present High School 2006 Bernard Financial Cooper Standard Foundation Diversified Restaurant Holdings, Inc. Farm Bureau Insurance Matthew Wiringer Fifth Third Bank United States Marine Corps, Instructor Howard & Howard ITC Holdings Working towards college degree Maris Brown Rossell Insurance Group Winning Futures helped me realize my potential. MGM Resorts Foundation New York Life Insurance PNC Foundation Present Ralph C. Wilson Foundation Harper Woods High School 2011 n SILVER SPONSORS Shannan Lucas Crain’s Detroit Business University of Detroit Mercy, Student EOS Worldwide Extra Credit Union Major: Criminal Justice Health Alliance Plan Winning Futures helped me map out my goals and Hubbell Roth and Clark Engineering five-year plan. Also, having somebody push me Identity PR toward my goals really helped. Lusk & Albertson O’Keefe Quicken Loans - Rock Ventures LLC Cass Technical UHY LLP Present High School 2012 n MICHIGAN COMMUNITY PARTNERS Birmingham Public School District Joshua Brannigan Consortium College Preparatory HS Michigan State University, Student Cornerstone Charter Schools Major: Arabic Studies Detroit Public School District Greg Kelser Winning Futures helped me build my self- Harper Woods School District confidence and improve my communication skills. Madison Heights School District Michigan Sports Hall of Fame Madison High School Pontiac Academy for Excellence Present Warren Consolidated School District 2013 Taylor Moore Proudly partnering with agencies and Marygrove College, Student schools in 38 states! 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