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  • Zaman Founder's Life-Changing Experience Prepares Her for Pandemic
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    Zaman Founder's Life-Changing Experience Prepares Her for Pandemic

    Earlier in my career, I was a critical care nurse at a hospital in Detroit caring for a 50-year-old man with heart disease.

  • Student Entrepreneur Develops Education-Focused Businesses
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    Student Entrepreneur Develops Education-Focused Businesses

    Alexander Lowe is indeed a talented youth. A junior at Fort Valley State University in Georgia, Lowe is majoring in mathematics and computer science.

  • Detroit Journalist Shares Art of Visual Storytelling with Youth
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    Detroit Journalist Shares Art of Visual Storytelling with Youth

    Seeing young people gain confidence in themselves, engage in conversation, learn new skills and get excited about life is what makes my work worthwhile.

  • Ford Fund Mobilizes Teams, Resources to Help Feed and Transport Henry Ford Hospital Personnel
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    Ford Fund Mobilizes Teams, Resources to Help Feed and Transport Henry Ford Hospital Personnel

    With help from a Ford Fund grant, Corktown restaurants—Brooklyn Street Local, Folk Detroit, IMA, McShane's Irish Pub, Michigan & Trumbull and Onassis Coney Island—are cooking up dinners for workers at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.

  • Ford Motor Company Fund Announces Donation Match, New Virtual Opportunities for Employees to Help Fight COVID-19
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    Ford Motor Company Fund Announces Donation Match, New Virtual Opportunities for Employees to Help Fight COVID-19

    Ford Motor Company Fund's new COVID-19 Donation Match program gives employees and others the opportunity to support nonprofits and community groups in more than 20 countries as they cope with coronavirus-related issues.

  • Cincinnatti Barber Gives More Than Just Haircuts
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    Cincinnatti Barber Gives More Than Just Haircuts

    Precision Blendz is the winner of the first Men of Courage Barbershop Challenge—a grassroots initiative that invites barbershops to develop community engagement programs.

  • Ford Employees Dig into Urban Farming Project, Food for Life, to Lift Community
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    Ford Employees Dig into Urban Farming Project, Food for Life, to Lift Community

    Ford employees in the Orlando, Florida, region represent a small group with a big desire to give back to their community.

  • Ford Community College Challege - Ghana
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    Ford Community College Challege - Ghana

    In partnership with global nonprofit Enactus, Ford Fund invites student teams to develop ideas for innovative projects that address an unmet social need or problem in the local community—ranging from safety to workforce development to access to mobility…

  • Ford College Community Challenge - South Africa
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    Ford College Community Challenge - South Africa

    In partnership with global nonprofit Enactus, Ford Fund invites student teams to develop ideas for innovative projects that address an unmet social need or problem in the local community.

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Global Caring Month

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The Ford Volunteer Corps rallies employees to design their own volunteer projects during Global Caring Month – a month-long community service initiative held every September.

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Ford Fund Impact Reports

Learn more about our commitment to helping move communities forward in our Ford Fund Impact Reports.

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