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Retooling Detroit
With a 47 percent illiteracy rate over 40,000 Detroit school children are at risk of being illiterate every year. Without this basic skill what will happen to these children? -
Retooling Detroit
More than 3 out of every 4 on welfare, 85 percent of unwed mothers, 68 percent of those arrested and 85 percent of juvenile offenders ARE ILLITERATE. -
Retooling Detroit
Before thousands of children become a statistic lets give them an opportunity to define their futures. If you can read, you can make a difference. Join us to Retool Detroit.
Bridging the literacy divide
Empowering the Mind and Body
Get Engaged
VOLUNTEER, to become a literacy tutor SPONSOR a student-tutor scholarship and increase your impact
INSPIRE health & wellness, conduct a workshop; FORGE PARTNERSHIPS to raise awareness and expand our reach
Get Inspired
“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” -Henry B Adams
“Be the change you want to see in the world.” -Mahatma Gandhi
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” -Nelson Mandela
“If you do not do what you cannot do, it is not a problem. But, if you do not do, what you can do, this is tragedy.” -Sadhguru J. Vasudev
“I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back.” -Maya Angelou
“You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.” -Kahlil Gibran