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Detroit Free Press
Think Detroit PAL plays same game
July 2, 2006
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It's about kids
having a place to play.
Nearly 13,000 kids, in fact.
That's a big part why nonprofit groups Think Detroit and
the Detroit Police Athletic League have merged into one
organization.
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Detroitlions.com
Lions Learn with Kids
May 9, 2006
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The Detroit Lions
reached out to the community Monday by receiving a free
golf lesson care of PGA Free Lesson Month with kids from
the Think Detroit PAL golf league.
The Lions have had a long-standing relationship with Think
Detroit PAL, which is a private non-profit with a unique
partnership with police officers that runs leadership camps,
community centers, and tutorials plus a variety of seasonal
programs in 11 different sports.
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Crain's Detroit Business
Nonprofits Think Detroit, PAL to merge
December 12, 2005
MLB.com
LA tops Detroit for Junior RBI title
August 8, 2005
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Los Angeles defeated
Detroit in slug fest, 7-6, to capture the 2005 Reviving
Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) Junior Boys Championship
at PNC Park.
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Battle Creek Enquirer
Home state pride
August 1, 2005
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With teams competing
from all across America in this week's Sandy Koufax 13's
World Series at Bailey Park, it was a team from Motown that
was able to keep the tournament trophy in Michigan.
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The Detroit News
First lady praises Detroit youth sports program
February 11, 2005
First lady Laura Bush shakes hands with Think Detroit volunteers while promoting the community-based organization. |
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When a Detroit sports program for inner-city children was founded in 1997, it had trouble finding cash, sponsors and volunteers.
On Thursday, the Think Detroit program was extolled by first lady Laura Bush as a national model for steering children away from gangs.
Bush visited Detroit as part of a national tour highlighting various community programs. She is leading a federal initiative, announced last week by President Bush, during the State of the Union address, that will spend $150 million over three years to keep youths out of trouble.
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The Detroit Free Press
First lady says Think Detroit program empowering kids
February 11, 2005
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The idea came during a meeting of school chums in a northwest Detroit basement, but the day Think Detroit actually began was a Saturday in 1997 when Mike Tenbusch waited for volunteers who had agreed to meet at 8 a.m. sharp to clean the abandoned ballfield next to the Wigle Recreation Center on the John C. Lodge Freeway.
Tenbusch and his then-girlfriend, Maritza Ramos, were the only ones there.
They'll be here, Tenbusch assured the woman who later became his wife.
She went to buy some water. By the time she returned, more than 50 people -- from grandmothers to grade-schoolers -- came to cut and rake weeds, pick up trash and carve out a playground in the city's Midtown neighborhood.
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Crain's Detroit Business
Think Detroit
Best-Managed Nonprofit with a budget under $3 million
December 20, 2004
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When Think Detroit last year was able to make up the loss of $1 million in annual funding by tapping its reserves, judges of Crain's Best Managed Nonprofit contest gave the organization an honorable mention.
Judges knew the real test would come this year.
Think Detroit came through with flying colors, securing commitments from 60 individuals to make up for the lost funding, which represented the bulk of its $1.2 million annual operational budget.
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The Metro Times
Diamonds in the rough: Fighting to save baseball
in the inner city
May 5, 2004
Dan Varner, co-founder of Think Detroit, is
one who is trying to resucitate youth baseball programs.
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Detroiter Greg Johnson
is something of an anomaly — an African-American kid
from Detroit who’s going to play college baseball.
Johnson caught the baseball bug when he first stepped up
to the T-ball plate at age 4. Baseball became a part of
his life. The fruits of 13 years of practice on damp spring
afternoons and sweaty summer evenings have paid off: This
fall, he’s off to Shaw University in Raleigh, N.C.,
the recipient of a full-ride baseball scholarship. It’s
a grant he got by hustling. He contacted the university,
not the other way around.
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WNBA.COM
Shock Treatment: Laurie Byrd and Zap Electrify Night of the Champions
January 12, 2004
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The weather outside
was cold but Night of the Champions in Downtown Detroit was
on fire as Laurie Byrd headlined an electrifying event that
honored 350 youth athletes for their athletic achievements
at Think Detroit's Annual Girls Basketball Awards on January
6, 2004, at Consortium College Preparatory Academy.
The night opened with a rousing rendition of the National
Anthem sung by Krista Callaway, 15. Detroit Shock mascot
Zap pumped up the crowd by shaking hands dancing in the
aisles and passing out snappy prizes as sports tunes played
in the background.
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Detroit Free Press
PSL girls enjoy chance to play as community group fills void
June 6, 2003
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While top girls
soccer teams battled it out this week in the state tournament,
five Detroit Public School League teams were simply thankful
for the chance to play. The chance to learn and improve
basic soccer skills. The chance to proudly wear team uniforms.
The chance to grow as teams, and to better appreciate others
and themselves. Think Detroit gave them that chance by
forming a high school soccer league this spring in partnership
with the PSL.
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Metro Times
A walk in the park
June 5, 2002
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Maheras-Gentry Park,
off Clairpointe Street between Jefferson and the Detroit River,
is a far cry from some of the neighborhoods that sully Detroit’s
reputation. The 52 acres of prime riverfront land has been
fought over for more than four decades.
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Detroit Free Press
LOCAL COMMENT: Play ball, for kids and city
May 20, 2002
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Keeping young people
busy has been shown to improve their lives. Here's one perspective
on how to engage young Detroiters and their families.
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Detroit Free Press
Patent donation Web site to help buy computers
for local youth
March 15, 2002
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A new Web site that
opens for business Tuesday is a cross between Robin Hood and
a matchmaker.
Billions of dollars of patented technology goes unused
each year by U.S. companies, but Patentdonors will allow
them to donate the patents to universities and help raise
money for a Detroit program that puts computers in the hands
of disadvantaged youth.
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