Park West Foundation News & Events

Be Strong, a national non-profit organization focused on preventing bullying, is the big winner of Park West Gallery’s first-ever $500,000 Charity Challenge. After two weeks of intense online voting, Be Strong came out on top and will receive a $250,000 charitable donation from Park West. The second and third place winners, St. [...]

On the 24th of January, Jackson College administration and staff partnered and supported our own JC student leaders, Donella and Jay’treece with Make A Difference Day, as part of a multi-college series to increase college access and success for our class of 2020. Launched on October 25th weekend, the college-student-led, [...]

Have you heard of the new Foster Youth to Independence (FYI) Tenant Protection Vouchers (TPV) Housing Voucher Program for Foster Youth? You may be curious as to how it works, and we can help break it down! Here is a brief overview: The new foster youth specific housing voucher program FYI TPV is provided through […]

The holiday spirit brought a lot of wonderful things to so many this holiday season, but the real blessing was the people who shared their love, time, resource and blessings with others, touching so many hearts and letting others know someone cares. Donated by Maryann Bruder, this Christmas Tree was a first for Nick and […]

Park West Foundation would like to send a big “thank you” to Brenda Baker-Mbacke with Care and Oakland County Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA), for helping to coordinate an empowering and inspirational weekend with CASA Michigan at the annual statewide conference in Novi, Michigan. A CASA is a trained [...]

For the 12th year in a row, our wonderful Park West Foundation foster care youth assisted the Detroit Police Department 12th Precinct in putting together an awesome free-to-the-public Halloween party. On Wednesday, October 30, ghouls and goblins got together to celebrate. The event included a haunted fields hay ride, costume [...]

For National Make A Difference Day on October 26, 2019, The Park West Foundation partnered with Michigan colleges over several days to host high school seniors who are former or current foster care students on their campuses to share their stories, resources, and inspire them to have a solid plan after graduation. The open [...]

The Park West Foundation has been fortunate to support an incredible group of young adults from Michigan’s foster care system—some truly remarkable young people who are driven to follow their passions. Thanks to their mentors, these high-school students have learned the importance of voicing their opinions. Recently, some of our [...]

Graduation ceremonies are always emotional, but the Park West Foundation’s Class of 2019 graduation was particularly moving this year. On July 17, the Park West Foundation held their annual graduation ceremony for Detroit young adults graduating from both high school and the foster care system. However, an important new [...]

By Saba Gebrai How can you learn when you just came from chaos and confusion? How can you focus and take in new information when you don’t feel safe? That is the challenge that Starr Commonwealth took on, and 105 years later, it is still creating a safe and healthy learning environment for children. Park […]