Pathway K-5 celebrates student achievement with an Ice Cream Celebration, rewarding 30 students for their growth in iReady and HMH test scores. Volunteers served up scoops of ice cream with all the toppings, highlighting the positive impact of incentives on academic performance.
Read MoreFuse Project's ABC Academic Support Program recently sponsored a pizza party at Calloway-Smith Middle School to celebrate students achieving A and A/B honor roll status. The event, filled with warm welcomes, motivational speeches, and certificates of achievement, highlighted the importance of education, community support, and recognition in fostering academic success.
Read MoreFlorence Howard Elementary School recently hosted a Fall Festival, with the help of Fuse Project and Order of Fuse members. The ABC Academic Support Program collaborated with Round but Square Studios and The Cookery Project to provide monthly Art and Cooking Club sessions for students, focusing on social-emotional learning and hands-on culinary education. This initiative aims to create transformative opportunities for academic and personal growth, fostering a strong sense of community within the Avenue community.
Read MoreOur annual Light the Fuse campaign addresses challenges in the Avenue community through providing funding for initiatives such as our ABC Early Learning Program and SPARK Summer Camp. It also brings awareness to our mission through fundraising efforts like our most recent LTF partner events with PJ’s Coffee, Lush, Bay City Boot Camp, and Ginger and Spice.
Read MoreFuse Project is on a mission to address the intergenerational impact of poverty and lack of opportunity in our community. Our annual fundraising campaign, Light the Fuse, aims to raise awareness and funds for education, housing, and wellness initiatives. This year we've also introduced the BOO! Project, a Halloween-themed initiative where participants can spread joy while contributing to the cause, with all proceeds used to support education programs for children in need.
Read MoreFuse Project recently concluded its first-ever summer camp, leaving behind a trail of delighted kids and enriched minds. The camp's primary goal was to combat summer learning loss and provide engaging hands-on STEAM learning experiences for students from K4 to Fifth Grade. Thirty eager learners dove into literacy, math, science, and art, creating unforgettable memories along the way.
Read MoreIn May of this year, Order of Fuse awarded another $25,000 grant to The Historic Avenue Foundation ABC Program to provide academic support to three schools in the Avenue community - Florence Howard Elementary, Calloway-Smith Middle, and Pathway K-5. This academic support will include funding for learning incentives, the continuation of school clubs (Linking Learning to Life Clubs), and teacher appreciation.
Read MoreLearn more about our on-going and new partnerships in the Avenue community with Florence Howard Elementary School, Calloway-Smith Middle School, Pathway K-5, and our new SPARK Summer Camp at Lily Baptist Church.
Read MoreLast summer, we were approached by Old Majestic Brewing Company about creating a beer together that would benefit our mission. We began meeting back in June to determine a flavor profile, distribution plan, and a launch event to coincide with our annual fundraising campaign, Light the Fuse. The result was our carefully crafted Fuse Project Hazy Pale Ale.
Read MoreThe goal of The Historic Avenue Foundation is to help end generational poverty--- in direct collaboration with community members---by using a holistic approach that focuses on building mixed-income housing, investing in equitable education, and providing transformational community wellness programs.
Read MoreThe Historic Avenue Foundation serves as a community quarterback creating a unique opportunity to transform this community with a truly holistic approach focused on making investments in mixed-income housing, cradle-to-college education, and community health and wellness - a transformation that will honor the history, legacy, and current citizens, a change that doesn’t require replacing or displacing the people within our community.
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