Drew Charter School engineering students won a grant, but need money to present their invention at MIT. The East Lake students created a three-tier alert devise to reduce child and animal hot car deaths in the United States.
SOURCE: Fox 5 Atlanta
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The East Lake neighborhood that people know today is not one and the same of 25 years ago. Formerly overrun with blight and crime, the community has seen a resurgence and revitalization, offering a safe place for families to live and grow.
Much of this transformation is thanks to The East Lake Foundation, a community nonprofit whose mission is to redevelop the area through mixed-income housing, cradle-to-college education, and community wellness.
Cox Foundation gives $2.5 million to Drew Charter School
The James M. Cox Foundation pledged a five-year $2.5 million grant to the East Lake Foundation to further early childhood education through Charles R. Drew Charter School.
SOURCE: Atlanta Business Chronicle
Atlanta students win MIT grant to stop hot-car deaths
A team of Atlanta high school students has won a $10,000 MIT grant to nd
a way to prevent children and pets from dying in hot cars.
SOURCE: Associated Press
East Lake’s inaugural senior class gets $84,000 from Holmes, others
The East Lake Foundation got at $84,000 pledge of support from golfer J.B. Holmes and several members of the East Lake Golf Club – $1,000 for each of the 84 graduating seniors from the Drew Charter School.
SOURCE: Atlanta Journal Constitution
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