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‘Help Me Hank’ Revamps Schools


Topic: Youth-Focused Initiatives
Posted on 9/26/2016

Graham Media’s NBC WDIV Detroit recently adopted Thurgood Marshall Elementary and Middle School for a ten-month makeover. WDIV’s Consumer Unit, Help Me Hank, developed “Help Me Hank: The School Project” to clean, paint and fix up the schools. The cafeteria and front office have already been fixed. “As a reporter in Detroit for the last 16 years, I’ve seen school children and teachers trying to learn and teach in appalling conditions and it is unacceptable,” said Consumer Reporter Hank Winchester.



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