Lansing Reads is a community effort, housed at the Lansing Promise Foundation, sparked by Champions from Lansing’s own Athena Award Celebration, working in partnership with the Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce to support the students and teachers of the Lansing School District. In partnership with the Capital Area District Library, every student in the District […]
One of the most successful community-wide dinners in Lansing has been canceled due to the COVID-19 crisis. Over the years the Lansing Promise has conducted exciting dinners featuring Magic Johnson, talent from the Lansing School District and the surrounding community. Justin Sheehan, Executive Director of the Lansing Promise explains: “We are excited to meet the […]
On this episode of Leadership Low Down with Vic Verchereau is Executive Director of the Lansing Promise Justin Sheehan. Justin is a Lansing born and bred attorney with a fierce pride for the diverse and resilient Capital City he calls home. A twice over graduate of Michigan State University, in Social Work and Law respectively, […]
Thank you Michigan State Football for believing in Lansing’s young people. Proceeds from the 2018 Excellence Clinic were donated to the operations fund of the Lansing Promise. Mark Dantonio presented our Board Chair Kellie Dean, Dean Transportation, with the contribution at practice yesterday. This is Community. This is Lansing. Go Green!
Thank you Dewpoint for investing well. Lansing’s Promise Scholars are becoming our Promise Professionals because we have a community who believes. Thank you Dewpoint for believing! We’re all in this together and we’re just warming up. Game on. “We were honored to present the Lansing Promise with $25,000 at our Rock the Block event to […]
Eastern High School graduate Anthony Allen keeps a full calendar. A Promise Scholar studying business at Michigan State University and Lansing Community College, Allen also manages a Verizon store in town and devotes what time he has left to his true passion: LNSNG. Allen started the apparel company with two friends from high school and […]
Michigan’s capital city is a proud, hard-working community that doesn’t give up. As it turns out, neither do its Promise Scholars. Scholars from the 2016 and 2017 high school graduating classes enrolled at Lansing Community College beat national averages for persistence and retention at community colleges by significant margins. Scholars from Lansing’s class of 2016 […]
The Lansing Promise continues to grow, as a record 292 eligible Lansing high school graduates have applied for Promise scholarships for the 2018-2019 academic year. That amounts to a 38 percent increase over last year, and a 344 percent increase since 2012, when Lansing Promise awarded its first scholarships. Overall momentum continues to grow, with […]
EAST LANSING – Sounds of celebration filled Michigan State University’s Breslin Center Thursday night. Those claps and cheers weren’t directed at a victorious MSU basketball team. Instead, upwards of 900 people were on hand for the 4th annual Lansing Promise Dinner, a benefit supporting Lansing students’ pursuit of higher education. “I am filled with hope and pride […]
Teams from AutoOwners Insurance, Farm Bureau Insurance, LAFCU, Merrill Lynch, Maner Costerisan, Neogen, Michigan Business Network and Dean Transportation will hit the fairway for the Lansing Promise Celebrity Golf Classic on Tuesday, June 20 at Eagle Eye Golf Course in Bath Township, Michigan. The event will fund eight Lansing Promise Scholarships, fulfilling the dreams of eight Lansing kids. […]
On the May 6, 2017 edition of Current State, we talked with Lansing Promise Executive Director Justin Sheehan about how the program has helped hundreds of Lansing Public Schools students continue education after high school. Sheehan also talked about his personal commitment to the program and Lansing’s school children. Read more…
LANSING – Earvin “Magic” Johnson returned home to Lansing Thursday for the third consecutive year as host of the Lansing Promise Dinner. Johnson, alongside his wife, Cookie, kicked off the event by fielding questions from a few of the roughly 1,000 people inside the Lansing Center. While questions centered on basketball, Johnson took a moment […]
The first ever Greater Lansing Hot Air Balloon festival will take place at the Hope Sports Complex on Aurelius road in Lansing this Friday and Saturday. Details for the event can be found here. The festival will benefit the Lansing Promise Scholarship fund. Read More: Lansing Promise to Benefit From Inaugural Greater Lansing Hot Air Balloon Festival