Amazon has made another investment in Detroit students’ futures, awarding the Detroit Public Schools Community District Foundation $25,000 to boost back-to-school readiness. The funding, directed through the district’s Family and Community Engagement (FACE) department, will help provide clothing and essential resources to students who might otherwise start the year without them.

The donation, announced Thursday at Davison Elementary during the district’s final Summer on the Block activation, drew more than 200 people. The event featured remarks from DPSCD Board Chair Bishop Corlotta Vaughn, Superintendent Dr. Nikolai Vitti, DPSCD Foundation President and CEO Kerrie Mitchell, Assistant Superintendent of Family and Community Engagement Sharlonda Buckman, and Ian Conyers, Amazon’s Head of Co

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