GR receives $765k grant for education

9:17 PM, Feb 1, 2012   |    comments
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GRAND RAPIDS (WZZM) -- There is more money available in the effort to provide better education for under-privledged children in Grand Rapids.

The Wallace Foundation, a national education charity, presented the city with a $765,000 grant.

The group Our Community's Children announced its intentions for the money at a news conference at city hall Wednesday afternoon.

The grant will be used to make sure after-school educational programs will be available to children in the Grand Rapids area.