JROTC
Meet Grand Rapids' future leaders who serve food to neighbors in need at Innovation Central High School
by (Feeding America...)
Submitted 10-21-2019 under NONPROFITS
Innovation Central High School’s Mobile Food Pantries aren’t run by a team of teachers, parents or by any adults at all. Instead, each month, the school’s JROTC (Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps) cadets serve neighbors...
Hunger in uniform: JROTC cadets overcoming food insecurity
by (Feeding America...)
Submitted 03-04-2014 under NONPROFITS
A hard, cold rain was falling as the Mobile Food Pantry pulled up to Innovation Central High School on a Thursday evening in February. Sergeant James Peterson stood in the weather for a few minutes before deciding to move the food inside. Half a...
Grand Rapids Central High School JROTC
by (Michael Tuffelmire)
Submitted 12-28-2009 under LOCAL LIFE
Grand Rapids Central High School is the city’s oldest public high school. It has seen such graduates as Astronaut Roger B. Chaffee and Former First Lady Betty Ford. It is also home to the city’s oldest JROTC program. There has been concern from...