Major Funders
Achievement Academy of Durham’s Current Major Funders:
• Measurement, Inc.
• Sisters of Mercy
• Stewards Fund
• City of Durham
• The Greenwald Family Charitable Foundation of Triangle Community Foundation
• Durham County
• Backyard Fund of Triangle Community Foundation
• Kroger Corporation
• The Congregation at Duke University Chapel
• The Moving Forward Fund of the Triangle Community Foundation
• TriGiving Circle
• Triangle Commercial Real Estate Women
• Marcia Angle and Mark Trustin Fund of Triangle Community Foundation
• SALI Generations Fund of Triangle Community Foundation
• Triangle Commercial Real Estate Women
• Duke United Way Neighborhood Partnership
Daniel's Success Story
My name is Daniel. I’m 17 and from Durham N.C. I have four younger siblings that I will be responsible for in the near future. My big brother was shot and killed two years ago. In order for me to get a job to make enough money to care for my younger siblings, I have to stay in school. Without an education no-one gets very far in life.
Two years ago, I was headed down the wrong path on my way to being a high school drop out. I was hanging out with the wrong crowd, getting in trouble, skipping and leaving school, and fighting. Being in school all day can be a problem for some teens. As you can see I was one of them. I got kicked out of school for having weapons on school campus, knowing that things like that shouldn’t be on school grounds. But I learned from my mistakes.
I was going through Teen Court after this happened to me. I got assigned to a probation officer, and he helped me get back into school. He informed me about the Yes program where they help students who drop-out get their G.E.D. I had a friend who was in the Achievement Academy, finishing up his G.E.D. I asked my case manager in the Yes program to put me in the same school. This was a good turning point for me in my life, because I really needed my education.
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