Promise Scholarship

Serving 15 Michigan Counties

The Promise Scholarship Fund was started at Orchards in 2014 to provide direct services and financial aid to high school seniors, who have survived chronic abuse/neglect, yet demonstrate promise in the area of academic achievement and self-sufficiency. With private funding from businesses, corporations, and individual donors, Orchards’ high school graduates are able to attend four-year colleges and universities, community colleges, or technical and vocational schools to further their education and enter their chosen careers.

Our young adults need the opportunity to stretch their minds and bodies, to build confidence and skills. For so many the thought of college has never crossed their mind, however with an Orchards Promise Scholarship this can become a reality.

To read Bettey’s story Click Here

To donate by mail, simply download the form from the link below, print it, and mail the completed donor form with your check to this address:

Oakland/Wayne Counties
24901 Northwestern Highway
Suite 500
Southfield, MI 48075
Phone: 248-258-0440
Fax: 248-258-0487

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Donation of Gift Securities, refers to the transfer via electronic transfer (in which your broker transfers shares using The Children’s Center) or by physically mailing the paper certificates to The Children’s Center.

Headquarters
Oakland/Wayne Counties
24901 Northwestern Highway
Suite 500
Southfield, MI 48075
Phone: 248-258-0440
Fax: 248-258-0487
Email: info@orchards.org
Website: www.orchards.org

In-kind donation, also called gift in kind, refers to the provision of goods or services to an organisation, such as office equipment, computers, and software or administrative and financial support.

Headquarters
Oakland/Wayne Counties
24901 Northwestern Highway
Suite 500
Southfield, MI 48075
Phone: 248-258-0440
Fax: 248-258-0487
Email: info@orchards.org
Website: www.orchards.org

Meet Bettey

Bettey came into foster care at Orchards Children’s Services at the age of three due to abuse and neglect from her parents. Bettey struggled growing up in foster care due to trust issues’ with her own mother. The drastic change in her life was very tough for her and she acted on many occasions. Bettey quickly understood that while she may have lost her biological family, she gained a whole new family. Orchards became her family and Orchards was not going to give up on her. She worked with many staff including her social worker, therapist and the President and CEO all who taught her that while bad things have happened to her in the past, she is not her past and that her life would be better if she always tried her best.

That is exactly what Bettey did, she used her resources and the people (Orchards) who are there for her to continue to move forward in life. She graduated high school and when ready started college. Bettey is now 27 years old and a Promise Scholarship recipient. She will be graduating in the spring with her Associates degree and will be pursuing her Bachelor’s degree in Social Work. She wants to give back what Orchards has given to her… a new outlook on life and the opportunity to make her dreams a reality. Bettey says that “Orchards is the light and a safe place where you can become the best person you can be.” She also states that she knows there are many others at Orchards whom she hasn’t met such as the donors and the Board that truly care about how she turns out and she is doing her best to make everyone proud!

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Promise Scholarship

Serving 15 Michigan Counties

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Our Mission:

Strengthening the community through quality services to children and families…

Our Mission: Strengthening the community through quality services to children and families…

Meet Bettey