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Meet the 2021 top teachers being honored by Jackson Magazine
Updated May 10, 2021;
Posted May 10, 2021
Jackson Magazine s 2021 top teachers are, to from left, Jordan Crockett, Tracy Dryer and Anthony Smith, and bottom from left, Matthew Snell and Heather Swaenepol.Photos provided by Jackson Magazine
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JACKSON, MI – Jordan Crockett has known she wanted to be a teacher since her second-grade teacher helped her work through her quiet shyness to find her voice.
Building that kind of confidence in students is something she said she brings to her own classrooms today.
And it’s one of the reasons Crockett, a Northwest High School social studies teacher, has been picked the 2021 “Teacher of the Year” by Jackson Magazine.
Hurst Foundation donates $60K to Jackson YMCA building campaign
Updated Jan 26, 2021;
Posted Jan 26, 2021
An artistic rendering of what the Jackson YMCA could look like. The Y is rounding out its capital campaign to build a healthy living campus downtown and expects to break ground in late summer 2021. (Courtesy of Jackson YMCA)
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JACKSON, MI The Hurst Foundation has contributed $60,000 to the Jackson YMCA’s campaign to build a new facility in downtown Jackson.
The 66-year-old philanthropic foundation has given more than $15 million to local projects during its tenure. Past gifts have gone to the Ella Sharp Museum and the Peter F. Hurst Planetarium.
January 25, 2021
JACKSON, Mich., Jan. 25, 2021 – The Jackson YMCA announced that the Hurst Foundation is contributing $60,000 to the Y’s campaign for a contemporary new facility in downtown Jackson. Led by President Anthony P Hurst, the foundation has granted more than $15 million over the past 50 years in support of local, state and national communities.
“We are proud to support the Y as they work to build a new downtown facility,” said Hurst. “For decades our foundation has contributed to work that improves the well-being of our community, and we believe in the YMCA mission to better the mental and physical health of all Jackson residents.”