More than $45,000 raised for scholarship fund to help Notre Dame students

More than $45,000 was raised for Notre Dame Prep scholarships at the 20th annual Building Bridges Golf Outing held Thursday, July 23, at the Greystone Golf Club in Washington, Mich. Proceeds from the event, along with other donations received throughout the year, go to fund a number of scholarships for children who might otherwise be unable to attend Notre Dame Prep in Pontiac.

Mikal Spann, who attended Notre Dame with the help of Building Bridges and then went on to Michigan State University and a career in finance, said he absolutely enjoyed and benefitted from the time he spent at Notre Dame. "Everyone at the school just embraces you and you really feel the love from everybody there."

According to Building Bridges founder Paul Housey, who is a Notre Dame High School alum, Class of 1988, kids who haven't had a fair chance for a good education should get one. "So we get good and generous people together as donors or advocates to inspire these kids to believe in themselves, and once they believe in themselves, the sky's the limit." 
 
The Building Bridges organization's work has included helping to educate schoolchildren through its school-based program, ongoing mentoring activities with children at Christ Child House in Detroit and an annual holiday gifting program that provides hundreds of gifts to children whose families cannot afford even a single gift. 
 
According to Housey, Building Bridges also appreciates the thousands of caring adults in the area who look for a way to give back to their community by sharing their time, talents, knowledge, experience, hard work, "and their positive spirit for the children."

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