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Over 200
DPS
students
attend
the 2012
PNC Grow
Up
Great/NAIAS
Education
Day
DETROIT
(Tell Us
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The
North
American
International
Auto
Show
Education
Day
provided
an
educational
experience
for
school
groups
of all
ages to
learn
about
the
automotive
industry.
The PNC
Foundation,
which
serves
as the
"Official
Preschool
Partner
of NAIAS
Education
Day"
hosted
its
“Grow Up
Great”
students,
Wednesday,
Jan. 18,
2012
The
young
visitors
enjoyed
story
time,
pizza
lunch
and then
lead
onto the
auto
show
floor at
Cobo
Center
where
they
were
overwhelmed
by all
the
shiny
new cars
and
trucks
on
display.
Roy
Roberts,
DPS
Emergency
Financial
manager
along
with Ric
DeVore,
PNC
regional
president
for
Detroit
and
Southeast
Michigan
and Bill
Perkins,
chairman,
North
American
International
Auto
Show all
played
host to
the 225
DPS pre
school
children
who
attended
The
event
also
featured
DPS
Emergency
Manager
Roy
Roberts,
Ric
DeVore,
PNC
regional
president
for
Detroit
and
Southeast
Michigan,
and Bill
Perkins,
chairman
of the
North
American
International
Auto
Show.
PNC’s
signature
philanthropic
initiative,
“Grow Up
Great,”
is one
of the
most
comprehensive
early
childhood
education
programs
in the
nation.
“Grow Up
Great is
an
outstanding
early
childhood
education
program
that has
provided
hundreds
of DPS
students
with a
foundation
in
science
and the
arts
through
stimulating
and
creative
activities
that
allow
them to
explore
the
world
around
them,”
Roberts
said.
DeVore
said,
“Grow Up
Great”
is one
of the
most
comprehensive
early
childhood
education
programs
in the
nation.
Students
of all
ages
will
have the
opportunity
to learn
about
careers
associated
in the
automotive
industry,
from
engineering,
automotive
design
and
other
career
disciplines."
The
eight
“Grow Up
Great”
schools
that
participated
in the
North
American
International
Auto
Show
Education
Day
were:
Beard
Elementary,
Beckham
Academy,
Blackwell
Institute,
Burton
International,
Emerson
Elementary-Middle,
Fleming
Early
Childhood
Center/Administration
Building,
Schulze
Elementary-Middle,
and
Priest
Elementary-Middle.
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