NOVI, MI – A group of former teachers who live at Fox Run have made a life-long commitment to education. And even though they now have the opportunity to relax and enjoy their retirement, they remain committed to making a difference in the lives of students.

Bill Moran, a resident at Fox Run who taught for many years in metro Detroit, has organized several of his neighbors who are also educators to join his crusade to help kids get educational opportunities that otherwise might not be available to them. Moran has targeted a group of young people from northwest Detroit that live in and around the city’s Brightmoor community. Moran’s group has teamed with the City Mission to provide their services. According to City Mission’s website, the participants are “innocent victims of poverty, broken homes and a poor educational system.”

“This is an area of the city that does not offer a lot of opportunity in terms of education,” said Moran. “Without the kind of intervention that offered by volunteers like my colleagues at Fox Run, the cycle of poor education and the poverty that continues is a vicious circle.”

Moran and his team travel weekly to the City Mission to work with selected students.  They spend time tutoring the students in basic skills that will afford them the opportunity to achieve academic successes beyond their current capabilities.