WHEN: Monday, Oct. 23 at 5 p.m.
WHERE: Anderson Room at the J. Dallas Dort Music Center 1025 E. Kearsley Street, Flint, Mich.
WHAT: FIM Flint School of Performing Arts Seeing Stars! Tuition Assistance Program receiving
$27,000 from the Joanne Piper Memorial Fund by way of the Flint Kiwanis Club
HOW: Recognition of Joanne Piper and her family and Flint Kiwanis Club
Short music selection by a Seeing Stars! student performer and tuition assistance
recipient
WHY:
The Flint Kiwanis Club makes donations to organizations benefiting children every year, living up to the
Kiwanis mission of “serving the children of the world.”
Piper, an active member of the Flint community, passed away in 2020, leaving a bequest to the Flint
Kiwanis Club. She was the second woman initiated into the Flint Kiwanis Club and a founding member of
the Flint Music in the Parks committee.
“We wanted her gift to make a real impact on kids and families in Flint,” says Flint Kiwanis Club
President Kimberly Mills Shelby.
Shelby added: “There are many ways of doing it but giving it as scholarships so kids who can’t afford it can get dance, theatre and music lessons… I don’t think there’s anything better. FSPA has always been one of the best organizations and programs for kids.”
The Seeing Stars! Tuition Assistance Program is designed to assist students without adequate financial
resources to study at FSPA. It is need-based and provides every qualified student who applies with assistance.
