MARQUETTE, MI-- Two Upper Peninsula organizations that assist disadvantaged students are getting money from the AmeriCorps program.
The Marquette-Alger Regional Educational Service Agency will receive $149,857 for 12 AmeriCorps volunteers to tutor K-10 students in Marquette and Alger counties.
And The BHK Child Development Board in Houghton is getting $586,500 for 46 volunteers to provide academic support to students throughout the U.P.
The grants are funded through the Michigan Community Service Commission.
