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Congratulations to Business Teams selected for Business Development Funding
The Change Game
Team Members:
Marlo Rencher
Charles Rencher
Cornelius Sims
Denise White-Perkins
Jambony Jarju
The Change Game is an innovative approach to motivate African-American males to better health through the integration of gaming, competition and physical activity. The Internet-based, multiplayer social game delivers low-verbal, action-oriented health coaching in a game format. It uses avatars which change in appearance and compete better when the player has completed real-world health-oriented activities (e.g., walking, running, working out). The Change Game applies a “freemium” strategy, which is an innovative strategy used in Internet-based gaming.
En Garde! Detroit
Team Members:
Bobby Smith
David Johnson
John Allen
Richard Noto
Quentin Love
En Garde! Detroit is a youth development company that innovatively links the sport of fencing to improved academic performance through customized after-school and community programs. The social enterprise is designed to address both the health and education epidemics in low-wealth communities through linking physical activity and competency development in S.T.E.M. (science, technology, engineering and math). The business is focused on producing college-ready high school graduates who are financially literate, healthy and S.T.E.M. enriched, while remaining highly profitable.
Healthy Dollar
Team Members:
Kathy Jackson
Dennis Jackson
Lorraine Carnes
Marcus Davis
Healthy Dollar will create a hub for health in the city of Flint by providing access to low-cost fresh fruits and vegetables and a setting for health education and community health events. The store will have a focus on local produce as well provide a venue for locally produced products. The store is strategically located, with easy access from a bus station (where 20,000 people flow through a year) and for the 20,000+ college students living in or near downtown Flint.
Home Court Advantage
Team Members:
Nicole Spencer
Terri Finnie
Doreen Bethel
Reco Spencer
Home Court Advantage will utilize organized sports and community-led activity programs to promote healthy development of youth. Kids in economically challenged communities do not have the opportunities to engage in sports that exist for most kids. Home Court Advantage has developed an innovative business model that leverages community sponsorship, tournament revenues and City of Detroit relationships to build a sustainable business.
Virtual Holistics Organization (VHO)
Team Members:
Margaret Betts, M.D.
Corey Collins, Pharm.D.
Gwenesia Collins, Pharm.D.
Bellandra Foster, Ph.D., P.E.
Paula Green-Smith, M.A.
Philip Hamilton, B.S.
Yolanda Holder, J.D.
Richard King Jr., MBA
Virtual Holistics will leverage community engagement and innovative health “pods” to overcome the cultural barriers to engaging in preventative health screenings and provide for access to trusted community care providers. The business will leverage community gathering places – such as churches – as host sites to bring basic diagnostics to urban African-Americans and navigate individuals to the appropriate care settings.
Thank you to all of the Enterprising Health teams that presented business prototypes! Congratulation on a job well done!
3-2-1 Group
Audrey Smith
Joy Calloway-McIntosh
Marlin Page
DZ Enterprises
Olivia Croom
Marcus Hunter
Shelley Montgomery
Healthy Patterns
Khadija Walker-Fobbs
Evelyn Stokes
Wilbert Fobbs III
Davina Davis
Mobile Care 365
Jason Dixon
Tarik Lester
Jackie Roman
Ed Merriman
Lauren Ramsey
Patisserie Ci Corp
Celeste Ivey
David Ivey
Skyla Thomas
Donald Sullivan
Reno Wear LLC
Bernadine Rogers
Robert Leavell
Jessie Kilgore
TGP Group Health and Wellness Home Page
Gary Dearring
Thomas Ross
Peter Griffin
Transforming Communities to Health and Wellness
David Hall
Carlton Orse
Dr. Nichole Anderson, D.C.
Richard VanHoesen
Ingrid Williams
Lucia Prince
Lisa Jacobs
Roosevelt Boone
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