ORT America - Michigan Region

ORT America Michigan Region raises money to support ORT’s global network of schools and programs, including the David B. Hermelin ORT Resource Center located in West Bloomfield, through its annual campaign and four annual fundraising events: WINGO, a fashion event, Rub-a-Dub, and Camp Hermelin.

ORT America Michigan Region is a fundraising office of ORT America, the primary fundraising arm of World ORT, the largest the largest non-governmental education and training organization in the world. The ORT network has a presence in over 60 countries, educating and training more than 300,000 students annually. Founded in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1880 to provide the impoverished with marketable skills, today’s curricula has evolved to meet the needs of a complex marketplace in such cutting edge fields as telecommunications, robotics, bioengineering, and biochemistry. ORT’s educational and vocational programs provide its students with the best possible educational preparation, social services assistance, and financial support to remain in school and break the cycle of poverty.

Michigan’s Hermelin ORT Resource Center, provides a local example of the important work that ORT is performing across the globe. Through the Better Jobs Opportunities Program (BJO), Hermelin ORT provides free computer training courses to unemployed and underemployed Michigan residents teaching the programs that are essential for finding a job in today’s marketplace.

To date, ORT has impacted the lives of millions of students, equipping them with a high caliber education and the technological training needed to become productive members of their communities and the world.