(MI) Flint Journal – A little paint, creativity and a “garbage tree” are going a long way toward making the Flint area a more beautiful place.

Students at Carman-Ainsworth’s Academic Acceleration Academy incorporated those elements into a mural to promote recycling in Flint. Their effort so impressed a grant committee that they received money from a fund usually reserved for outdoor projects.

The students received $500 from the Ruth Mott Foundation, said Laura Hammond, educational specialist at AAA. More