{"id":1568,"date":"2016-07-27T14:42:29","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T14:42:29","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2021-08-03T16:41:18","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T16:41:18","slug":"cause-design-merit-gets-kids-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourstories.shinola.com\/our-stories\/cause-design-merit-gets-kids-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Cause by Design: Merit Gets Kids to College"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every 26 seconds in America, a student drops out of high school. Merit<\/a>, a Detroit-based social enterprise started by David Merritt in 2012, is helping conquer this cause by selling thoughtfully designed products<\/a> that benefit student scholarships.<\/p>\n

Students are awarded $5,000 scholarships through Merit\u2019s FATE program<\/a> \u2014 FATE is a branch of Merit’s non-profit, Give Merit<\/a>, which takes on 25 high school students every year for a cohort-based mentorship program that offers resources to help them graduate on-time and get to college. <\/p>\n

Shinola and Merit collaborated on a new journal that will be sold exclusively on Merit’s website<\/a> Purchase the notebook, here<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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FATE students when they visited Shinola headquarters for a design workshop.<\/p>\n

Back in April, Merit brought its first class of students to Shinola’s Detroit headquarters for an interactive design workshop. Students split up into groups and worked alongside Shinola creative team members to produce their own product designs.<\/p>\n

Watch the video below to learn more.<\/p>\n