Michigan Partners help Belize (then British Honduras) establish a nationwide 4-H program to expand learning opportunities for rural youth and stimulate the country’s agricultural development.
Between 1970 and 1973, four new partnerships are formed, bringing the total number to 41. In 1973 alone, these partnerships conducted $6.4 million worth of projects.
The Board of Directors of Summa Corp, a Hughes Air Corporation, donates a DC-6A airplane to Partners. Partners sells the plane in Alaska for $265,000 to establish the Partners Foundation. Over time this fund grows to nearly $2 million. Small grants are given to the partnerships to support their grassroots work using the interest from the fund.