#Journalists, President Ford's #JournalismPrizes submissions are open! Send us your exceptional reporting on the presidency and national defense for 2024 - we'd love to see your work.

Scouts - do you want to earn your #CitizenshipintheWorld badge? We've got a class for you! Sign up soon, as these sessions are filling up. @MICrossroadsBSA

Courage. Perseverance. And so much more. Thank you, President Ford for sending this message 49 years ago and being part of the change. #BlackHistoryMonth

Teachers, are you curious about the field trips at the #FordPresidentialMuseum? We have two open houses that will include a guided tour focused on the 50th anniversary of Ford's presidency. Come see how the Ford can inspire your students. #fieldtrips

Scouts families - spring dates for #CitizenshipintheNation classes are posted! We've opened up three sessions at the Ford Presidential Museum this semester, as this is a high-demand program. @MICrossroadsBSA

Spring Registration is OPEN for citizen merit badge classes at the Ford Presidential Museum. Dates: -- Citizenship in the Nation: 2/22, 3/8, 4/19 -- Citizenship in the World: 3/8, 4/5, 4/19 These classes fill quickly, so register soon. @MICrossroadsBSA @scouting

Gerald Ford was the first president to acknowledge Black History Month. It had been decades in the making, and President Ford brought it to the finish line and gave it the spotlight it deserved. Read @Ford_Library director Brooke Clement's write up on how it all came about:

President Ford had deep respect for reporters, and we are proud to honor their work through our 38th annual journalism competition. Journalists, send us your best 2024 reporting on the presidency and national defense - $5K to the winners. #PresidentFordJournalismPrizes

"In your life, what has prepared you to follow Gerald Ford’s example of answering the call to serve, especially if the call is unexpected?" If you've got a high schooler who can answer this, have them enter the 2025 Ford Presidential Student Writing Challenge. Students across the U.S. could win cash prizes up to $2,500. See our website for rules and writing prompt: #PresidentFordStudentWritingChallenge

#GirlScouts just got a new role model - First Lady Betty Ford! @GSMISTS has partnered with us to offer an exclusive #BettyFord Girl Scouts patch that you can earn at the Ford Presidential Museum. Betty’s advocacy and championship for equal rights and women’s health remains an inspiration and model of active citizenship and we are thrilled for girls to learn how they can be change-makers like her.

Thanks for the nice write up on our Student Writing Challenge, @scouting ! While not exclusive to scouts, our writing challenge for high schoolers might be an easy get for them with this year's writing prompt, as they already been serving their communities. #PresidentFordStudentWritingChallenge

Submissions are OPEN for the 2025 Ford Presidential Student Writing Challenge. High School students across the country could win cash prizes up to $2,500 for the top essay. #PresidentFordstudentwritingchallenge

Did you know that President Carter asked President Ford to deliver a eulogy at his funeral? Ford's son Steve was able to deliver on his dad's promise at Cater's State Funeral last Thursday: #FordCarter

#PresidentFord’s funeral services spanned several days and locations from west to east coast in early January 2007. The crowds at the #GrandRapids, MI farewell showed Ford’s impact on the nation: about 75,000 residents lined the streets in the cold January weather to welcome him “home,” and around 57,000 waited for hours, day and night, in a 2-mile line downtown to pay their last respects at the Ford Presidential Museum. Donald Rumsfeld’s eulogy for President Ford at the Grace Episcopal Church service in East Grand Rapids, MI, sums him up: “Jerry Ford was different. I suspect that when he looked in the mirror even after he became president, he (still) saw a citizen and a public servant.” How can we pay our respects to President Ford today, 18 years later? Be like him: humble, honest. hard-working,. #GeraldFord

Farewell, Jimmy Carter. Your passing today marks the end of an incredible life spent serving others. A Statement from the Ford Family: “With President Carter’s passing, the world has lost a great champion of human rights, a wise mediator of international peace, and a passionate proponent of the wellbeing, equality, and just treatment of all people. Though respected adversaries in the national political arena, our father’s and President Carter’s personal friendship grew and deepened through their shared faith and common vision for the healing and strengthening of our nation. Our Ford family celebrates the extraordinary life and legacy of President Carter. We send our love, prayers, and condolences to the Carter family.” #JimmyCarter Image: Presidents Carter and Ford co-hosting an All-Democracies Conference in 1983.

Eighteen years ago today the nation said farewell to its 38th President. Gerald Ford, we will forever be grateful for you and the selfless work you did for America during such a tumultuous time. Gerald R. Ford: 7/14/1913 - 12/26/2006 #GeraldFord

Poetic teens, and other creative kids in West Michigan: you can win CASH PRIZES in the Henry Pestka Art & Poetry Contest. Using art, show us, "How did words of hate help fuel the Holocaust?" #ItStartedWithWords is a survivor-led Holocaust education project in which Holocaust survivors from around the world reflect on the moments leading up to the Holocaust that will demonstrate how hateful language can evolve into actions with unimaginable outcomes. Learn more and enter here: Thanks to @WGVUPublicMedia for letting us partner with them on this project!

#OTD in 1890: Gerald R. Ford Sr. was born. (DYK that President Ford was actually a Junior?) Sadly, Jerry's adoptive father died before Ford took the Presidency, so he never saw just how far his son rose in Washington. Thanks for the shout out, @WKAR!

Teachers, have you signed up your students to win CASH PRIZES in the Henry Pestka Art & Poetry Contest? This year's prompt: "How did words of hate help fuel the Holocaust?" We are partnering with @WGVUPublicMedia and others to bring awareness to the power of words. #ItStartedWithWords is a survivor-led Holocaust education project in which Holocaust survivors from around the world reflect on the moments leading up to the Holocaust that will demonstrate how hateful language can evolve into actions with unimaginable outcomes. Learn more and enter here:

Our Foundation continues to grow #bipartisan civic education across the nation via livestreamed premier programs, campus leadership groups, student essay contests, journalism awards and more. Will you join our movement? Help us continue this work today: #GivingTuesday