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A Head Start for SAY Detroit Children with Bright Beginnings

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In honor of World Children’s Day (November 20), we’re taking a look back at one of the very first projects supported by SAY Detroit’s founding in 2006. With funds raised through its earliest efforts, SAY Detroit joined Ilitch Charities to help fund the creation of the Bright Beginnings Infant and Child Development Center.

Gratitude is the Winning Attitude for Wellness Wednesdays Participants

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Nearly two dozen women gathered for the final Wellness Wednesdays meetup of the year with a seasonally-appropriate goal in mind — to have an open conversation about giving thanks, reflecting and connecting. Gratitude can decrease depression, anxiety, difficulties with chronic pain and risk of disease. And the real-time healing was on full display as attendees … Read more

Making a Difference with the Masons at SAY Play an Annual Tradition

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The Michigan Masonic Charitable Foundation has been helping charities in need around the state since 1891, but the mid-Michigan based foundation (located in Alma) was compelled a decade ago to target a large amount of its annual resources to support youth literacy in Detroit after meeting with SAY Detroit founder Mitch Albom in 2015, when … Read more

Love, Advice, Community on the Menu at First Year’s First “BabyQ”!

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New friendships blossomed. Old ones were rekindled. Some brought their children. Others came alone or brought a friend or their family for support. All were welcomed Saturday (Nov. 15) at the SAY Detroit Family Health Clinic, where its First Year program held a barbeque luncheon — playfully called a BabyQ — for members which included … Read more

A Time to Help The Greening of Detroit at Martz

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The Greening of Detroit is a non-profit organization focused on enhancing the quality of life for Detroiters by planting trees, providing job training and involving our youth in the education of the natural environment. They involve Detroiters in the process through community engagement, green spaces, education and jobs. Since 1989, they have planted over 166,000 … Read more