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Praise for Westside Cultural’s Erica Wright

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Erica Wright’s eyes were rimmed with tears as he spoke. S.A.Y. Detroit was visiting Wright’s summer session for a lunchtime pizza party at her Westside Cultural & Athletic Club nonprofit on a recent Thursday when Derrick R. Coleman paid her a surprise visit. Nearly 40 years ago, Coleman was a 6-year-old boy on Detroit’s west … Read more

DETROIT film stars scoop FREE water ice

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In town for the world premiere of the new movie, DETROIT, actors and starsPeyton ‘Alex’ Smith, Nathan Davis Jr., Joseph David Jones, Ben O’Toole, Tyler James Williams, and Ephraim Sykes made a special appearance at Detroit Water Ice Factory to celebrate Detroit’s 316th birthday. After receiving some fast training from Mitch Albom, the film’s stars scooped free … Read more

DMC Update #5 from St. Anthony’s: Completed Thanks to One-Step Home Solutions

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There’s above and beyond, and then there’s WAY above and beyond. That sums up the dedication and commitment of Detroit Muscle Crew II members Mike Stephanoff and Ron LaBarge of One-Step Home Solutions. We are happy to report that our first major project of the DMCII is completed at the Cathedral of St. Anthony (5247 … Read more

TV Donation to S.A.Y. Play Center Spearheaded by Michigan Masons

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S.A.Y. Detroit is proud of its partnership with the Michigan Masonic Charitable Foundation. That’s why a friend of the Michigan Masons is a friend of S.A.Y. Detroit!The staff and students at the S.A.Y. Play Center at Lipke Park this week were thrilled to receive a flat screen television and sound system that was donated by … Read more

Muscle Crew Spruces Up S.A.Y. Play Grounds

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A big S.A.Y. Detroit shout-out to Matt Mosher, one of our original Detroit Muscle Crew (Haiti) members, who sent out his team from Mosher & Associates Landscape Services to do some much-needed landscaping work at our S.A.Y. Play Center at Lipke Park today. Thank you, Matt, for donating your company’s time and services to help … Read more

A Time to Help July 2017: Angels’ Place

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Project Description: Volunteers will be working at an Angels’ Place residence in Southfield. Volunteers will be painting banners and signs, and assembling carnival games, that will be used for Angels’ Place events and enrichment programs. Angels’ Place provides services, including homes and professional support, for adults with developmental disabilities. Event Date/Time: Saturday, July 15, 9 … Read more

S.A.Y. Detroit and Cooper Standard Join Forces Again at Morningside Community Park

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S.A.Y. Detroit teamed up once again with the Cooper Standard Foundation to expand the playground it built back in 2016. It is the same eastside Detroit community where Working Homes/Working Families has rebuilt and given away 9 homes to needy families. Dozens of employees from Cooper Standard returned to the Morningside neighborhood to add another … Read more

S.A.Y. Play Center Gets Spruced Up

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When the S.A.Y. Detroit Play Center at Lipke Park reopens after the Fourth of July, the students enrolled for the summer session will enjoy a fresh start — in more ways than one.

Nearly 40 A Time to Help volunteers spent last Saturday morning (June 24) giving the inside of the facility a scrub-down, while another group tackled the center’s vast campus, including weeding and picking up trash along the fence lines.

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