What started as assignment has turned into a passion, Rodd Monts and Larry Gardner are capturing the essence of the human spirit right here in the heart of Detroit.
Air Date: May 11, 2017
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Dollar General Literacy Foundation Awards S.A.Y. Detroit Play Center
S.A.Y. Detroit is thrilled to share Dollar General Literacy Foundation has awarded $50,000 to the S.A.Y. Detroit Play Center at Lipke Park, the largest of 23 grants totaling $181,000 statewide. Twenty-two other Michigan schools, non-profits, and literacy organizations also received grants, aimed at supporting adult, family and summer literacy programs within a 20-mile radius of a Dollar … Read more
Bloomfield Hills Junior Takes 3rd in State Promoting DWIF
When Tori Weingarten decided to research the Detroit Water Ice Factory last fall, she did so with one idea in mind: She wanted to find a unique product that would stand out among the rest. As it turned out, the DWIF was a winner for Weingarten this year. The Bloomfield Hills High junior routinely placed … Read more
Tent raising a success at Franklin Cider Mill
On short notice on Monday, volunteers from the Detroit Muscle Crew II and the Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries gathered to erect a tent that will be used this summer for S.A.Y. Detroit’s satellite location of the Detroit Water Ice Factory. Special thanks go to Scott Albaugh of Albaugh Masonry, who sent three of his summer employees … Read more
DMC Update 2 from St. Anthony’s: Installation Days Set, Help Needed
Two windows down, 16 to go! That’s the report from Mike Stephanoff, who’s leading our Muscle Crew II’s first project at the Cathedral of St. Anthony, 5247 Sheridan St., Detroit. On Saturday, April 29, Mike and two colleagues — Ron LaBarge and Joe Ferrara — were successful in their test run: They replaced two basement … Read more
Mobile Mammography Center Visits S.A.Y. Detroit Family Health Clinic
A packed waiting room greeted Dr. Keyshia Covington and the S.A.Y. Detroit Family Health Clinic staff on Thursday morning. The main reason was right outside the door: It was the day that The Anthony L. Soave Family Mobile Mammography and Health Screening Center was at the clinic to ensure that all women have easy access to … Read more
DMC Update 1 from St. Anthony’s: Windows Ordered!
Since our kick-off pizza party in March, Muscle Crew II is officially off and running! As you are aware, our first project will be replacing doors and windows at the Cathedral of St. Anthony’s in Detroit, which has a pantry that feeds and clothes hundreds of needy Detroiters each year. The project is being led … Read more
A Time to Help May 2017: The Detroit Zoo
Event Date/Time: Saturday, May 20, 9 a.m. to noon. Please arrive by 8:30 a.m. Project: Volunteers will be performing general landscaping and grounds clean-up throughout the Zoo, as needed. Volunteers will work in teams supervised by the Zoo’s landscape staff. Where: Detroit Zoo — Ten Mile and Woodward in Royal Oak. Map It Parking: Enter … Read more
Tiny Homes, Big Hearts at Cass Community
The painters were on rooftops and ladders. The other crew members filled a dumpster with debris that had been littering a two-block area around Cass Community Social Services’ campus in Highland Park.
The common thread was that they were all volunteers — more than two dozen strong — and all members of Mitch Albom’s A Time to Help team that answered the call to service last Saturday (April 8) to help Cass Community’s Tiny Homes neighborhood.
Miles for Smiles in Heart of Detroit
Turning sorrow into miles of smiles, Kara and Andy Yermak are walking for Jensen and all children with Down syndrome, here in the heart of Detroit.
Air Date: April 6, 2017