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A simple idea changes garbage into a rainbow. Susie Fenster’s Crayons 4 Kids is helping to brighten and color the heart of Detroit. Air date: March 20, 2014
It’s something he never experienced, but what he tries to provide others every day. Coach Khali is someone willing to go the distance, for the Heart of Detroit.
BESTSELLING AUTHOR MITCH ALBOM LAUNCHES INITIATIVE IN PHILIPPINES TO REBUILD LIBRARIES AFTER TYPHOON YOLANDA
Engages dozens of famous writers – including Stephen King, Amy Tan, Jeff Kinney, JK Rowling, John Grisham, Nicholas Sparks, John Green & more –
ALBOM will start with $10,000 donation
MANILA, PHILIPPINES, FEBRUARY 24, 2014 – Author Mitch Albom visited the ravaged Tacloban region of the Philippines Monday to announce a relief effort aimed at students affected by super typhoon Yolanda last November.
During his visit to the Philippines this week, Mitch Albom will visit Talisay, where the Yellow Boats for Hope Foundation sources boats for their “Adopt a Fisherman” program. Through this program, boats are donated to the small scale fishermen who lost their boats during the typhoon so that they can return to their livelihood.
Adopting homeless children and their parents living in shelters for one day is one of Time to Help’s most cherished activities. The residents of Denby Center are enormously touched by the generosity of volunteers and sponsors. Having a special party in their honor with tons of needed gifts, food, arts and crafts, games, Santa, and more is heart-warming for both residents and volunteers. This year’s party was held on Saturday, December 9.
During the Second Annual S.A.Y. Detroit Radiothon on December 5, families were given the deeds to three houses in the Working Homes/Working Families program–a hand up, not a hand out. This is the Russell family, and this is their story.
After 14 straight hours live on WJR and streaming video on the web, over 90 guests, more than 80 rewards and prizes, 3 homes signed over to needy working families, and one power outage, the second annual S.A.Y. Detroit radiothon was a success, raising over $400,000!
The Divine Mercy Center is a place of prayer. It is a refuge from the distress, difficulties, and hardships in life. The Divine Mercy Center is a lay ministry of the Catholic Church founded by Catherine M. Lanni and established by Cardinal Adam Maida on Easter Sunday, 2003. The Divine Mercy Center came into existence March, 2006.
A Time to Help Volunteers partnered with The Greening of Detroit and the Detroit Water and Sewage Department to bring together over 160 volunteers on Saturday, October 19, 2013. Volunteers planted more than 120 trees along Pierson and Braile from 7 Mile Road to Pembroke Avenue.
On September 19th, Mitch met with seven Detroit Dream Scholars at a reception at the Center Galleries at the College for Creative Studies. The event served not only to celebrate the work of current Dream Scholars, but also to work towards the goal of having twelve Dream Scholars–a “Detroit Dozen.”