Heart of Detroit
SAY Detroit Play is Hiring!
May 12, 2015
WE”RE LOOKING FOR AN AMAZING LEADER – DEADLINE TO APPLY IS MAY 22 Every now and then, an opportunity arises that is too good and too important not to try and share with the largest audience. And since I have come to know many of you as wonderful, caring people, I thought I’d share our
Fresh Produce For A Neighborhood In Need
May 11, 2015
May 9, 2015 – Detroit, MI Thirty-five volunteers joined neighborhood residents near Brush and Custer to plant vegetables, herbs, and flowers on a one-acre lot that’s part of the Michigan Urban Farming Initiative.
‘Walk With Me’ Docu to Support SAY Detroit
May 9, 2015
Walk With Me, the documentary about legendary federal judge and civil rights hero Damon Keith, will have its world premiere in Detroit at the Max Fisher Music Center on June 17. All ticket proceeds will benefit S.A.Y. Detroit. From director Jesse Nesser and executive producers Mitch Albom, Cynthia & Edsel Ford, Faye Nelson, and Frank Fountain, Walk With
Working Homes/Working Families Gives Away its 24th Home
May 1, 2015
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Spearheading a Community in the Heart of Detroit
April 30, 2015
Whether he’s playing basketball with neighborhood kids or cleaning up the streets, Quincy Jones is spearheading a community movement right here in the heart of Detroit.
Brewing Bold in the Heart of Detroit
April 23, 2015
First a roofer then a record holder and now a coffee humanitarian, A.J. O’Neil is brewing a bold idea right here in the heart of Detroit.
A Hole in the Roof to Help Sacramento Church
April 23, 2015
When Charlotte Coleman submitted an application earlier this year to A Hole in the Roof Foundation on behalf of Christ Temple Apostolic Church, she was stunned by the immediacy of the response. “Let me tell you, normally that doesn’t happen,” said Coleman, chairperson of the Sacramento, Calif.-based church’s board of directors. “A friend of mine
A New Generation of Athletes in the Heart of Detroit
April 16, 2015
Taking kids off the couch and putting them on the field, Douglas Brigham is coaching a new generation of athletes here in the heart of Detroit.
S.A.Y. Detroit Distributes Radiothon Funds
April 16, 2015
Detroit, Michigan – April 15– More than a dozen local charities were grateful recipients of $825,000, funds raised from the Third Annual SAY Detroit Radiothon held last December. Representatives from several major donor organizations and the recipient charities gathered on the 7th floor of the Fisher Building to celebrate what is for S.A.Y. Detroit, “the best day
Workers Help Clear Way For New Youth Boxing Home
April 13, 2015
Detroit, Michigan – A whopping 40 volunteers helped clean and clear a large building that is slated to become the new home of the Downtown Boxing Gym (DBG) Youth Program next month. DBG, a 501©(3) nonprofit which emphasizes “books before boxing,” currently serves 65 students ages 7 through 18, with hundreds more on the wait