Working Homes/Working Families
A Time to Help June 2017: S.A.Y. Play
June 5, 2017
Event Name: S.A.Y. Detroit Play Center at Lipke Park. Project Description: Volunteers will be working at S.A.Y. Detroit’s academic enrichment center on Detroit’s northeast side cleaning the inside of the facility. The school year ends soon, and we want to give the building a good scrub down before the center’s summer session begins. Event Date/Time:
Eagles for Children in the Heart of Detroit
June 1, 2017
And what better cause than children. Hal Zaima and Don Hegley are helping disadvantaged kids one Eagle at a time right here in the Heart of Detroit. Air Date: June 1, 2017
A Time to Help Update: Mark These Dates!
May 31, 2017
Now that Memorial Day is behind us, it’s time to look ahead to the rest of the summer. A reminder that A Time to Help isn’t taking a break until August; it’s the only month of the year that we don’t have a project. We hope your summer plans include spending time with your family
Armani Williams is Racing for Autism
May 24, 2017
With a need for speed, Armani Williams is proving that Autism creates no limits here in the heart of Detroit. Air Date: May 24, 2017
Free Detroit Water Ice to Celebrate Franklin Cider Mill Pop Up
May 22, 2017
Mark your calendars for Thursday, May 25th – Detroit Water Ice Factory is opening a summer-long pop-up at the Franklin Cider Mill and scooping up free water ice for the entire day beginning at 2pm. Here’s what you need to know about the new pop up location: Season: May 25 – August 20 Hours of
Spreading Rocks – And Fellowship – At The Detroit Zoo
May 22, 2017
Royal Oak — As scores of patrons waited in line Saturday (May 20) to visit the Polk Penguin Conservation Center, more than two dozen A Time to Help Volunteers made their way behind the building to face the project that awaited them at the Detroit Zoo: Spreading thousands of pounds of landscaping rocks. How’s that
Making Education Accessible with Enroll Detroit
May 18, 2017
Once a parent in search of education for her children and now an advocate for others, Bernita Bradley is making education more accessible through Enroll Detroit in the #heartofDetroit. Air Date: May 18, 2017
DMC Update 3 from St. Anthony’s: Skilled Tradespeople Come Together
May 12, 2017
DETROIT/MAY 12 – Only when the church bells rang out at noon did the Detroit Muscle Crew II team of volunteers take a break. The crew spent the day on Friday volunteering their labor at the Cathedral of St. Anthony on Detroit’s east side replacing and installing more than a dozen glass block windows around
Miles for Smiles in Heart of Detroit
May 11, 2017
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
Dollar General Literacy Foundation Awards S.A.Y. Detroit Play Center
May 11, 2017
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