News & Updates
SAY Detroit Welcomes New Family to the “Bunch” in Annual Distribution
Funds totaling more than $1.6 million were distributed to SAY Detroit’s initiatives and community partners today from donations received last December at the 10th annual SAY Detroit Radiothon. Emceed by SAY Detroit founder Mitch Albom, the virtual presentation featured representatives from more than two dozen charities, including Mi-Cycle, the nonprofit’s newest initiative. Other first-time recipients include […]
Giving Shines as Radiothon Funds Are Distributed
Representatives from nearly two dozen area charities received checks today totaling more than $1.25 million from donations raised at the seventh annual SAY Detroit Radiothon, broadcast on WJR-AM last December. The distribution ceremony at the Fisher Building, an annual event since the Radiothon’s inception, included several first-time recipients, including Avalon Village, FoodLab Detroit, Yad Ezra, […]
D.R.Y. Libraries in Ormoc in Progress
Construction of the fourth and fifth domed libraries in the Philippines was recently completed and its thrilling to see it coming together! D.R.Y. (Donated Reading for Youth) Libraries is a joint effort between National Book Store and A Hole in the Roof Foundation to rebuild or refurbish and restock school libraries in the areas hardest […]
Sharing the Giving: More than $1 Million Given to Detroit Charities
DETROIT, March 27, 2018 — Representatives from 22 area charities accepted checks totaling nearly $1.25 million on Tuesday from donations raised at Mitch Albom’s S.A.Y. Detroit Radiothon last December. The ceremony at the Fisher Building, which included six first-time recipients, has become S.A.Y. Detroit’s favorite day of the year, said Albom, who distributed the funds […]
First D.R.Y. Library Opens in the Philippines
A children’s library opened Friday in the central Philippines. But it symbolizes so much more than that. In November 2013, a super typhoon flattened areas of the country, killing more than 6,000 people and displacing thousands more. When author Mitch Albom visited the island nation three months later, touring schools where he saw tents and […]
A Hole in the Roof to Help Sacramento Church
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 […]