News & Updates
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 […]
Detroit Charities Rewarded
DETROIT, March 26 – More than a dozen Detroit charities were grateful recipients of more than $400,000 in donations distributed from Mitch Albom’s “S.A.Y. (Super All Year) Detroit Radiothon.” The monies were collected in a single 15-hour broadcast last December at the Somerset Collection in Troy. Albom handed out 14 oversized checks at a ceremony […]
‘D.R.Y.’ Launches to Rebuild Libraries after Typhoon Yolanda
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 […]
A Hole in the Roof “Adopts” Fishermen // UPDATE
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.
New Year, New Windows for Pilgrim Church
With thanks to donations from folks like you, collected through the A Hole in the Roof Foundation and the charity film premiere of Have a Little Faith, I Am My Brother’s Keeper Chuch replaced more than 100 windows. The new windows will keep the church infinitely warmer, and will help cut down the heating bills. […]
Pastor Henry Covington Memorial Concert
The memorial concert honoring the late Pastor Henry Convington will be held December 23, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. at I Am My Brother’s Keeper Church in Detroit.
We Mourn the Loss of Pastor Henry Covington
It is with great sadness that we inform you that Pastor Henry Covington, 53, passed away this morning. Henry was pastor of Pilgrim Church/I Am My Brothers Keeper Ministries, a church that was featured in Mitch’s book, Have a Little Faith.
Bag A Cause Selects Hole in the Roof Foundation as its Next Cause!
Bag A Cause, a hand-made bag company, from Detroit, MI, has a new cause: “A Hole in the Roof Foundation” Bag A Cause promotes business through collaborative venues supporting local charities. Bag A Causes’ designs and adornments stand alone in their unique blend of rustic and contemporary; co-collaborating with local charities inspires the designing and […]
The Repair of Pilgrim Church
Dear Friends– I only wish all of you could have been in the church with the hole in the roof on Wednesday. Because the hole is no more. The story I chronicled in my book “Have A Little Faith” has reached around the world, and you have reached back. Thanks to more than $80,000 raised […]