News & Updates
Pop-up DWIF Up & Running Thanks to DMCII
Bloomfield Hills — If you happen to stop by the Detroit Water Ice Factory’s new pop-up location this summer at the Franklin Cider Mill, you’ll see the handy work of your Detroit Muscle Crew II. All you have to do is take a look around. The scoop: A team of DMCII members came together shortly before […]
DMC Update 4 from St. Anthony’s: Phase 1 Completed; Carpenters, painters needed for Phase 2
DETROIT — It has been a few weeks since your last Detroit Muscle Crew II update about the work being done at the Cathedral of St. Anthony in Detroit, and it’s time to get you up to speed. And give you major plaudits. And ask for more help. As you’ve been reading since mid-spring, the […]
Eagles for Children in the Heart of Detroit
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
Armani Williams is Racing for Autism
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]