News & Updates
Bountiful Community Gardens in the Heart of Detroit
With a little planning and planting Jerry Ann Hebron has created a community and a garden right here in the heart of Detroit. Air Date: October 10, 2016
Kids Kicking Cancer with Power, Peace, and Purpose
Providing children with a sense of Power, Peace, and Purpose, Rabbi G and Michael Hunt are helping kids to kick cancer right here in the heart of Detroit.
Michigan Masons Make a Difference at S.A.Y. Play
It was a busy and exciting morning at the S.A.Y. Detroit Play Center as Mitch Albom and the Michigan Masons Charitable Foundation announced a 10-year, multimillion dollar grant for S.A.Y. Detroit in what may be the single largest commitment to S.A.Y. Detroit, and to S.A.Y. Play, yet received. In honor of this gift, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan […]
Urban farm yields bountiful time for ATTH volunteers
Intermittent rain showers failed to dampen the spirit – or work ethic – of nearly two dozen A Time to Help Volunteers who participated in Saturday’s (Sept. 17) project at the Capuchin Soup Kitchen’s Earthworks Urban Farm on Meldrum Street in Detroit. Volunteers picked produce and performed other gardening chores inside a greenhouse, while another […]
S.A.Y. Play Dedicates Baseball Field to Judge Damon Keith
Honoring one of Detroit’s, and our nation’s, most distinguished civil rights heroes, the renovated field at S.A.Y. Detroit Play Center at Lipke Park was dedicated today as “The Honorable Damon J. Keith Baseball Field.” Judge Keith, Mitch Albom, and representatives from the Detroit Tigers Foundation, an affiliate of Ilitch Charities, and the Baseball Tomorrow Fund (BTF), […]
Detroit Water Ice Celebrates One-Year Anniversary
Detroit Water Ice Factory, the hottest destination for iconic dessert treats, celebrates its one-year anniversary on Thursday, August 4th. Free water ice will be given out between the hours of 11 AM and 2 PM (and scooped by Mitch Albom), to celebrate this milestone occasion, at the store’s flagship location, 1014 Woodward Avenue in downtown […]
Cool Thoughts During This Hot Summer
Yes, it’s the heat of summer, but here’s a little news to cool you off and make you excited about the winter months ahead: We have secured the date for our annual A Time to Help Christmas Party for shelter residents at The Salvation Army Harbor Light in Detroit. Please plan on joining us Dec. […]
A Special Thanks to You!
Dear Wonderful A Time to Help Volunteers:
Ally and The Detroit Water Ice Factory Launch “Ally Caring Coconut” Flavor
$3.13 from each sale of Ally Caring Coconut will be donated to S.A.Y. Detroit Ally Financial and The Detroit Water Ice Factory announced a new water ice flavor called Ally Caring Coconut, with proceeds going to benefit the local Detroit community. As part of its 313 Pledge, Ally will donate $3.13 to local nonprofit S.A.Y. […]
“All the World’s a Stage” especially in the Heart of Detroit
A beauty that is life changing. Frannie Shepherd-Bates and the Shakespeare in Prison program is proving that “All the World’s a Stage” right here in the heart of Detroit.