News & Updates
Notes for Notes Debuts Music Studio
DETROIT, AUGUST 12–Notes for Notes, a non-profit organization which builds, equips, and staffs after-school recording studios, announced the completion of the studio inside the S.A.Y. Detroit Play Center. Nashville record artist, and Michigan native Frankie Ballard was on hand for the unveiling.
#NICEICEBABY: Grand Photos from the Grand Opening
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, KEM, Nicole Curtis and Primo Water Ice owners John and Adrianna Adams joined Mitch Albom in celebrating the opening of Detroit Water Ice. Click on a photo to view larger:
S.A.Y. Detroit Gets Ready to D-Ice!
DETROIT… GET READY TO D-ICE! S.A.Y. DETROIT INTRODUCES SCRUMPTIOUS NEW DESSERT TO DETROIT! S.A.Y. DETROIT, ITS CHARITY PARTNER, DETROIT RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES, ALONG WITH BEDROCK REAL ESTATE SERVICES/MERIDIAN HEALTH, AND GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF GREATER DETROIT COMBINE EFFORTS TO OPEN CHARITABLE RETAIL OPERATION Detroit (August 4, 2015)– Detroit, a city known for its own iconic foods, […]
Parenting Takes a Village in the Heart of Detroit
Revitalizing the family unit, Sharlonda Buckman and the Detroit Parent network are building champions for today’s youth right here in the heart of Detroit.
Working Homes, Families Builds a Neighborhood
DETROIT — In a matter of weeks, Jesse White Sr. will be moving his family from their one-bedroom apartment into a three-bedroom house with a backyard and trees that are as old as its east side Detroit neighborhood. “This isn’t just a house, it’s a home,” said Chanel Roland-White, Jesse’s wife, who’s pregnant with the […]
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 […]
Paying it Forward in the Heart of Detroit
Their best is out of this world. Raising money for those in need, Joe, Greg and Matt of MARRS Enterprise Foundation are showing how friendship and paying it forward change lives in the heart of Detroit.
‘Walk With Me’ Docu Premiere Raises Funds for SAY Detroit
More than 1,500 people attended a world premiere event celebrating the life of civil rights icon Judge Damon J. Keith on Wednesday night at the Max Fisher Music Center in Detroit.
A Home for the Hearn Family
Simone Hearn is facing many challenges: the 24-year-old single mom of the three small children is battling stage 3 breast cancer and has been living with a relative in a home with no lights or electricity for months. On the brink of homelessness after her relative’s eviction, Fox 2 News shared her story. Two weeks later, Working […]
Youth Leadership in the Heart of Detroit
Once a class clown and now a driver of social change, Stepha’N Quicksey is leading a youth movement right here in the heart of Detroit.