News & Updates
S.A.Y. Play Rec Center Prepped For Opening
June 6, 2015 – Detroit, MI – Nearly 50 volunteers spent the morning cleaning up and clearing out the new S.A.Y. (Sports Academics Youth) Play Center near 7 Mile and Van Dyke, current site of the closed Lipke Recreation Center.
Stepping Stones to Success in the Heart of Detroit
Step by step – Aretha Davis, Linda Lee and all the volunteers at Stepping Stones to Success are creating a community of learning right here in the heart of Detroit.
Selfie-Esteem in the Heart of Detroit
Building “selfie” esteem one brush stroke at a time, Chazz Miller is reinventing the arts right here in the heart of Detroit.
Heartfelt Promises in the Heart of Detroit
A promise made and a promise fulfilled. Susie Dubin puts a little extra meaning into the heart of Detroit.
SAY Detroit Play is Hiring!
WE”RE LOOKING FOR AN AMAZING LEADER – DEADLINE TO APPLY IS MAY 22 Every now and then, an opportunity arises that is too good and too important not to try and share with the largest audience. And since I have come to know many of you as wonderful, caring people, I thought I’d share our […]
Fresh Produce For A Neighborhood In Need
May 9, 2015 – Detroit, MI Thirty-five volunteers joined neighborhood residents near Brush and Custer to plant vegetables, herbs, and flowers on a one-acre lot that’s part of the Michigan Urban Farming Initiative.
‘Walk With Me’ Docu to Support SAY Detroit
Walk With Me, the documentary about legendary federal judge and civil rights hero Damon Keith, will have its world premiere in Detroit at the Max Fisher Music Center on June 17. All ticket proceeds will benefit S.A.Y. Detroit. From director Jesse Nesser and executive producers Mitch Albom, Cynthia & Edsel Ford, Faye Nelson, and Frank Fountain, Walk With […]
Working Homes/Working Families Gives Away its 24th Home
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Spearheading a Community in the Heart of Detroit
Whether he’s playing basketball with neighborhood kids or cleaning up the streets, Quincy Jones is spearheading a community movement right here in the heart of Detroit.
Brewing Bold in the Heart of Detroit
First a roofer then a record holder and now a coffee humanitarian, A.J. O’Neil is brewing a bold idea right here in the heart of Detroit.