News & Updates
House Given To Working Mom
April 8, 2014 – Detroit – Mitch Albom and Dr. Chad Audi of the Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries (DRMM) gave away their 18th home through the Working Homes/Working Families charity this morning to a very surprised Detroit mother of three.
Humble Design Proves that Sharing is Caring
It’s a simple concept, the haves helping the have-nots. Treger Strasberg and Humble Design prove that sharing is caring, here in the heart of Detroit. Air date: April 3, 2014
Catch the Latest Episode of the Heart of Detroit
What makes a family? At House of Providence, it starts with love. Jason and Maggie Dunn are showing that love every day, to our most at risk kids, in the heart of Detroit. Air date: March 27, 2014
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 […]
Nearly $400K to be Given Away by S.A.Y. Detroit Radiothon Funds
DETROIT – Ten Detroit charities and their projects – ranging from homes for the homeless to after school music classes – will reap benefits from the funds raised last December by “Mitch Albom’s S.A.Y. (Super All Year) Detroit Radiothon.” Checks will be handed to each of the ten charities’ representatives at a ceremony this Wednesday, […]
Food Bank Restocked
This past Saturday, March 22, Time To Help monthly volunteers came out in record numbers to help sort more than 20,000 pounds of food to be distributed to Detroit’s needy by Gleaners Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan.
Crayons 4 Kids is Brightening the Heart of Detroit
A simple idea changes garbage into a rainbow. Susie Fenster’s Crayons 4 Kids is helping to brighten and color the heart of Detroit. Air date: March 20, 2014
Catch the latest episode of Heart of Detroit
It’s something he never experienced, but what he tries to provide others every day. Coach Khali is someone willing to go the distance, for the Heart of Detroit.
‘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.