News & Updates
S.A.Y. Detroit Radiothon Raises $400K
After 14 straight hours live on WJR and streaming video on the web, over 90 guests, more than 80 rewards and prizes, 3 homes signed over to needy working families, and one power outage, the second annual S.A.Y. Detroit radiothon was a success, raising over $400,000!
Fall Cleaning at Mercy Center
November 2013 Volunteer Project
Detroit Goes Green
A Time to Help Volunteers partnered with The Greening of Detroit and the Detroit Water and Sewage Department to bring together over 160 volunteers on Saturday, October 19, 2013. Volunteers planted more than 120 trees along Pierson and Braile from 7 Mile Road to Pembroke Avenue.
Detroit Dream Scholars Reception 2013
On September 19th, Mitch met with seven Detroit Dream Scholars at a reception at the Center Galleries at the College for Creative Studies. The event served not only to celebrate the work of current Dream Scholars, but also to work towards the goal of having twelve Dream Scholars–a “Detroit Dozen.”
Celebrating A Time to Help: Fifteen Years
For 15 years…. You’ve volunteered, scrubbed floors and painted walls, You’ve planted trees and boxed up food, You’ve torn down crumbling walls. But now’s the time to take a break and ponder what you’ve done, It’s party time for A Time to Help, so please enjoy some fun!
100 Houses Beautifies Brightmoor
More than 300 volunteers, including A Time to Help‘s monthly volunteers, convened on Saturday, August 10 to help seed over 500 vacant lots with wildflowers in 100 Houses’ third event. Partnering with Bill Pulte’s Detroit Blight Authority, the project was part of Pulte’s five-step plan to take a “bite out of blight.” In early June, […]
S.A.Y. Detroit Pays Special Visit to Bethune
On Monday, July 22, 2013, Bethune Elementary and Middle School received a $10,000 donation from Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries (DRMM) and its partner, S.A.Y. Detroit. The purpose of the donation was to ensure that Bethune’s 840 students had a new school uniform to wear for the 2013-2014 school year. Bethune adopted uniforms the year before […]
100 Houses to Host Third Event in August
On August 10, 2013, the One Hundred Houses army will convene for a third time. This year, Mitch Albom and the Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries will be collaborating with residential builder Bill Pulte and his organization, the Detroit Blight Authority. Together the organizations will beautify over 500 vacant lots in the city’s Brightmoor neighborhood. The project […]
New Year, New Windows for Pilgrim Church
With thanks to donations from folks like you, collected through the A Hole in the Roof Foundation and the charity film premiere of Have a Little Faith, I Am My Brother’s Keeper Chuch replaced more than 100 windows. The new windows will keep the church infinitely warmer, and will help cut down the heating bills. […]
Over 400K Raised Through First Annual Radiothon!
$401,321.34, to be exact! Many thanks to all who madethe first ever S.A.Y. Detroit Radiothon possible! Click here to read the coverage in the Free Press.