News & Updates
Tent raising a success at Franklin Cider Mill
On short notice on Monday, volunteers from the Detroit Muscle Crew II and the Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries gathered to erect a tent that will be used this summer for S.A.Y. Detroit’s satellite location of the Detroit Water Ice Factory. Special thanks go to Scott Albaugh of Albaugh Masonry, who sent three of his summer employees […]
DMC Update 2 from St. Anthony’s: Installation Days Set, Help Needed
Two windows down, 16 to go! That’s the report from Mike Stephanoff, who’s leading our Muscle Crew II’s first project at the Cathedral of St. Anthony, 5247 Sheridan St., Detroit. On Saturday, April 29, Mike and two colleagues — Ron LaBarge and Joe Ferrara — were successful in their test run: They replaced two basement […]
Mobile Mammography Center Visits S.A.Y. Detroit Family Health Clinic
A packed waiting room greeted Dr. Keyshia Covington and the S.A.Y. Detroit Family Health Clinic staff on Thursday morning. The main reason was right outside the door: It was the day that The Anthony L. Soave Family Mobile Mammography and Health Screening Center was at the clinic to ensure that all women have easy access to […]
DMC Update 1 from St. Anthony’s: Windows Ordered!
Since our kick-off pizza party in March, Muscle Crew II is officially off and running! As you are aware, our first project will be replacing doors and windows at the Cathedral of St. Anthony’s in Detroit, which has a pantry that feeds and clothes hundreds of needy Detroiters each year. The project is being led […]
Tiny Homes, Big Hearts at Cass Community
The painters were on rooftops and ladders. The other crew members filled a dumpster with debris that had been littering a two-block area around Cass Community Social Services’ campus in Highland Park. The common thread was that they were all volunteers — more than two dozen strong — and all members of Mitch Albom’s A […]
Miles for Smiles in Heart of Detroit
Turning sorrow into miles of smiles, Kara and Andy Yermak are walking for Jensen and all children with Down syndrome, here in the heart of Detroit. Air Date: April 6, 2017
S.A.Y. Detroit Stands with Women and Survivors of Sexual Assault
Today marks the start of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, a campaign to increase awareness about the realities of sexual assault and violence, and to educate about how to prevent it. Mitch Albom andS.A.Y. Detroit have taken a very visible stand on this and support organizations that help survivors of rape and sexual assault, and take […]
Detroit Muscle Crew II Ready for Lift Off
In advance of Saturday’s “official’’ launch of S.A.Y. Detroit’s Detroit Muscle Crew II, Mitch Albom hosted a pizza party on Thursday night at Emagine Royal Oak to thank the nearly two dozen skilled tradespeople who have embraced his call to volunteer service. “Because of you, we’re going to make a difference in our community,” Albom […]
Keeping Music Education Alive in Heart of Detroit
And with plenty of “harp” Pat Terry-Ross if creating beautiful music right here in the heart of Detroit. Air Date: March 30, 2017
Fun and Games at COTS
A Time to Help’s third project of the year on Saturday (March 25) benefited a group that needed a morning to relax and have fun: Women and children involved with COTS and its Bright Beginning Child Development Center. For more than two hours, more than two dozen A Time To Help volunteers played games with […]