News & Updates
With Thoughtful Planning and a Little Luck, 13th Radiothon Raises $2.23 Million
In some traditions, thirteen is associated with bad luck. But you wouldn’t know it if you work with or support SAY Detroit because yesterday’s annual Radiothon — our thirteenth — proved that number to auspicious; we broke previous fundraising records to ring in $2,227,573.44 by the end of the 15-hour event! That is all due in thanks […]
What inspires you to give to SAY Detroit?
From time to time, we have the opportunity to ask donors about their life-changing gift, and share their story with other generous supporters like you.
Finding Their Voices at SAY Play
There may have been one family cheering the loudest at the Lions’ annual Thanksgiving game, and that was the Jackson family, the second recipients of a refurbished house this year through the Working Homes / Working Families (WHWF) program. If you missed their story in last week’s email, catch up here. They attended the game […]
Feeling True Home Comfort With Working Homes / Working Families
Thanksgiving came a little early for Johnettia and her four boys yesterday as they walked into their new home for the first time. Learn more about their story — and families like theirs — in SAY Detroit’s Working Homes / Working Families program (WHWF), below. “Sanctuary. Home. Comfort. Security. Peace.” If you are blessed, you […]
Spokes on a Partner Wheel: Mi-Cycle, Westside Cultural & Athletic Club, and River Rouge District Schools
Pulling in a radiothon partner to connect children with free bicycles.
Celebrating our Programs and Partners, like Mortar to Bricks in Detroit
Funds raised at the 2023 SAY Detroit Radiothon were distributed to local charities on Tuesday, April 4, 2024. SAY Detroit annually distributes a percentage of donations from its fundraiser to partner organizations and charities that share the nonprofit’s mission to provide pathways to success for Detroiters in need. Held last December at the Somerset Collection […]
Launching Radiothon Giving: Here’s How Generosity Gives Hope
Thanks to your quick action, we met the generous match challenge from the Van Elslander Family Foundation in just 3 days, doubling our early fundraising more than a week before the radiothon begins. We achieved 113% of our goal, raising $28,449 from 131 donors! What a sentence to write and read, and we are grateful […]
With 10 Days to Go, Your Radiothon Gift Just Doubled
The giving for this year’s radiothon starts now, and with the chance to double the fun and fundraising!
Back Together (In Person!) Again for Radiothon Distribution Ceremony
Funds totaling more than $1.83 million were distributed today to SAY Detroit’s initiatives and community partners from donations received last December at the 11th annual SAY Detroit Radiothon.
Even after eleven years, the annual SAY Detroit Radiothon can still surprise you!
The eleventh annual event promised and delivered on memorable moments.