News & Updates
Capturing Belief a Finalist for the Knight Arts Challenge Detroit
Capturing Belief is in the running to be one of 25 who will share $2 million in funding.
Innovation in Detroit (and Kenya!)
SAY Play member Tionna Thompson recently completed a service learning trip to Kenya as one of 28 winners of the WE Are Innovators Challenge from Dow.
Giving Shines as Radiothon Funds Are Distributed
Representatives from nearly two dozen area charities received checks today totaling more than $1.25 million from donations raised at the seventh annual SAY Detroit Radiothon, broadcast on WJR-AM last December. The distribution ceremony at the Fisher Building, an annual event since the Radiothon’s inception, included several first-time recipients, including Avalon Village, FoodLab Detroit, Yad Ezra, […]
Masons into Orbit at SAY Play
Two special presentations from our robotics teams and our Masons at SAY Play.
Bank of America Supports SAY Detroit Initiatives
SAY Detroit is a proud recipient of a Bank of America Charitable Foundation award this year. Today during Bank of America’s Detroit Give 2018 charity tour, we welcomed members of their group at our SAY Play Center at Lipke Park, where they spent time learning more about our academic enrichment center and how Bank of […]
Riding with Pride and Muscle
Dennis and Tami Caren, owners of D&T Signs in Wyandotte, outfitted three vans used to transport SAY Play’s children with signage that promotes the nonprofit’s slogan
Albaugh Masonry Tackles Large Project at SAY Play Center
The job wasn’t easy. But then, they rarely are when the work involves laboring outside each day, with temperatures soaring into the 90s – and with no relief in sight.
(Motown Soup)ing Up Meals at S.A.Y. Play!
S.A.Y. Detroit is thrilled to receive a $2,000 grant from Motown Soup in support of our meal service at the S.A.Y. Play Center at Lipke Park.
Sharing the Giving: More than $1 Million Given to Detroit Charities
DETROIT, March 27, 2018 — Representatives from 22 area charities accepted checks totaling nearly $1.25 million on Tuesday from donations raised at Mitch Albom’s S.A.Y. Detroit Radiothon last December. The ceremony at the Fisher Building, which included six first-time recipients, has become S.A.Y. Detroit’s favorite day of the year, said Albom, who distributed the funds […]
Michigan Masons Strengthens Commitment To S.A.Y. Detroit
Charity in, charity out. Proving its commitment is stronger than ever, members of the Michigan Masonic Charitable Foundation presented S.A.Y. Detroit its second installment check of $500,000 on Wednesday (Nov. 8). Led by Michigan Masons Grand Master Josh Woodwyk, a team of Masons representatives — including past Grand Master Bill Finkel, and Walt Wheeler, executive […]