News & Updates
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 […]
“You Just Saved Our Life” Says New Home Recipient
It was a busy week for Working Homes / Working Families as two homes were given away to working women and their families, in need of housing. Debbie Clay, her daughter, and granddaughter were living in a homeless shelter for 8 months after going through hard times. Debra works several jobs to make ends meet. […]
Higgins Park is Born!
City of Detroit, S.A.Y. Detroit, and Cooper Standard Collaborate to Construct Community Playground, Strengthen Neighborhood. DETROIT, MI — October 11th. In a continuing effort to revitalize city neighborhoods and beautify the community, the City of Detroit teamed with the Cooper Standard Foundation and S.A.Y. Detroit’s Working Homes/Working Families to build a playground at Higgins Park. […]
S.A.Y. Detroit and Cooper Standard Join Forces Again at Morningside Community Park
S.A.Y. Detroit teamed up once again with the Cooper Standard Foundation to expand the playground it built back in 2016. It is the same eastside Detroit community where Working Homes/Working Families has rebuilt and given away 9 homes to needy families. Dozens of employees from Cooper Standard returned to the Morningside neighborhood to add another […]
$1 Million in Radiothon Funds Distributed to 20 Charities
Representatives from 20 area charities accepted checks totaling more than $1 million on Tuesday from donations raised at Mitch Albom’s fifth annual SAY Detroit Radiothon last December. The ceremony at the Fisher Building included several first-time beneficiaries, including the Bing Youth Institute — a mentoring program for urban youth created by former Detroit Mayor and […]
Morningside Neighborhood Gains Strength With Another Family
Two days before Christmas, Lillie Taylor and her three children received a gift that she hopes will last a lifetime: A place to call home. Taylor smiled broadly on Friday as she received the keys to a newly refurbished house in the Morningside neighborhood on Detroit’s east side from Kisha Woods, director of Genesis House […]
Once Displaced By Tragedy, A Family Receives A Home
Each door that was opened brought its own special surprise. Mia Branch couldn’t believe it. Slide over the high chair in the kitchen, and Branch was already envisioning herself and her nine children having a family dinner around the dining room table. In the expansive living area upstairs, Branch was awestruck to see a bedroom […]
A New Home, New Beginning for Grateful Vet
DETROIT — A day after he was awarded a house during Mitch Albom’s S.A.Y. Detroit Radiothon, retired U.S. Army veteran Leo Cooke was overwhelmed with emotion when he stepped into his new home Friday for the first time. “When I walked in, it was amazing,” said Cooke, wiping tears from his eyes. “Words can’t describe […]
Working Homes Working Families Transforms Vacant Lot to Community Park
Ezell Robinson called it “a double blessing.” On Tuesday, the 55-year-old U.S. Army veteran stood in front of a new neighborhood playground
A New Home for the Love-Wilkerson’s After Tragedy
Shirley Love and her husband Montez Wilkerson of Bessemore received the keys to their new home earlier today after a fire destroyed their previous home and took the life of the their three-year-old great nephew. Since the fire nearly three months ago, the Love-Wilkerson’s had been staying with relatives, unsure when they would get back […]