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Three Families, Three Homes at Radiothon
As has become tradition during each annual S.A.Y. Detroit Radiothon, three deserving families received the keys to their new homes through the Working Homes/Working Families program. The idea of Working Homes/Working Families is simple. Detroit has too many abandoned houses. It also has too many families who lack a decent place to live.
Working Homes Working Families Deliver Two More Homes
DETROIT – Nikki Browder was tearing up long before Barbara Willis, chief operating officer of the Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries, officially handed her the keys to her new home – thanks to Mitch Albom’s S.A.Y. Detroit Working Homes/Working Families charity.
Working Homes, Families Builds a Neighborhood
DETROIT — In a matter of weeks, Jesse White Sr. will be moving his family from their one-bedroom apartment into a three-bedroom house with a backyard and trees that are as old as its east side Detroit neighborhood. “This isn’t just a house, it’s a home,” said Chanel Roland-White, Jesse’s wife, who’s pregnant with the […]
A Home for the Hearn Family
Simone Hearn is facing many challenges: the 24-year-old single mom of the three small children is battling stage 3 breast cancer and has been living with a relative in a home with no lights or electricity for months. On the brink of homelessness after her relative’s eviction, Fox 2 News shared her story. Two weeks later, Working […]
Working Homes/Working Families Gives Away its 24th Home
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S.A.Y. Detroit Distributes Radiothon Funds
Detroit, Michigan – April 15– More than a dozen local charities were grateful recipients of $825,000, funds raised from the Third Annual SAY Detroit Radiothon held last December. Representatives from several major donor organizations and the recipient charities gathered on the 7th floor of the Fisher Building to celebrate what is for S.A.Y. Detroit, “the best day […]
The Burrell Family: From Tragedy to Healing
Detroit, MI – March 25, 2015. Cortez and Lereatha Burrell and their twin daughters received a new house today through the Working Homes, Working Families charity. The Burrells tragically lost their sons Quatez (12) and Cortez (17) when their previous east side home was destroyed in a fire February. Since the fire, the family has been staying […]
House Given To Working Mom
April 8, 2014 – Detroit – Mitch Albom and Dr. Chad Audi of the Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries (DRMM) gave away their 18th home through the Working Homes/Working Families charity this morning to a very surprised Detroit mother of three.
Detroit Charities Rewarded
DETROIT, March 26 – More than a dozen Detroit charities were grateful recipients of more than $400,000 in donations distributed from Mitch Albom’s “S.A.Y. (Super All Year) Detroit Radiothon.” The monies were collected in a single 15-hour broadcast last December at the Somerset Collection in Troy. Albom handed out 14 oversized checks at a ceremony […]
A Hand, not a Hand Out
Working Home for Working Family, December 2013