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 of the year.”
Albom, founder of S.A.Y. Detroit, and Dr. Chad Audi, Executive Director of the Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries (DRMM), which facilitates Albom’s charity, distributed checks to the following:
- COTS Bright Beginnings ($20,000)
- Cass Community Social Services ($30,000)
- Real Life. My Music. ($5,000)
- Michigan Veterans Foundation ($10,000)
- Westside Cultural and Athletic Club ($7,500)
- Hope Village Detroit ($10,000)
- Macomb Charitable ($10,000)
- Veterans Matter ($10,000)
- The Empowerment Plan ($5,000)
- United Sisters of Charity/Mother Batie’s Kitchen ($10,000)
- College For Creative Studies ($30,000)
- Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries (DRMM) Veterans ($10,000)
- S.A.Y. Detroit Family Health Clinic ($250,000)
- Working Homes/Working Families ($100,000)
- S.A.Y. Detroit Play Center ($327,500)
“We couldn’t do this without the continued generosity and support of both the public and business sectors in our community,” says Albom. “For the third year in a row, we were able to raise enough funds to not only support S.A.Y. Detroit for another year, but also to share with several very worthy Detroit organizations that serve the poor, homeless, disadvantaged children, and veterans, just as S.A.Y. Detroit does.” Among the planned projects included the building of handicap bathrooms at Cass Community, housing for homeless veterans through Veterans Matter and the Michigan Veterans Foundation, continued scholarships at the College for Creative Studies, and the continuation of deserving programs that care for the physical, educational, and spiritual needs of Detroit’s neediest citizens.
Photos from the conference (click on a thumbnail to view slideshow)
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All recipients
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Antwan Price, United Sisters of Charity
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Aurine Moore of Working Homes/Working Families
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Chris Ratcliff, Hope Detroit Village
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Doug Kuiper of Illitch Holdings (donor), with Michael Tenbusch of SAY Play Center
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Erica Wright
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Faith Fowler, Cass Community Social Services
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Jack Aronson of Garden Fresh Salsa (donor) and Robin Smimth of COTS Bright Beginnings
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John Prosser of Health Partners Inc (donor) with Paulette Sellers of DRMM Veterans
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Chad Audi of DRMM and Julie Wright of Macomb Charitable Foundation
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Lena Pernell of Real Life. My Music.
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Paul Glantz of Emagine Entertainment (donor) with Liz Klos and students from CCS
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Stephan Huber of Zetterberg Foundation (donor) with Dr. Peggy Richardson of SAY Detroit Clinic
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Tyronne Chatman of MI Veterans Foundation
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Tyrone Chatman, Faith Fowler and Chad Audi
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Veronica Scott of The Empowerment Plan
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John Prosser of Health Partners Inc (donor) and Ken Leslie of Veterans Matter
