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A Look Back at SAY Detroit’s Foundation, Work with Veterans

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One of SAY Detroit’s initial projects included a new kitchen for homeless veterans at the Michigan Veterans Foundation (MVF) in the Cass Corridor area of Detroit. Eleven years later, Mitch Albom toured its new and upgraded center in the Woodbridge District, home to more than 100 veterans. In addition to a state-of-the-art kitchen, gym, and guidance center, the center boasts … Read more

Giving Shines as Radiothon Funds Are Distributed

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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, … Read more

Sharing the Giving: More than $1 Million Given to Detroit Charities

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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 … Read more

New Record! 6th Annual #SAYDetroit Radiothon Raises Over $1.2 Million

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Broadcast live for fifteen hours from The Somerset Collection in Troy, MI, the annual tradition once again proved—with every call, guest interview, and click of the “donate” button—that giving truly is living. The funds raised help the poor, the homeless, families without homes, children without medical care, students hoping to reach the college of their … Read more

Touring a Special Center Devoted to Michigan’s Veterans

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One of the first projects funded by S.A.Y. Detroit after its founding in 2006 was a new commercial kitchen at the Michigan Veterans Foundation. Eleven years later, Mitch Albom joined MVF Executive Director Tyron Chatman on a tour of the new Detroit Veterans Center (4626 Grand River, Detroit), home to 104 veteran residents. In addition … Read more