Working Homes/families

Feeling True Home Comfort With Working Homes / Working Families

July 15, 2026November 25, 2024 by saydetroit

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Thanksgiving came a little early for Johnettia and her four boys yesterday as they walked into their new home for the first time. Learn more about their story — and families like theirs — in SAY Detroit’s Working Homes / Working Families program (WHWF), below. “Sanctuary. Home. Comfort. Security. Peace.” If you are blessed, you … Read more

Building Community by Supporting Families

July 15, 2026December 5, 2023 by saydetroit

This is a story about a family and their new home — the Working Homes / Working Families recipients of 2023.

Welcoming Home a SAY Play Family

July 15, 2026August 18, 2023 by saydetroit

SAY Play and Working Homes / Working Families working together to serve the housing and learning needs of this Detroit family.

Back Together (In Person!) Again for Radiothon Distribution Ceremony

July 15, 2026April 5, 2023 by saydetroit

Funds totaling more than $1.83 million were distributed today to SAY Detroit’s initiatives and community partners from donations received last December at the 11th annual SAY Detroit Radiothon.

Even after eleven years, the annual SAY Detroit Radiothon can still surprise you!

July 15, 2026December 9, 2022 by saydetroit

The eleventh annual event promised and delivered on memorable moments.

Applause from the Crowd for Time to Helpers (and Working Families)

July 15, 2026September 13, 2021 by saydetroit

A dozen volunteers conquered a formidable landscape project to benefit SAY Detroit’s Working Homes/Working Families program.

Laying the Foundation for Another Community Space

July 15, 2026July 2, 2018 by saynew_txx3gz

Volunteers gathered in the Morningside neighborhood in the east side of Detroit for another community space rehab.

“You Just Saved Our Life” Says New Home Recipient

July 15, 2026December 3, 2017 by saynew_txx3gz

Great-grandmother and her working family receive a new home after 8 months in a shelter

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. The home was refurbished by Working Homes/Working Families, the family chosen through Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries, and the home furnished and decorated by Humble Design, all nonprofit partners of S.A.Y. Detroit.

Higgins Park is Born!

October 13, 2017 by saynew_txx3gz

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. … Read more

S.A.Y. Detroit and Cooper Standard Join Forces Again at Morningside Community Park

July 15, 2026June 27, 2017 by saynew_txx3gz

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 … Read more

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