saynew_txx3gz Former Microsoft CEO and Detroit native Steve Ballmer joined SAY Detroit founder Mitch Albom today to announce a $5 million gift that will allow the nonprofit to begin redevelopment of an iconic landmark to benefit youth and families on the city’s west side. With demands for SAY Detroit programming significantly outpacing the capacity of the … Read more
In honor of World Children’s Day (November 20), we’re taking a look back at one of the very first projects supported by SAY Detroit’s founding in 2006. With funds raised through its earliest efforts, SAY Detroit joined Ilitch Charities to help fund the creation of the Bright Beginnings Infant and Child Development Center. Bright Beginnings … Read more
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
In honor of National Senior Citizens Day, meet three seniors who inspired SAY Detroit’s work providing assistance, including housing and medical care, for one of Detroit’s most vulnerable populations. The Glovers Siblings Margaret Glover Terry, 72, and John Glover, 66, were given more by SAY Detroit than a home in the stable Warrendale neighborhood—a hope … Read more
Charlie and Mary Parkill are turning a tragedy into hope for others with catastrophic injuries here in the heart of Detroit.
Carrying on the blessing of a Godly woman, Grace Bayer is feeding the less fortunate here in the heart of Detroit.
Learning through reading and prospering every week, The Friends Book Club members are sharing a good book with a special community right here in the heart of Detroit.
Volunteers will be assembling soups and other dry goods mixes, as well as packaging and boxing them.
Special Days Camps is bringing laughter and joy to kids touched by cancer here in the heart of Detroit.
Bringing art into the hands of the homeless, Art & Soul is painting with a purpose in the heart of Detroit.