What To Know And Where To Go In Southeast Michigan
This is where we uplift those uplifting Detroit. This includes news about individuals making change, charities, grants and more.
This past month has been devastating for those who have been affected by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Jose and now Maria. Hurricane Maria is a Category 4 Hurricane, and it hit Puerto Rico on Wednesday, September 20. According to reports the island is currently 100% without power. There will be a fundraiser to benefit the people of Puerto Rico at Louiza in The Belt. There is …
There are a lot of organizations in the city working to make their slice of the Motor City better, and the Kresge Foundation announced this week that they'll be supporting their work with $1 million in grants. The grants will be used to help the operating expenses of the community development organizations over a three year period. "These three-year grants reinforce our …
Fort Wayne is one of the under appreciated landmarks in Detroit that has a lot of history behind it. Here’s a chance on Sunday, September 10, to get your hands dirty and help out some history stay alive. The original 1848 limestone barracks building, 1845 star fort renovated in 1861, the restored Commanding Officers house, the Spanish-American War guard house, and the …
For the past three years a pilot project in the Osborn community has been working on how to better support breastfeeding in the Detroit community. The pilot program was funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Last year, nine local moms were trained to design and execute a program to help area moms. One of the ideas they came up with was a community lounge for …
A development that has caught national attention like few others has been the tiny houses created by Cass Community Social Services.We have written them up before here when they were first announced as well as were the first to spot the additional construction of what seems to be a popular program.The idea is that the small homes that rent for about $1 a square foot per month …
Today approximately 300 low income and homeless people were treated to a free shampoo and haircut at the Cass Community Social Services (Cass). The event was held in partnership between Cass and Paul Mitchell The School Michigan. This is the third year that the PMTS4Change has taken place. More than 20 stylists from the school at the event to give shampoos, haircuts, and …
We are currently in the digital age, however there is still a huge gap between those who have access to internet and those who don't. At last count, 39% of households in Detroit do not have internet of any kind. And if you don't have internet and know how to use it, you don't have a shot at moving up in the modern world. Comcast's Internet Essentials has been providing …
We are used to seeing Justin Verlander and his Tiger teammates take the field for games, while the wives cheer them on. However, today the tables were turned when Verlander's fiancé Kate Upton did a full Marine workout next to the football field at Wayne State University, with Verlander and their dog Harley, watching. Upton was joined by five other Tiger wives, …
Some parts of Michigan are going to get a little greener thanks to a series of grants from the DTE Energy Foundation. All told, 29 Michigan communities will be receiving a share of the $70,110. Many of those are in the tri-county area. This tree planting grant program is sponsored by the DTE Energy Foundation in partnership with the Michigan Department of Natural …
Resources for creative projects can be hard to come by, and one of the programs that’s been fueling a variety of artists is the Detroit Knight Arts Challenge, funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. In its fifth year, the challenge funds projects that enrich and engage Detroit through the arts through a matching grant. According to the Foundation, the …
At a sold-out show at the Palace of Auburn Hills, five-time grammy award winning artist Bruno Mars made the announcement that he's donating $1 million to relief efforts in Flint, Michigan. "I'm very thankful to the Michigan audience for joining me in supporting this cause," Mars said in a press statement. "Ongoing challenges remain years later for Flint residents, and it's …
Mayor Mike Duggan announced this week plans to board up 11,000 abandoned houses as part of a larger program to demolish, rehab or secure all of the approximately 25,000 existing blighted houses in the city over the next two years. According to the city, over the next two years they intend to demolish another 9,000 houses, rehabilitate 5,000, and board up the remaining …
The Scott Fountain on Belle Isle is beautiful. But some may remember that at one point, it had even more detail. The basin was covered in Pewabic tiles which were destroyed in a 2010 "restoration" attempt. To help fund the replacement of the fountain's former glory, the Belle Isle Conservancy will host Sunset at the Scott for the second consecutive year. WHEN: The event …
Chipotle Mexican Grill is raising money for the Michigan Humane Society on Thursday, July 20. Restaurants located in Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties will be participating in the fundraiser. Chipotle will be donating 50% of all proceeds to the Michigan Humane Society. Here's how you can be sure to help out all those cute animals. Visit any Metro Detroit Chipotle …
According to the 2016 Kids Count Michigan study, child poverty has gone up in 80 of 83 Michigan counties since 2006. With that in mind, Gleaners Community Food Bank is asking businesses and organizations in southeast Michigan to help fight childhood hunger by joining the 23rd Annual Hunger Free Summer Food Fight starting Monday, July 17, 2017 through Friday, July 28, …
One of the keys to getting economic engine of the city of Detroit roaring again is jobs for its residents. A program to help do just that through teaching the building trades, the Living Trades Academy (LTA) job training pilot program, received a $60,000 grant from the the McGregor Fund. It's administered by the Michigan Historical Preservation Network. Detroit has some …
Grow Detroit's Young Talent Program has been a huge success this year. This year the program has matched 8,127 Detroit youth between the ages of 14 and 24 with a job at a Detroit based company. This year there were 530 companies that are part of the program. The companies range in size, but the larger companies were able to hire more people. Team Schostak restaurants is …
The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation awarded more than $600,000 in grants to 14 organizations around Michigan. Five Metro Detroit organizations have received grants from the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation. The grants fell under three categories, Community Health Matching Program, Physician Investigator Initiated Programs, and Physician …
Five local projects have received more than $800,000 in funding from the Knight Foundation through their Cities Challenge. Across the country, Knight received more than 4,500 submissions and they narrowed it to 144 finalists to submit full applications. From those finalists, we selected the 33 winners in 19 cities. Here are the award winners: Atwater Beach: $225,000 …
Here’s some good news for low-income school kids who need nutritious meals. The Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan was awarded a $50,000 grant last week from the Morgan Stanley Foundation. The grant will help fund the School Food Mobile Pantry program, a Gleaners program that helps fight child hunger by making sure low-income families have a readily …
When folks talk about Detroit, we hear the same words used over and over again: poor, broken, abandoned, blighted. But our experiences in the Motor City have shown us something completely different – a community that, in the face of overwhelming challenges, maintains a profound commitment to making Detroit a better place. This juxtaposition of resilience and adversity, …
The first thing you need to know about Jason Hall is that he is a realistic optimist. He knows there is negativity in the world – he just chooses to grab it, flip it upside down and turn it into something he can use to improve himself, improve his work and, ultimately, improve the city that he loves. Hall is a pizza lover, a Detroiter, a bike rider and the creator of Slow …
The Sean Anderson Foundation has donated $15,000 to benefit Wayne State University’s HIGH (Helping Individuals Go Higher) Program to provide short-term support to Wayne State students experiencing homelessness or precarious housing situations. Students in the program receive short-term assistance with the goal of returning students to long-term stability and helping them …
The six murals for the Small Business Mural project are complete. The mural project partnered small business owners from around Detroit with an artist to create a mural together. The murals reflect the business, the artist and the community it is in. The program was sponsored by the Quicken Loans Family of Companies. Three of the artists had volunteer help completing the …
The Detroit Police Athletic League's (PAL) stadium under construction on Michigan Avenue in Corktown has a new presenting sponsor. The new facility located at the former Tiger Stadium will be called "The Corner Ballpark presented by Adient." Adient has given a multi-year gift of $2.8 million to PAL. It's the largest in the history of the organization. “Their support …
The Michigan Science Center and Toyota Motor North America has just unveiled the new Toyota 4D Engineering Theater (TET) inside the Michigan Science Center. The goal of the theater is to inspire kids in the subjects of of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The TET theater will provide programs and films to help show how the world of STEM can be interesting and …
Six of Detroit's neighborhoods will be receiving a new mural this weekend as part of the Small Business Murals Project. The project pairs a local artist with a small business and together they collaborate to create a mural. Each mural will reflect the business, neighborhood, and artist's style. “I love the collaboration of this project. You’ve got entrepreneurs, artists …
Last night more than 700 people gathered at Cobo Center to attend the City Year Detroit's Red Jacket Gala. The money raised from the gala will help City Year improve the educational outcomes of students in Detroit. City Year Detroit is part of the national City Year program. Locally, it is currently made up of 71 AmeriCorps members that have been selected to go into …
Last year, we told you about the completion of a tiny house built by the nonprofit Cass Community Social Services. They've been busy building their next six homes, under construction now and scheduled to be complete in the fall. The homes are located just off of Woodrow Wilson south of Glendale on Monterey, near the Highland Park/Detroit border. As we wrote about last …
College is a time of growth. New experiences. Learning new things. For people... and now, for puppies. Leader Dogs For The Blind has a new partnership with Rochester College, located in Oakland County. They have created the RC-Campus Puppy Program, as a way to help the organization get more volunteers to raise and train puppies. The program will pair up six students and …
OK fellow band geeks, this one is for you. They make it look so very easy in this video, but the skill level of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra is world-class. For this video, all shot on GoPro cameras, the DSO followed their percussionists for a day to see what it’s like. It’s also super cool …
