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Lions, Hatch Detroit partner to boost business in beloved Grandmont Rosedale...

Over the past five years, Hatch Detroit has worked diligently to help small businesses get up and running within Detroit and nearby communities. Its work is laser focused, looking at where its...

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Applications Open: Challenge Detroit fellows answer the call to work and...

By Maureen McDonald When it comes to attracting friends and making a difference in Detroit, no experience compares to Challenge Detroit, according to Kelsey Stein, a current fellow and ambassador to...

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Gardner-White Furniture donates beds, recliners to four metro Detroit firehouses

Firefighters spend a lot of time at the firehouse. They work 24-hour shifts so they eat there, sleep there, and try to relax between calls. The problem is many firehouses in metro Detroit lack things...

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DTE Energy seeks to boost Detroit-area volunteerism with re-energized program

If there’s anything that has the power to turn Detroit into the city success story it is working to be, it is the power of numbers. The power of individuals who care. The power of companies that invest...

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Comerica Hatch Detroit Contest kicks off May 2 with more benefits, investments

If you have even the slightest urge to open a business and if Detroit is your kind of town, there is absolutely no reason why you cannot bring that dream to fruition. The time has never been better to...

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Neighborhood Services Organization has plans to end homelessness in Detroit

When Sheilah Clay became CEO of Neighborhood Services Organization 16 years ago one of her goals was to end homelessness as we know it. She’s making progress and other organizations are also picking up...

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Detroit Little Libraries brings the magic of books to the city’s neighborhoods

There is something magical about books. When most of us grew up libraries were places we could go, take out book and lose ourselves in imagery worlds, listen to story time, learn about any topic we...

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Detroit church to host free baby shower Sept. 10 for moms and families

Adding a baby to the family is wonderful. It is also very expensive. Showers help offset some the cost, but that’s not a possibility for everyone. The Church of the New Covenant Baptist in Northwest...

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Donations allow Belle Isle to create accessible playground for children of...

About 18 months ago, Nancy Smith was daydreaming during a meeting, wondering what it would take to build a playground in Detroit. Not just any playground, mind you. Smith, a member of the Sigma Gamma...

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Bank of America to match donations 2:1 through Dec. 31 to support Give A Meal...

It is incredibly annoying how early the holiday season starts every year, but there is a plus side. The season of giving is longer. Through December 31 Feeding America and Bank of America have teamed...

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Detroit on track for second lowest number of fires on record this Halloween...

Those 6,000 volunteer angels really pounded the devil this Halloween. Fire officials say Detroit is on track to have its second-lowest number of fires on record during the three-day Angels’ Night...

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Comerica Bank helps turn east side’s Calcara Park into a baseball diamond...

A steady stream of parents and kids in costumes headed into Calcara Park on Detroit’s east side for candy and a free baseball to celebrate the renovation of the baseball diamond. Attending children...

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Buy a cutting board made from reclaimed Detroit wood and help COTS feed a...

Need that special gift made FROM Detroit? Here’s a thought – a handcrafted, reclaimed wood charcuterie serving and sandwich board are created out of wood from Detroit homes. Each board is stamped with...

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Donate on December 13 when $1=6 meals, help Gleaners make this a hunger-free...

There are way too many people in Southeast Michigan who stare hunger in the face during the holidays and every day, but you can only do so much, right? Well, now you can do a little more. On Tuesday,...

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Couple buys home to reunite with lost grandson

Betty and Raymond Mitchell were comfortably ensconced in a senior living community in the Virginia Park neighborhood. Then the unsettling news arrived about their 14-year-old grandson, DJ. He was...

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