by mitchalbom_webmaster | May 22, 2012 | News
Project: Motor City BlightbustersProject Details: Motor City Blight Busters is a Detroit non-profit dedicated to the stabilization of our Detroit neighborhoods. Since 1988, they have been a positive catalyst for Detroit neighborhoods, families, and volunteers by...
by mitchalbom_webmaster | May 15, 2012 | News
UPDATE: THIS EVENT WILL BE RESCHEDULED FOR DECEMBERBut a similar event will take place on June 19th at the Detroit Shoppe. Click here for details. For one night only, Mitch will share his experiences operating an orphanage in Port-au-Prince, Haiti after the...
by mitchalbom_webmaster | May 6, 2012 | News
Books are this update’s theme–reading is now a fundamental activity for the children at Have Faith Haiti.How the kids now spend Sunday afternoons: Books now a regular part of day, and not for the pictures!Nine-year-old Kevin reads to the little ones:And a...
by mitchalbom_webmaster | May 4, 2012 | News, Theatre
It was a night to remember at the City Theatre in Detroit, when Mitch Albom’s “Ernie” re-opened to great success. Albom’s tribute to Ernie Harwell, Detroit’s “Voice of Summer,” first opened in April 2011 and has returned for...
by mitchalbom_webmaster | May 2, 2012 | News
Project: HABITAT FOR HUMANITY DETROIT BLIGHT BLITZ!Project Details: Habitat for Humanity Detroit Blight Blitz! Come out and help Habitat Detroit and its community partners clean up the Morningside Commons neighborhood on Detroit’s east...
by mitchalbom_webmaster | Apr 26, 2012 | News
This afternoon, Banika Jones walked through the doors of a refurbished home on Custer Street in Detroit to the cheers of onlookers. Banika was thrown into the public spotlight in January when she suffered a mother’s worst nightmare–the disappearance of her...
by mitchalbom_webmaster | Apr 5, 2012 | News
Project: DTE Energy GardensProject Details: Putting in tomato stakes, planting early season crops, spreading compost, and setting up walkways. Date: April 28, 2012 Time: 9:00 a.m. – Noon Location: DTE Energy Jupiter Station...
by mitchalbom_webmaster | Apr 4, 2012 | News
The smell of fresh-baked cookies filled the air this afternoon as Texana Hollis, the 101-year old woman who was evicted last fall, finally returned to her home of sixty years. The house had received a complete makeover after the HUD had deemed the conditions...
by mitchalbom_webmaster | Mar 22, 2012 | Films, News
First presented in 1949, the Christopher Awards were established by Christopher founder Father James Keller to salute media that “affirm the highest values of the human spirit.” Their goal is to encourage men, women and children to pursue excellence in creative arenas...
by mitchalbom_webmaster | Mar 20, 2012 | News
On a recent trip to Haiti, the Detroit Muscle Crew has made outstanding progress in the rebuilding of the Have Faith Haiti Mission. In addition to rebuilding the wall, we have so much to thank the Muscle Crew for:two new guest rooms completed with tiles, painting, new...
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