Charities/Service Clubs

Published June 12, 2021

Beaumont brings back Bike Day for children with special needs

ROYAL OAK — After a one-year absence, on May 22 Beaumont Health and its partners brought back the popular Bike Day program, which provides specially adapted bikes to children with special needs at no cost to their families.

Members of the Detroit-based nonprofit Developing Kids pose with a check for $100,000 from Impact 100 Metro Detroit. The nonprofit’s president and CEO, Kimberly Johnson, wrote a grant and was awarded the funds during Impact 100’s annual Big Give event.

Published June 11, 2021

Southfield Sun

Youth service nonprofit awarded $100,000 grant

SOUTHFIELD — When it comes to the world of nonprofits, funding is just about everything.

The Eastpointe Children’s Garden Park, pictured, will benefit from a $2,500 grant provided by the Greater Metropolitan Association of Realtors.

Published June 9, 2021

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Eastpointe community receives grants

EASTPOINTE — The Eastpointe community will receive funds from two grant programs, albeit in two very different manners.

Published June 8, 2021

Birmingham - Bloomfield Eagle

Maple Theater celebrates reopening with fundraiser for local kids

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — Most of us have spent the past year cooped up at home streaming endless marathons of movies and television shows.

Report analyzes cost of living and the difficulty of meeting it in southeastern Michigan

Published June 6, 2021

Metro

Report analyzes cost of living and the difficulty of meeting it in southeastern Michigan

METRO DETROIT — Each year, the United Way for Southeastern Michigan releases a report that analyzes the state of poverty and living expenses in the southeastern Michigan area.

The West Bloomfield Police Foundation assists with various charitable endeavors.

Published May 29, 2021

West Bloomfield Beacon

National Police Week shines light on work of West Bloomfield Police Foundation

WEST BLOOMFIELD — One of the first images anyone who visits the West Bloomfield Police Foundation Facebook page may see is a picture of Patrick O’Rourke, who was an officer with the West Bloomfield Police Department when he was shot and killed by a barricaded gunman in 2012 while responding to a domestic dispute.

GreenPath Financial Wellness’s new Learning Lab allows people to access carefully designed learning activities created by financial education specialists.

Published May 28, 2021

Farmington Press

Financial nonprofit develops online learning lab

FARMINGTON HILLS — As COVID-19 continues to take its toll on people, GreenPath Financial Wellness is making things a little easier for people to take control of their finances.

Published May 27, 2021

Advertiser Times

Community groups band together for Neighborhoods Day in Detroit

DETROIT — Each year community groups and neighborhood organizations from across Detroit come together on a single day to celebrate and improve their city.

Published May 26, 2021

Farmington Press

Miracle League gives opportunities for special needs kids

FARMINGTON HILLS — As a parent, the goal is to do whatever it takes to make your kids happy, and Farmington Hills resident Stacey Diefenbach is no stranger to that struggle.

Published May 25, 2021

Warren Weekly

Warthogs donate $30,000 to local honor guards

WARREN — Local police and fire department honor guards rely on fundraisers to support their efforts to recognize those who have served or fallen in the line of duty.

Published May 25, 2021

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Volunteers repaint historic schoolhouse in Eastpointe

EASTPOINTE — Eastpointe’s beloved Halfway Schoolhouse got a facelift on May 15, thanks to the East Detroit Historical Society and some local volunteers. They spent the day repainting the exterior and doing some basic maintenance on the building.

Published May 25, 2021

St. Clair Shores Sentinel

Planting hope at Wigs 4 Kids

ST. CLAIR SHORES — Inspired by a grotto at the Solanus Casey Center in Detroit, a therapy garden is growing outside of the new home of Maggie’s Wigs 4 Kids of Michigan with help from local students and members of the Lions Club.

Published May 23, 2021

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Roseville nonprofit aims to help those who help others

ROSEVILLE — A new nonprofit recently opened its doors in Roseville, hoping to help those taking care of loved ones.

Ambidextrous artist helps Detroit nonprofit

Published May 22, 2021

Metro

Ambidextrous artist helps Detroit nonprofit

DETROIT — A Detroit nonprofit is getting a boost from a local artist who is pitching in with both hands.

Published May 13, 2021

Grosse Pointe Times

Community comes together to raise money for pregnant mom fighting cancer

GROSSE POINTE PARK — A director of nurses and the wife of a local youth pastor, Kayla Dupree was pregnant with her fourth child — the first boy after three girls — when she caught COVID-19.

The Farmington Hills Nature Center is open to the public, with appointments and drop-ins available. Pictured, children attend a maple sugaring event at the Farmington Hills Nature Center in 2018.

Published May 13, 2021

Farmington Press

Youth, family programming back up and running in Farmington Hills

FARMINGTON HILLS — With COVID-19 hitting just before spring and summer last year, most programs were canceled, and kids were left looking for different outlets.

Published May 12, 2021

C&G Newspapers

Michigan Veteran Homes set to open in Macomb County

MACOMB COUNTY — The projected move-in date for the first veterans is fast approaching at the state’s newest veterans home.

Published May 11, 2021

C&G Newspapers

McLaren Macomb donates $10,000 to Macomb Food Program

MACOMB COUNTY — Food insecurity is one of the most common, but often forgotten, repercussions of major crises.

Troy teen’s nonprofit promotes diversity, representation in ballet

Published May 8, 2021

Troy Times

Troy teen’s nonprofit promotes diversity, representation in ballet

TROY — International Academy East junior SoEun Park’s nonprofit, Stairway For Ballet, began like many other entrepreneurial ventures do: from personal experience.