Charities/Service Clubs

Published August 19, 2019

More flea market dates set for downtown Utica

UTICA — After a successful Junk in the Trunk flea market in June, another two rounds of flea markets will be returning to downtown Utica.

Teams participate in the Walk to End Alzheimer’s at the Detroit Zoo last year. The event will take place Saturday, Aug. 24, this year.

Published August 13, 2019

Royal Oak Review

Walk to End Alzheimer’s to return to Detroit Zoo

ROYAL OAK — On Aug. 24, thousands of walkers will join together at the Detroit Zoo in conjunction with more than 600 communities across the country to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research.

Published August 9, 2019

Madison - Park News

Congregate meal program offers seniors free or low-cost meals

MADISON HEIGHTS — The Madison Heights Active Adult Center not only offers opportunities for recreation and socializing, but it also continues to support a congregate meal program open to anyone ages 50 and older.

Published August 9, 2019

Mount Clemens - Clinton - Harrison Journal

Benefit on the Bay fundraiser returns Aug. 23

HARRISON TOWNSHIP — One of the leading fundraising events for the Capuchin Soup Kitchen returns to Harrison Township for its 26th year on Aug. 23.

Published August 7, 2019

Madison - Park News

Donations needed for ‘diaper bank’ to help families raising kids

MADISON HEIGHTS — A city councilman in Madison Heights has teamed up with a local day care to start distributing donated diapers, baby formula, wipes and other items to parents who are raising young children and could use some help covering these expenses.

Published August 2, 2019

St. Clair Shores Sentinel

Guns ‘n’ Hoses to return Aug. 10 in St. Clair Shores

ST. CLAIR SHORES — The St. Clair Shores Fire Department has had the 2017 Guns ‘n’ Hoses trophy in its possession for a couple of years.

Published July 31, 2019

Madison - Park News

Donations needed for family who lost everything in fire

HAZEL PARK — In the span of four days, the Hazel Park Fire Department responded to two house fires. The fires occurred under very different circumstances: one house was hit by a firebomb in the dead of night, while the other caught fire during the day from what appears to have been an electrical malfunction.

Published July 26, 2019

Mount Clemens - Clinton - Harrison Journal

Daughters of Macomb to gather for annual parade, celebration

MOUNT CLEMENS — And this year’s Grand DOM is … Sandy Morisette. Morisette will be honored during the 16th annual meeting of the Daughters of Macomb social group Aug. 1 in Mount Clemens.

Published July 26, 2019

Madison - Park News

New group in Madison Heights aims to address homelessness

MADISON HEIGHTS — Recognizing that bad things can happen to good people, a new group is forming in Madison Heights with the goal of helping the homeless.

Published July 23, 2019

Rochester Post

Donations for school supply drive collected through Aug. 9

ROCHESTER/ROCHESTER HILLS/OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — The Rochester Area Neighborhood House, in partnership with Ascension Providence Rochester and the Assistance League of Southeastern Michigan, is hosting the Blast Off 2 School school supply drive to provide school supplies, back-to-school clothing and over 400 backpacks to children in need.

Fleece & Thank You founder Nicholas Kristock poses July 11 in the nonprofit’s new warehouse in Farmington Hills, where they store all the blanket-making materials and host blanket-making events.

Published July 22, 2019

Farmington Press

Fleece & Thank You joins Farmington Hills community

FARMINGTON HILLS — From building blankets in his parent’s basement to “busting out the seams” of the previous 3,000-square foot headquarters, Nicholas Kristock, former international soccer player turned social entrepreneur and founder of Fleece & Thank You, has seen an exceptional amount of growth in his nonprofit in the short three and a half years since its inception.

Published July 22, 2019

Farmington Press

Farmington Hills teen hopes her story shows impact one person can have

FARMINGTON HILLS — Rosie Burns-Pavlik, a recent graduate of Harrison High School, really started to take charge of her ability to give back after babysitting twin boys of a woman being supported by Freedom House.

Published July 19, 2019

Mount Clemens - Clinton - Harrison Journal

Fundraiser in Mount Clemens to benefit service dog program

MOUNT CLEMENS — To aid in Blue Star Service Dogs’ ongoing mission, Bark-E-Que will continue the annual tradition with a fundraiser Aug. 9 at the American Legion Post 4 in Mount Clemens.

Published July 16, 2019

Farmington Press

Farmington man creates grassroots Stop the Bleed nonprofit

FARMINGTON HILLS — Prompted by the increased number of Americans dying from substantial blood loss, one Farmington resident and the Chairman of the Greater Farmington Area Emergency Preparedness Commission, Douglas Reynolds, 60, decided to create a grassroots effort to educate people on how they can help right here at home.

Dignitaries break ground on the Clay Center Campus to End Homelessness in Detroit June 14. The center will be located at 3364 Mack Ave. on the former site of the Detroit Police Department’s 7th Precinct.

Published July 12, 2019

Advertiser Times

NSO breaks ground on campus to fight homelessness

DETROIT — New resources will be available for the homeless population of Detroit next year following the groundbreaking for the Neighborhood Service Organization’s new Clay Center Campus to End Homelessness.

Published July 5, 2019

St. Clair Shores Sentinel

A fresh start in the ‘House of Hope’ in St. Clair Shores

ST. CLAIR SHORES — With a triumphant exclamation — “I cut seven times!” — 6-year-old Wyatt Rewoldt helped christen his brand-new home on Joan Street with a ribbon cutting and a house blessing.

Published July 1, 2019

Grosse Pointe Times

Ralph and Mary Wilson’s philanthropy honored at Legacy on the Lake

GROSSE POINTE SHORES — The Grosse Pointe Chamber of Commerce’s annual Legacy on the Lake honors some of the Grosse Pointes’ most noteworthy philanthropists, so it comes as no surprise that this year’s recipients were the late Ralph C. Wilson Jr. and his wife, Mary.

Published June 26, 2019

Mount Clemens - Clinton - Harrison Journal

Crocker House, MADD co-hosting vigil

MOUNT CLEMENS — An evening of remembrance and healing will be held in Mount Clemens July 9 for those in Macomb County who share the enormous loss of having had a loved one whose life was violently taken from them.