Home Sweet Home for Texana Hollis
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...Texana Hollis Will Return Home
Today, the home of 101-year-old Detroit resident Texana Hollis was returned to her, and will be in better shape than ever after a home makeover from Mitch Albom and Say Detroit. Hollis was moved to tears during the ceremony, proclaiming that this was the...Mother Batie’s Kitchen Gets New Name, Look, and Life
Last fall, through The Heart of Detroit and a stirring article in the Free Press, Mitch introduced us to Mother Maude Batie. A pillar of the community, she has been serving hot meals to those in need for over 40 years. And today, with the help of local...Studio Auction Winners Visit WJR
Visitors from the Milford YMCA and Huron Valley Educational Association tour the studio.CHRISTMAS IN DETROIT 3: Help the Homeless Through Music
Detroit’s top celebrities and musicians are joining together for charity this holiday season, lending their time and talent to “Christmas in Detroit,” a holiday CD set benefitting the homeless and the needy in the Metro-Detroit area. Christmas in Detroit is a unique...S.A.Y. Detroit Charity Golf Tournament to be Broadcast Live on August 24, 2009
Mitch Albom is teaming up with Mercedes-Benz of St. Clair Shores and Cooper-Standard Automotive for a charity golf tournament at the DETROIT GOLF CLUB benefitting S.A.Y. DETROIT and Wayne State University College of Nursing. S.A.Y. Detroit is the...Albom Charity Funds S.A.Y. Detroit Family Health Clinic
On Wednesday. December 17, 2008, S.A.Y. Detroit, the organization formed by Mitch Albom to aid the homeless in Detroit, and the Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries opened the first ever free medical clinic devoted entirely to homeless children and their mothers. Open...$5,400 Dollars Raised for Detroit’s Homeless
In an online auction conducted at mitchalbom.com, and live on the radio on the Mitch Albom Show, generous golf fans bid a total of $5,400 on two Executive Packages for the 2008 PGA Championship at Oakland Hills. All proceeds from the auction will...![Our Readers Help S.A.Y. Detroit Salvage Lives](https://www.mitchalbom.com/wp-content/webp-express/webp-images/uploads/2015/10/1000px-Detroit_Free_Press_Logo_svg1.png.webp)
Our Readers Help S.A.Y. Detroit Salvage Lives
Last year, it was nothing more than a dusty storage area. Old pipes. Dirty walls. Dim lighting. Boxes piled high. It was the southeastern corner of a homeless shelter building operated by the Michigan Veterans Foundation.
Through these doors come 160 veterans a day, men who have served this country, worn the uniform, in some cases taken bullets or shrapnel, and who are now, for whatever reason, homeless.
“We could really use a kitchen,” the executive director, Tobi Geibig, told me back then.
“Where would you put it?” I asked.