It’s a given. No kid should ever go hungry. That has become increasingly difficult as schools closed due to the coronavirus crisis, eliminating healthy meals for millions of children. To help get more nutritious food to those children, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), has partnered with No Kid Hungry, to support its grantees ‒ schools, food […]
Calandra Walker Jarrell looks at the audience in the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History’s General Motors Theater before making a slightly unexpected announcement. “We’re going to have some fun,” says Jarrell, Bank of America’s Global HR Diversity & Inclusion executive. She’s the moderator of “A Courageous Conversation: The Art of Impact.” “This […]
Metro Detroit families and individuals facing difficult financial decisions will get more help from 39 Detroit nonprofits thanks to a $1.1 million award from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation. The foundation celebrated its annual “Detroit Day of Giving” on Nov. 14 by distributing the dollars to the organizations that work to ensure individuals and […]
Detroit’s most prominent anti-poverty organization will continue an annual tradition at 11 a.m. Oct. 14. Focus: HOPE’s 44th annual March for HOPE is expected to draw thousands of metro Detroiters into the city and Highland Park where they will walk for the goal of bringing awareness to socioeconomic issues and challenges. The theme of 2018’s […]
Every month students from the University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy of the Sacred Heart team up to pack and deliver food from Focus: Hope to low-income, homebound senior citizens. In September they delivered the boxes to 60 senior citizens at Warren Apartments. Here are pictures from the 360th consecutive month of Focus:Hope food packing […]
Christmas will come a little early for 42 Detroit families adopted by students at the University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy. The students will deliver gifts and food to the families on Dec. 14. It’s part of the school’s annual Focus:Hope Christmas Celebration, now in its 29th year. Beginning on Nov. 7 each […]
An increasing number of Detroit neighborhoods are garnering unprecedented interest and investment. That’s a good thing for everyone, according to Matt Elliott, Bank of America’s (BOA) Michigan market president, who is excited to see evidence of rising property values in pocketed blocks throughout Detroit. The gaps? That’s what Elliott and his team look to lessen […]