The Neighborhood Service Organization (NSO) has launched a collaboration project with health systems and community-based agencies to establish a Recuperative Housing Center to help care for the homeless or those who need a place to stay after hospital stays. The center will provide 50 beds of temporary housing and continued care for patients who are […]
For 93 years, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan (BGCSM) has served the children in countless communities. Now it is expanding its programs to include adults and offering co-working spaces. The idea is part of its annual Friendship Club Reimagine Showcase and kicks off a two-year campaign to reimagine BGCSM. BGCSM will be […]
We all thought the 52-year-old Conner Avenue Assembly Plant died along with the Dodge Viper last year. Turns out we were wrong. FCA US LLC (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles) just announced the plant will get a second life and will house its concept and historic vehicle collection. And, that’s not all. The company is kicking off […]
No one wants their gas or electric service cut off, and there are multiple ways to avoid it. Sometimes, however, new technology gets in the way. Recently, the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) called on DTE Energy to explain why it cut off power to roughly 5,000 customers last year. The shutoffs occurred when the […]
Too often kids in Macomb, Oakland and Wayne Counties don’t get enough to eat in the summer. Thanks to a $500,000 grant from the FCA Foundation (Fiat-Chrysler) more of those children will have access to United Way for Southeastern Michigan’s Meet Up and Eat Up and School Breakfast Programs. While nearly 300,000 children in those […]
They seem to help everyone when help is most needed. For a century the United Way for Southeastern Michigan has worked diligently to respond to the most pressing challenges facing children, families, health and community in our region. In those 100 years its core mission has never changed. It remains focused on helping families and […]
Imagine what could happen in the city of Detroit if its residents had up to $80 million more to spend? Having this much more money in the community could be a game changer. That is why a new partnership between Mayor Mike Duggan, the Accounting Aid Society (AAS), the IRS, United Way for Southeastern Michigan […]