Safe Over Summer—it’s going to take all of us
A crisis is brewing right now in our community—a crisis that will hit children, families, and individuals like a ton of bricks. It’s going to make the hungry even hungrier, their hardships even harder....
View ArticleThe art of doing more with less money
Getting more done with less money sounds like an oxymoron. Doesn’t it? With US inflation rate put at 2.9 percent as at June 2018, things like office supplies, groceries and gas are costing more....
View ArticleExigent Season, Extraordinary Seniors
It’s cold season again, and cities like Detroit, Highland Park and Port Huron where we have residential programs for people in dire need usually get colder than many cities in the United States. With...
View ArticleHarsh Weather Further Tests Generosity of Michiganders …
If there is a phraseology that best captures the attitude of fellow Michiganders when the going gets tough, it is perhaps Ralph Waldo Emerson’s maxim that “difficulties exist to be surmounted.”...
View ArticleGiving second chances all year round
“Sometimes in our lives we all have pain We all have sorrow But if we are wise We know that there’s always tomorrow Lean on me, when you’re not strong And I’ll be your friend I’ll help you carry on...
View ArticleSummer’s Terrible Secrets
When some people think of summer, they’re thinking of vacation plans, trips to the beach, and family get-togethers. For many others though, summer is a very scary time. Here are a few reasons why...
View ArticleLand of the Free, Home of the Brave
“O say can you see, by the dawn’s early light, What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight O’er the ramparts we watch’d...
View ArticleWhat To Do When Work Disinterests You
It’s 11am and you get that priceless phone call from HR that says YOU ARE HIRED. Woohoo! You feel on top of the world, and eagerly break the good news to friends and family. Being in your best of...
View ArticleThe gift of a meal is a gift of hope this Thanksgiving season . . ....
The gift of a meal is a gift of hope this Thanksgiving season . . . especially to someone like Terrell. Terrell never saw it coming, but one of life’s perfect storms slammed into him and wiped him out...
View ArticleThe Less Fortunate Love Surprises Too
Pleasant surprises. Mind-bowing gifts and gestures. Try them with your spouse, children, friends, employees, parents, clients and see. Who doesn’t love them? The fact is, I love surprising people...
View ArticleImpact Report 2019
Thank you for sharing help and hope with your neighbors in need! So many lives have been saved and changed thanks to your partnership in 2019.* Take a moment now to count the numbers, see the faces,...
View ArticleDeadly Winter on the Streets of Detroit
Winter on the streets of Detroit can be deadly—just ask Isaac. Shackled by an addiction he could not overcome, Isaac called our city streets home for six long, painful years. It was a cold January day...
View ArticleYES, THIRD PARTY VALIDATION WORKS
I am yet to come across an individual or organization that would rather have people think the worst of them. We all want people to think of us as good, smart, efficient, effective and reliable – just...
View ArticleMetro Detroiters never disappoint in crisis times
In many ways, we are in uncharted territory. Even the foremost experts in infectious disease control and prevention can’t tell us where the COVID-19 pandemic is heading, and when it will cease to...
View ArticleThe Good Neighbors Fighting COVID-19
We all have friends, family, colleagues and neighbors negatively impacted by COVID-19. Don’t we? Some are either sick, recovering, retrenched or struggling to get needed medications and food supplies...
View ArticleSafe Over Summer — Yes, we can!
This will be a summer unlike any other. So many families and individuals in our community are still in shock from the ravages of the coronavirus. They’ve lost jobs, homes . . . and loved ones. And the...
View ArticleKindness to Seniors: The More, The Better
I have often written about the kindness of metro Detroiters because it continues to inspire me. That someone would act in support and encouragement of someone else especially outside their own family,...
View ArticleWhat Detroit’s Boys and Girls Need Now . . . and in the Days Ahead
For decades, support from a caring community has made it possible for DRMM to feed the hungry, shelter the homeless, assist the unemployed as they rebuild, and help the addicted break free from drugs...
View ArticleRemote Work is Not for Everyone
You’ve probably heard or read important studies by Gallup, Airtasker and others that show remote employees are more productive than their in-office counterparts. I have. And as an employer, it was...
View ArticleCRISIS RESPONSE UPDATE:
THANK YOU for Delivering Help and Hope to Neighbors in Need! From the day COVID-19 was on the radar here at DRMM, caring friends and donors have rallied with prayer and generous support to ensure this...
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