Detroit

D2N in Detroit is truly a collaborative effort – partners, donors, board members (November 2023 Newsletter) and volunteers all share resources and work together to bring out the best in each other. Partners do not just receive funding; they receive what they have determined what it is they need. This can be in the form of volunteers, administrative assistance or technical skills.

Nowhere was this more evident than during the COVID crisis, when D2N volunteers planted and weeded at Buckets of Rain and various partners came together to not only open a walk-in testing site in Highland Park but form the Highland Park Community Crisis Coalition (HPC3.) During the pandemic HPC3 served as one-stop source for information and services.

In 2019 Wayne State University (WSU) Public Health students worked with the S.A.Y. Detroit Family Clinic and Avalon Village to identify barriers to primary care access, social support and food security. WSU Medical students ran Health Nights, part of our Community Health Program at two of Brilliant Detroit’s hubs. Team Alex volunteered at Brilliant Detroit work days.

To celebrate Black History Month BLD provides 20 grants to Detroit nonprofit organizations. In February 2024 BLD awarded one of these grants to Figure Skating in Detroit.

Housed at S.A.Y Play, Building Better Men has learned about bicycle safety from Team Alex, ice climbed with Detroit Outdoors, fished with D2N as well as honing their organizational skills with D2N.

Information about all our programs in Detroit can be found below.

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Note: The murals pictured throughout the Detroit pages can be found on Glendale Avenue in Highland Park near the S.A.Y. Detroit Family Health Clinic. The murals were created by Jasmine Harris of Cr8tive Minds and funded by a grant from the DMC Foundation.