Detroit

D2N in Detroit is truly a collaborative effort – partners, donors, board members 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. Today WSU Medical students run Health Nights, part of our Community Health Program at two of Brilliant Detroit’s hubs. Team Alex continues to volunteer at Brilliant Detroit work days.

D2N Board member David Contorer participated in Black Leaders Detroit’s (BLD) recent seminar on fund development in the nonprofit sector alongside Building Better Men’s (BBM) Odis Bellinger. 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, BBM has gone fishing, learned about bicycle safety and business with D2N.

And it goes on and on…. 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.

As part of D2N's Community Health Program, a recent Health Night program on respiratory health included examining a diseased smoker's lung
Figure Skating in Detroit teaches leadership skills, skating, commitment to academic achievement and life balance to young women. D2N is excited about our next steps with the organization.

Projects

Projects: 19 / 19
  • Community Health Program
    #Education #Health #Public Health #Community
  • Black Leaders Detroit
    #Community
  • Building Better Men
    #Education #Health #Community
  • Figure Skating in Detroit
    #Education #Health #Community
  • Avalon Village
    #Health #Community
  • S.A.Y Detroit Family Health Clinic
    #Health
  • Detroit Outdoors
    #Health #Community
  • S.A.Y. Detroit Play Center
    #Education #Community
  • D2N Detroit COVID-19 Relief Initiative
    #Education #Health #Community
  • Parker Village
    #Health #Community
  • Soulardarity
    #Community
  • Buckets of Rain
    #Health #Community
  • Project No Stand Zone
    #Community
  • WNUC 96.7 FM
    #Health #Community
  • Piety Hill Pocket Parks
    #Community
  • Pediatric Rehabilitation Department at William Beaumont Hospital
    #Health
  • Bike Program
    #Health
  • Long Term Follow-Up Clinic at William Beaumont Hospital
    #Health
  • DAPCEP/Promise Schools
    #Education

Project locations