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WDIV Local 4 launches โHelp Deskโ to connect audiences to community information
Read full article: WDIV Local 4 launches โHelp Deskโ to connect audiences to community informationWDIV Local 4 launched โHelp Deskโ to create an audience-driven community information portal to help viewers and users meet their information needs.
Pure Heart Foundation helps break the cycle: โYou are not your parentโs incarcerationโ
Read full article: Pure Heart Foundation helps break the cycle: โYou are not your parentโs incarcerationโFour out of 10 children in Detroit have a parent who is behind bars. Statistics also show that children with incarcerated parents are seven times more likely to go to prison instead of college.
Metro Detroit program helps addicts in recovery by providing support
Read full article: Metro Detroit program helps addicts in recovery by providing supportAddiction problems increased during the COVID pandemic and because of that, a Metro Detroit program is hoping to make a difference for addicts in recovery.
Metro Detroit clinic offers minimal cost mental health support to those in need
Read full article: Metro Detroit clinic offers minimal cost mental health support to those in needThe Michigan School of Psychology has officially opened a clinic meant to offer mental health care at a minimal cost to people in Metro Detroit.
Ann Arborโs 24th Cheesecakerie helps craft pastry stout for โSupport Black Businesses Beer Seriesโ
Read full article: Ann Arborโs 24th Cheesecakerie helps craft pastry stout for โSupport Black Businesses Beer SeriesโCo-owner of 24th CC, Sean Brezzell, recently collaborated with Five Shores Brewing and beer blogger Siren of Stout to craft a pastry stout as part of its โSupport Black Businesses Beer Series.โ The February beer is the first in the series, which coincides with Black History Month. Read: Family-run 24th CC fills cheesecake void in Ann Arbor food sceneSiren of Stoutโs Barb Baker and Five Shores brewmaster Oliver Roberts developed the beer recipe that features 24th CCโs sweet potato pies. Ad24th Cheesecakerie's sweet potato pies go into the mash to create a pastry stout with Five Shores Brewing and Siren of Stout. (Barb Baker)โThe 24th Cheesecakerie is a third generation business and they make stellar cakes and pies,โ Baker wrote A4 via email. The limited edition beer will be released on Feb. 26 and can be purchased on the Five Shores Brewing website with pick up options in Royal Oak and at Cultivate in Ypsilanti.
Metro Detroit nonprofit protects trafficking victims amid pandemic
Read full article: Metro Detroit nonprofit protects trafficking victims amid pandemicPONTIAC, Mich. โ As many businesses struggle to weather the pandemic, nonprofits are also fighting to stay afloat. When a woman is saved from trafficking, they need to find a place to find themselves and be brought back to life. Hope Against Trafficking, a nonprofit based out of Pontiac, is one of those places. RELATED: Hope Against Trafficking creates safe space for victims in Southeast MichiganFighting and saving survivors of human trafficking is difficult work to begin with without a pandemic. Hope Against Trafficking is a nonprofit organization which benefits from tremendous volunteers and community involvement.