We’re midway through August which means teachers, children, and families are getting ready for another school year! Our partners here at SHARE Detroit are also gearing up to host back-to-school events and are putting out calls for community members to shop their wish lists to help them provide much needed school supplies to children in need. Providing students with classroom essentials first and foremost eases the financial strain of back-to-school shopping on families.
Powering Up Social Good this Summer!
Grab your colleagues, family & friends and venture out to Do Good!
“Volunteering is the ultimate expression of community spirit.” – Colin Powell
“Cancer is a word, not a sentence.” - John Diamond
June is National Cancer Survivors Month! According to The National Cancer Institute, cancer survivors make up 5.4% of the United States’ population, with 47% of survivors living 10 years past their cancer diagnosis and 67% of survivors being 65 and older.
With its welcoming parks, beautiful nature preserves and conservancies, formidable and serene rivers, and long border on one of Michigan’s Great Lakes, the environment of Southeastern Michigan is one worth taking care of! At SHARE Detroit, we are partnered with many environmentally based nonprofits and our website can make it easier to find nearby organizations and opportunities to support!
“We have simply got to make people aware that none of us are free until we’re all free.” — Opal Lee
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”
— Emma Lazarus, “The New Colossus”
“There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn't.” - John Green
As we mentioned last month in our newsletter, SHARE Detroit’s executive director Janette Philips made an incredible connection between two of our nonprofit partners: A Beautiful Me and A Girl Like Me. I was able to speak to Karen Palka of A Beautiful Me and Tyra Moore of A Girl Like Me to learn more about what led up to their meeting and what came of it.
