Reinventing Dementia and Alzheimer’s Care
No report on the state of aging in America today can be complete without a discussion of memory loss and dementia. An estimated 5.3 million Americans of all ages have...
Nov 15th 2015
Music, Art and Memory
Harnessing the power of art and music to help seniors affected by Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. The Community Foundation recently funded two programs in the region that are harnessing the...
Apr 15th 2015
Schools Promote Healthy Habits
Helping schools in Detroit solidify the health outcomes achieved by Project Healthy Schools Reducing childhood obesity and its long-term cardio-vascular health risks is the goal of Project Healthy Schools, a...
Apr 15th 2015
Reducing Pre-Term Births In Detroit
Infant mortality, measured as infant deaths before the age of 1 year per 1,000 live births, is higher in the United States than in most developed countries. The problem is...
Apr 6th 2015
CPR Training for Firefighters
With help from a DMC Foundation grant of $51,000, a program at the Detroit Medical Center is training hundreds of firefighters in adult and infant CPR and basic lifesaving, including...
Apr 6th 2015
Regional Youth Leadership Update
Training and Research Helps Develop Youth Today into Leaders of Tomorrow How do we best foster civic engagement and community service among young people? What are their interests and needs,...
Sep 24th 2014
Agency Endowment Offers Many Advantages
Building a Stable Financial Future Building a long-term, revenue-producing endowment is one of the best ways a nonprofit organization can build a stable financial future for their work. That’s why...
Sep 22nd 2014
Promoting Healthy Food
The Double Up Food Bucks program has become the national model for increasing access to healthy food among low-income families. The 2014 federal Farm Bill allocates millions of dollars...
Jul 14th 2014
Expanding Greenways
In 2013, work began on the long-awaited extension of the Dequindre Cut greenway. The landscaped hiking and biking path will continue north through the Eastern Market to Mack Avenue, where...
Jul 14th 2014
Serving LGBT Seniors
LGBT seniors face a range of unique inequalities as they age. As members of the LGBT community grow older, new hurdles arise that they may not have had to deal...
Jul 14th 2014