The Metro: Women’s Service Day set for Thursday across metro Detroit

This week, over 100 volunteers will fan out across metro Detroit to help local organizations that support women.

The fourth annual Women’s Service Day, taking place on Thursday, Sept. 26, is a collaboration between the nonprofit Share Detroit and automotive interiors supplier Yanfeng.

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Volunteers will work with organizations like Starfish Family Services, Capuchin Services Center and Mint Artist Guild — among several more — helping them complete various tasks, from stocking shelves and completing yard work to making blankets and working with children.

Volunteer Specialist with Share Detroit Karen Boyd and Director of IT at Yanfeng Priya Gurumurthy joined The Metro on Tuesday to share more about the annual day of service and the importance of giving back. 

Use the media player above to hear the interview with Boyd and Gurumurthy.

More headlines from The Metro on Sept. 24, 2024:

• Eastern Market  — like many other markets in metro Detroit — has a food waste problem. This growing issue, and some potential solutions, were outlined in a recent report for Planet Detroit by the media organization’s Executive Editor Nina Ignaczak.  Ignaczak joined The Metro to share more insights from her reporting.
• The children’s book “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” by Laura Numeroff was published in 1985, selling more than 15 million copies and translated into 13 languages. It’s also been weaponized by some conservatives to stoke fear of government welfare. Slate Senior Producer and host of WDET’s MichMash Cheyna Roth joined the show to discuss how children’s books are becoming more politicized. She reported on the topic for the “Decoder Ring” podcast. 
• The foreclosure of Detroit homes has been going down. That’s according to a recent article from freelance journalist Alex Alsup. In the piece, “Detroit’s Sweat Equity,” Alsup explores the ways Detroiters are purchasing and rehabbing homes from the tax foreclosure auction. Earlier this month, Alsup and the Executive Director of Building Community Value Chase Cantrell spoke with Created Equal  host Stephen Henderson about the positive trend of Detroiters fixing, selling and owning homes.
• Metro Detroit educators are being honored Tuesday night at the Detroit Cultural Center Association’s second annual Educator’s Night. The free event will allow teachers to access resources offered by seven local institutions associated with Detroit’s Cultural Center. WDET’s Jack Filbrandt spoke with DCCA Program Director Annmarie Boroucki about the event.

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