Serving Metropolitan Detroit Since 1944
Serving Metropolitan Detroit Since 1944
Sorted by date Results 401 - 425 of 718
Black PR Wire) Why on earth should you bother to learn to swim at your age? Because swimming is one of the best, low-impact ways to get your whole body into gear. It works practically all of the muscles in the body and can develop strength, cardiovascular fitness and endurance. In addition, this healthy activity can be practiced for a lifetime, as it is a great form of fitness for all ages. So what exactly are the benefits of swimming? Here's why: 1.) Easy on the Body Swimming is a good fitness...
Westland, MI - Due to the recent wet weather, the City of Westland is being proactive in its fight against the summer pest through a comprehensive mosquito abatement program. This program is designed to eliminate mosquito larvae in standing water before hatching. Beginning next week, The Department of Public Service will physically insert Natural G30 WSP Spinosad Briquettes to 7,300 catch basins throughout our community that may pose as a potential mosquito breeding ground. The remainder will...
From coast to coast, local and federal law enforcement agencies are finding some bad players who are preying on the public's fears in order to profit from the pandemic. The sale of fake COVID-19 vaccination cards is a new and growing fraudulent action that's sweeping the nation during the pandemic. More than 150 million Americans have received a small white card with a federal logo that serves as a valid COVID-19 vaccination card and shows they're fully vaccinated. In some cities, these cards...
Community volunteers came out again to help clean up the Ecorse Creek. This team is continuing with the work they started last year. Each month they come out and do a little bit more to make this area a clean pathway for water transportation. This is the second Clean Up this summer with two more to go. Volunteers traveled down the Ecorse Creek in canoes and kayaks and pulled debris from the water and along the sides of the creek. During this day at the two locations they removed over 1,000...
The delta variant of the coronavirus now accounts for roughly 83 percent of all U.S. COVID-19 cases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky announced on Tuesday, July 20. "The best way to prevent the spread of COVID-19 variants is to prevent the spread of disease, and vaccination is the most powerful tool we have," Dr. Walensky asserted during a U.S. Senate hearing. On July 3, the CDC noted that the delta variant accounted for about half of U.S. COVID cases....
(StatePoint) Despite significant gains in vaccinations and fighting COVID-19, the rise of the more transmissible Delta variant poses a significant risk for unvaccinated people. "We are at a critical moment in the COVID-19 pandemic. We have the vaccines and public health measures necessary to protect people and stop the spread of the virus, but the onus is on all of us to get vaccinated in order to protect ourselves and our communities. Despite the gains we have made, the dangers -- particularly...
July is National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month and the month offers organizations of all types and sizes a wonderful opportunity to create mental health awareness in diverse communities. The US House of Representatives proclaimed July as this special month in 2008, aiming to improve access to mental health treatment and services through increased public awareness. Since then, many organizations have hosted a variety of events and activities in communities across the country each year. T...
The most dangerous drivers on the road are users of alcohol and marijuana. When you consume alcohol or marijuana right before driving you engage in a certain type of behavior that's dangerous for you, others on the road near you, and innocent bystanders. When users drive under the influence they become more aggressive drivers who are more likely to engage in speeding, running red lights intentionally, and texting while driving. These are dangerous behaviors that impaired drivers take part in....
As life starts to return to a "new" normal from the COVID-19 pandemic, we are slowly coming to a point where the number of COVID-19 cases are decreasing. More and more individuals are able to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S. Over the course of the pandemic, we have seen COVID-19 take the lives of family members, friends, colleagues, and loved ones. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as of July 9, 2021, a total of 2,297,764 people have been hospitalized in...
Since Friday night, Wayne Metro Community Action Agency has been working alongside local leaders and organizations to support residents who experienced severe flooding due to the rain event of June 25th and 26th. Wayne Metro is able to dispatch PATH (Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness) Teams to help relocate residents to temporary, emergency housing while home clean up efforts take place. The Agency is also accepting applications for emergency food and supplies, rent and...
As a young woman, La'Gina Washington became caregiver to her elderly grandparents. The role nurtured the characteristics of compassion and patience within her, she says. It also taught her a bit about seeking our services for vulnerable populations. Now years later, Washington is using those abilities to give back to her hometown of Inkster, where she was born and raised. In November 2019, Washington was elected to Inkster City Council to serve the city's second district. Washington says her...
Juneteenth (officially a federal holiday [17 June 2021] in the United States and known as Jubilee Day, Freedom Day and Black Independence Day) is the date June 19th commemorating the emancipation of enslavement. Festivals, parades, cookouts and other events such as popup shops, brunches and plenty of outdoor activities were featured to celebrate the day. This Juneteenth, six young ladies Dejanea "DJ" Wilson, Brittney "BritBrat" Newton, Kim Byers, Mikaylia "KayKay" Holland, Myisha "Missy"...
On Wednesday morning, June 23, a collection of non-profit and community organizations, along with industrial partners, volunteers, and community members descended on the Fort Street Bridge Park in Detroit to observe National Pollinator Week by planting some native pollinator-friendly plants in the park's rain garden. This year National Pollinator Week was observed June 21 to 27. Brian Yopp, Director or Programs and Operations for Motor Cities National Heritage Area, a non-profit corporation...
In 1971, Focus: HOPE beganproviding supplemental food for pregnant and post-partum mothers, infants and children up to age six, through its participation in the federal Commodity Supplemental Food Program. In 1982, the organization turned its attention to low-income senior citizens in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, and Washtenaw Counties. Focus: HOPE's Food for Seniors Program operates three food distribution locations, two in Detroit and one in Inkster. Russell Estill, Assistant Manager of Focus:...
In 2019, a group of eight women, ages 56 to 77 years old, from southeast Michigan met through the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP). The group, including their lifestyle coach, bonded with each other and remain friends to this day. During the physical activity portion of DPP, the new friends decided to meet early before each weekly class and walk around the parking lot. Each starting from a different fitness level,the group enjoyed walking. They reached their DPP goals slowly but safely, losing...
DETROIT, June 23, 2021 - In response to the public health emergency and the risk posed by a resurgence of COVID-19, Detroit's Chief Public Health Officer Denise Fair issued an emergency public health order extending the restrictions in place for the Open Meetings Act until July 31, 2021. This order, issued today, is aimed at reducing transmission of COVID-19 and variants. The order states that action is necessary to reduce transmission of COVID-19 and to protect the public's health in Detroit,...
1. One in seven African-American men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime. 2. African-American men are 2.2 times as likely as white men to die of prostate cancer. 3. It is estimated that 29,750 African-American men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2021. 4. African-American men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer more than U.S. men of any other race. They are 1.8 times more likely than white men to be diagnosed with prostate cancer during their lifetime. 5. Nearly...
he Westland Police Department kicked off the inaugural Neighborhood Safety Program at Rotary Park on Saturday, June 5, 2021. The purpose of the meeting was to address neighborhood concerns including, traffic neighbor disputes, vandalism, thefts, potential drug activity and safety and for neighbors to meet one another. This meeting was directed toward businesses and homes between Marquette/Cherry Hill Roads and Wayne/Radcliff. The Westland Community Police team was there to listen to resident's c...
As we celebrate Father's Day all across America, did you know that it first began on the 3rd Sunday of June, in 1972. At first, a day being dedicated to them was not easily accepted. Now the day is spent celebrating fathers, grandfathers, uncles and father figures that are in our lives with gift giving and food. It's been told, that nothing compares to the day when a man becomes a father. He finally experiences a love that he didn't know existed. Some fathers credit that having a child, helped t...
Western Wayne Family Health Centers has expanded the opportunities for all to access primary care services with the launch of its brand-new mobile clinic on May 27th. The inaugural event was done in partnership with Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency and targeted people experiencing homelessness who wanted to get COVID19 vaccine and a physical. The mobile unit will be used to take health care to neighborhoods and agencies serving people who may have difficulty getting to one of the...
his June, Brooke Johnson will be graduating from Wayne Memorial High School and will then head to Eastern Michigan University this fall with the goal of becoming a special education teacher. Education is Johnson's passion, as evidenced by the support she has shown both teachers and students in the Wayne-Westland Community Schools District. After attending a Civitan Youth Leadership and Diversity Conference, a youth leadership seminar, in Indiana in 2019, Johnson was inspired to be a catalyst...
On Sunday, May 23, the Krank It Up Ryderz Bicycle Club hosted it Annual Breast Cancer Survivorship Ride at Detroit's Palmer Park. More than 75 bicyclists from nearly a dozen bicycle clubs in the region, including Toledo, came out in support of the effort. Curtrise Garner of EZ Riders Bicycle Club of Detroit says, "I'm an avid cyclist...some of us ride regularly every day of the week then when there are special events like this, we come out and support other clubs." Krank It Up Ryderz Club Presid...
ECORSE -- ReLeaf Michigan, a statewide non-profit tree organization, in partnership with the City of Ecorse and the Detroit Zoological Society is looking for volunteers to help plant 15 trees in Ecorse on Saturday morning, June12th from 8:45 AM – 12:00 PM. The planting is being done to increase tree cover at Beach Street Park, providing shade and adding beauty to the park. COVID protocols are in place and will be followed. Masks are required. Volunteers are asked to wear closed-toe shoes, c...
Westland - The Westland Police Department has developed a new community policing initiative called the Westland Police Neighborhood Safety Program. "Our Police Department recognizes that every neighborhood has different concerns and public safety needs," Mayor William R. Wild. "The goal of this program is to meet directly with the residents of specific neighborhoods to discuss their concerns." Working in partnership with neighborhood residents, the Westland Police Department will identify and...
Since 1986, Friends of the Rouge (FOTR) has been busily working to raise awareness of the need to clean up the Rouge River and restore and protect the Rouge River Watershed through stewardship, education, and cooperative efforts. The river runs 127 miles throughout metro Detroit. The four main branches of the Rouge River cover the watershed, a 467-square mile area which drains into the Detroit River. Creeks, tributaries, lakes, and ponds abound and most of the lower and middle branches flow...
