May 13, 2020 | Adult Programs, Adults, Family, Featured, News, Parents, Poverty, Success Story, The Matrix Center
Being a recipient of our annual Angel Tree – Adopt a Family for the Holidays event and having a 2-year-old daughter in our Head Start – East Lake Center, Ms. Jasmine Mack was already in contact with our Family Advocate, Ms. Felicia Cash when she became...
Apr 1, 2020 | Adults, Community, Employee Spotlight, Family, Featured, GivingTuesday, News, Parents, Poverty, Seniors
On April 1st, we completed the 2nd day of our Community Donation Drive at our downtown office. Food from Eastern Market Partnership was organized into care packages along with donated essentials like toilet paper, diapers, wipes, toothbrushes, hand sanitizers, and...
Dec 14, 2019 | Adults, Community, Events, Family, Featured, MatrixMission, Mission Partners, News, Parents, Poverty, Seniors, Sponsor Stories, Sponsors, The Matrix Center, Volunteer
On December 14th, 2019, over one hundred families visited The Matrix Center on McNichols and Gratiot for our annual Angel Tree, holiday gift giving and food event for families who would otherwise go without during the holidays. Donors were able to meet the families...
Dec 2, 2019 | Adults, Early Childhood, Family, Matrix Head Start, News, Parents, Poverty, The Matrix Center
When Munira and Khalid dropped their daughter off at Matrix Human Services Head Start for the first time, Munira couldn’t help but cry. It was literally the first time she allowed their daughter Ghaziya to be watched by someone else. Since she was born,...
Nov 1, 2019 | Adult Programs, Adults, Careers, Featured, News, Poverty, Success Story, The Matrix Center
Ladaisha Cotton has had her share of struggles that has kept employment further from reach than the average job seeker. With a criminal history including felonies, Ladaisha couldn’t even find work at McDonalds. Since there is no federal law that prohibits...
Oct 31, 2019 | Adult Programs, Adults, Community, Featured, News, Poverty, Success Story
Meet Albert, who for decades, was living in a home previously owned by his aunt but was lost to tax foreclosure because of a job loss. Because of financial circumstances, Albert lived without running water in the home for about two years due to a shut off. Growing up...
