Jun 26, 2020 | Adult Programs, Adults, Community, Family, Featured, Matrix Mission, MatrixMission, Mission Partners, News, Poverty, Press Release, The Matrix Center
In June 2020, Matrix was awarded a grant from United Way of Southeast Michigan – Emergency Food and Shelter Program to provide direct housing support to those living in Detroit that are in danger of eviction and becoming homeless. As described in the...
Jun 26, 2020 | Adults, Community, Family, Featured, Matrix Mission, Mission Partners, News, Poverty, The Matrix Center
“On March 20th, we held our first Food Distribution Day at The Matrix Center alongside Gleaners Community Food Bank in response to the Coronavirus crisis. We weren’t sure what to expect, but that day over 300 people came to The Matrix Center while remaining in...
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,...
