by jeff | Sep 9, 2020 | Events
October 16 sponsored by DTE Foundation. Join us starting at 8am with the Paul W. Smith Roundtable – guests include Mayor Mike Duggan, Gerry Anderson and Rory Gamble. Detroit Goodfellows will be interviewed throughout the day during Frank Beckman, Guy Gordon and...
by jeff | Sep 8, 2020 | Events
Each year, talented volunteers individually dress 9,000 dolls to be included in holiday gift packages for little girls ages 4 – 13. Goodfellows members select 150 from the 9,000 to be put on display for public viewing. Then in November, a panel of judges that...
by jeff | Sep 8, 2020 | Events
The Detroit Goodfellows express its gratitude for Detroit Public School Community District educators, support staff and administrators with the annual Teacher of the Year Contest. Students in grades 3 through 8 nominate their favorite teacher by answering the...
by jeff | Sep 8, 2020 | Events
Every year, the Detroit Goodfellows are privileged to be only one of two charities included in the magic and tradition of the iconic America’s Thanksgiving Parade® that marches down Woodward Avenue. Hundreds of thousands of spectators gather to watch the floats,...
by jeff | Sep 8, 2020 | Events
Every year on the first Monday following Thanksgiving, members, Detroit Police Officers and Detroit Firefighters take to the streets to sell a special edition of The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press. It honors the Detroit Goodfellows’ humble beginnings. In 1914,...
