Hug Detroit Day Block Party| Free Concert| Backpack & School Supplies Drive

Detroit MI. - The 11th Annual Hug Detroit Day Free Concert Block Party with free Backpacks and School Supplies takes place Sunday August 27 2023. We are so happy to partner with Woodbridge Pub Home of Serenity Hug Detroit Community Service City of Arts The Islamic Center of Detroit Sufian Nabhan Amazing Kinks WJZZ Jazz Radio & The Preservation of Jazz Foundation. Together we're hoping to make this year's block party a huge success.

This year's Hug Detroit Day Ambassador is the Founder & Ceo of Home Of Serenity Diane Pears. Home of Serenity is a nonprofit organization that was formed on 05/10/2021 to provide residential care to homeless and disadvantaged pregnant youth. They currently have a facility located in Detroit Michigan. The HOS team is working every waking hour to open doors that have an impact on our community. We plan on bestowing most of the donations to her organization.

The Islamic Center of Detroit has sponsored Hug Detroit Day patrons for the past 4 years. And this year they are joining us again with backpacks school supplies and other necessities. We are truly grateful.

The Preservation of Jazz will furnish live entertainment inside and on the newly built Garden Theater Stage.

1p. Drum Circle & Dance ft. Mahindi Masai

2p. Keynote Speaker "Community"

2:30 Keynote Speaker "Wealth in Health"

3p. Keynote Speaker "In case of an Emergency"

3:30p. Keynote Speaker " Self Respect "

4p.Open Mic Poetry Hosted by One Single Rose

5p. Erogenous House Party ft. Tim Ellerbe

6p. Jerome Clark Trio

7p. The Big Jam Session Hosted By Sky Covington & Friends ( Faye Braford| Denise Edwards| Nina Simone Neal| Phil Harmonic| Ibrahim Jones| Terrance Neal| Trumpeter David Green| and so many more

The Backpack school supplies uniforms and canned goods donations are still needed with your donations so we can fulfill our goal of serving the Metro Detroit community.

To make a donation here are the following options.

*Drop off Backpacks School Supplies uniforms and canned goods at Woodbridge Pub donation box.

*To receive donations please email. [email protected] or our website hugdetroitday.com. With subject line: Registration

*Send a donation to Paypal

[email protected]

*Send a donation to Cashapp $hugdetdaydonations

*Send a donation to gofundme:

https://gofund.me/17c5bb76

* Send a donation to Eventbrite

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hug-detroit-day-backpack-school-supply-drive-free-concert-tickets-647830868567

*Send a donation to Home of Serenity 18701 Grand River Ave. Unit #156 Detroit Michigan 48223 https://www.thehomeofserenity.org/ 

*** Home of Serenity is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. All contributions made are tax deductible. Our tax ID number is 86-3783861.*** 

The day of event:

Please feel free to bring blankets and chairs. Dress comfortably. We will have family games to play raffles and remember this is a Hug party. Don't be alarmed if someone comes up to you with their arms open.

We are looking for volunteers musicians vocalist comedians poets to participate and volunteer their talents in this year's Hug Detroit Day.

Woodbridge Pub will have a food menu and two cash bars available all day long.

What is Hug Detroit Day?

“HUG Detroit Day” was founded in 2013 by Nicole (Sky Covington) Freeman CEO of Nicole Freeman Management and co-founded by Sheila Everette-Hale CEO of LEEP (Linking Everyday EXTRAORDINARY People) and Everette’s Natural Beauty School Inc. It is the vision of Sky Covington and Sheila Everette-Hale who shared their desire and passion to take one day out of the year to literally HUG Detroit and its people. We want to show appreciation for the inspiring accomplishments of this great city and the people therein … to thank those who stayed here through the storm and those who came to help us rise above and excel as we create a New Detroit and new ways of being and doing things together. 

Sky Covington’s concept “Let’s get back to the days of hugs and handshakes” comes from a place and time when people made an effort to give a hug or handshake just out of love and respect for their neighbor or friend. 

For interviews and more information please contact Nicole Freeman at 248-383-3385 or Sheila Hale at 313-527-2884 or Woodbridge Pub 5169 Trumbull 313.462.4754 email us at [email protected] and visit us at www.hugdetroitday.com .

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Host or Publisher Hug Detroit Community Service