HAPPY TO BE BACK AND DO THIS. YOU’RE NOT GONNA STATES COMING UP HOW THIS SAVED HIS LIFE. WELL
IT’S A HOLIDAY TRADITION. ANYONE
CAN GET BEHIND THE CHANGING OF
LIVES THROUGH GIVING RIGHT AND
RIGHT NOW, THE SOMERSET
COLLECTION IN TROY AND DESERVING
FAMILIES ABOUT TO GET A VERY
SPECIAL SURPRISE. TATI AMARE IS
THAT MUCH ALBUM SAY DETROIT
TELETHON READY TO BRING US A
MEMORABLE MOMENT, TATI INDEED,
INDEED, KIMBERLY AND DEVIN HERE
AT THE STATE DETROIT RADIOTHON
AMID THE SOMERSET COLLECTION,
TROY ON THE NORTH SIDE, AND AS
KIM JUST SAID, SOMEONE IS ABOUT
TO GET A GIFT AND YOU’RE ABOUT
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT IN JUST A
MINUTE. NOW AS YOU CAN SEE, THE
MALL IS FILLING UP WITH PEOPLE
THE AFTER WORK HOURS. RIGHT?
COME ON DOWN AND FEEL FREE TO
DONATE IF YOU IF YOU ARE SO
INCLINED, BUT NOW HERE IS MITCH
WITH THE FINAL PRESENTATION.
LET’S JUST TELL US BRIEFLY IN
YOUR SITUATION, UM, TRIED TO GET
OUT OF THE WAY. THE TV CAMERAS
HERE YOU YOU WERE LIVING IN A
SHELTER WITH YOUR KIDS. CORRECT.
OKAY I WAS THIS MICROPHONE ON
HERE SO WE CAN HEAR THEM AGAIN.
TRY AGAIN. OKAY? AND TELL US
ABOUT THAT. LIKE TO STAY. DOING
OUR HEART YOUR JOB DURING COVID
WORKED AS A HOME HEALTH CARE
AIDE. CORRECT YES. SO YOU AND
YOUR KIDS WERE LIVING IN A
SHELTER. YOUR KIDS WERE GOING TO
SCHOOL DOING EXCEPTIONALLY WELL
IN SCHOOL, RIGHT? A STUDENTS AND
THEIR ON SPORTS TEAMS AND
EVERYTHING. BUT YOU DIDN’T HAVE
A PLACE TO LIVE. GUYS. WHAT WAS
HERE? I’LL TAKE THIS. WHAT WAS
IT LIKE TO LIVE IN A SHELTER AND
GO TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY. UM IT
WAS KIND OF DIFFICULT BECAUSE
THERE WASN’T LIKE A GOOD
INTERNET SOURCE SOMETIMES, SO I
HAD TO LIKE EXTRA EXTRA CREDIT
SOMETIMES BECAUSE OF MY GREAT
WENT DOWN BECAUSE I COULDN’T
TURN IN AN ASSIGNMENT BECAUSE
THEY DON’T TEND TO HAVE GREAT
INTERNET AT SHELTERS. AND WHAT
WAS IT LIKE IN TERMS OF SHARING
BATHROOM SPACE AND THINGS LIKE
THAT, UH, IT FELT LIKE WEIRD. IT
WAS JUST LIKE NOT LIKE A LOT OF
PRIVACY, BUT IT STILL WAS, BUT
LIKE NOT SO MUCH TO WHERE I WAS
LIKE, OKAY, I’M BUT I DIDN’T
LIKE IT. NOBODY PARTICULARLY
LIKES IT. BUT CELESTE, YOU KEPT
WORKING AND MANAGED TO GET BACK
INTO YOUR FIELD AND WORKING
HOMES. WORKING FAMILIES IS FOR
WORKING FAMILIES AND WORKING
KIDS, SO WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
FIX UP A HOUSE WITH AN AWFUL LOT
OF HELP FROM GOSH GM WHO
SPONSORED THE HOUSE FOR HAY AND
BL CONSTRUCTION. TYSON PLUMBING
MICHIGAN RECREATION CONSTRUCTION
. JOHN SMITH FROM LOWE’S HUMBLE
DESIGN TRACY RATTIGAN FROM GM
AND LEAVE FAIR FROM GRAND SEVEN.
DETROIT AND WE WANT TO PRESENT
YOU WITH A HOUSE BECAUSE YOU
SHOULDN’T BE LIVING IN A
SHELTER. NOT WITH KIDS WHO ARE
DOING SO GREAT AS YOU ARE. YOU
GUYS ARE A STUDENTS, AND YOU
DESERVE TO HAVE A HOME. SO THIS
IS OFFICIALLY THE KEY TO YOUR
HOME, CELESTE. IT’S ALL YOURS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WHAT DOES
THIS MEAN TO YOU? HMM? YES I’M A
GREAT FOR VERY GRATEFUL. BUT
DOES THIS MEAN TO YOU MEANS A
LOT THAT CAN BE ABLE TO DO MY
SCHOOLWORK EASIER? OH, YEAH,
HOMES WILL DO THAT. DOES IT MEAN
TO YOU? IT MEANS A LOT HAPPY AND
I’M THANKFUL FOR WELL, WE’RE
GRATEFUL MEANS A LOT TO US, ONE
OF THE MANY FAMILIES AND PEOPLE
THAT ARE IMPACTED BY THE GOOD
WORK THAT THIS RADIOTHON DOES
FOR OUR COMMUNITY FAMILY GOT
THEIR OFFICIAL KEYS TO THEIR NEW
HOME, AND THERE’S SO MUCH MORE
THAT’S DONE BY THE SAFE. DETROIT
RADIOTHON PUT ON BY MITCH ALBUM
WE’RE HERE AT THE SOMERSET
COLLECTION. THIS IS GOING ON
UNTIL NINE PM, AND THEIR GOAL
THIS YEAR IS TO BEAT LAST YEAR’S
FUNDRAISING GOAL OF $1.6 MILLION
AND WE SHOULD ALL DONATE AND
HELP MAKE THIS HAPPEN. SEND IT
BACK TO YOU GUYS IN THE STUDIO
FANTASTIC. REALLY OVERWHELMING,
RIGHT? YOU FELT A SUDDEN GOT A