By Renee Summers
Telegram Reporter
Mittens for Detroit Keeping Local Hands Warm All Winter
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January 14, 2021
Hamtramck Public Schools students receive free mittens or gloves through Mittens for Detroit.
Mittens for Detroit uses as its tagline, "Warming hearts, two hands at a time." Indeed, the 501(c) (3) non-profit has been delivering mittens and gloves by the thousands to metro Detroit children and adults for a decade. Mittens for Detroit (MFD) was established in 2010 by actress Erin Cummings while she was working on the television show "Detroit 1-8-7." The actress was struck by how metro Detroiters were taking care of one another during the economic recession that gripped the nation, and decided to start a community initiative to help out.
In 2013, Wendy Shepherd joined on as execut...
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