Mittens for Detroit Keeping Local Hands Warm All Winter

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 executive dire...