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Hammer’s Bar Stars benefitting Downtown Boxing Gym Nov. 1

A celebrity bartending event at Dino’s Lounge in Ferndale will benefit the Downtown Boxing Gym. Hammer’s Bar Stars is Nov. 1 at 6 p.m. Jennifer ...
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Organizers of Detroit St. Patrick’s parade donate to several nonprofits

FOX 2’s M.L. Elrick is the host of the parade’s Family Fun Zone. He was on hand as Clark Park and six other nonprofits shared ...
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Bridges Beyond Boxing: Irish boxers and Detroit talent square off in exchange program

It was a packed house in Shed 5 at Eastern Market for Bridges Beyond Boxing. Think of it as a pugilists’ foreign exchange program — ...
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Trainer helps turn kids’ lives around with Books Before Boxing

Khali Sweeney fell into the wrong crowd at a young age and spent several years on the streets of Detroit. Now, after turning his life ...
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Downtown Boxing Gym on “Under The Radar” on PBS

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How Ralph Wilson’s $1 billion legacy is reshaping Detroit and Buffalo

With more than $1 billion to spend, the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation is less interested in funding show horses than work horses.
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Rachael Gets Emotional Recalling Thanksgiving She Spent at Youth Center Boxing Gym in Detroit

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Hitting the books: The boxing gym saving Detroit’s youth

DETROIT — The buildings sit, one after another, on E Vernor Highway — dilapidated houses, abandoned businesses, boarded-up structures, vacant lots populated by more weeds ...
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Jessica Hauser

Jessica Hauser- 40 Under 40

In 2010, Jessica Hauser was busy with her studies, on a path toward a doctorate degree in political science at the University of Michigan. But ...
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Dog event raising money for Detroit’s Downtown Boxing Gym

The Downtown Boxing Gym became a dog park for a day. Dozens of dogs of all shapes, sizes and breeds attended a fundraiser in our ...
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