Grandmont Rosedale SOUP is an in-person crowdfunding dinner meant to promote a great idea that benefits the Grandmont Rosedale community. It’s a fairly simply idea, but it can have wonderfully widespread impact. At the welcome table, attendees drop $10 (a suggested donation) into a soup pot and in exchange they get soup, salad, bread, dessert,…
The most recent Grandmont Rosedale SOUP event was another resounding success! Were you there or were you square? A great evening was had by all! To recap, one of the entire world’s greatest Master of Ceremonies hosted the event. Kevin Johnson kept the crowd entertained with his adolescent humor. And some other stuff happened too.…
Sometimes deciding which idea to vote for at a Detroit SOUP is really hard. The people who pitched their ideas at the Grandmont Rosedale SOUP in December made the decision particularly difficult. From a soccer workshop for kids to supporting above minimum wage employment at a local business, choosing where to put one’s donated $5…
On Sunday, May 18, many Grandmont Rosedale residents came to Always Brewing Detroit, dropped $5 in the SOUP kettle, took a ballot and then gathered under the tent set up behind the coffee shop to hear fellow residents pitch their ideas for making Grandmont Rosedale an even better place to live. After hearing four heart-felt,…
The next Grandmont Rosedale SOUP is Sunday, May 18 at Always Brewing Detroit, 19180 Grand River. $5 will get you soup, salad, bread, and a vote to support a community project. The money you give will be donated to one of four projects for community improvement. Doors will open at 5:30. Each proposal will be…
Grandmont Rosedale SOUP is a micro-granting dinner celebrating and supporting community projects in Grandmont Rosedale. For a $5 donation, attendees receive soup, salad, bread and a vote for their favorite community project. Four presenters compete for the door money to use on projects ranging from art, urban agriculture, social justice, social entrepreneurship, education, technology and…
Mark your calendars and join us on Sunday, January 26, 2014 at 4 pm for the Winter edition of Grandmont Rosedale SOUP. This month’s SOUP event is relocating to New St. Paul Tabernacle Church of God in Christ at 15340 Southfield (access from Archdale). Just $5 at the door will get you a bowl of…
Have you ever wished you could launch a line of T-shirts touting the neighborhood, create a garden on an empty street island, or launch a weekly kids’ dance party? Detroit SOUP, a potluck where neighbors connect and support neighborhood projects, is made for funding those sorts of creative ideas. Time is running out to submit…
Rosedale Grandmont Little League (RGLL) won $757 to purchase a storage pod at Stoepel Park during the second Grandmont Rosedale SOUP dinner. Over 70 people attended the dinner to vote for one of three community improvement project proposals that were presented at the event. Other proposals included the installation of a bus bench and the…
Join us on Sunday, Oct. 27, at 19120 Grand River Ave for the second Grandmont Rosedale SOUP fundraiser. For $5 you get soup, salad and a vote for your favorite community project (the winner receives the entrance fees). Doors open at 4 pm, proposal presentations start at 5 pm, dinner is served at 6 pm…