Spaulding Court is certainly a lot of things to a lot of people--the most intimidating building in Detroit, an incubator of good ideas, a community asset, an engine of change in the neighborhood--but for a dozen or so hardy souls, it's home.

We've done a lot of good over three years at Spaulding Court but we still have two occupied units with no heat.

This summer, the residents of the court and some nearby neighbors sat down, did some consensus building and figured out how to address this challenge. The plans we hatched were set in motion this morning at 9am as a dedicated crew began working to renovate a unit that will be home for our iceboxed residents.

We're running on a 4 week schedule and have 2 weeks of funding to get us going. For the most part, we borrow the money we need to work at Spaulding Court but this project doesn't generate much in the way of a return.

Since we're doing this for a long time resident who has lived through hell and is a senior citizen trying to raise an extended family, we figured that this was the right time to solicit donations.

There are no shortage of good causes in the world, but this is one is about as tangible as they come. We've got $30,000 to put together this week or else we'll have a lot of fellows sitting on their hands and a family sitting out in the cold.

Visit our campaign and make a donation today. Send it around to your friends and family. If we get this right, this is one more family that will be warm for Thanksgiving.

http://www.indiegogo.com/buildspaulding

Jon
jon@spauldingcourt.com