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Community Connect: Paying It Forward

January 21, 2020 / 12:21 PM EST / CW50 Detroit

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Southfield (CW50) - On this week's COMMUNITY CONNECT, hear four stories full of heart on people passionate about paying it forward to the community of Detroit.

First, we meet The Lion Heart Experience crew, a group that is out to create life changing experiences in schools that infuse young people with identity and purpose.

Joe Vercellino, founder of The Lion Heart Experience, with Tazeon Bradley, part of the Lion Heart Crew (Credit: Logan Tesmer/CW50)

Next, we talk with Dominic Miller and Rose Marie Miller to hear how this young man is making sure no one ever feels left out.

Dominic Miller, from Dominic's Christmas Wish, and His Grandmother Rose Marie Miller, with Community Connect Host Lisa Germani (Credit: Logan Tesmer/CW50)

Then, Erin and Cameron, founders of Black & GOAL'D, explain the power behind their movement that has them giving back to the city.

And lastly, we learn from Detroit's Church of the Messiah's Pastor Barry Randolph about how and why his Congregation grew from 41 to almost 200 in just a short amount of time.

Watch COMMUNITY CONNECT, Saturday at 8:30am on CW50