"Days of Our Lives" stars came to the city to help out a bit after seeing
Time's project. Looks like "Assignment Detroit" is working. Maybe "General Hospital" is next.
Excerpt:
But this past week, several cast members stepped away from their Hollywood set to reach out to Detroiters. "Days" stars Nadia Bjorlin (Chloe Lane), Bryan Dattilo (Lucas Roberts Horton), James Reynolds (Abe Carver) and Shawn Christian (Dr. Daniel Jonas) stopped by several places in the past week, including the Genesis House III women's shelter to distribute and serve food from the Gleaners Community Food Bank on Thursday. They also presented Gleaners with a $5,000 donation.
Greg Meng, senior vice president of production and development at Corday Productions Inc., and an executive in charge of production of "Days of Our Lives," said the choice to come to Detroit was made after he read a recent Time magazine article about the city.
"According to the article, the glass seemed half empty," Meng says. "Since we've been here, we have been amazingly surprised by the optimism and spirit of the Detroit community. We believe the glass is more than half full."
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