The Refinement Group blends parties with grassroots

The Refinement Group describes itself as “a lifestyle branding company with strong efforts geared toward philanthropy, event production, social awareness, positive influence, music, film, entrepreneurship, mentoring and more. A refined culture.”

Put simply, it’s a collective group of creatives that are looking to do good by combining events with grassroots causes. The end result is money raised and awareness created for good causes.

“We wanted to give people a purpose for their celebration,” says Darren Brown, co-founder of The Refinement Group. “It’s celebration with a purpose.”

Since Brown and Darius Mitchell started the Refinement Group, the company has grown to a team of 17 people from a broad spectrum of backgrounds, ranging from actors to philanthropists. Brown is a filmmaker.

The organization has thrown parties for the Big Brothers Big Sisters and Lupus Walk. It is currently throwing a party on Sunday at the Post Bar in Dearborn called the Summer Fling.

“In the last year, I want to say we have raised about $8,000 for numerous charities,” Brown says.

Source: Darren Brown, co-founder of The Refinement Group
Writer: Jon Zemke

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