About Us
Making a difference in the lives of our clients, team members and community is part of our culture at Quicken Loans.
"Do the Right Thing" includes doing the right thing in our community! Did you know Quicken Loans contributes financially to many community organizations? Or that our team members frequently volunteer to help those who are less fortunate?
Your Quicken Loans Community DIFF Team helps coordinate these activities. Last year our company donated more than $1 million to 250 non-profits and charitable organizations throughout southeast Michigan and northeast Ohio; and we’re now involved in our Arizona community. Our team members volunteered thousands of hours at area food banks, soup kitchens, hospitals and in support of fund-raisers like the March of Dimes, Red Cross and the Tammy Z Fund at the Karmanos Cancer Institute.
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Wendy Kemp
Email: wendykemp@quickenloans-difference.com
Victoria Araj
Email: victoriaaraj@quickenloans.com
The Quicken Loans Community DIFF helps coordinate our company’s support of 250 non-profits and charitable organizations throughout southeast Michigan, northeast Ohio and the Arizona community. Last year our company donated more than $1 million to these organizations and our team members volunteered thousands of hours as well.
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Boys and Girls Club of Flint and Southeastern Michigan
Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan provide places where more than 20,000 children participate in positive activities, and after-school and weekend programs. Role models and mentors help children become all they can be at “the positive place for kids!”
Patrick McInnis’ commitment to support the Flint Boys and Girls Club with the rebuild of the Rock Financial and Detroit Shock Teen Center took our commitment to a higher level in the Flint community.
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YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit
The YMCA builds spirit, mind and body. This focus on the whole person means that there is more than one aspect to each of their programs.
Bill Emerson is personally committed to being the DIFF in the community through the YMCA. His support allows children of low-income families to receive scholarships to attend YMCA summer camps. Thanks to Bill, and sponsorships from Rock Financial/Quicken Loans, we are able to send kids to camp in Livonia, Detroit, Pontiac and Farmington Hills. The Metro Detroit YMCA is also one of the newest members of Mortgage Insiders program.
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Providence House Cleveland
Providence House provides a temporary, home-like setting and refuge for children under age six, who have been neglected, abused or are at risk, with no other appropriate placement alternatives.
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March of Dimes
For more than three years Rock Financial/Quicken Loans has been sponsoring the March of Dimes WalkAmerica. The March of Dimes mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality. They carry out this mission through research, community services, education and advocacy to save babies' lives. March of Dimes researchers, volunteers, educators, outreach workers and advocates work together to give all babies a fighting chance against the threats to their health.
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Make-A-Wish Michigan, Ohio, Arizona
Since 1980, the Make-A-Wish Foundation has enriched the lives of children with life-threatening medical conditions through its wish-granting work. The Foundation's mission reflects the life-changing impact that a Make-A-Wish experience has on children, families, referral sources, donors, sponsors, and entire communities. Today Quicken Loans grants wishes for children in Michigan, Ohio and Arizona of all ages.
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Multiple Sclerosis (MS Society)
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a life-long disease of the central nervous system. In 1946, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society began working tirelessly to provide resources for people with MS and their families to discover the cause, effective treatments, and a cure. Rock Financial/Quicken Loans is a Gold Sponsor of the MS 150, the largest charitable bike ride in Michigan.
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Children’s Tumor Foundation (CTF)
The Children’s Tumor Foundation is the leading not-for-profit health organization dedicated to improving the health and quality of life of those living with neurofibromatosis (NF). The Foundation provides education and services to patients and families. Acting as a resource to health professionals, they help increase public awareness of NF, and lead the way with world-class medical research to find effective treatments and ultimately, a cure. The Foundation offers hope and a vital sense of community for those with NF through programs that bring young people together to help them cope with their many disabilities and medical challenges.
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The Tammy Z Memorial Breast Cancer Fund at The
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute.
The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute is one of 10 certified cancer research centers in the United States. The money we’ve donated via our Tammy Z Memorial fund-raising efforts goes to breast cancer research and to assist low-income individuals who need cancer treatment.
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Rock Financial Junior Achievement (JA) Finance Park
Rock Financial is the lead sponsor for this program that teaches area school children about money and finance. The students learn about saving, investing, budgeting, stocks and bonds, and mortgages. Then the children put their new found knowledge to practice when they visit Finance Park in downtown Detroit. Upon arrival, each student is assigned a scenario describing their career, salary and number of children. The students create a monthly budget. Here’s the catch: the students must visit the “storefronts” in Finance Park that include a Rock Financial branch, bank, car insurance and medical insurance firms, home builder, car dealership, grocery store and shopping mall. They must make 10 financial transactions yet live within the means of their budget. The kids make real-world decisions about what they can and can't afford.
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Bizdom U
This entrepreneurial academy created by our Chairman and Founder Dan Gilbert launched in Detroit in January 2007. The two-year program is preparing the "Green Berets” of entrepreneurship! Students learn everything about creating and operating a business. As they near the end of the program, they will develop a business to be located within the city of Detroit and receive start up funding from a Bizdom U fund in amounts ranging from $25,000 to $500,000, depending on the business. Bizdom U will maintain a share of the business, with portions of the revenue returning to Bizdom U to fund future businesses. As a result, Bizdom will be self-sustaining. As the students’ businesses grow, they will create new jobs and growth for the City of Detroit.
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City Year Detroit
City Year, Inc., the nation’s largest program of AmeriCorps, brings together young adults from diverse backgrounds for a challenging and rewarding year of full-time community service. They mentor children and empower them to make a positive difference in their homes, schools and neighborhoods.
We are proud to sponsor City Year and help them build democracy through citizen service, civic leadership and social entrepreneurship.
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Southeastern Michigan Red Cross
We received the Corporate Heroes award from the Southeastern Michigan Red Cross for our community outreach efforts.
We partner with the Red Cross in many ways, including the Red Cross Home Team, which provides relief for victims of house fires. Each year, our “Blanket Days” collects hundreds of blankets during the harsh winter months for 93 shelters throughout southeastern Michigan. Our commitment to blood drives and team member training in first aid and CPR allows us to be well prepared for emergencies. We also raised more than $206,000 for victims of Hurricane Katrina.
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Gleaners Food Bank
Gleaners is a vital link between available food and those who need it most. Local and national producers have surplus food that may otherwise go to waste because they lack a way to efficiently bring it to market. Gleaners collects, warehouses and repacks many millions of pounds of food and distributes it to 300 local member agencies , such as area food banks.
This year, our team members collected an equivalent of 119,076 meals and volunteered hundreds of hours at Gleaners!
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JARC
JARC is dedicated to enabling people with disabilities to live full, dignified lives in the community, and to provide support and advocacy for their families. JARC operates 20 group homes and independent living programs for adults, and serves more than 300 families that have a child or adult with a disability who is living at home. Dan Gilbert has been a JARC supporter and board member since 1997.
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Think Detroit/PAL
Think Detroit has been voted one of the best run non-profits in Detroit . In 2004, the organization merged with Detroit PAL to provide the largest inner-city sports league in the country. Not only do they ensure more children from Detroit will have an opportunity to participate in athletic, academic and leadership programs, but they also dramatically improve the quality of programs offered.
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Cornerstone Schools
Cornerstone is a private school in the heart of Detroit that offers scholarship programs to children from low-income, at-risk communities. We sponsor five children through the Partner Morning Mentoring Program. Four times a year, our team members go to Cornerstone School in Detroit to mentor students and be a part of their learning experience.
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United Way
United Way of Southeastern Michigan improves the lives of metro Detroiters by mobilizing communities to create lasting change. United Way focuses on producing results that strengthen families, nurture children and youth, promote health and wellness, and empower local neighborhoods. Click on the logo to your left to make a donation to United Way organizations via payroll deduction.
