Local Celebrities Terry Fox And Kenny Brooks Headline 6th Annual Neway Works Let's Shine Charity Gala At Ford House
November 13th fundraiser supports inner-city youth in metro Detroit
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich., Nov. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Michigan sports music artist Terry Fox, known as P.L., will emcee Neway Works' 6th Annual Let's Shine Gala on Friday, November 13, at the Edsel & Eleanor Ford House in Grosse Pointe Shores.
Fox is an Emmy-nominated sports music artist, rapper, and producer, known for Detroit Lions and Pistons game-day music. Detroit-born comedian and celebrity social media personality Kenny Brooks, known as "The Funny Salesman," with 2.1 million Instagram followers, will deliver the keynote.
Brooks, who grew up in Detroit facing financial hardship and began selling newspapers door to door around age 12, rose to massive fame on platforms like TikTok and Instagram by filming his unscripted, high-energy, and comedic door-to-door sales pitches. His personal testimony ties into Neway Works' mission to help inner-city youth across metro Detroit build on their strengths and explore career paths through mentoring and hands-on learning.
The annual Let's Shine Gala, themed "No Teen Without A Christmas," will raise funds that will be directed towards Christmas gifts, scholarships, and after-school youth enrichment programming for children, including sport and summer camps – helping young people in metro Detroit build brighter futures and achieve their full potential. Since its launch, the Let's Shine Gala has raised more than $200,000 for Neway Works. As the startup nonprofit grows, it aims to raise more through the gala to bring after-school youth development and mentoring resources to more young people across metro Detroit.
For Neway Works Founder Shane Gianino, the work goes back to his senior year at his alma matter Mount Clemens High School. He was diagnosed with cancer right before his breakout varsity basketball season but kept playing through chemotherapy. What sidelined him was academic ineligibility. Not chemotherapy. That experience as well as Shane's upbringing of being raised by his Grandparents and never meeting his dad, helped shape Project Transformation, the nonprofit's flagship after-school program.
"I wish someone had pulled me aside sooner and asked how I was doing in class during my senior year," said Gianino, Founder and Executive Director of Neway Works. "That's what makes this work so personal for me. I don't want any kid with a passion and dream to be benched because of grades."
The VIP cocktail reception begins at 6 p.m., general admission opens at 7 p.m., and seated plated dinner program begins at 7:30 p.m. at 1100 Lake Shore Road, Grosse Pointe Shores. Contact Neway Works for gala coverage or to discuss a follow-up visit to an after-school session.
About Neway Works. Founded in 2020 during COVID-19, Neway Works is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that helps young people succeed in school and develop life skills through after-school enrichment, tutoring and mentoring. Limited VIP tickets and Gala details are available at https://newayworks.org/lets-shine-gala/.
Media contact
Shane Gianino | [email protected] | (586) 333-3770
SOURCE Neway Works, Inc.
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