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BROWN BAG POPCORN
As with any charity, SAY 
Detroit needed a steady 
source of funds to keep 
these programs alive. 
“I had the idea that we 
could start selling some-
thing, a product that people 
wanted, and they didn’
t 
even have to know we 
would just dedicate all the 
profits to charity,” Albom 
said. “We started Detroit 
Water Ice Factory down-
town in Campus Martius, 
and that did well. 
“In the winter months, 
we started to experiment 
with popcorn. That took off 
and the people at Somerset 
were nice enough to offer 
us a space. Nate Forbes, in 
particular, was kind enough 
to say, ‘
We have an actual 
store you can use.’
” 
Brown Bag Popcorn has 
savory options like barbe-
que (“J’
s Sweet BBQ”) and 
cheese (“Cheese Louise!”) 
and many sweet flavors that 
you can’
t find elsewhere. 
Examples include white 
and dark chocolate-drizzled 
(“Double Drizzle”) and 

Albom’
s personal favorite 
that’
s topped with nuts, 
pretzels and caramel (“Mr. 
Mitch’
s Nutty Munch”). 
For Chanukah this year, 
they’
ll also be offering a 
special caramel popcorn 
that’
s drizzled with blue and 
white chocolate (“The 8 
Pops Of Chanukah”). 
In addition to being 
completely made in Metro 
Detroit, all the profits from 
Brown Bag Popcorn go into 
SAY Detroit. 
“It’
s not like 90 percent 
or 80 percent. We don’
t 
keep a little for ourselves. 
We give 100 percent of it 
away,” Albom stressed. “I 
get no money from it … all 
the money goes directly to 
needy Detroiters.” 
With the holidays 
coming up, Brown Bag 
Popcorn guarantees that 
orders placed before Dec. 
11 will get delivered in 
time for Chanukah and 
Christmas. You can order 
tins from their website 
(brownbagpopcorn.com), 
and bags are available for 
purchase at Detroit Water 
Ice Factory and their 
Somerset storefront. 

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