Ray learned of the boxing gym through media reports and felt inspired to contribute to its mission. She arrived with over a dozen cameramen and show technicians, who said additional surprises for the gym and its young boxers will be revealed Monday.
Other celebrities including Eminem and Madonna have also given significant contributions to the program and its new 27,000-square-foot gym and headquarters that opened this year.
Detroit parent Lakisha Bond, whose two sons ages 9 and 12 are in the program, said she felt blessed for her boys to have such an opportunity. The organizers make sure that all the kids do their schoolwork, and will even give them work or reading if a student's teacher didn't assign any homework that night, she said.
"They're like another parent," Bond said.
Footage of the visit will be aired on the Rachael Ray Show's Thanksgiving special Nov. 25.
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