Established in 1997 to galvanize volunteerism on a regular basis, A Time to Help stages monthly projects to aid the needy and promote unity in metro Detroit.
Since then, more than 200 monthly projects have been completed by thousands of volunteers, ranging from building houses, delivering meals, beautifying city streets, running adoption fairs, repairing homeless shelters, packing food, and hosting an annual Christmas party to a shelter for battered women.
Mitch Albom and WJR co-host Ken Brown lead each monthly project, usually held on Saturdays between 9AM – noon. Volunteers can sign up for one, two or all, and there are no requirements, except that, for most events, volunteers should be at least 18 years of age. Older teenagers can come if accompanied by at least one adult supervisor for every four of them.
Do you have a suggestion for a project, or have a question about volunteering? Contact us at atimetohelp.detroit@gmail.com.
UPCOMING EVENTS
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A Time to Help the SAY Detroit Family Health Clinic
Help us to prepare our SAY Clinic for its grand opening! Volunteers will engage in light landscaping to beautify the outside of the property and create a space for our First Year program.
Project Scope:
Outside:
Remove weeds and rocks around the building, sidewalk cracks, and planters.
Remove grape leaves and vines along fences.
Inside:
Build shelving in third floor office space.
Move and organize donated items for our First Year Program from the first floor to the new third floor space.
Event Date/Time: Saturday, September 20, 9:00 am to noon.
Volunteers Needed: 20
Location: SAY Detroit Family Health Clinic, 1355 Oakman Blvd, Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48238| Map
Parking: Park in the lot to the right of the clinic on Oakman Blvd.
Attire/Other Info: Please don’t attend and unregister if you don’t feel well. This is a registration-only event.
Questions : Email clare@saydetroit.org
Sign up at Bloomerang Volunteer: https://volunteer.bloomerang.co:443/JE/0a3mpaz9oi34cw
**Please select the specific shift in Step 2 of registration or your spot will not be reserved.**
NOTE: Bloomerang Volunteer is a pretty robust platform and there’s a lot of cool little things we’ll be able to do together — and, it has a mobile app! If you’d like video overviews, you can watch this. If you like to dig into FAQs, you can get started here.
A Time to Help Motown Soup #2 in 2025
A Time to Help returns to Motown Soup for the second time this year! Motown Soup, a volunteer-driven nonprofit, sells products such as soups and dips to support organizations that feed the homeless and hungry. Working in teams, we’ll package soups and other dry mixes for Motown Soup, which donates 100% of its profits to Michigan nonprofits.
Event Date/Time: Saturday, October 25, 9:00 am to noon.
Volunteers Needed: 25
Location: Motown Soup is located at 45160 Van Dyke Ave., Utica, MI 48317 (corner of Hall Road and Van Dyke), in the lower level of Trinity Lutheran Church. | Map
Parking: Free parking in lot adjacent to the church.
Attire/Other Info: All volunteers will be outfitted in aprons, hair nets/caps and food safety gloves on location. The store will be open following the project. Please don’t attend and unregister if you don’t feel well. This is a registration-only event.
Questions : Email clare@saydetroit.org
Sign up at Bloomerang Volunteer: https://volunteer.bloomerang.co:443/JE/9o0dva4m7xn32h
**Please select the specific shift in Step 2 of registration or your spot will not be reserved.**
NOTE: Bloomerang Volunteer is a pretty robust platform and there’s a lot of cool little things we’ll be able to do together — and, it has a mobile app! If you’d like video overviews, you can watch this. If you like to dig into FAQs, you can get started here.
