Project Description:  Volunteers will be working primarily outside performing general clean-up and light landscaping around the home base of a nonprofit supported by S.A.Y. Detroit. Chores include the removal and trimming of bushes and overgrowth; raking leaves; weed-whacking and trash pick up. Another team will be working in the basement removing items, cleaning and organizing. […]

Project Description: Volunteers will assist S.A.Y. Detroit staff in hosting “Healthy Food = Healthy Women’’ — a free women’s health fair and open house at the S.A.Y. Detroit Family Health Clinic. Volunteers will help set up; serve a continental breakfast; distribute free items and information; and assist in giving clinic tours. Event Date/Time: Saturday, September […]

Project Description: Volunteers will be working at an Angels’ Place residence in Southfield. Volunteers will be painting banners and signs, and assembling carnival games, that will be used for Angels’ Place events and enrichment programs. Angels’ Place provides services, including homes and professional support, for adults with developmental disabilities. Event Date/Time: Saturday, July 15, 9 […]

Event Name: S.A.Y. Detroit Play Center at Lipke Park. Project Description: Volunteers will be working at S.A.Y. Detroit’s academic enrichment center on Detroit’s northeast side cleaning the inside of the facility. The school year ends soon, and we want to give the building a good scrub down before the center’s summer session begins. Event Date/Time: […]

Now that Memorial Day is behind us, it’s time to look ahead to the rest of the summer. A reminder that A Time to Help isn’t taking a break until August; it’s the only month of the year that we don’t have a project. We hope your summer plans include spending time with your family […]

Event Date/Time: Saturday, May 20, 9 a.m. to noon. Please arrive by 8:30 a.m.  Project: Volunteers will be performing general landscaping and grounds clean-up throughout the Zoo, as needed. Volunteers will work in teams supervised by the Zoo’s landscape staff. Where: Detroit Zoo — Ten Mile and Woodward in Royal Oak. Map It Parking: Enter […]

Cass Community Social Services fights poverty and creates opportunity for Detroit’s most at-risk citizens. The nonprofit has been a leader in devising programs and creating jobs to enhance the lives of the homeless community, the developmentally disabled, and those who suffer from mental illness and substance abuse. Event Date/Time: Saturday, April 8, 9 a.m. to […]

Bright Beginnings serves families through COTS’ emergency shelter and long-term housing initiatives. Volunteers will be hosting a Family Fun Day to celebrate the families that COTS serves. Volunteers will help set up, design and run each station and clean up. Some of the games that volunteers will be helping with include potato sack races, a Jenga […]