News & Updates
A Time to Help Update: Mark These Dates!
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 […]
A Time to Help May 2017: The Detroit Zoo
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 […]
A Time to Help April 2017: Cass Community Social Services
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 […]
A Time to Help March 2017: COTS’ Bright Beginnings Child Development Center
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 […]
A Time to Help March 2017: COTS’ Bright Beginnings
Registration for our Feb. 18 project at Gleaners Community Food Bank in Warren is closed because we have reached the maximum number of volunteers. We have secured the date and location of our March A Time to Help Project. Mark your calendars now for March 25th. We’ll be at COTS/Bright Beginnings day care. Sign up for that […]
A Time to Help February 2017: Gleaners Community Food Bank
Date/Time: Feb. 18, 2017 – 9 AM to 11:30 a.m. Project Description: Volunteers will be repackaging green beans for distribution, as well as sorting and packing other food-drive items. Project Location: Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan, 24162 Mound Road, Warren, MI, 48091 (Between 9 Mile and 10 Mile Road; located directly behind the Salvation […]
S.A.Y. Detroit/Salvation Army Holiday Party 2016
The annual holiday party for shelter residents at The Salvation Army is A Time to Help’s largest volunteer effort of the year. Having a special gathering for homeless parents and their children is heartwarming for everyone involved — clients, volunteers and sponsors. With the help of a generous public, the A Time to Help holiday […]
A Time to Help November 2016: Motor City Blight Busters
Project Description: To provide a safe route for children around Samuel Gompers Elementary-Middle School in the Brightmoor neighborhood on Detroit’s west side. Volunteers will be removing brush and blight, raking and bagging leaves, and performing other general landscaping chores. Attire/Other Info: Please wear clothing suitable for working outdoors. Some materials will be provided, but volunteers […]
A Time to Help October 2016: Motown Soup
Project Description: Volunteers will be assembling soup and other dry goods mixes, as well as packaging and boxing them, at Motown Soup. All proceeds from the sale of the products benefits homeless shelters, soup kitchens and food pantries. Location: Motown Soup is located at 45160 Van Dyke Ave., Utica, MI. 48317 (corner of Hall Road […]
A Time to Help September 2016: Capuchin Soup Kitchen Earthworks Urban Farm
Project Description: Volunteers will be harvesting and processing produce, as well as cultivating and weeding beds and performing other general gardening chores, at the Capuchin’s 2.5-acre organic farm in Detroit. The garden provides tons of produce to the Capuchin Soup Kitchen each year. Event Date/Time: Sat., Sept. 17, 9 a.m.-noon. Location: The Earthworks farm is […]