The Empowerment Plan is a Detroit-based nonprofit dedicated to serving the homeless community. The organization hires homeless parents from local shelters to become full-time seamstresses so they can earn a stable income, find secure housing, and gain back their independence for themselves and for their families. The individuals that The Empowerment Plan hires are trained […]

Friends, neighbors, volunteers! We are wonderfully surprised to have run out of volunteer slots 2 weeks before our event. But don’t worry, to help meet the demand for everyone we’ve added 10 more slots for February 20th’s A Time to Help at Forgotten Harvest. Sign up today! Visit atimetohelp.org/volunteer to register. Questions, comments, concerns? Email us at atimetohelp.detroit@gmail.com

Forgotten Harvest is a food rescue organization that rescues surplus, prepared and perishable food and donates it to emergency food providers. Volunteers will be re-packing nutritious food into family size portions destined for the table of those in need.  Volunteers will also help with clean-up of work area at end of shift. Date/Time:  Feb 20, […]

The annual holiday party for shelter residents at The Salvation Army is A Time to Help’s largest volunteer effort and most-cherished activity.  Having a special gathering for homeless parents and their children is heart-warming for everyone involved; residents, volunteers and sponsors. With the help of a generous public, the A Time to Help holiday party […]

November 21, 2015, 9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Arts & Scraps is a Detroit nonprofit that uses recycled industrial materials to help people of all ages and abilities think, create and learn. Arts & Scraps serves 275,000 children and recycles 28 tons annually. Project Location:    Arts & Scraps | 16135 Harper | Detroit, MI 48224 | Map […]

October 3, 2015, 9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. DTE Energy converted some of its land into gardens which are managed by Gleaners Community Food Bank to grow fresh produce vital to basic nutrition. These gardens feed needy people through Gleaners’ partnerships with neighborhood food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters & social service agencies. Four gardens in […]

August 15, 2015, 9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. The Lipke Recreation Center will reopen as the S.A.Y. (Sports, Academics, Youth) Detroit Play Center after repairs and refurbishment. In partnership with SAY Detroit a 501(c) (3) non-profit, the city of Detroit, and Score7 Charitable Fund, the center will engage underserved youth in a unique approach to […]

A Time To Help is teaming up with Ravendale Community, Inc. on Saturday, April 26 to clean up an old, abandoned building that will soon become the new home of the Ravendale Community Center.

Save the date: December 8, 2012  |  8:00am – 12:30pm Adopting homeless children and their parents living in shelters for one day is one of Time to Help’s most cherished activities.  The residents of the shelters are enormously touched by the generosity of volunteers and sponsors.  Help make the annual Adopt a Shelter as successful […]