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A Time to Help SAY Play Back to School Cleanup

August 8, 2025

A Time to Help will be with kick off the fall semester with a back to school clean up!

After a successful summer camp, we’re excited to kick off the fall semester at the SAY Play Center! Join us for a back to school cleanup where we will deep clean the building and refresh the outdoor landscaping to ensure our facilities are ready for a semester of success!

Project scope:

Inside:

  • Deep clean of eight bathrooms/locker rooms by cleaning mirrors, floors, and stalls.
  • Wipe down all glass and windows in the facility.
  • Clean walls, baseboards, and floors.

Outside:

  • Remove weeds in front of the building.
  • Remove trash and litter.

Event Date/Time: Saturday, September 6, 9:00  am to 12:15 pm.

Volunteers Needed: 30

Location: SAY Detroit Play Center | 19320 Van Dyke Avenue, Detroit, MI 48234 | Map

Parking: Free parking in lot adjacent to center.

Attire/Other Info: Casual attire is recommended. Feel free to bring cleaning and gardening supplies, such as paper towels, glass cleaner, multiple-purpose cleaner, gardening gloves, hand shovels, kneeling pads, or recycling bags. This will be a rain or shine event!

This is a registration-only event through Bloomerang Volunteer — please be sure to sign up and select the shift in STEP 2 of registration. Please unregister if you don’t feel well.

Sign up at Bloomerang Volunteer: https://volunteer.bloomerang.co/volunteer/#/join-party?k=8ufc8cr0ymdyqe

Questions: clare@saydetroit.org

NOTE: This event registration is at our volunteer platform at Bloomerang Volunteer. 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.