A Time to Help Events
S.A.Y. Detroit/Salvation Army Holiday Party 2016
October 31, 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
October 24, 2016
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
Serving Up Soup and Smiles at Motown Soup
October 17, 2016
October 15, 2016 — Nearly two dozen volunteers from A Time to Help gathered Saturday morning in the kitchen of Trinity Lutheran Church in Utica to help produce and package Motown Soup’s quality soups and gift boxes. All proceeds from the sale of the non-profit’s products benefits dozens of homeless shelters, soup kitchens and food
Meditation Works, The Power of Meditation Mobilized
October 13, 2016
Granting ten minutes of unplugged bliss, Jake Leider is taking meditation mobile right here in the heart of Detroit.
Bountiful Community Gardens in the Heart of Detroit
October 10, 2016
With a little planning and planting Jerry Ann Hebron has created a community and a garden right here in the heart of Detroit. Air Date: October 10, 2016
Kids Kicking Cancer with Power, Peace, and Purpose
October 6, 2016
Providing children with a sense of Power, Peace, and Purpose, Rabbi G and Michael Hunt are helping kids to kick cancer right here in the heart of Detroit.
Michigan Masons Make a Difference at S.A.Y. Play
October 5, 2016
It was a busy and exciting morning at the S.A.Y. Detroit Play Center as Mitch Albom and the Michigan Masons Charitable Foundation announced a 10-year, multimillion dollar grant for S.A.Y. Detroit in what may be the single largest commitment to S.A.Y. Detroit, and to S.A.Y. Play, yet received. In honor of this gift, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan
A Time to Help October 2016: Motown Soup
September 29, 2016
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
Urban farm yields bountiful time for ATTH volunteers
September 19, 2016
Intermittent rain showers failed to dampen the spirit – or work ethic – of nearly two dozen A Time to Help Volunteers who participated in Saturday’s (Sept. 17) project at the Capuchin Soup Kitchen’s Earthworks Urban Farm on Meldrum Street in Detroit. Volunteers picked produce and performed other gardening chores inside a greenhouse, while another
A Time to Help September 2016: Capuchin Soup Kitchen Earthworks Urban Farm
August 31, 2016
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