News & Updates
Volunteers Create Special Memories at Salvation Army Christmas Party
Patty Massman of Macomb Township didn’t know what to expect when she registered for the first time to volunteer at S.A.Y. Detroit’s annual Christmas party to benefit The Salvation Army’s shelter clients and their children. By the end of her morning of service on Saturday (Dec. 3) at The Salvation Army Harbor Light in Detroit, […]
Busting Blight in Brightmoor One Block at a Time
One down, more than a dozen to go. Volunteers from A Time to Help spent last Saturday (Nov. 12) helping Motor City Blight Busters clear a city block of blight in the Brightmoor neighborhood on Detroit’s west side. More than 40 volunteers — including some new faces and a group from Oakland County Children’s Village […]
Serving Up Soup and Smiles at Motown Soup
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 […]
Urban farm yields bountiful time for ATTH volunteers
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 March 2016: The Empowerment Plan
March 19th was officially the last say of winter (hooray!), and A Time to Help figured it would be a good day to get a head start on spring cleaning. Twenty-six volunteers rolled up their sleeves and armed themselves with garbage bags, brooms and Windex to help out one of Detroit’s most inspiring charities; The Empowerment […]