Established in 1997 to galvanize volunteerism on a regular basis, A Time to Help stages monthly projects to aid the needy and promote unity in metro Detroit.
Since then, more than 200 monthly projects have been completed by thousands of volunteers, ranging from building houses, delivering meals, beautifying city streets, running adoption fairs, repairing homeless shelters, packing food, and hosting an annual Christmas party to a shelter for battered women.
Mitch Albom and WJR co-host Ken Brown lead each monthly project, usually held on Saturdays between 9AM – noon. Volunteers can sign up for one, two or all, and there are no requirements, except that, for most events, volunteers should be at least 18 years of age. Older teenagers can come if accompanied by at least one adult supervisor for every four of them.
Do you have a suggestion for a project, or have a question about volunteering? Contact us at atimetohelp.detroit@gmail.com.
A Time to Help Update – July 2020
Group Gardening at Big Glen Brings ‘A Time to Help’ Together Again
HIGHLAND PARK, MI — It felt almost like normal. Except it wasn’t.
Donning face coverings and staying physically distant from each other, volunteers from A Time to Help gathered for their first project since early March — as in, pre-COVID-19 — on Saturday morning (July 18) at Buckets of Rain, a non-profit urban garden that provides thousands of servings of nutritious produce for the homeless and hungry each year.
As temperatures soared into the 80s, volunteers worked for nearly three hours under the direction of Buckets of Rain garden manager Michelle Lutz. They cleared weeds and grapevines from the fence line and removed spent green beans and cucumber plants from the garden beds so they could join “compost heaven,’’ she said.
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Group Gardening at Big Glen Brings ‘A Time to Help’ Together Again
A Time to Help volunteers gathered for the first time since March for a socially-distanced garden project with Buckets of Rain
Getting Detroit Water Ice Ready for the Spring Season
From storage room to storefront, the Detroit Water Ice Factory’s flagship location in downtown Detroit received a behind-the-scenes pick me up thanks to A Time to Help.
No Pipe Dream: Helping the Senate Theater Preserve History
It wasn’t difficult for Kevin Werner to put into words what Saturday’s A Time to Help project at the Senate Theater meant to his organization that has operated the iconic Michigan Avenue landmark since the early 1960s. “To do as much as your group did today, it would...
Volunteers ring in the holidays at Salvation Army Harbor Light
Joy in the smiles of mothers and their children who need a helping hand. Joy on the faces of more than 60 A Time to Help volunteers who put on a magical event.
Volunteers Deliver an Impressive Repeat Performance At Motown Soup
Assisted by Motown Soup’s volunteer leaders, nearly 40 ATTH volunteers packaged 1,704 packages of soup and other dry goods in just under three hours. It was the second time this year that ATTH helped restock the storage room for the nonprofit.