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Volunteer Opportunity
Location: Bloomfield Hills, MI Posted by: Bookstock - Used Book & Media Sale
Start: 01/18/2010
End: 01/18/2010
Opportunity Description: The Bookstock Mission
Bookstock, Used Book & Media Sale, is a community service project through which donations of books and media continue to provide enjoyment and knowledge. Proceeds from the sale support education and literacy projects in the Detroit metropolitan area and beyond.
The entire process of collecting and sorting gently used books and media, organizing and staffing the sale is 100% volunteer driven. This approach to recycling used books and media in order to raise money for education and literacy is what makes Bookstock a win-win endeavor for the community.
Days: Monday
Tasks for Volunteers: Volunteers are needed for sorting books, tapes, CDs, DVDs and magazines into categories and placing them in boxes. Others will be accepting drop-offs of books and issuing donation receipts. BE SURE TO BRING YOUR OWN DONATION OF BOOKS OR OTHER MEDIA!
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Volunteer Opportunity
Location: Comstock Park, MI Posted by: Second Harvest Gleaners Food Bank of West Michigan, Inc.
Start: 12/03/2008
End: 12/31/2009
Opportunity Description: We utilize volunteers in our Reclamation Department . As truck loads of food arrive daily, individuals & groups help process donations in need of sorting, labeling, washing, repacking, etc. The product is then distributed to area nonprofit and charity agencies who distribute the food to people in need.
Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
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Volunteer Opportunity
Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posted by: Blandford Nature Center
Start: 01/12/2009
End: 12/12/2009
Opportunity Description: Are you a history lover? Educate the community on the history of maple syrup. Volunteer in our log cabin, blacksmith shop (blacksmithing experience preferred), schoolhouse, Pioneer camp. Educational Materials and attire provided for most positions.
Days: Saturday
Tasks for Volunteers: Give an accurate historical interpretation to the public of what life was like in the 1870's. Interest in 1870's pioneer living, ability to speak to the public, answer questions, take initiative in conversations. Ability to volunteer with minimal supervision.
Interpreter's are needing during Festival's and special programs.
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Volunteer Opportunity
Location: Detroit, MI Posted by: The Gift Of A Helping Hand Charitable Trust
Start: 10/12/2009
End: 12/31/2012
Opportunity Description: Mentoring an underprivileged Youth is program for volunteers to mentor youth resides in homeless shelters in southeastern Michigan.
The program also serves other Wayne counties, Toledo, OH and Lucas county. Underprivileged youths residing in low-income families, single parent homes, foster parents homes and the homeless shelter sector. These youths are often financially deprived and often at times becomes sadden, and depressed because they do not have many of the basic necessities that other children may have such as a new coat, new shoes, new toys, a hot meal and no entertainment activities in their lives due to underprivileged lifestyles.
Our Mentoring program will connect underprivileged youths with volunteers who are willing to take these youths out and spend a day with them whether it is at the library, local park, Shopping Mall, Bookstore, Circus, an amusement park, a restaurant and some other fun filled entertainment that allow they youth to feel good about themselves for that day and feel a sense of hope.
The program is open to any volunteer that is willing to donate their time to help the underprivileged youths residing in low-income communities and poverty-stricken communities in southeastern Michigan, other Wayne counties, Northern Toledo, OH and Lucas county.
If you are interested in being a part of this program, please contact us at info@tgogepcf.org or contact us online at www.tgogepcf.org. Or you may snail us at ATTN: Mentor Program Director, The Gift Of A Helping Hand Charitable Trust, PO Box 13927, Detroit, MI 48213.
"Mentor A Child and Help Brighten Their Future".
-Cathy P. Russell
Days: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Tasks for Volunteers: To become mentors for underprivileged youths.
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Volunteer Opportunity
Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posted by: Blandford Nature Center
Start: 04/20/2009
End: 12/31/2009
Opportunity Description: Come share the mission of Blandford with the community in a hands-on way. Teach and inform the public about the resources available at Blandford. Learn about all aspects of Blandford from historical to gardening to wildlife education. We are seeking friendly, polite, and responsible volunteers to greet visitors and answer general Nature Center questions. Volunteer will be in the Visitor Center working at the Front Desk answering main phone-line.
Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Tasks for Volunteers: Hours available M-F (one day a week/month) in the morning (9am-1pm) or afternoon (1pm-5pm). Flexible hours, based on individuals availability. (open for discussion) Must be able to interact with the public, take initiative in conversation, clearly communicate information. Training will be required.
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Volunteer Opportunity
Location: Detroit, MI Posted by: The Gift Of A Helping Hand Charitable Trust
Start: 12/21/2007
End: 12/20/2010
Opportunity Description: The Gift Of A Helping Hand Emergency Shelter will provide housing for homeless single mothers with childen and homeless single mothers with children leaving out of domestic violence situation in southeastern Michigan. The Gift Of A Helping Hand Emergency Shelter is in the rehabilitation stages at this presence time and the project is accepting monetary donations, vinyl siding, toiletries, plumbling equipment and materials, and building materials to help with the completion of the rehabilitation of the emergency shelter. To learn more about our organization visit our website at www.tgoahhct.org. Monetary donations are accepted online on the organization website.
Days: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Tasks for Volunteers: Monetary donations and in-kind donatons are needed from volunteers. Experience contractors for the plumbling, vinyl siding and roofing.
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Volunteer Opportunity
Location: Detroit, MI Posted by: The Gift Of A Helping Hand Charitable Trust
Start: 12/21/2007
End: 12/31/2010
Opportunity Description: The Gift Of Giving 2008 Book Drive collects new books for all ages0 through 4 and K through 12 all year round. Our mission is to end homelessness and illiteracy for people in southeast Michigan. Our program success is to help at risk children improve there reading skills and self-esteem. Our program The Gift of Giving Children’s Literacy Program will collaborate with parents, teachers and tutors that teach at risk children between the ages of 0 and 5 and K-12.
The program will host three distributions of three free books per children per academic year to increase the awareness of reading. We plan to serve at least 500 children for the 2006 academic year through this program. The program will allow each child to keep at least three books throughout the academic year. Each child will have the opportunity to pick out there own books without the help of any adult.
The Gift Of Giving 2008 Book Drive will help and assist the economically disadvantage. All books for ages K through 12 are welcome. If you are interested in volunteering to collect new books and/or donate new book for The Gift Of Giving 2008 Book Drive.
Thank you for your willingness to participate in the book drive and help serve those who needs. Book collects are accepted from bookstores, retail stores, schools, businesses, etc. Drop off times is between 9 am till 4pm Monday thru Saturdays. Drop location is 17148 Waltham, Detroit, MI 48205.
Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Tasks for Volunteers: Volunteers are needed to host book drive, book distributions, fundraising events to collect monetary donation to help support the 2008 book drive. Volunteers are also needed to collect new books and donate new books to the book drive. To learn more about our organization visit our website at www.tgoahhct.org. Monetary dontions are accepted online on our website. You may also ship your donations ATTN: Book Drive Director, 17148 Waltham, Detroit, MI 48205, or drop off your donations at the same locations.
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Volunteer Opportunity
Location: Detroit, MI Posted by: The Gift Of A Helping Hand Charitable Trust
Start: 12/21/2007
End: 12/31/2010
Opportunity Description: I am offerng this opportunity to make a request to you regarding a monetary donation and/or in-kind donation to help support The Gift Of Giving 2008 Coats & Boots Campaign. The campaign is collecting new coats and new boots to help clothe over 1000 needy children residing in distressed communities throughout metropolitan Detroit, Michigan and other Wayne counties.
The program will distribute new coats and new boots to needy children for back to school and/or during the holiday seasons. The program will serve Wayne, Macomb and Oakland counties. The program was implemented since 80% of households lives at or below the poverty rate in southeastern Michigan and other Wayne counties, and many of these children does not have a coat and/or boots to carry them through the winter months, so we seek your support in helping us to provide these needy children with a new coat and new boots for the winter months.
Sixty percent of the homeless population is single mothers with children. The program will provide assistance for the homeless single mothers residing in The Gift Of A Helping Hand Emergency Shelter and other single mothers with children residing in homeless shelters.
We need your support in assisting us in serving over 1000 needy children for the 2008 calendar year. Become our sponsor and donate to us today. Send your donations ATTN: Coats & Boots Campaign Director, The Gift Of A Helping Hand Charitable Trust, 17148 Waltham, Detroit, MI 48205.
Days: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Tasks for Volunteers: Volunteers are needed to donate new coats and new boots. Volunteers may drop off their donation in the new clothes and new shoes donation box located at 17148 Waltham, or you may ship your donations to ATTN: Coats & Boots Campaign Director, 17148 Waltham, Detroit, MI 48205. Monetary donations are also accepted and you may donate online at www.tgoahhct.org.
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Volunteer Opportunity
Location: Detroit, MI Posted by: The Gift Of A Helping Hand Charitable Trust
Start: 12/21/2007
End: 12/31/2010
Opportunity Description:
The 2007 Gift Of Giving Food Drive collects food commodities, food products, non-alcoholic beverages and toiletries, which support The Gift Of Giving Feed The Hungry Program.
This year for 2008, our organization will be providing food boxes for over 500 economically disadvantaged families each month for the year of 2008. Without your support, these needy families will not have food to feed themselves or their children. In metropolitan Detroit, Michigan alone 80% of households lives at or below the poverty rate. Our goal is to provide food for these needy families and help eliminate hunger in America and southeastern Michigan.
in providing a donation to our program to feed needy families and individuals throughout metropolitan Detroit, Michigan including Wayne, Macomb and Oakland counties.
and make a donation to us today. Help us bring a smile on a needy family’s face. Support us in eliminating hunger in southeastern Michigan and America.
Help us
We do not want another innocence child to go to bed hunger, since one out of every six-child do every night. Therefore, we need your assistance and support
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Days: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Tasks for Volunteers: Volunteers are needed to donate food commodities, food products, non-alcoholic beverages and toiletries. Volunteers may drop off their donation in the fooo donation box located at 17148 Waltham, or you may ship your donations to ATTN: Food Drive Director, 17148 Waltham, Detroit, MI 48205. Monetary donations are also accepted and you may donate online at www.tgoahhct.org.
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Volunteer Opportunity
Location: Detroit, MI Posted by: The Gift Of A Helping Hand Charitable Trust
Start: 12/21/2007
End: 12/31/2010
Opportunity Description: The New Clothes & New Shoes Drive collects new clothes and shoes and distributes them to homeless single mothers with children and homeless single mothers with children leaving out of domestic violence situation. The program supports homeless single mothers residing in homeless shelters to help them dress for success, while going on a job interview, obtaining a job or attending college or a technical trade school to learn a skill or trade that will help them to start a professional career, which will help them to become self-sufficient and self-reliant.
Our program will provide them with a outfit that will help them to feel positive about themselves and feel secure in the new step they are about to take in their life, whether it is attending school, starting a new career, or going on a job interview to begin a new career.
The New Clothes & New Shoes Drive also distributes new clothes and new shoes to needy children residing in distressed communities in metropolitan Detroit, Michigan and other Wayne counties. The program distributes new clothes & new shoes to needy children for back to school and/or during the holidays.
The program was implement since 80% of households lives at or below the poverty rate in southeastern Michigan and other Wayne counties.
We need your support in assisting us in serving over 500 families for the 2008 calendar year. Become our sponsor and donate to us today. Send your donations ATTN: New Clothes & New Shoes Director, The Gift Of A Helping Hand Charitable Trust, 17148 Waltham, Detroit, MI 48205.
Days: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Tasks for Volunteers: Volunteers are needed to donate new coats and new boots. Volunteers may drop off their donation in the new clothes and new shoes donation box located at 17148 Waltham, or you may ship your donations to ATTN: New Clothes & New Shoes Director, 17148 Waltham, Detroit, MI 48205. Monetary donations are also accepted and you may donate online at www.tgoahhct.org.
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