Tag: volunteering
Thousands of Detroit area families may go without Christmas gifts, food
There are only nine days left until Christmas Eve. For many of us, this means that most of the gifts on our list are purchased or made. They are probably on their way to the recipients or sitting under a beautifully decorated Christmas tree in anticipation of that special morning. Sadly, many in the Detroit and surrounding Southeastern Michigan more »
Operation Top Knot care packages support military moms, infants
When you’re expecting a baby, the support of family and close friends is critical. They not only provide gifts, care packages and advice, but also the extremely important emotional support for those especially difficult first few weeks as a new mom. However, what about those military wives and moms who don’t have a support system because their husbands are deployed, more »
Forgotten Harvest rescues food for Detroit hungry
According to a recent U.S. Census Bureau report, 43.6 million Americans reported living in poverty in 2009–the highest number in the last 51 years of gathering these statistics. As economic issues increase for American families, so do real possibilities of hunger for more people than ever before. During hard times, people start to prioritize vital needs–they give up food to pay electric bills, more »
GiveBackIn Update: Spreading Joy, One More Generation
I’ve received two exciting updates from previous GiveBackIn feature organizations: Spreading Joy helped over 300 kids with backpacks and school supplies during their Back-t0-School 2010 push. Read the full article on their website. Congratulations Spreading Joy, and keep up the fantastic work. One More Generation recently delivered animal rescue supplies to the Audubon Nature Institute: more »
Wigs for Kids gives hope, boosts confidence
Successful hairdresser Jeffrey Paul had a turning point in both his personal and professional life when his niece was diagnosed with leukemia. As a gymnast, Paul’s niece was worried about upcoming tryouts and chemotherapy leaving her without hair. “I promised her that she would have hair,” Paul writes on his website. “And when you make a more »
Voiceless-MI speaks for those without voice
Last year, groups of people that included Holly Sauve’ and Beth Contreras were working with shelter dogs and cats in Michigan. “Most of us were already active in different groups. But we all had one common goal and that was helping our shelter animals from becoming research experiments. That goal is what brought us all together,” says Sauve’. In more »
Books for Soldiers organization provides ‘care packages for the mind’
Books for Soldiers started when a news report during the first Gulf War prompted Storm Williams to help military men and women. “CNN reported that once the soldiers were deployed, they were faced with massive downtime and were restricted to their base due to the travel limitations set by the Saudi government,” Williams recounts. A “voracious more »
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