Opportunities From: Connect2Community

At Avalon, housing is a human right. Our mission is to build healthy, safe and inclusive supportive housing communities as a long-term solution to homelessness. Avalon Housing is a non-profit supportive housing provider. Supportive housing is a combination of affordable housing paired with services, such as case management. We don’t just help people find housing, we help people stay and thrive in their homes.

If you are passionate about creating more diverse, inclusive, and equitable communities where all people are welcome, Avalon may be a good fit for you.

Support Avalon Housing through a Property Beautification Day! Join our grounds team on a clean up day at one of our many supportive, affordable housing properties. You can participate with your friends, family, community group, or co-workers, helping beautify our properties with seasonal clean up, planting, and weeding.

Want to double your impact from a Property Beautification Day? Consider purchasing native plants or making a restricted gift to support beautifying our properties! To donate native plants, please contact John Slowey, Avalon’s Senior Groundskeeper, to learn about which native plants are needed at jslowey@avalonhousing.org.

Job Title: Service Day Volunteer

Reports To: Aleah Pisarz, Volunteer Program Coordinator

Location: On-site at one of our properties located around Washtenaw County

Compensation: This is an unpaid and voluntary role. However, any direct and approved expenses related to the role will be reimbursed.

Avalon Housing is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome all applicants including applicants from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds, as well as historically marginalized groups. This includes but is not limited to underrepresented gender identities, sexual/romantic orientations and/or relationship structures, people living with disabilities or mental health conditions, and with lived experience with homelessness or recovery from a substance use disorder, and people with underrepresented religious and/or socio-economic backgrounds. Avalon also encourages those with criminal histories to apply. Avalon doesn't request information about criminal histories until an offer of employment is extended. Avalon will not exclude someone based on criminal history unless it is determined the criminal history is related to or directly conflicts with the responsibilities of the position. We are committed to transparency about our decision making process, and will seek clarifying information from an applicant to help us make a determination in this regard.

Hope Clinic serves hot meals 6 nights per week out of our commercial kitchen. To keep everything in working order, the grease traps (2 of them) need to be cleaned on a monthly basis. It is a smelly job, but extremely important!

Note: One group member should be capable of lifting 50lbs high enough to put waste in a dumpster.

If interested, please either respond to this posting or email volunteer@thehopeclinic.org. We will get back to you with more information!

Or, fill out a group volunteer application on our website: https://thehopeclinic.org/volunteer

*Sign-up for this volunteer opportunity by filling out the application below*

As a volunteer receptionist, you will greet visitors, thank donors and do light clerical tasks.  This is a great way for community members to become involved in our work on a low-key scale. Training will be provided in person and on self-paced videos. Receptionists are asked to make a weekly commitment (three to four hours) during regular business hours (Monday-Friday, 9am – 4pm). We encourage all volunteers to stay in their roles for up to 6 months.

We highly encourage all applicants to attend a volunteer information session to learn more about the services, and requirements and to go over the roles available. https://www.safehousecenter.org/volunteer-info-sessions/

Applications are open! 

Contact Laura Hoehner-Dane at volunteer@safehousecenter.org for further questions. 

Camp STAR is a program of STAR Children's Bereavement Services. It is a free weekend long grief camp for kids and teens, ages 8-17, that have experienced the death of a significant person in their lives. Join us in providing support and comfort to children. Our grief camp offers a safe, compassionate space where kids can express their emotions, build resilience, and heal through fun, therapeutic activities. As a volunteer, you’ll help create a supportive, caring environment, offering a listening ear, guidance, and a shoulder to lean on. No experience is necessary—just a heart full of empathy and a desire to make a lasting impact on a child’s journey through grief. Apply today and be part of something truly meaningful!

Visit our site here to see the volunteer opportunities available. 

Arrival for volunteers is 1pm on Thursday August 7th. This is a mandatory orientation day for all volunteers. Children arrive on Friday at 1pm. Camp ends at about 3pm on Sunday August 10th. 

Hello and welcome to the Detroit VITALS (Virtual Intersystem Telemedicine And Lifestyle Services) project!  

We are working with our planning committee to begin possibly the first ever Telemedicine based (online only) free clinic  and are looking for anyone interested in helping! We are looking to get the clinic operational by the end of the winter of 2022 and are looking for volunteers to help us make this a reality.

We will continue to be holding weekly meetings at Wednesday evenings on Zoom to create content and plan for the grand opening of the Detroit VITALS free telemedicine clinic!  General planning committee meetings will be one hour per week and members will be expected hour contributions are 3-5 hours per week on average currently with select committees (Networking, Educational Content, Workflow, Social Media, Website development, Advertising and Human resources/volunteer management).  

We are looking for anyone interested in assisting in helping plan out and develop plans/strategies for the new clinic as we get the clinic off the ground (goal Winter of 2022).  

Please email us detroitvitals@gmail.com, follow us on Instagram/Facebook, become a fan on this site or check out our website at detroitvitals.org for further information. We look forward to hearing from you!! 

ENGin is looking for volunteers aged 15-22 to serve as speaking buddies for international students. This is a super-flexible and unique opportunity to make a difference without leaving your room. Plus, you'll get to know peers across the world!

Here's how it works: we will pair you up with a Ukrainian student to video chat each week at times that are convenient for you. We match students and volunteers based on age, gender preference, interests, and schedules. All of our students have studied English, so you don't have to worry about reviewing grammar rules - just chat about school, the latest news stories, favorite books and movies, holiday plans, or anything else that's on your mind. We also provide tons of resources, activities, and ideas for you to use. Your speaking sessions can be 30-60 minutes long.

The form will help us understand your background and match you with a student. Once we receive your form, we will reach out to schedule a 15-20 minute video call to provide more details about volunteering with ENGin and answer any questions.

You can learn more about ENGin at www.enginprogram.org. If you have any questions before signing up, please contact us at info@enginprogram.org.

Help us create the ultimate school experience for middle school students in Detroit!

ImmersEd Inc. believes that every child, regardless of zip code, deserves to fall in love with learning. We believe that engagement is highest when students understand the "why" behind their learning, and that every student deserves opportunities to experience the real-life application of their work in the classroom. Unfortunately, due to budget and time constraints, this is not possible for many schools in the Detroit area. ImmersEd Inc. seeks to close this gap by pairing middle schools in Detroit with experiential learning opportunities (think field trips!) that map directly to students' curriculum.

As a developing non-profit, we are looking for someone who can help us brainstorm around experiences that tie into middle school curriculum. We provide the planning template; we just need your ideas! Responsibilities include finding field trip locations around Metro Detroit; writing reflection questions to connect field trips to curriculum; and contacting locations to inquire about logistics around field trips.

Please contact us if you are interested in being part of our organization's foundation!

Scleroderma Foundation Michigan Chapter is looking for someone to assist with writing blogs that would live on our website. These would be educational and informative to the persons living with scleroderma, to caregivers and to family members. They could include health topics, nutritional topics, insurance topics and mental health topics.

Help us create the ultimate school experience for middle school students in Detroit!

ImmersEd Inc. believes that every child, regardless of zip code, deserves to fall in love with learning. We believe that engagement is highest when students understand the "why" behind their learning, and that every student deserves opportunities to experience the real-life application of their work in the classroom. Unfortunately, due to budget and time constraints, this is not possible for many schools in the Detroit area. ImmersEd Inc. seeks to close this gap by pairing middle schools in Detroit with experiential learning opportunities (think field trips!) that map directly to students' curriculum.

 As a developing nonprofit, ImmersEd Inc. is looking for someone to help us find and/or write grants to secure critical funding for our programs. As a grant writer, you would be responsible for co-creating a bank of possible grants to apply for and working with other ImmersEd volunteers on writing them by their deadline. 

We are looking for someone who is passionate about our mission and who can bring that mission to light through their writing. We are flexible with scheduling, in terms of the hours of the day worked (pick your own schedule!) and the number of hours per week. 

Please respond to this post or reach out to info@immerseddetroit.org if you are interested or have questions. We would love to see any samples of previous writing you have done.

Thank you for helping us create the best opportunities for the amazing students of Detroit!

Help us create the ultimate school experience for middle school students in Detroit!

ImmersEd Inc. believes that every child, regardless of zip code, deserves to fall in love with learning. We believe that engagement is highest when students understand the "why" behind their learning, and that every student deserves opportunities to experience the real-life application of their work in the classroom. Unfortunately, due to budget and time constraints, this is not possible for many schools in the Detroit area. ImmersEd Inc. seeks to close this gap by pairing middle schools in Detroit with experiential learning opportunities (think field trips!) that map directly to students' curriculum.

As a developing nonprofit, we are seeking assistance with creating a website that displays our mission and vision and that gets others excited about being a part of our organization! 

We are looking for someone who is passionate about our mission and is a creative storyteller through digital design. We aim to have our website up in August, with time to develop it further after that time, so we are looking for someone who can dedicate approximately 5 hours per week to this project, for the next few weeks. 

To apply, please respond to this opportunity or email us at info@immerseddetroit.org. We would love to see samples of work you have done in the past!

Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, there is a severe shortage of blood. Consider coordinating your group to donate together (but separately!)

If you or your group would like to donate, please go to our site (linked below) instead of responding to this opportunity. 

Join a volunteer team over 500 strong.  As a volunteer tax preparer, you can ensure that our clients get the best return on their taxes. No need to be an accountant.  We arm you with 12 hours of live online classroom tax law training and on-site expert support so that you can confidently complete accurate returns. With a minimum four-day commitment on Saturdays and/or weekdays from January to April at one of our 22 locations, you can help return up to $30,000 to members of our community.

This opportunity offers a varied schedule contingent upon your availability and needs of the program. All volunteers must pass a Michigan Criminal History Background Check.