Join Us for our Upcoming Club Events
All are welcome to join - members and guests alike!
Gleaners Food Bank Distribution at Mercado Fresh Market
Saturday January 29, 2022
9:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Mercado Food Hub - 2826 Bagley Ave Detroit, MI 48216
Gleaners is a food distribution center that provides food to more than 660 partner soup kitchens, food pantries, shelters, and other agencies across the region, and supplements efforts of those partners by offering direct service drive-up grocery and food box distributions. In its fiscal year 2020, Gleaners distributed nearly 64 million pounds of food to neighbors in need.
At this project we will assist with food distribution at the Ford Resource and Engagement Center (FREC I) Mercado Food Hub pantry. Volunteer activities will include helping to load shopping carts indoors and loading food into vehicles outdoors. You may also help with some general food packing and cleaning. This position requires that you are able to stand for several hours, though accommodations may be made with advance notice.
If you have any additional questions about this volunteer opportunity, please contact project lead Katy Willoughby at ktylus@gmail.com.
This project is currently full! Please see our other service opportunities to volunteer!
February Club Meeting - Save the Date
Thursday February 10, 2022
7:00 PM
Location - TBD
Join us for our monthly club meeting. We will be talking about our upcoming events, sharing our my two cents moments from the week, celebrating our February club member birthdays and reviewing the service our club has done over the last month. All are welcome to attend. Club meetings do not require an advanced reservation.
If you have any questions about our meeting, please contact us at metrodetroitypkiwanis@gmail.com.
Michigan Humane Society Volunteering
Saturday February 19, 2022
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Michigan Humane Society - 7887 Chrysler Dr. Detroit, MI 48211
We’ll be volunteering with the Michigan Humane Society. Roles will range from cleaning with staff to keep spaces safe and clean for all of their animals to helping with animal dishes and laundry to making toys for the animals.
Please wear clothing that you do not mind getting dirty. T-shirt of any kind, long pants (no shorts) and closed toe shoes. Please be advised that this dress code to keep all volunteers safe from animals jumping and chemicals used for cleaning purposes.
After registering with our club below, you will redirecting to a page with the Humane Society to finish signing up for the event.
If you have any additional questions about this volunteer opportunity, please contact project lead Katy Willoughby at ktylus@gmail.com.
Fowling Social
Saturday February 19, 2022
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Fowling Warehouse - 3901 Christopher Place Hamtramck, MI 48211
Join us for fowling followed by Polish food and beverages at some classic Hamtramck locations.
If you have any questions about this event, please contact our Social Director Brian at briananderson816@gmail.com.
Focus Hope - Food for Seniors
Saturday February 26, 2022
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
1200 Oakman Blvd. Building B - Detroit, MI 48238
Volunteers that participate will be "cutting stock", that is Focus: Hope lingo for opening boxes to prepare to put the commodities in boxes, load on pallets for delivery. This is a moderately physical activity. Long periods of active moving and standing are required.
This activity involves an assembly line and team work. Masks are required for all individuals to abide by COVID-19 protocols.
If you have any additional questions about this volunteer opportunity, please contact project lead Katy Willoughby at ktylus@gmail.com.
March Club Meeting - Save the Date
Thursday March 10, 2022
7:00 PM
Location - TBD
Join us for our monthly club meeting. We will be talking about our upcoming events, sharing our my two cents moments from the week, celebrating our March club member birthdays and reviewing the service our club has done over the last month. All are welcome to attend. Club meetings do not require an advanced reservation.
If you have any questions about our meeting, please contact us at metrodetroitypkiwanis@gmail.com.
Cass Community Social Services
Saturday March 26, 2022
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Cass Community Social Services - 12025 Woodrow Wilson St, Detroit, MI 48206
Cass Community Social Services is dedicated to providing food, housing, health services and job programs in Detroit. Volunteer with us as we help them with various tasks. We’ll likely assist the organization with document destruction. Cass recycles documents from area businesses to provide jobs for those that might be harder to employ due to developmental disabilities. Due to a shut-down due to COVID they are behind in the process. We’ll lend them a hand in sorting and shredding paper.
We will be working indoors and masks will be required.
Exact location subject to change, based on exact porject CCSS assigned our group.
If you have any additional questions about this volunteer opportunity, please contact project lead Katy Willoughby at ktylus@gmail.com.
Tree Planting with Greening of Detroit
Saturday April 9, 2022
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Detroit - Exact Location TBD
The Greening of Detroit will be planting trees in Detroit and they need our help! Volunteers should dress for the weather, wear closed toe shoes or boots, gloves, and bring water + needed snacks.
*Please note: All volunteers will be required to pass a COVID-19 Pre-Screening Survey/ Waiver that will be sent out prior to the volunteer event. We ask that volunteers not vaccinated please wear a mask during the volunteer event.
If you have any additional questions about this volunteer opportunity, please contact project lead Katy Willoughby at ktylus@gmail.com.
Grant Park Clean Up
Saturday April 23, 2022
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Grant Park 598 E Irving Ave, Royal Oak, MI 48067
When our club started years ago we installed our first Free Little Library at Grant Park, a park that we adopted. Every spring and fall we find a day to clean the park- we do a trash pick-up and ensure our Little Free Library is stocked and in good shape for people in the community! Please consider bringing a trash bag and gloves to help us beautify the park!
If you have any additional questions about this volunteer opportunity, please contact project lead Katy Willoughby at ktylus@gmail.com.
"We make a living by what we do, but we make a life by what we give."
~ Winston Churchill