Saturday, December 5, 8:30 a.m. – Noon Booth Evangeline Shelter
3737 Humboldt
Detroit, MI 48208
Questions: email timetohelpmitch@gmail.com
TO SIGN UP PLEASE E-MAIL MARCI FITCH, Project Coordinator at: timetohelpmitch@gmail.com
FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE GIFTS TO BRING VISIT: volunteerimpact.org
Adopting homeless children and their parents living in shelters for one day is one of Time to Help’s most cherished activities. The residents of the shelters are enormously touched by the generosity of volunteers and sponsors. Help make the 19th annual Adopt-a-Shelter as successful as last year’s.
Having a special party in their honor- with tons of needed gifts, foods that residents never usually are treated to such as cookies, cakes, donuts, bagels, & pizza’s – and sharing a day of crafts, dance, manicures, music and camaraderie is heart-warning for both residents and volunteers.
Volunteers will help in decorating, setting up the gift shop, serving food, crafts and games. We are also in need of donations of new, unwrapped toys, clothes and toiletry items for each site. Please visit volunteerimpact.org for a list of items needed as we get closer to the date of the party. WE ASK EACH VOLUNTEER TO BRING AT LEAST ONE UNWRAPPED GIFT FOR A CHILD.
Students, there is still time to organize a drive for gifts in your class or school, or show your parents how to put one together at their offices.
Vendors, if you would like to help out our effort, we need food donations, including drinks, pitas, cake, bagels, donuts, coffee, milk, orange juice and/or other breakfast confections for the morning meal. See list of donations and activities below.
If you can bring manicuring supplies, need a place to drop of donations, or have questions, please contact us at mail to: timetohelpmitch@gmail.com.
We hope you help us bring some holiday joy to these Detroit Citizens!
DONATIONS NEEDED
(for 200 women and children)
- Cake
- Orange Juice
- Centerpieces (20)
- Bagels
- Muffins
- Cream Cheese
- Balloons
- Game Prizes
- Cookies
- Crafts
- Plates and Plasticwear
- Christmas Tree
- Decorations
ACTIVITY CHAIRMEN NEEDED FOR THE FOLLOWING
(this person will be responsible for organizing the project listed below and Supervising a team of volunteers)
- Decorating the Gym
- Picture and Frame (we need someone with a polaroid camera to take pictures of the kids with Santa and distribute to them)
- Greeters (Greet volunteers arriving and assign them to teams)
- Put up signs throughout building with directions and room titles
- Manicure Room
- Arts and Crafts Room
- Food Set up
- Videographer (someone to videotape and edit to create a 3-5 minute video). Chances are it would be put on Mitch’s website.
- Teen Game Room (THIS IS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE. NEW AND CREATIVE IDEAS ARE NEEDED TO HELP THE TEENS HAVE FUN AND GET INVOLVED!!
- Caricature Artist
**NEW IDEAS NEEDED! If you have a neat idea of something we could add to the program, please let me know. ie. The last couple of years we had hip-hop dancers teach the kids some moves and last year we had a live band in the teen game room!
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