Educating Detroit for a Brighter Future

Teach 4 Detroit is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping students in Detroit get ahead and achieve success. The present educational system in Detroit, due to restrictions on resources, is unable to adequately cater to students' needs. Every child should have the opportunity to achieve their academic and career goals. But it's very difficult to figure everything out on your own, so we've developed the Teach 4 Detroit program to help students get from where they are to where they want to be. (http://bit.ly/GYwUpO)


Help Detroit students shine brighter by donating and volunteering at the below link:
http://teach4detroit.org/opportunities.html

Habitat Detroit Transforming Neighborhoods

Habitat for Humanity founded in 1977 is an international non-profit, Christian-based organization whose mission is to provide low-income families with decent, affordable housing in which they can raise their families. Vison 2020 is one of Habitat for Humanity's recent programs.

The Vision 2020 initiative has four major goals:

1.    · Enhance the economic and cultural vitality of the neighborhood/community environment.

2.   · Develop residents’ capacity for effective local governance.

3.   · Eliminate substandard housing and improve the neighborhood’s physical conditions.

4.    · Increase collaboration and exposure within the neighborhood to the services available from community organizations. (http://bit.ly/x7S5HC)

Here is how you can help.

Volunteer your time:

http://www.habitatdetroit.org/volunteer/volunteer_sign_up/

Or

Donate to support Habitat for Humanity:

http://www.habitatdetroit.org/donate/make_a_donation/

Providing Detroit with services to meet their physical, emothional and spiritual needs

The Salvation Army, is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping people in need with out discrimination. One of the great programs the origination provides it the the Bed and Bread Program. The Bed & Bread Program serves nearly 5,000 meals to the hungry each day. That's approximately 1.7 million meals every year to men, women and children that would otherwise go without. In addition, The Bed & Bread Program provides nearly 500 homeless individuals shelter each night. That's nearly 167,000 nights of shelter annually (http://bit.ly/yAYfTz).


Help the Salvation Army by contributing to their cause bellow:
https://secure20.salvationarmy.org/donation.jsp

Put an End to Hunger in Detroit

For more than 35 years, Gleaners Community Food Bank has been "nourishing communities by feeding hungry people.” Last year, Gleaners distributed 40 million pounds of emergency food to over 600 partner soup kitchens, shelters and pantries in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Livingston and Monroe counties. We alleviate hunger by providing the equivalent of 85,284 meals per day to people who otherwise cannot afford the food they need (http://bit.ly/w0kIQf).


Visit and contribute to Gleaners Community Food Bank bellow:
http://www.gcfb.org/site/PageServer?pagename=pg_takeaction

Live United

The mission of United Way for Southeastern Michigan is to mobilize the caring power of Detroit and Southeastern Michigan to improve communities and individual lives in measurable and lasting ways.

United Way for Southeastern Michigan produces a common good by creating opportunities for a better life for all. The main focus is on education, income and basic needs, which are the building blocks for a good quality of life (http://bit.ly/zLTMmY).

Please help United Way for Southeastern Michigan further their cause by visiting the link bellow. 

http://liveunitedsem.org/take-action

Goodwill Celebrates 90 Years

For 90 years, Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit has led the region's ongoing battle against unemployment. Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit estimates it has served nearly 1 million clients and placed almost 90,000 individuals into jobs over its 90 year history. These Metro Detroiters have benefited from the nonprofit organization's employment training, education, support and job placement programs. 

In 2010 alone, Goodwill worked with more than 900 Detroit area employers to place 1,420 people into jobs.  As Goodwill continues to grow and evolve, it looks forward to many more years of transforming lives and the region's economy by helping Metro Detroiters become "trained, trusted and ready to work" (http://bit.ly/rs4t4P).

Please visit and help Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit.

http://www.goodwilldetroit.org/page.aspx?p=7

Celebrating Diversity in Detroit

Established in 1968, Focus: HOPE’s aim is “dedicated to intelligent and practical solutions to the problems of hunger, economic disparity, inadequate education, and racial divisiveness” (http://bit.ly/wHJt2M). 


Focus: HOPE’s mission statement demonstrates their goal beautifully:

Recognizing the dignity and beauty of every person, we pledge intelligent and practical action to overcome racism, poverty and injustice. And to build a metropolitan community where all people may live in freedom, harmony, trust and affection. Black and white, yellow, brown and red from Detroit and its suburbs of every economic status, national origin and religious persuasion we join in this covenant.  —Adopted March 8, 1968

Focus: HOPE accomplishes their mission by providing the following services:

• ·      Food programs
• ·      Career training programs and
• ·      HOPE Village Initiative

Please visit and contribute to Focus: HOPE’s mission by visiting the following link:

http://www.focushope.edu/donate.aspx