Time to Help -Saturday, July 25

We hope you will join Mitch Albom, Ken Brown and our gang of regulars at Arts and Scraps, a very artistically and environmentally creative non-profit in Detroit.  Arts and Scraps recycles and reuses hundreds of different items. Volunteers will be preparing materials, packing kits and organizing storage areas at the Arts and Scraps Warehouse. The kits and materials will be used in art projects for local children. This is a very fun project and you will see first-hand the very clever and imaginative use of    materials used in manufacturing and other applications.

We hope you will join us, but please sign up in advance.  We only have space for 25 volunteers fpr this project. You may sign up by clicking on the Time to Help listing located on the right side of this screen.

Arts & Scraps Seeks Donated Item

In connection with the July 25 Time to Help Project, or anytime, Arts & Scraps, a non-profit organization serving children and their creative needs, while helping to recycle and reuse hundreds of different items, is looking for the following items to be donated:

Save for Arts & Scraps:

Bring when you volunteer

OR Items may be delivered to Arts & Scraps Tuesday and Thursday 11-6; Saturday 11- 4

OR mailed to: Arts & Scraps 16135 Harper Detroit, MI 48224. 

Everyday “stuff”: Please make sure items are clean. 

• plastic strawberry baskets
• microwave meal plates
• coffee cans w/lids (metal and plastic)
• “Pringles” cans w/lids
• 35mm film containers
• oatmeal containers w/lids
• gallon milk bottle caps
• wine corks
• baby food jars
• candles
• candle stubs
• CDs (promotional or $)
• magnets or badges of any kind
• metal lids from frozen concentrated juice
• large brown paper bags (standard grocery size only, please)
• brightly-colored paper --printed OK, even a piece or two ( for shredding)

• spools- empty or with thread
• yarn
• rock and shell collections
• buttons
• plastic or silk flowers
• jigsaw puzzles (pieces missing OK)
• ribbon
• trim
• rickrack
• baskets and tins
• calendars with pictures
• telephone wire
• craft books or craft magazines
• craft kits and misc. crafting items
• jewelry,
• beads (broken OK)
• fabric, vinyl and leather pieces and scraps (no clothing, please)
• children’s art supplies—scissors, crayons (pieces OK), construction paper, etc 

No thank you list: These cannot be stored effectively, are not safe, or are not in demand 

• plastic food containers (yogurt, etc.)
• Styrofoam “peanuts”
• egg cartons or Styrofoam trays
• magazines
• plastic bags
• paper towel or toilet paper tubes
• prescription or medicine bottles

• cardboard boxes
• at least 25 of the same size quantities of new plastic or paper bags, any size
• snacks for volunteers
• tape to seal cartons
• cross cut paper shredder
• GPS system
• dies for small hand die cutter (range from $30 - $50), can be in honor or memory of a person or occasion, over 2,000 shapes available or any simple drawing can be custom designed

visit their website: ARTSandSCRAPS.org

VOLUNTEER IMPACT ANNOUNCES ITS ASSOCIATION WITH UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGANTo better service the volunteer needs of Detroit's Metropolitan area, changes are afoot at Volunteer Impact! The VI calendar is being incorporated into the United Way Volunteer calendar and can be accessed by calling "211" or on the web at : www.uwsem.org/vi

AGENCIES: Please contact  Angela Walker at United Way of Southeastern Michigan to register your future volunteer needs :
Angela.Walker@uwsem.org Manager of Volunteer Services, 313-226-9450 . fax 313-226-9394
Volunteer Impact will still  coordinate Mitch Albom's monthly Time to Help Events.

The Shelter Association of Washtenaw County Needs Your Help!

We are running dangerously low on critical supplies for the men and women we serve, especially:

• Twin size blankets
• Backpacks or duffel bags
• Sleeping bags

Your gift of the above items in new or gently used condition can make a real difference in the lives of our least fortunate neighbors.  Staff is available to accept your donation at 312 W. Huron from 7:00am to 10:00pm daily.  If you have any questions please feel free to contact me by responding to this message or calling (734) 662-2829 ext. 227.

Shields is Offering a Fund-raising Opportunity for Your Organization

Shield's, one of Volunteer Impact's longtime sponsors, invites non-profits, school and church groups to have their next fund raising event at their Shields of Southfield location on a designated day, and to collect 25% of that day's sales from  their supporters. Interested organizations may pick any day Sun-Thurs to pass out fliers to their supporters. Any person that comes in to eat on that day and presents that flier will be part of your  organizations' 25% profit.

Call (248)356-2770 and ask for a manager for more information.

Volunteer Impact Contact information:

volunteer_impact@yahoo.com
6960 Orchard Lake Road, Suite 204, West Bloomfield, MI 48322
(248) 932-2580

For general volunteering information: Call United Way of Southeastern Michigan at 211

For group volunteer information call Pat McCann at United Way at (313) 226-9416

For Adopt-a-Shelter and Time to Help projects call Volunteer Impact at (248) 932-2580 and a volunteer will respond to you

Website: www.volunteerimpact.org