Food Pantries
- Sort food
- Stock the Pantry
- Organize a food drive at your office
- Pack lunches
- Sort food
- Stock shelves
- Pack diaper kits
- Unload food deliveries
- Fridays - Unload, sort and, organize food
- Saturdays - Help clients shop, carry groceries
Holidays
- Collect new/gently used coats for kids and adults
- Collect new blankets
- Help sort coats and blankets to be given out in Detroit
- Join the team distributing coats and blankets
- Make and serve a meal
- Plan an evening activity
- Morning transportation
- Overnight supervision
- Order or prepare dinner Monday through Friday.
- Order or prepare brunch on Saturday or Sunday
- Provide care from 7-8pm for on-site children’s activities and play time
- Make Easter gift baskets
- Sponsor Easter dinner for a family
- Sponsor a Thanksgiving meal basket
- Sponsor a Christmas dinner basket
- Christmas adopt-a-family
- Gift cards appreciated for all three seasonal events
- Huge variety of involvement for every season!
- Thanksgiving: Sponsor a Turkey, or assemble a "fixins" bag
- Easter: make gift baskets or sponsor a dinner
- Christmas: Blessing bags, sponsor meals or care services
- Volunteer at Hope for any of their holiday events
- Purchasing children's items to refill the Loan Closet
- Click the link to email with the coordinator for a list of current needs and sizes
Outdoors
- Rake leaves or give landscaping, gardening, or seasonal help for someone on the Care Ministry list or an elderly neighbor you know
- Prayer walks
- Spend time walking as a group and lift up each of our local mission organizations to the Lord in prayer.
- Help at the Farm Stand
- Start a garden for Hope at home
- Gardening at Ypsilanti location
At Home and Other Ideas
- Pack lunches
- Wrap disposable cutlery sets
- Baby essentials party
- Make diaper kits
- House N2 Home
- Benefit concert