volunteering

Volunteers with the Michigan Clean Water Corps program, supported by grant funding from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), removed over 31,000 pounds of garbage from 222 miles of rivers and streams in 2023.

If you’re in the U.P. this summer, you can give back to Lake Superior.There’s a new project called the Lake Superior Volunteer Corps.Emily Goodman is with…

One of Detroit’s gems, the Belle Isle Aquarium, had been open since 1904 until the cash-starved city shut the place down in 2005 and shipped all 4,000…

A Christian organization dedicated to helping the homeless served more than 2,000 people a free Thanksgiving dinner Thursday.The group, Mel Trotter…

This weekend the group Crossing Water is calling for volunteers to continue the work they've been doing for a long time now: going door to door helping…

The Next IdeaWould you be willing to take a vacation that's centered around helping others?Perhaps through a church or school group. Maybe it's teaching…

Detroit is one of three U.S. cities getting what’s called a “Chief Service Officer.”It’s part of an initiative led by former New York Mayor Michael…

Helping the homeless often comes from the hands of policymakers or researchers, rather than from one young person helping another. A new Detroit-area…

7,100 bodies are buried at the former Eloise mental hospital in Westland, near Detroit. But you'd never guess that from walking around the property.That’s…

A new report finds Michigan is the seventh least charitable state in the nation.Wallet Hub is an online personal finance site that churns out a long list…