Opportunities

PLEASE READ THIS SECTION BEFORE USING THE FOLLOWING LIST. 

Introduction
The list of Community Service Opportunities is dated from March 2005. It is a means for students to pursue opportunities to complete their community service requirement of ten hours.

1. This list was put together to help students pursue opportunities for community service. Some of these institutions are looking for people to volunteer more than ten hours. At the same time, these institutions depend on people being available on a regular basis. Some require training before a person can be a volunteer. And some of these institutions have an age requirement.

2. Contacting an institution is no guarantee of placement into a program for volunteer service.

3. Think carefully and be realistic about your capabilities. If you do not do well under pressure then some experiences are not for you. Be creative in thinking about your options.

4. Some other options to help you in pursuing volunteer positions are: contact your local parish church as they often have youth programs and service programs for youth. Check with local libraries and ask about programs that might need volunteers. Reading to little children through your local libraries is a wonderful program and the folks at libraries might know of tutoring opportunities or be able to put you in touch with other volunteer organizations in your local community.

5. Volunteering should help you broaden your experience. Don't be afraid to consider doing something new and different. This year's community service might lead you to a new understanding about yourself, your abilities, and your likes and dislikes.

6. An increasing number of colleges and universities are looking at community service performed in high school as part of their criteria for acceptance. You might want to think about a long-term program of volunteering.

Community Service Opportunities

Alzheimer Association
20300 Civic Center Drive, Ste. 100
Southfield, Michigan 48076
248-351-0280
A program that seeks to provide companionship to persons experiencing memory loss. Volunteers receive an orientation that provides them with the information and skills to brighten the life of someone with Alzheimer's. These volunteers must be eighteen years old. Other opportunities include working at the Birmingham day care facility on Saturdays from 10 - 4 pm and providing general assistance for day-long workshops that are periodically given in the area.

American Red Cross
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
248-322-2500
This organization allows for the opportunity to work at the donor center serving refreshments to blood donors and register blood donors, clerical duties and working with area hospitals. In addition, the Red Cross offers a special training program that allows the student to provide basic first aid instruction for elementary school children. This is a commitment of at least 50 hours, but can be performed over a span of time.

Angel's Place
25240 Lahser Rd. #2
Southfield, Michigan 48034
248-350-2203
Providing Christian homes and hope for persons with developmental disabilities. Volunteers assist the residents and staff in a variety of activities. Multiple homes in Troy, Bloomfield Hills, Walled Lake, Southfield.

Assistance League of Southeastern Michigan (ALSM)
248-370-0486
This organization is a group in the Rochester, Birmingham and Bloomfield areas who meets monthly and donates hundreds of hours to various charity projects. The groups mission, through involvement in such projects, is to improve quality of life for those most in need of care, guidance and assistance. ALSM offers volunteer community service opportunity through a group called Assisteens who help with many ongoing charity projects and who also organize their own community service projects.

Baldwin Church and Center
212 Baldwin Road
Pontiac, Michigan 48342
248-332-6101
The center aids people in need from the Pontiac area, through a soup kitchen, tutoring program and food/clothing distribution. Their greatest need is the Tutoring program that operates Monday - Friday after school. In addition, the center is looking for volunteers for their soup kitchen which operates on Saturday and Sunday.

Bound Together
All Saints Episcopal Church
171 West Pike Street
Pontiac, Michigan
248-334-3827
An after school program where high school students can get involved in a variety of different activities with children who may not have a safe and secure place to go after school. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are spent tutoring children grades 2 -4.

Capuchin Soup Kitchen
1264 Meldrum
Detroit, Michigan 48207
313-579-2100 ext. 213
www.cskdetroit.org/volunteer.cfm
One of the oldest programs in the city of Detroit, the Capuchin Friars operates a service which provides food and clothing. They feed hundreds of people each week. Students can organize a food drive at school or sign up to work at the soup kitchen on a Saturday. The work includes stocking and organizing shelves, as well as serving food and interaction with guests. Age 15 and older.

CAREhouse Child Abuse Neglect Council of Oakland County
44765 Woodward
Pontiac, Michigan 48341
Laurie Walters
248-333-0999
Volunteers are needed for special activities which help support children who suffer from abuse and negligence. Help is needed for planning and organizing a Halloween party, a Holiday season party and putting together "court boxes" age appropriate items such as snacks and games while the children are waiting in the courthouse for testimony. 16 years or older.

Colombiere Center
Clarkston, Michigan
248-623-9348
The "We Unite" program of Clarkston is looking for young people to get involved with older people, developing relationships of mutual giving through various activities. At Colombiere, a retirement center for Jesuit priests and brothers, students help with games, socials, spring planting and other events.

Cranberry Creek OATS
Clarkston, Michigan
248-620-0505
This organization encourages and promotes the health and well-being of handicapped individuals through horseback riding and related activities. Students do not need experience with horses. Volunteers may help with cleaning the stalls, working with handicapped students and a variety of other responsibilities.

Crossroads Pregnancy Center
Rochester, Michigan
248-293-0070
This organization provides pro-life counseling for expecting mothers, support for new mothers and pro-life awareness in its programming. Help is needed for childcare during a single mother support group meeting. They also need help in other areas of promotion through their teen peer group.

Gods Helping Hands
2234 Star Court
Rochester Hills, Michigan
248-852-7400
This organization assists needy families with food and clothing. Volunteers are needed to participate in fund raising events such as: a walkathon, a bowl-a-thon and an art festival that they put on every year.

Golden Years Senior Home
5101 N Rochester Rd.
Rochester, Michigan
248-650-8849
This facility serves six senior residents over 70 years of age. Two volunteers are needed to help with slide shows, walk-exercise with the residents and to provide conversation and help with slide shows, walk-exercise with the residents and to provide conversation and companionship. Help is needed after school or on weekends on a weekly basis.

Grace Ministries of Hope
Pontiac, Michigan
248-334-0569
This mission primarily provides meals and emergency support services for people without food or shelter in the Pontiac area. They operate a food kitchen that provides three meals a day, every day. They need volunteers to help with the preparation, serving and clean up of the kitchen and dining area.

Habitat of Humanity of North Oakland
c/o First United Methodist Church, Pontiac
248-338-1843
This organization builds homes for poverty/disaster stricken people in various places.

Haven
Pontiac, Michigan
248-334-1204
This organization's mission is to eliminate domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse through treatment and prevention services in Oakland County. Volunteers are needed for administration, maintaining the physical appearance of the shelter, or working in Haven's clothes closet. Specialized volunteer training is available for those who wish to work directly with client situations.

Jacks Place for Autism
Val Yaros 248-370-2424
A program at Oakland University for kids on the Autism Spectrum that provides sports and other recreation for them in a safe non-competetive environment. Volunteers are needed to help out with their soccer and basketball programs.

Lake Orion Nursing Center
Sister Marion - 248-693-0505
This facility provides comprehensive services for the elderly in the community who are unable to adequately care for themselves. Students are asked to assist with visiting the residents on a regular basis and provide companionship for the people they encounter.

Lighthouse of Oakland County
46156 Woodward Avenue
Pontiac, Michigan 48342
248-920-6000
ext. 2210
This organization provides a variety of services for people in need of food, clothing, shelter and housing. Services include a food pantry, Unity Park housing, Pontiac Area Transitional Housing (PATH) and a shelter for women and children. Students can assist in a number of different ways, including collecting food for the pantry, assisting in the shelter program, Hunger Walk, clerical and special events.

Macomb County Food Program
586-469-6004
Operates Monday - Friday until 5:00 p.m. Work involves sorting and weighing food.

Maplegrove Community Education
6773 West Maple
West Bloomfield, Michigan
248-661-6170
This program sponsors programs for children with chemical dependency and other stress in their families. They are in need of teen volunteers, fifteen years of age or older, whose responsibilities are to help with snacks, games, art projects and other special activities. Each teen volunteer works with two adult facilitators and about ten children. Interested students are to fill out an application and attend orientation.

Michigan Humane Society
Rochester, Michigan
248-852-7424
This organization provides services to animals. Teen volunteers are asked to perform such tasks as cleaning cages, walking dogs, and caring for kittens and puppies. The Society expects a commitment of three hours a month, under an adult mentor. Applications and references are required. Locations include Rochester, Detroit and Westland.

North Oakland Medical Center
461 West Huron
Pontiac, Michigan 48341
248-857-7232
A comprehensive medical care facility which provides services to medically indigent women and children. They provide a supportive environment to meet the health, educational, behavioral and developmental needs of women and infants at risk. Orientation late June. Work includes radiology, HR, mailroom, library, clerical and computer work.

Neighborhood House
1234 Inglewood Rochester,
Michigan 48307
248-651-5836
This organization serves the greater Rochester area collecting food and helping those in need. Students may help in stocking the food pantry or collecting food for the organization.

Oakland/Livingston Human Services
248-209-2605
Older Persons Commission
Rochester, Michigan
248-608-0270
This organization provides a variety of activities for the senior citizen community of Rochester. Help is needed with special events and food preparation for the daily Meals on Wheels program. The Christmas Open House is an area where students can help interact with the guest and activities.

Orion-Oxford Crisis Pregnancy Center
Oxford, Michigan
248-969-2177
This organization serves women of all ages who are facing difficult decisions as new mothers. They provide counseling for unwed and teen mothers, food and clothing for mothers and children in need, adoption information and other pro-life options. Teen volunteers may assist through helping a the the center with baby-sitting for clients and other volunteers at the center.

Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital
Pontiac, Michigan
248 338 5543

Rochester Avon Recreation Authority
108 E Second Street
Rochester, Michigan
248-656-8308
An organization which provides community activities for the greater Rochester area. Year long activities are planned and students are needed to help with set-up, interaction and participation. Activities include Daddy/Daughter dance, Toddler Halloween, Mother/Son dance, Breakfast with Santa and the Holiday Craft Show.

Samaritan House
586-677-7590
This is an organization needing help collecting and sorting food. Also, this organization coordinates many different special needs drives.

St. Vincent de Paul
950 N Perry
Pontiac, Michigan 48342
248-338-2060
This facility receives clothes the needing to be sorted and arranged in the shop. Store or shop opportunities are available.

St. Joseph Mercy Oakland Hospital
Pontiac, Michigan
248-858-3035
A comprehensive full-service medical facility with many different clinics and support departments. Students are primarily asked to serve in the Emergency Room, performing general assistance, mainly on the weekends. In addition, students may serve in registration and other areas. Direct patient contact is an important part of service here.

Study Buddies (After School Tutoring Program)
Owen School
1700 Baldwin Road, Pontiac, MI
248-451-8045
Volunteers will tutor in the areas of reading and math in classrooms or library at Owen school. This program is scheduled to begin March 8, 2005 and will meet after school (3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.) Tuesday - Thursday. Volunteer tutors will meet for a short orientation to match then with a student.

Sunrise Assisted Living of Troy
248-293-6446 or 248-293-1200
Students would provide different service work involving visitation with the residents and activity involvement.

The Food Bank of Oakland County
Pontiac, Michigan
248-332-1473
This is a service that strives to alleviate hunger by soliciting, storing and distributing food through a network of emergency food providers. Duties include moving and organizing weekly and daily food shipments.

We Unite
248-623-9348
The "We Unite" program is looking for young people to get involved with older people, developing relationships of mutual giving through various activities.

William Beaumont - Troy
Troy, Michigan
248-898-0850
Students would be volunteering for the "Greeter Program" at the hospital. A minimum of 60 hours is required because of training, but would be performed over a span of time.

ALSO:
Your Local Area Churches
Your Local Area Schools
Local Libraries

Women's Survival Center
248-335-2685

Creative Art Center
248-333-7849

Boys and Girls Club of Southeast Michigan
248-852-1336

Furniture Bank
248-332-1300

Art and Apples (Rochester)
248-608-0270

Arts Beats and Eats (Pontiac)
248-334-4600

United Way
248-874-1615

Suite Dreams

Paint the Town
Linda Martens
248-652-0139

Mercy Bellbrook Assisted Living
Rochester Hills, MI
248-656-3239

St. Patrick Senior Center
Detroit, MI

St. Leo Soup Kitchen
Detroit, MI

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
248-269-8759

American Cancer Society - Discovery Shop
335 Main Street, Rochester
248-656-5953

Muscular Dystrophy Foundation