New Volunteer Opportunities!

Firstly, for the locals, we can volunteer at the Earthworks Garden in Detroit, from 9 am – 12 pm on September 25th.  The volunteer director there isn’t counting on us to fill all the spots, but they could use a maximum of 12 volunteers.

Here’s a link to the Earthworks volunteer page.

Our second opportunity calls on our knitting and crocheting friends!  Warm Up America volunteers can donate their time to crochet and knit a 7″ x 9″ rectangle (or more). Sections are either joined by individuals or groups in a community and donated locally or sent to Foundation headquarters for joining and distribution.

I’d like to encourage some of our long-distance commune supporters to get in on this, if they can crochet or knit.  If YOU can’t, can you ask someone you know to make a rectangle for you?

I’d love it if we could get enough squares to make an afghan or two which we could then donate locally.  I see a lot of red & white yarn being employed here. 🙂

Thanks everyone, and Let’s Go Red Wings!

Gleaners Wrap Up

On August 10th the Red Wings Commune gathered for its first ever volunteer opportunity. Since so many of us met at H2H where we had a great time for a good cause, volunteering and helping in the Detroit area seemed a natural extension of our friendship. We converged on Gleaners Food Bank in Detroit, to work a 3 hour shift in the warehouse.

6 Volunteers came together to collect 6 orders for various soup kitchens and charitable organizations in the area.

We moved 275 pieces of stock.

2,992 lbs of food and necessities.

Nearly 3,000 meals.

A huge thanks to Gleaners for being so accomodating (snacks and bottled water were provided), patient and instructive. And the regular warehouse workers were fun and friendly.

Working in the warehouse was a great experience. The amount of food that Gleaners has to distribute to those in need is staggering, and seeing that first hand was incredible. Being able to give some of our time to help them out was well worth it and inspiring.

We’ll probably be back to work there again in the future.

Check back here for more details on our next volunteer opportunity, which will take place on a weekend in September. Just not training camp weekend, since many of us will be in Traverse City to watch our boys convene for the start of the 2010-2011n regular season.

Thanks everyone and LET’S GO RED WINGS!!

Volunteer Availability for Jul-Sept

If you can go to this website and click the days you are available for volunteering, that will help me book our next Volunteer effort!!

Don’t forget the Gleaner’s Food Bank work day is less than a month away!  So far we have 5 people committed, it would be great to get at least 3 more.

Thanks, and LGRW!!

Volunteer Opportunity- Gleaners’s Food Bank Detroit

The Red Wings Commune will volunteer at Gleaner’s Food Bank
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
1-4 pm

Wear comfortable clothes, and CLOSED-TOE SHOES. No sandals or flip flops!

Detroit Location: 2131 Beaufait Detroit, Michigan 48207

From Gleaners- The Projects in our warehouses vary. Upon your visit your project may consist of the following: Packing food boxes, sorting food items/canned goods, pulling agency food orders de-tagging clothing and so much more.

We ask that you come in dress comfortable; jeans, t-shirt and gym shoes, dress warm this is a warehouse environment.

We will provide a tour, snack and water during your stay.
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We are signed up as a group of 10, give or take a few, so 8-12 volunteers are needed for this event.  You may sign up for this volunteer opportunity in the comments to this post.  This volunteer event is wheel-chair friendly.