Hands With Detroit

The United Methodist Church, Greater Detroit District

On-site Mission Opportunities

Individuals or families or church work groups

Work at a Cass Community Social Services (CCSS) location

Kid-friendly opportunities (ages 10 and up) are identified below, adult supervision is required.
Two shifts, (work one or both)

Morning - 9 am to 12 noon
Lunch 12 noon to 1 pm {bring your own, gather at central location}
Afternoon - 1 pm to 4 pm

Select your task, click your work shift(s), then come back here to complete your registration

Task	Description	Kid Friendly ?

CCSS Kitchen	In the kitchen, there will be food prep, kitchen and dining room maintenance, garden weeding, and fall clean up. Volunteers will be split into groups of 5-10 to prepare meals for the day, clean and organize the pantry, deep clean the dining room, and harvest the garden to ready it for winter.	Yes(10+)
AM Select (0/20)

CCSS Grounds	This team will provide grounds maintenance of the ten CCSS main campus buildings and the 25 Tiny Homes. Volunteers will mow lawns, trim, edge, weed flowerbeds, and treat weeds growing in sidewalks and along the street. Though CCSS has some equipment, volunteers are asked to bring mowers, edgers, weed whips, garbage bags, and gloves. Tools Needed: mowers, edgers, weed whips, garbage bags, and gloves	Yes(10+)
AM Select (62/80)

CCSS Maintenance	Volunteers will be provided with materials to complete minor repair and maintenance projects throughout the ten CCSS main campus buildings. Tasks will be assigned based on the skill sets of the volunteers.	No
AM Select (24/25)
PM Select (25/25)
AM & PM Select

Finishing the Fox Building	With just weeks to go until our opening of the Fox Family Center, we anticipate that there will be many things that need finishing, including painting, flooring installation, landscaping, cleaning, hanging pictures, etc. Volunteers will work from a 'punch list' to accomplish those last-minute tasks. Some work will be indoors and some will be outdoors.	No
AM Select (32/50)
PM Select (41/50)
AM & PM Select

The Chain(saw) Gang	Volunteers WITH THEIR OWN CHAIN SAWS AND/OR CHIPPERS will remove selected dead trees and stumps throughout the main CCSS campus. Tools Needed: CHAIN SAWS AND/OR CHIPPERS, RAKES, SHOVELS	No
PM Select (5/10)

Create a Dog Park	Help turn an empty lot into the beginnings of a dog park! Volunteers will clear overgrown brush, paint a fence, install benches, and a sign.	Yes(10+)
AM Select (0/15)
PM Select (9/15)


Document Destruction	Assisting the CCSS Green Industries, volunteers will sort and shred confidential documents keeping discarded paper out of the landfill and providing jobs and funding for CCSS programs.	Yes(10+)
AM Select (21/25)
PM Select (19/25)
AM & PM Select

Select your task, click your work shift(s), then come back here to complete your registration