How You Can Help
Many hands make light work no matter how large or small the task may be. Below are listed some of the ways we could use your support. Whether your gift is one of time and energy, financial support, or an in-kind donation, we thank you for taking part in the fight against homelessness and providing quality affordable and supportive housing options in our community.
President Obama has issued a nationwide call to action for us all to participate in making each of our communities and lives better and stronger, by working together. Please see the list below for the many ways Avalon Housing can benefit from your skills, passions and time.
Current Volunteer Opportunities
Avalon utilizes volunteers for special projects, as well as ongoing assistance. Following is a list of upcoming opportunities to join in the fight against homelessness and to provide options in quality and affordable housing for everyone in our community. We have volunteer opportunities for all ages, skill levels and interests. Click on our Volunteer Calendar for details of upcoming opportunities!
Join our Baking Brigade!
Do you love to bake? Are you a whiz in the kitchen with cookies, muffins and other baked goods? Do you invent reasons that you just have to break your cookbooks out for? Well, we’ve got the opportunity for you!We’re looking to build an on-call baking brigade to help with our events and property open houses. Sign up for our brigade list, and we’ll contact you with baking opportunities as they arise (at most, once per month). We’ll tell you the event date and other important info, and then our brigade will bake some treats for us to serve at our event. Click Baking Brigade info sheet for more information.
Email Jude if you’re interested!
Advocates and petition collectors
Are you passionate about ending homelessness and providing quality affordable and supportive housing in our community? Help spread the word as an advocate, including collecting petition names in support of our projects.
Email Jude for more information!
Gardening with Grace and Edible Avalon
Gardening with Grace and Edible Avalon are our two gardening programs this year, and we’re looking forward to seeing you there! In addition to volunteers who do most of the planting in June, we are also always looking for help tending and weeding the gardens through September. Looking for more details? Click here: Edible Avalon. To go straight to Edible Avalon’s volunteer opportunities, click here.
Email Jude if you’re interested, and she’ll give you the scoop. Green thumb or no green thumb we’d love to have you along!
Volunteer for Gardening with Grace and you get to visit Avalon properties, meet cool people, and have fun!
2011 Volunteer Statistics
More than 100 volunteers joined us in 2011 to work over 1500 hours! Painting, landscaping (prepping the beds, planting, weeding and mulching, along with trimming), helping with mailings and events (including creating wonderful baked treats for our tenants!), and working on general repairs with our Maintenance Crew. Thanks for all you do to help end homelessness in our community! We couldn’t do it without you.If you have a group that would like to volunteer at Avalon, please call! We can work with you to create a mutually rewarding project.
For more information on volunteering, please contact Jude Walton at (734) 663-5858.
Our Wish List
Have something you think we might like or like to pick something up for us while you’re out? Check our Tenant Wish List of items for tenants, our Community Centers, and the Avalon Office.
Spread the Word!
Excited about supportive housing? Download this Avalon Brochure, which includes basic information about our organization, our tenants and philosophy.