by Laurie Sternberg | Mar 9, 2018 | Beds, Client Profiles, Furniture, Spotlight, Volunteer & Staff News
A Day in the Life of a Furniture VolunteerBy Tom Humphreys On the surface it seemed a pretty routine furniture run at Friends In Deed. Our assignment was to pick up three twin beds from the donor’s home and then deliver them to the client’s residence. As it turned out...
by Laurie Sternberg | Mar 6, 2018 | Grants Received, Spotlight
The First Presbyterian Church of Ann Arbor is a long-time friend of Friends In Deed (FID). In fact, the church has been a consistent source of financial support to FID for decades. Because of this general operating support, we’ve been able to keep our doors open...
by Laurie Sternberg | Jan 30, 2018 | Circles, Spotlight
Our first class of Circles Leaders (low-income heads of households) are six months into the 18-month program. This means that the Leaders have completed 13 weeks of training and been matched with two-to-three Allies (middle to high-income volunteers). These smaller...
by Laurie Sternberg | Jan 30, 2018 | Client Profiles, Donors, Furniture, Spotlight
Andrea has four kids, ages 6, 5, 5 and 8 months. She also has a baby on the way, which means she needs a double stroller sooner rather than later. While she had a double stroller for her older kids, she gave it to her cousin who was pregnant with twins. While Andrea...
by Laurie Sternberg | Jan 23, 2018 | FID Fundraisers, Spotlight
Sunday, January 28th is a great day to visit Haab’s Restaurant in downtown Ypsilanti. The restaurant is generously donating 10% of ALL of its sales (including bar drinks) on that day to Friends In Deed. While you don’t have to mention Friends In Deed,...
by Laurie Sternberg | Jan 12, 2018 | Spotlight, Volunteer & Staff News
We lost a good friend this week. Betty Damren, a long-time volunteer, passed away at age 99. Betty goes way, way back with Friends In Deed. In fact, she volunteered in our offices back when we were located in downtown Ypsi. Betty started with Friends In Deed when she...
