by Laurie Sternberg | Sep 18, 2018 | Spotlight, Volunteer & Staff News
Friends In Deed is accepting applications for an AmeriCorps VISTA: Program Services Coordinator. The position starts in November and runs for a year. That being said, there may be an opportunity to continue in a VISTA role for a year or more after the initial term....
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 | 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...
by Laurie Sternberg | Sep 8, 2017 | Spotlight, Volunteer & Staff News
We lost a very good friend this week: Kathy Wilde, who passed away at home in Ypsilanti. Kathy came to Friends in Deed nine years ago at the request of a friend, and she has been volunteering for us in several roles ever since. Most recently, she worked on the...
by Laurie Sternberg | Sep 7, 2017 | Beds, Furniture, Grants Received, Thankfulness Thursday, Volunteer & Staff News
What you have to understand is how great it is for a kid to get his or her own bed when they’ve been doing without. Thanks to the folks from the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor, two low-income families in Washtenaw County recently received this gift of sleep. Beds for...
by Laurie Sternberg | Aug 8, 2017 | Spotlight, Thankfulness Thursday, Volunteer & Staff News
Terrie Upham, a student in Eastern Michigan University’s School of Social Work, is finishing up her internship with Friends In Deed next week. While normally we’d be wishing her luck and saying goodbye, Terrie will continue on with us on our Furniture Line as she did...
