NEWS! 2.14.22
Please consider Living United by lending your helping hands to these many impactful projects!
United Way of Saginaw County – Selling 50/50 raffle tickets at the Saginaw Spirit Game – Just a few spots left
- Saturday, February 26th – 5pm until the end of the 3rd period of the game
- 10-12 volunteers are needed to sell 50/50 for United Way of Saginaw County at the Saginaw Spirit Game.
- Volunteer will walk around the arena with handheld ticket machines. All machines will be assigned 2 or more people.
- Anyone who is under 18 must be with a partner over the age of 18.
**New Date** SC-CHAP (Saginaw County – Consortium of Homeless Assistance Providers/United Way of Saginaw County – 2022 Annual Homeless PIT (Point in Time) Count Volunteers Needed!
- The PIT (Point-In-Time) Count is an annual count of sheltered and unsheltered people who are experiencing homelessness on a single night in our community. Similar counts will be occurring in every community across the United States the last week of January (now late February). Counts are carried out by staff and volunteers who conduct surveys that allow people who are experiencing homelessness to express their specific needs and housing status. If you’re interested in learning more, click the link to an article explaining the importance of PIT. https://footholdtechnology.com/news/point-in-time-count/
- Volunteers are needed on February 23rd, 2022 for the day count (10am-3pm) or the night count (6pm-10pm)
- Volunteers must be willing to work in teams, willing to outreach to potential homeless individuals, check in abandoned buildings, under bridges, etc.
Partnership Center – Multiple dates and tasks available
- Sorting & organizing donations
- Assisting previously homeless clients with picking out items from donation bank
- Cleaning/janitorial work
Children’s Grief Center – Peer Support Grief Group volunteers & 5k race volunteers needed
- Are you a good listener? Volunteers are needed for peer support grief groups. As a volunteer, you’ll receive all the training needed to support this program. Grief groups will meet 2 nights per month per school year in Saginaw, Midland & Bay City. Plus other support programs will run in the Summer.
- Grit Your Grief 5k – volunteers needed to lend a helping hand
First Hospice Care – Volunteer Senior Citizen Companions Needed
- Two senior citizen companions are needed
- *Pending Companion* – Senior Citizen would like a companion with Christian values and enjoys socializing and having meaningful conversations to visit with her 3 times a week in the morning or early afternoon. She is very pleasant and loves people. She doesn’t mind if her companion is female or male but prefers someone who doesn’t curse or drink alcohol.
- *Pending Companion* – Senior Citizen would like a weekly companion for 2-3 hours to help with grocery shopping, errands, laundry, etc for about 2 months and prefers a female companion
- Interested in becoming a senior companion with a future opportunity? Just let me know and I can connect you to the coordinator.
- Please note, because of the nature of these opportunities. . . a United Way COVID release form will need to be signed and a background check will be preformed by First Hospice Care.
Temple Theatre – Saginaw Silver Screen Movie Series
- When: Now – May 2022 – Multiples dates to choose from
- Volunteers are needed to help usher, welcome & assist guests before and after the show and help with some clean up
- Volunteers who have a can-do spirit and have an interest in movies and the arts. . . this is a great fit.
Interested in this opportunity?
- You can register here on their volunteer link: www.templetheatre.com/volunteer
- When filling out the form, be sure to click United Way at the bottom of the form
East Side Soup Kitchen
- When: Monday – Friday but especially Thursdays
- Volunteers are needed to help prep for upcoming meals, serve meals, assist in the dining room and prep to-go boxes, etc
American Red Cross – Administrative Volunteer, Blood Transporter, Veteran Affairs Volunteer, Blood Donor Ambassador
- Administrative Assistance volunteer
- Blood Transporter
- Veteran Affairs Volunteer
- Blood Donor Ambassador
United Way Needs You!
Want to help but these opportunities aren’t the right fit? No worries, you can still help.
- To support the United Way Campaign which funds programs at various nonprofit agencies that are all working towards our common goal of getting and keeping Saginaw County residents financially stable text LiveUnitedNow to 41444 to make a United Way Campaign donation. Also, donations can be made through our website at www.UnitedWaySaginaw.org.
Any amount will help us support community initiatives and projects and help keep #SaginawCountyStrong.
Please let me know if you have any questions!
Again, thank you so much for volunteering and for Living United!
Stay Safe!
Jackie Taylor
Community Investment Coordinator
United Way of Saginaw County
100 S. Jefferson Ave., 3rd Floor
Saginaw, MI 48607
Direct Line: (989) 776-0550
Fax: (989) 755-2158