Stories

SHARE Detroit has exciting news! Glow Fish Studios will be donating all round-up amounts from customer purchases in 2025 to SHARE! Glow Fish Studios is located at 2840 Biddle Street in Wyandotte, MI and sells a variety of home, lifestyle, and novelty items. In light of this news, we asked Glow Fish Studios owner Vanessa Morse to tell us more about her business, her decision to support SHARE, and how round-up donations work. 

A Girl Like Me is one of SHARE Detroit’s most active nonprofit partners. Over the years, we’ve talked with A Girl Like Me founder Tyra Moore to spotlight her organization’s individual work and the connections SHARE has helped her make with other nonprofits.

The 1st Annual Nonprofit Exploration Fair at Romeo Middle School was a huge success! On Thursday, February 27th there were over 60 nonprofits in total, who met one-on-one with 1200 Romeo students to educate and inform about how organizations serve the community. Share Detroit helped advise in the pre-planning phase for the event and supported engagement by sharing nonprofit missions and answering questions about volunteering and service.

SHARE Detroit is home to over 500 nonprofits. Each of these nonprofits has a page on our website where they can post their events, volunteer opportunities, and wishlists. Community members can also donate directly to nonprofits via their SHARE pages and nonprofits can use SHARE as their primary donation link on their own websites. Jennifer Jackson, founder of The DRE Project, sat down with SHARE to talk about the impact SHARE’s easy-to-use platform has had on her organization’s ability to maximize donations.

With its welcoming parks, beautiful nature preserves and conservancies, formidable and serene rivers, and long border on one of Michigan’s Great Lakes, the environment of Southeastern Michigan is one worth taking care of! At SHARE Detroit, we are partnered with many environmentally based nonprofits and our website can make it easier to find nearby organizations and opportunities to support!

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Detroit is home to over half a million veterans and a number of great nonprofits that support them! If you’re looking to find nonprofits serving veterans in Detroit, SHARE Detroit’s search categories are here to help you find one (or two or three!) that aligns with your values.

“Even in darkness it is possible to create light and encourage compassion. That it is possible to feel free inside a prison. That even in exile, friendship exists and can become an anchor. That one instant before dying, man is still immortal.” - Elie Wiesel

Looking to make a day out of volunteering with your friends? Or maybe your children? SHARE Detroit’s website makes it easy to find group volunteer opportunities near you!