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If you’re looking to volunteer with seniors in Metro Detroit, this blog post will detail how to use the search features of SHARE Detroit’s website to find nonprofits, volunteer opportunities, events, and wish lists relating to the care of senior citizens! 

First, you may simply want to peruse our directory with a specific search for nonprofits serving seniors. To do this, you can click “Find Nonprofits” on the homepage or “Donate” on the navigation bar. From there, you will use the sidebar to check “Seniors” from the “Who It Helps” category.

 All I can do
is believe you will keep on being the warm
vaulting life, ravelled round mine,
although I may never hold you.

– Polly Atkin, “Rabbit in Morning”

“I see financial education as an important part of that foundation of learning that children need to have in a world that is ever more complicated and requires that all of us understand computation and finance, and the implication of savings, because they are key to participating fully in what life has to offer in the United States.” - Paul H. O’Neil

SHARE Detroit is partnered with a number of great nonprofits that work to support children in Metro Detroit. With so many nonprofits to choose from, it can be hard to decide which one (or ones!) you can give your time or money to! SHARE is here to make that choice easier! There are several ways you can use our website search features to find a nonprofit that aligns with your values.

"My perfect weekend is going for a walk with my family in the park. I don't think there's anything better." – Anne Wojcicki

Did you know the first Saturday in July is National Hop-A-Park Day? This is a day that encourages people to get out and explore the parks around them! Parks provide a great place for people to gather and enjoy nature. Whether they’re tucked away in neighborhoods, the center of cities and towns, or part of a nature reserve, parks are important to the wellbeing of our peoples and planets!

Metro Detroit is home to many great nonprofit animal shelters and care facilities that each work hard to provide animals with food, medical care, and love in addition to finding them their forever homes. SHARE Detroit is here to make it easy to find a nonprofit to support that aligns with your values. Whether you are looking to volunteer time, make a donation, shop a wish list, or attend an event, our platform can help you narrow your choices through a variety of parameters that will help you make the choice that is right for you and the animals you want to help!

Share Detroit held its second annual Summer SHARE event at Jimmy John’s Field on June 10th. Nonprofit partners, sponsors, and community members came together to enjoy a BBQ meal and celebrate the start of summer watching the Eastside Diamond Hoppers split a double header with the Birmingham Bloomfield Beavers from the stadium’s patio.

The 3rd Act is pleased to sponsor the Summer Share Kickoff party again this year at Jimmy John’s Field, Saturday, June 10th at 5:00 p.m.