The Junkluggers of A2 & Novi Affiliates

Friends In Deed has been around for a while. For over 35 years, we've worked to help our neighbors in need by filling in the cracks of assistance offered by other organizations and nonprofits in the community. In recent years, we expanded our focus. While we still have two program areas that help stabilize families in crisis, we now have a third program that focuses on building community to end poverty: Our Direct Assistance Program helps families prevent utility shut off, repair a car to get to work or medical appointments, obtain a prescription or other one-time medical need and more. Our Furniture Program helps families obtain basic-needs furniture, including beds, kitchen tables and chairs, couches, etc. Our Circles Program focuses on helping families to lift themselves out of poverty.

Goodwill is dedicated to enhancing the dignity and quality of life of families and individuals by eliminating barriers to opportunity and strengthening communities. They also work to help people reach their full potential by teaching them the power of work. You will spot our bright green trucks making regular donations.

Grace Centers of Hope was established in 1942. It is one of the largest faith-based, long-term life skills programs for those afflicted by homelessness, addiction, and abuse in southeast Michigan. Grace Centers of Hope (GCH) provides help and hope to those in need without any government funding. Grace Centers of Hope offers programs for men, women, and children who are seeking shelter and healing for their souls. True change begins when the hurts of the heart are healed. Our Christian based approach to life skills offers the community and accountability which is so critical for long-term success.

Habitat for Humanity is a global nonprofit housing organization working in local communities across all 50 states in the U.S. and in approximately 70 countries. Habitat's vision is of a world where everyone has a decent place to live. Habitat works toward our vision by building strength, stability and self-reliance in partnership with families in need of decent and affordable housing. Habitat homeowners help build their own homes alongside volunteers and pay an affordable mortgage.

We are a group of volunteers from southeast Michigan who help to provide furnishings for people in our area who are moving out of homeless shelters and into rental housing. We began in 2017 as a small group of friends working together to furnish a home for one single mom and her children. Inspired by that experience, and by the need in our community, we have grown to over fifty volunteers and have completely furnished the homes of 127 families coming out of shelters in Washtenaw County as of 11/13/2020.

The Junkluggers primarily work with the Salvation Army Family Stores, which form the core of their Adult Rehabilitation Center philosophy, providing quality clothing, furniture, and goods at bargain prices-which in turn supports their mission of employing rehabilitating adults and funding their Adult Centers.

Services To Enhance Potential (STEP) is a non-profit organization which provides supports and services to nearly 1,300 persons with disabilities and other mental health needs in Wayne County. A major goal of Services To Enhance Potential is to increase the number of persons who are employed, self-employed, and volunteer in their communities. STEP provides and supports a variety of employment and self-employment options. We were founded in 1972 to bring an employment focus to individuals with a disability and have developed a strong reputation in the community for doing so.