We typically organize a few events each quarter in the Detroit area for our members to volunteer. These events range from fundraising, to delivering fresh food, to working at local food banks and soup kitchens. Events that are not full will be closed 7 days before they take place.
Upcoming Detroit Events
You must sign up for membership before registering for events.
September 14th, 2024 (Saturday) – Food Gatherers
Time: 1:00PM – 3:00PM
Location: 1 Carrot Way, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Description: Volunteers will sort through crates of food that will eventually be distributed to people in need.
Past Detroit Events
August 25th, 2024 (Sunday) – School Supply Fundraising
Description: The volunteers helped make homemade baked goods. These goods were sold, raising $174 all used to support the back-to-school supply drive.
August 15th, 2024 (Thursday) – Open Door Ministries
Time: 4:00PM – 6:00PM
Description: The volunteers under The Food Lounge Detroit volunteered with Open Door Food Ministry, helping pack carts of food and deliver them to more than 200 families.
July 18th, 2024 (Thursday) – Open Door Ministries
Time: 4:00PM – 6:00PM
Description: the volunteers under The Food Lounge Detroit volunteered with Open Door Food Ministry and helped pack 200 carts worth of food and deliver them to families in need.
July 15th, 2024 (Monday) – Food Gatherers
Time: 1:00PM – 3:00PM
Description: Both students and parents helped sort 2,200 pounds of dairy, 505 pounds of produce, and also helped the Food Gatherers clear many boxes of food which needed to be composted.
July 6th, 2024 (Saturday) – Oakland Hope Food Pantry Volunteering
Description: Volunteers will shop for pantry clients and load boxes of food into clients’ trunks.
June 15th, 2024 (Saturday) – Food Gatherers Warehouse Volunteering
Description: Volunteers will sort and process foods that will eventually be distributed to other organizations that will serve the food to people in need. 10 Volunteers needed.
April 27th, 2024 (Saturday) – Maybury Park Fundraising
Time: 9:00AM – 12:00PM
Location: 49601 Eight Mile Road, Northville MI
Description: The Food Lounge Detroit raised $300 with the help of their volunteers by selling a multitude of plants and snacks at the Maybury Park.
March-May (2024) – Amy’s Rays of Sunshine
Description: Our members at The Food Lounge Detroit dedicated their time and support in hand-drawing feel-better cards for Amy’s Rays of Sunshine gives young adult patients who are starting their bone marrow transplant a box of 90 inspirational and caring messages
March 29st, 2024 (Friday) – Oakland Hope Food Pantry Volunteering
Time: 10:00AM – 3:30PM
Location: 20E. Walton Blvd., Pontiac, MI 48340
Description: Volunteers will shop for pantry clients and load boxes of food into clients’ trunks.
March 22nd, 2024 (Friday) – Oakland Hope Food Pantry Volunteering
Time: 10:00AM – 3:30PM
Location: 20E. Walton Blvd., Pontiac, MI 48340
Description: Volunteers will shop for pantry clients and load boxes of food into clients’ trunks.
March 21st, 2024 (Thursday) – Oakland Hope Food Pantry Volunteering
Time: 10:00AM – 3:30PM
Location: 20E. Walton Blvd., Pontiac, MI 48340
Description: Volunteers will shop for pantry clients and load boxes of food into clients’ trunks.
March 2nd, 2024 (Saturday) – HOPE Center Donations
Time: 11:00AM – 2:00PM
Location: 249 Baldwin Ave, Pontiac, MI 48342
Description: Volunteers helped pack care packages consisting of laundry detergent, face wash, body wash, and sunscreen.
January 2nd, 2024 (Tuesday) – Food Gatherers
Time: 1:00 – 3:00 PM
Location: 1 Carrot Way, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Description: Volunteers sort through food that will eventually be sent to different food pantries that will be passed onto the people in need of food.
November 25th, 2023 (Saturday) – Cleaning Leaves in Homeless Shelter
Time: 5 Hours
Description: Volunteers cleaned up leaves and the inside of a homeless shelter.
November 18th, 2023 (Saturday) – Capuchin Soup Kitchen
Time: 10:30AM – 1:15PM
Location: 4390 Conner Detroit, MI 48215
Description: Volunteers will be servicing the local community during lunch service: serving meals on trays for die-in guests, helping with kitchen prep, and cleanup.
November 11, 2023 (Saturday) – Oakland Hope Food Pantry Volunteering
Time: 10:00AM – 3:30PM
Location: 20E. Walton Blvd., Pontiac, MI 48340
Description: Volunteers will shop for pantry clients and load boxes of food into clients’ trunks.
September 28th, 2023 (Thursday) – Open Door Ministries
Time: 10:00AM – 3:30PM
Location: 20E. Walton Blvd., Pontiac, MI 48340
Description: Volunteers will shop for pantry clients and load boxes of food into clients’ trunks.
August 4, 2023 (Friday) – Oakland Hope Food Pantry Volunteering
Time: 10:00AM – 3:30PM
Location: 20E. Walton Blvd., Pontiac, MI 48340
Description: Volunteers will shop for pantry clients and load boxes of food into clients’ trunks.
June 27, 2023 (Tuesday) – Oakland Hope Food Pantry Volunteering
Time: 10:00AM – 3:30PM
Location: 20E. Walton Blvd., Pontiac, MI 48340
Description: Volunteers will shop for pantry clients and load boxes of food into clients’ trunks.
June 21, 2023 (Wednesday) – Oakland Hope Food Pantry Volunteering
Time: 10:00AM – 3:30PM
Location: 20E. Walton Blvd., Pontiac, MI 48340
Description: Volunteers will shop for pantry clients and load boxes of food into clients’ trunks.
June 15, 2023 (Thursday) – Oakland Hope Food Pantry Volunteering
Time: 10:00AM – 3:30PM
Location: 20E. Walton Blvd., Pontiac, MI 48340
Description: Volunteers will shop for pantry clients and load boxes of food into clients’ trunks.
June 10, 2023 (Saturday) – Derby Chinese Market Fundraising
Time: 10:00AM – 2PM
Location: 1300 Derby Road, Birmingham, MI 48009
Description: Volunteers are needed to assist The Food Lounge at their booth selling Chinese delicacies at the Derby Chinese School market.
May 20, 2023 (Saturday) – AAPI Heritage Market Fundraising
Time: 10:30AM – 2PM
Location: 32585 Concord Dr., Madison Heights
Description: Volunteers are needed to assist The Food Lounge at their booth selling delicacies at the AAPI market to fundraise.
May 13, 2023 (Saturday) – Moonlight Bootlegger 5k Race
Description: Assist with the Moonlight Bootlegger 5k racing event. They helped with the race registration and handed out water on the course to around 500 runners.
April 21, 2023 (Friday) – Warehouse Volunteering with the Food gatherers
Time: 9AM – 12PM
Location: 21405 Trolley Industrial Drive, Taylor, MI 48180
Description: Volunteers are needed to assist with folding and/or stapling an informational postcard to a folded bag that will be delivered to homes in our service area for collecting the donations. This position is a sitting job. Volunteers must be at least 14 years old
April 21, 2023 (Friday) – Warehouse Volunteering with the Food gatherers
Time: 10AM – 4PM
Location: 20E. Walton Blvd., Pontiac, MI 48340
Description: Volunteers will shop for pantry clients and load boxes of food into client’s trunks. Lunch will be provided by the organization.
March 27, 2023 (Monday) – Warehouse Volunteering with the Food gatherers
Time: 1PM – 3PM
Location: 1 Carrot way, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Description: Volunteers are needed to Inspect and sort food in the warehouse.
February 20, 2023 (Monday) – Mercado Food Hub
Location: 2826 Bagley Street, Detroit, MI
Time: 9AM – 1:30PM
Group Size: 10 volunteers per shift
January 28, 2023 (Saturday) – Gift Wrapping
Time: 2PM – 4PM
Location: 1905 N Canton Center Rd Canton, Michigan 48187
Description: Friendly volunteers are needed to inform customers about the food collection, assist with collecting donated food and funds, and thank the donors.
January 22, 2023 (Sunday) – Gift Wrapping
Time: 2PM – 4PM
Location: 2105 South Blvd W., Troy, MI
Description: Friendly volunteers are needed to inform customers about the food collection, assist with collecting donated food and funds, and thank the donors.
December 23, 2022 (Saturday) – Gift Wrapping
We will be wrapping various presents that people at the mall buy as Christmas presents.
Time: 1PM – 3:30PM
Location: 100 Briarwood Cir, Ann Arbor, MI 48108
December 17, 2022 (Saturday) – Gift Wrapping
We will be wrapping various presents that people at the mall buy as Christmas presents.
Time: 2PM – 5PM
Location: 100 Briarwood Cir, Ann Arbor, MI 48108
November 23, 2022 (Wednesday) – South Campus Distribution Center
Location: 21405 Trolley Industrial Drive, Taylor, MI 48180
Time: 1:30PM – 4PM
Group Size: 6 volunteers
