Opportunities From: United Way for Southeastern Michigan

Volunteer: Host a Female Breeding Dog

Do you love dogs? Looking for a way to give back while caring for a beautiful female and puppies? This might be the opportunity for you!

We breed Labrador retrievers, Golden retrievers, and Lab/Golden crosses to be guide dogs for people who are blind or low vision. We are looking for homes to host both female and male breeders for the duration of their breeding careers. Applicants must be at least 18 years old and will bear the legal responsibility for the host dog. However, families can have children participate in the care of the dog to share in this rewarding experience!

There are several new volunteer models including hosting a female when she is not whelping puppies, or you can host a female only when she is whelping. Or you can temporarily foster a breeding dog while they are waiting for their placement.


Hosting requires a significant time commitment, physical strength, and the ability to travel to our campus in Rochester Hills, MI several times a year. Dogs are 12-15 months of age when placed in a home. Females retired from our program by the time they are 4-5 years of age, but males can continue in the program until they are approximately 9 years old. Both are then adoptable by the host home when their breeding careers are over! Volunteers must live within 6 hours of our campus in Rochester Hills, MI, and have no more than 2 vaccinated, spay/neutered pet dogs in your home.

To learn more, visit our website and/or sign up to attend a virtual informational session.

Agency: Leader Dogs for the Blind

Do you love dogs? Looking for a way to give back while caring for a beautiful female and puppies? This might be the opportunity for you!

We breed Labrador retrievers, Golden retrievers, and Lab/Golden crosses to be guide dogs for people who are blind or low vision. We are looking for homes to host both female and male breeders for the duration of their breeding careers. Applicants must be at least 18 years old and will bear the legal responsibility for the host dog. However, families can have children participate in the care of the dog to share in this rewarding experience!

There are several new volunteer models including hosting a female when she is not whelping puppies, or you can host a female only when she is whelping. Or you can temporarily foster a breeding dog while they are waiting for their placement.


Hosting requires a significant time commitment, physical strength, and the ability to travel to our campus in Rochester Hills, MI several times a year. Dogs are 12-15 months of age when placed in a home. Females retired from our program by the time they are 4-5 years of age, but males can continue in the program until they are approximately 9 years old. Both are then adoptable by the host home when their breeding careers are over! Volunteers must live within 6 hours of our campus in Rochester Hills, MI, and have no more than 2 vaccinated, spay/neutered pet dogs in your home.

To learn more, visit our website and/or sign up to attend a virtual informational session.

Agency: Leader Dogs for the Blind

Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Zip Code: 48307

Allow Groups: No

Volunteer: Program Development Committee Member

Forward Youth is a newfound 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that aims to provide after school opportunities to under-represented youth in the Wayne County Michigan area. Our programming focus areas are financial literacy, mentorship, and enrichment. Learn more about us at forwardyouth.org

We are seeking skilled volunteers to join our Program Development Committee. We are looking for individuals who both have a passionate for youth and experience in the following areas:

Youth development specialist Youth program development/administration Curriculum development Youth out-of-school time programming Teaching Or similar a field

Committee Purpose:

The Program Development Committee works to helps to ensure our program offerings are diverse, relevant, enriching, engaging, community-oriented, and properly meeting student needs.

Committee Roles and Responsibilities:

Ensure that programming is aligned and consistent with the organizational purpose and mission. Provide guidance that strengthens the academic and social-emotional quality of programming. Recommend various financial literacy curriculums that can be delivered via in-person and/or online. Seek out and connect the organization with community partners who are interested in facilitating club offering both in-person and online. Provide advice for conducting, analyzing, and improving upon annual program evaluations and quality assessments. Give suggested direction regarding program improvement. Provide advice for conducting and analyzing student, family, school, and staff, engagement surveys. Give guidance on how to best utilize feedback from annual engagement surveys and program evaluations. Investigate various systems or platforms that would simplify general program logistics. Identify missing programmatic policies and processors that need to be adopted. Engage in advocacy and networking. Participate in annual special events and other org-wide fundraising activities. Develop an annual calendar for the committee’s activities, including critical dates, milestones and required board actions. Provide the Board with reports summarizing the PCC’s activities from the previous year and plans for the year to come. Provide report out during full Board meetings (Committee Chair)

Member Expectations:

Attend and participate in regular Committee meetings Come prepared to participate and engage

Time Commitment:

4-5 hours per month (include meeting and outreach events)

Agency: Forward Youth

Forward Youth is a newfound 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that aims to provide after school opportunities to under-represented youth in the Wayne County Michigan area. Our programming focus areas are financial literacy, mentorship, and enrichment. Learn more about us at forwardyouth.org

We are seeking skilled volunteers to join our Program Development Committee. We are looking for individuals who both have a passionate for youth and experience in the following areas:

Youth development specialist Youth program development/administration Curriculum development Youth out-of-school time programming Teaching Or similar a field

Committee Purpose:

The Program Development Committee works to helps to ensure our program offerings are diverse, relevant, enriching, engaging, community-oriented, and properly meeting student needs.

Committee Roles and Responsibilities:

Ensure that programming is aligned and consistent with the organizational purpose and mission. Provide guidance that strengthens the academic and social-emotional quality of programming. Recommend various financial literacy curriculums that can be delivered via in-person and/or online. Seek out and connect the organization with community partners who are interested in facilitating club offering both in-person and online. Provide advice for conducting, analyzing, and improving upon annual program evaluations and quality assessments. Give suggested direction regarding program improvement. Provide advice for conducting and analyzing student, family, school, and staff, engagement surveys. Give guidance on how to best utilize feedback from annual engagement surveys and program evaluations. Investigate various systems or platforms that would simplify general program logistics. Identify missing programmatic policies and processors that need to be adopted. Engage in advocacy and networking. Participate in annual special events and other org-wide fundraising activities. Develop an annual calendar for the committee’s activities, including critical dates, milestones and required board actions. Provide the Board with reports summarizing the PCC’s activities from the previous year and plans for the year to come. Provide report out during full Board meetings (Committee Chair)

Member Expectations:

Attend and participate in regular Committee meetings Come prepared to participate and engage

Time Commitment:

4-5 hours per month (include meeting and outreach events)

Agency: Forward Youth

Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Zip Code: 48184

Allow Groups: No

Volunteer: Adopt A Family Program

Destined For Greatness Adopt A Family Program Flyer! We have 62 families, 5 senior citizens, and 2 veterans in need of being adopted!!

Agency: Destined for Greatness

Destined For Greatness Adopt A Family Program Flyer! We have 62 families, 5 senior citizens, and 2 veterans in need of being adopted!!

Agency: Destined for Greatness

Opportunity Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Zip Code: 48213

Allow Groups: Yes