St. David’s Episcopal Church in Southfield hosts annual celebration featuring seasonal fun for all ages South Oakland Shelter recently teamed up with several community groups to make a little holiday magic for local families and individuals in need. About 75 clients and guests gathered at St. David’s Episcopal Church in Southfield Dec. 8 for a [...]
Fifth Annual End Homelessness Now 5K/10K raises more than $50,000 to help end homelessness Whether they ran, walked, or cheered from the sidelines, hundreds came out August 5th to support South Oakland Shelter’s fifth annual End Homelessness Now 5K/10K in Southfield. This year, more than 300 people took part and the event raised more [...]
The McGregor Fund and Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan bestow $140,000 in total funding for shelter and HandUp platform South Oakland Shelter received a major boost in our efforts to change lives for the better – thanks to two generous grants totaling $140,000 from the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan and the McGregor Fund. [...]
State approves Low-Income Housing Tax Credits for the project; groundbreaking in Oak Park to take place by Spring 2019 South Oakland Shelter (SOS) today announced a major step forward in its plans to build Coolidge Place, a high-quality, affordable housing development in Oak Park, MI. The Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) has reserved $1,361,400 [...]
Volunteers donate time, talents and more to create a warm environment for both clients and staff Brand-new lockers. Freshly planted flowers. Sky-blue paint for the new bike shed. Toys galore for the play room. These were but a few of the generous donations the South Oakland Shelter received from Mercedes-Benz Financial Services as part [...]
Kresge Mansion bash draws hundreds of SOS supporters, but more help is needed. South Oakland Shelter’s Third Annual Rent Party blended the past with the present – in hopes of forging a brighter future for people facing homelessness in metro Detroit. Hundreds of party-goers filled Detroit’s beautifully restored Kresge Mansion on June 2 for [...]
His Goal? To Grow the Platform and Reach More People in Need Cooking for friends and family is his love -- but helping others is his passion. Meet Max Glick, South Oakland Shelter’s new Director of the fund-raising site HandUp. An alumnus of Western Michigan University and the University of Michigan, the 28-year-old started [...]
Shelter receives 10 new bikes from Applied Imaging and Dunham’s and a new bike shed from Rebuilding Together What would a new bike mean to you? For clients at South Oakland Shelter, it means hope. Thanks to the generosity of Dunham’s and Applied Imaging, the shelter now has 10 brand-new bikes – and a [...]
Young volunteers spruce up SOS headquarters during Global Youth Service Day The South Oakland Shelter’s Lathrup Village office got a springtime makeover Saturday – thanks to a small but mighty group of young metro Detroiters. About a half dozen teens and young adults turned out for the AmeriCorps Global Youth Service Day cleanup effort [...]
Homelessness is a human crisis with no easy fixes. But through an innovative Ford Motor Company Fund program, SOS will garner some fresh ideas to help fuel its mission into the future. As part of the automaker’s Thirty Under 30 corporate leadership program, an elite group of Ford fellows will spend a year working [...]
