In-Home Heroes is Michigan Humane’s short-term, foster care program which saves lives by helping animals who need a little extra time and TLC prior to adoption. Often referred to as animal fostering, our progressive program is designed with a convenient, structured focus, providing the maximum value to the animals, and to their temporary caretakers. Animals…
Coordinating a third-party fundraiser event, benefit, or sale to support Blue Star Service Dogs can be a creative, fun to attend and host!
Welcome children and families as they come to CARE House and assist with special projects at the front desk.
Assist in preparing invitations, information packets, or other mailers and to participate in the events with activities, such as helping with registration or setting up for the event.
We need friendly folks to hang out with in out shady booth at fairs to chat about HRWC with visitors. You can also join a great group of volunteers to help out at our annual fundraiser event.
Enjoy being outdoors while measuring the quality of local rivers and creeks in Livingston, Washtenaw, and Wayne counties! Learn how to collect water samples, measure stream flow, and record water chemistry measurements. No prior experience needed. During each sampling trip, volunteers spend two hours in the field on average.
Identifying insects from the water ways can help us figure out what the water quality is within different sections of the Huron River Watershed. Find out what kinds of bugs are in the Huron River. At ID Day we separate bugs into groups that look-alike and then an expert will help you identify them. Once…
Adopting a stormdrain is a simple way that you can help keep the Huron River clean and take care of your neighborhood at the same time! It’s simple, and there are no strict timelines so you can volunteer whenever it is convenient for you. When you adopt a stormdrain, you will: label it with a…
Picking up trash in the river and along the shore helps keep the Huron and its tributaries healthy and safe for people and wildlife. You can do a river cleanup either on the water or from the shore. Head out and spend an afternoon on the river – trash bag in hand!
Field assessment volunteers will inventory ecologically important natural areas in the watershed. Each assessment takes about 3 – 4 hours, and involves a nature hike (yay!) through a woods or wetland. Volunteer teams conduct rapid ecological assessments of grasslands, forests, wetlands, and aquatic habitats throughout the spring, summer, and fall. Volunteers who sign up for…