If you haven’t signed up for Motor City Makeover there’s still time and there sure is need.
The makeover will be held over three Saturdays in May. The city’s 1st and 2nd districts will be “made over” on May 2. They are on the west side. Work will be done in the 3rd, 4th and 5th districts on the east side on May 9. The 6th and 7th districts in central and southwest Detroit will be tackled on May 16.
If you are interested in helping you must register with the City of Detroit to receive limited supplies and to schedule a pickup of bagged litter. To sign up go to Motor City Makeover on the City of Detroit website.
Below are some neighborhoods that the neighborhood organization ARISE Detroit! says could use your help.
North End Christian CDC
Project: Vacant lot cleanup, boarding up of house near urban farm. Location: Northeast Detroit.
Volunteers needed: 50
Contact: Jerry Ann Hebron, 313.903.0049
Princeton Block Club
Project: Neighborhood and alley cleanup. W. McNichols/Livernois area near University of Detroit Mercy.
Volunteers needed: 30
Contact: Denise Kennedy 248.910.5285
Stout Street Block Club
Project: Landscaping, painting, yard cleanup. Brightmoor area on Detroit’s west side.
Volunteers needed: 25
Contact: Ora Williams 313.531.2025 or 313.330.4724
Diamondz House of Care
Project: Alley cleanup in area around Parker Elementary School, Detroit west side
Volunteers needed: 15
Contact: Denise Lomax 313.704.8290
The Phillip House Mission
Project: Cleanup and beautification.
Volunteers needed: 15
Contact: Kay Brown at 313.828.2202 or thephilipshouse@gmail.com
Yorkshire Woods Community Organization
Project: Debris cleanup on east side of Detroit.
Volunteers needed: 25
Contact: Mose Primus Jr., 313.909.4564 or moseprimus@comcast.net
Great Communities Now
Project: Painting, graffiti removal, debris removal in area around school and playfield on east side of Detroit
Volunteers needed: 25
Contact: Norma Danzie 313.839.0521 or danzien@Hotmail.com or Jackie Perkins 313.719.8396 or jperkins00@msn.com
Virtual Block Club
Project: Debris and litter cleanup of west side neighborhood.
Volunteers needed: 15
Contact: Althea Armstrong 313.673.8512, 213.495.1216, Email: thearogetta@gmail.com
Virginia Park Community Coalition
Project: Cleanup of 16 blocks on Detroit west side, trash pickup, etc.
Volunteers needed: 25
Contact, Joyce Moore, 313.465.3299 or 1208moorej@gmail.com
Mapleridge Block Club
Project: Neighborhood cleanup, east side. Working with East Side Unity Association.
Volunteers needed: 15
Contact: Pamela Ingram 313.293.184 or 313.526.5279 or pingram@ameritech.net
Gratiot McDougall
Project: Debris removal around blighted houses, sweeping, residential areas of many blighted and burned houses, east side
Volunteers needed: 30
Contact: Jennifer Hatchett 313.207.1531 or Jenhatchett@aol.com
Children Investment CDC
Project: Debris removal from vacant lot at Gratiot at Mt. Elliott, site of Gratiot Splash on Neighborhoods Day
Volunteers needed: 40
Contact: Josie Kimball 313.212.4361 Gratiotsplash@gmail.com
Cody Rouge Action Alliance
Project: Major home board up work, blight removal, lawn cutting, west side of Detroit
Volunteers needed: 100
Contact: Ebony Frost, (13.452.4207, email: newgrowthcosmetology@gmail.com
To sign up online, you can also go to the Motor City Makeover website.
