How You Can Help in Southeast Michigan

Welcome to volunteering in Southeast Michigan!

We want to help you make a difference! Our goal is to provide meaningful involvement for new volunteers and to deepen and expand the engagement of existing volunteers.

Current volunteer opportunities with the Southeast Michigan American Heart Association:

UPCOMING EVENTS (One-day opportunities)

American Heart Month (February)
Be on the lookout for emails about one-time opportunities throughout the month of February. We'll be looking for volunteers to help with a wide variety of activities. These may be day or evening events in need of individuals or groups.

INTERMITTENT OPPORTUNITIES

Office help
Provide in-office clerical and administrative help to our staff.

Health Fairs
Staff our display tables and exhibits at events throughout the year. Shifts generally range from 3-4 hours.

ANN ARBOR / WASHTENAW COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES
Looking for volunteers for

Washtenaw Heart Walk Planning Committee
Ann Arbor Heart Ball Steering Committee (auction and set-up)

MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
Detroit Heart Walk - Saturday, June 8th, Ford Field
We're currently looking for planning volunteers to help with event logistics. If you're interested, you'll become part of the My Heart. My Life. Team. Day-of-event volunteer opportunities will be announced in January.

Take a look at all of our local volunteer opportunities. (Feel free to share!)             Volunteer Sign-up Form

Questions? Contact Stefanie Worth or call 248.936.5832. (If you call and reach voicemail, please leave an email address if you have one.)

ONGOING OPPORTUNITIES

GO RED PASSION COMMITTEE
How volunteers make a difference: Serve as the face of Go Red For Women^® in metro Detroit through events and activities that create awareness of women and heart disease throughout the community.

Go Red Opportunities:

Support heart survivors
Push for heart-healthy legislation
Get companies to Go Red in February
Educate Macy’s employees
Help coordinate the Red Dress Tour
Gather items for our auctions
Talk us up in your online networks

Passion Committee: Engagement Description
2012-13 Calendar

MY HEART. MY LIFE. TEAM
**This team needs a chair! Someone willing to help coordinate activities, invite others to participate, and serve as the face of My Heart. My Life.

How volunteers make a difference: It's all about improving cardiovascular health and prevent stroke by eating better and getting active.

My Heart. My Life. Opportunities:

Help organize walking clubs at companies and in communities
Get involved with National Walking Day (April)
Help plan the Detroit Heart Walk.

My Heart. My Life Team Description (more detail)

ADVOCACY
How volunteers make a difference: Help ensure that our lawmakers put heart disease and stroke at the top of their agenda.

Online advocacy opportunities: Log on to www.yourethecure.org to receive emails about policy decisions that affect healthy living. Once you join, you can also submit your personal heart story to be featured on the site.

Offline advocacy opportunities:

Face-to-face meeting with lawmakers, attend a state or federal Lobby Day
Serve as a media spokesperson for an issue
submit a Latter -to-the-Editor
Recruit fellow You're the Cure advocates
Serve as an issue expert
Make calls to lawmakers
Attend an advocacy training