Metro Detroit Young Professionals Kiwanis chartered in August 2015. We emphasize the fun aspect of Kiwanis and meet less to ultimately serve more. Our areas of focus are:
In 2018, our club adopted Little Free Libraries as our signature service project. We are excited to foster a love of reading across all ages! We installed and maintain the following Little Free Libraries:
Grant Park in Royal Oak
Oakland Family Services in Pontiac
River Bends Park in Shelby Township
Richmond Middle School in Richmond
Socials
We host monthly socials to allow our members to get to know one another outside of meetings and service projects. Popular socials include Detroit City Football Club games, ice skating, cider mills, and our annual holiday party. No matter the event, we always have a great time!
Fundraisers
We run a number of fundraisers throughout the year, including football Squares boards and our annual Euchre tournament. The money raised supports our own service initiatives as well as:
Adopt A Family: Adopt a family for the holidays.
Kiwanis of Michigan Foundation: Support key programs at four children’s hospitals around Michigan that provide therapies and activities to allow kids to be kids while undergoing treatment.
Kiwanis Children’s Fund: Support Kiwanis International’s programs on kids’ health and nutrition, education and literacy, and youth leadership development.
Richmond Middle School Builder’s Club
In 2019, we began sponsoring Richmond Middle School’s Builders Club. These amazing middle school students have continued on their leadership journey and make a tremendous impact in their school and community. The work they do is truly inspirational and we can’t wait to see what they do in the future. We are proud to instill a lifelong commitment to service in each of them.
Whiskey Taco Foxtrot, 28 S Main St, Clawson, MI 48017, USA
Join us for our monthly club meeting. We will be reviewing our past events and preparing for our upcoming service projects and socials.
If you've never been to an event with us before, this is a great chance for you to check us out and get a better idea of what we are all about. All are welcome to attend!
If you have any additional questions about our monthly meeting, please email club president Brynn Schaadt at [email protected].
Oakland Family Services is our only organizational member. OFS is a private, nonprofit human service organization serving the area since 1921.They offer a continuum of prevention, education, and treatment services to support families in need. We will be helping with cleanup and maintenance at their facilities
If you have any additional questions about this service project, please email service director Jeff Ridsdale-Smith at [email protected]. If you're signing up less than 48 hours before the project, please give Jeff a heads up.
Whiskey Taco Foxtrot, 28 S Main St, Clawson, MI 48017, USA
Join us for our monthly club meeting. We will be reviewing our past events and preparing for our upcoming service projects and socials.
If you've never been to an event with us before, this is a great chance for you to check us out and get a better idea of what we are all about. All are welcome to attend!
If you have any additional questions about our monthly meeting, please email club president Brynn Schaadt at [email protected].
UWM Sports Complex, 867 S Blvd E, Pontiac, MI 48341, USA
Fleece & Thank You is a non-profit that specializes in making fleece blankets with personal video messages and then delivers them to children in hospitals all around Michigan and Northern Ohio offering words of encouragement to children going through their treatment journey.
Make a Blanket Day is their largest in-person volunteer event of the year, open to everyone, where the goal is to make 2,025 blankets. All you need to bring is a smile and your helping hands, and get ready for a day filled with blanket-making, music, food trucks, giveaways, and more.
If you have any additional questions about this service project, please email service director Jeff Ridsdale-Smith at [email protected]. If you're signing up less than 48 hours before the project, please give Jeff a heads up.
Cadillac Place, 3044 W Grand Blvd, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
Please volunteer as we join the Detroit Wine Organization at their exclusive Detroit Uncorked event. Detroit Uncorked is a charity event to benefit the Covenant House. The evening will feature fine wine, delicious food from the top eateries in town, and live entertainment under the stars! Individuals in attendance will enjoy a strolling event where they will pair over 200 select wines with food from local restaurants while enjoying firsthand this beautiful ballpark from a totally different perspective. Plus, participate in exciting raffles and silent auction!
Volunteer duties will range from assisting with registration to pouring wine and helping with other tasks
Attendees are asked to dress in business casual attire.
If you are unable to arrive by 5:30 pm, you’re still able to volunteer!
The event itself runs from 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm. If you have any additional questions about this volunteer opportunity, please text me at 517-402-9398, or email me at [email protected]. Please sign up early, late sign ups might not be accepted!
Whiskey Taco Foxtrot, 28 S Main St, Clawson, MI 48017, USA
Join us for our monthly club meeting. We will be reviewing our past events and preparing for our upcoming service projects and socials.
If you've never been to an event with us before, this is a great chance for you to check us out and get a better idea of what we are all about. All are welcome to attend!
If you have any additional questions about our monthly meeting, please email club president Brynn Schaadt at [email protected].
Whiskey Taco Foxtrot, 28 S Main St, Clawson, MI 48017, USA
Join us for our monthly club meeting. We will be reviewing our past events and preparing for our upcoming service projects and socials.
If you've never been to an event with us before, this is a great chance for you to check us out and get a better idea of what we are all about. All are welcome to attend!
If you have any additional questions about our monthly meeting, please email club president Brynn Schaadt at [email protected].
Whiskey Taco Foxtrot, 28 S Main St, Clawson, MI 48017, USA
Join us for our monthly club meeting. We will be reviewing our past events and preparing for our upcoming service projects and socials.
If you've never been to an event with us before, this is a great chance for you to check us out and get a better idea of what we are all about. All are welcome to attend!
If you have any additional questions about our monthly meeting, please email club president Brynn Schaadt at [email protected].
Whiskey Taco Foxtrot, 28 S Main St, Clawson, MI 48017, USA
Join us for our monthly club meeting. We will be reviewing our past events and preparing for our upcoming service projects and socials.
If you've never been to an event with us before, this is a great chance for you to check us out and get a better idea of what we are all about. All are welcome to attend!
If you have any additional questions about our monthly meeting, please email club president Brynn Schaadt at [email protected].
About Us
Metro Detroit Young Professionals Kiwanis chartered in August 2015. We emphasize the fun aspect of Kiwanis and meet less to ultimately serve more. Our areas of focus are:
Service
We provide easy access to service opportunities with roughly two service projects a month.
We work with organizations all over Metro Detroit, including Mittens for Detroit, Redford Brightmoor Initiative, Kids Against Hunger, World Medical Relief, and Earthworks Urban Farm. We have a special relationship with our corporate member Oakland Family Services and we assist them biannually.
In 2018, our club adopted Little Free Libraries as our signature service project. We are excited to foster a love of reading across all ages! We installed and maintain the following Little Free Libraries:
Socials
We host monthly socials to allow our members to get to know one another outside of meetings and service projects. Popular socials include Detroit City Football Club games, ice skating, cider mills, and our annual holiday party. No matter the event, we always have a great time!
Fundraisers
We run a number of fundraisers throughout the year, including football Squares boards and our annual Euchre tournament. The money raised supports our own service initiatives as well as:
Richmond Middle School Builder’s Club
In 2019, we began sponsoring Richmond Middle School’s Builders Club. These amazing middle school students have continued on their leadership journey and make a tremendous impact in their school and community. The work they do is truly inspirational and we can’t wait to see what they do in the future. We are proud to instill a lifelong commitment to service in each of them.
Student Activities:
Events
Kerby Summer Social
If you have any additional questions about this social, please email development director Lauren Kerby at [email protected]. Sign up here.
Club Meeting
If you've never been to an event with us before, this is a great chance for you to check us out and get a better idea of what we are all about. All are welcome to attend!
If you have any additional questions about our monthly meeting, please email club president Brynn Schaadt at [email protected].
Oakland Family Services Facility Clean Up
If you have any additional questions about this service project, please email service director Jeff Ridsdale-Smith at [email protected]. If you're signing up less than 48 hours before the project, please give Jeff a heads up.
Sign up here.
Board Retreat
Club Meeting
If you've never been to an event with us before, this is a great chance for you to check us out and get a better idea of what we are all about. All are welcome to attend!
If you have any additional questions about our monthly meeting, please email club president Brynn Schaadt at [email protected].
Make a Blanket Day
DWO Uncorked Event
Club Meeting
If you've never been to an event with us before, this is a great chance for you to check us out and get a better idea of what we are all about. All are welcome to attend!
If you have any additional questions about our monthly meeting, please email club president Brynn Schaadt at [email protected].
Club Meeting
If you've never been to an event with us before, this is a great chance for you to check us out and get a better idea of what we are all about. All are welcome to attend!
If you have any additional questions about our monthly meeting, please email club president Brynn Schaadt at [email protected].
Club Meeting
If you've never been to an event with us before, this is a great chance for you to check us out and get a better idea of what we are all about. All are welcome to attend!
If you have any additional questions about our monthly meeting, please email club president Brynn Schaadt at [email protected].
Club Meeting
If you've never been to an event with us before, this is a great chance for you to check us out and get a better idea of what we are all about. All are welcome to attend!
If you have any additional questions about our monthly meeting, please email club president Brynn Schaadt at [email protected].