Events Calendar

Join the West Boston Blvd. Block Club Association and the Yale Club of Michigan for a neighborhood spring clean-up. A free pizza lunch will follow at 1 p.m.  

Assemble on the public median in front of West Boston Blvd., Detroit, MI 48206.  

To RSVP or ask questions, contact: Akosua B. Evans '90 J.D.

The Yale Club of Western Michigan will be spending a full day with two local nonprofit organizations - Home Repair Services and Disability Advocates of Kent County of Michigan to build (from scratch to finish) a handicap access ramp for a needy family in Grand Rapids.  

The completed ramp will enable the handicapped resident independent access to their home for the first time. 

Details regarding the project site and other relevant information will be provided to all volunteers upon registration.

Who's Coming?

Contact: Ping Liang '81 MPPM or Tim Liang '77 MA, '82 MPPM President of the Yale Club of Western Michigan

On Ann Arbor's Yale Day of Service, join our efforts to protect and restore Ann Arbor's natural areas. You will be joining other community members to remove non-native invasive plants. To register, please follow these steps:

Navigate to your groups registration calendar

Sign-in if you already have an account with us on VolunteerHub. If you don't please click "Create Account" and fill out our short form

Register for your workday! If you are prompted for a join code it is: yaleservice

When you arrive at the workday, you should see a big City of Ann Arbor vehicle and Yale alumna Tiffany Ng '05 wearing a white Yale Day of Service baseball hat. Please check in with the NAP workday leader. Once everyone is checked in, you will hear a brief orientation and schedule for the day.

Don't hesitate to ask us any questions. You can email us at NAPWorkdays@a2gov.org or give us a call at 734-794-6627. We look forward to seeing you out there!

Contact: Tiffany Ng '05 

Volunteer project- garden maintenance, clean-up, and flower bed preparation from 8:30am to 12:30, followed by lunch from 12:30pm to 1:30pm, and a private tram tour of the Gardens from 1:30pm tp 2:30pm. 

We will meet inside the lobby where white marble sculptures featuring facial profile of women of the world are mounted on the four walls.  Water and snacks will be provided.

• What to wear/bring – wear clothes/shoes suitable for gardening and bring gardening gloves.
• Parking – free parking at the main lot in front of the lobby entrance. 
• Age/ability – no limitations, everyone is welcome, and we can find something for everyone to work on. 

Who's Coming?

Contact: Ping Liang '81 MPPM

Join the Yale Club of Michigan for an exciting service opportunity, and appreciate Detroit's remarkable history at the same time. We will be visiting Historic Fort Wayne for the Yale Day of Service on May 13, and they have asked us to help clean some of their unique collections.

According to the Detroit Historical Society's Automotive and Industrial Curator, Dave Marchioni, "we have several wagons/carriages/cannons (see pictures) that are due to be photographed in the near future.

People with allergies are advised to mask up (masks will be provided). This will be dusty work, so wear appropriate clothing that you don't mind getting dusty. It would also be advisable to wear closed toed shoes, no sandals, etc.

Directions (given ongoing bridge construction):
The most direct route to Historic Fort Wayne currently is down Clark St to Jefferson Ave, and our entrance is off Jefferson. Once you are in the grounds of the fort, go straight from the guard shack to the third street (Gibbs). Make a right turn and follow it past the large berm. Once you pass the berm, the building is on the left, and parking is all along the front of the building.

We will be providing a pizza lunch and refreshments that day, and all work materials. 

Contact: John Good '10, '11 MEM

The Yale Club of Michigan will team up with the West Boston Boulevard Block Club Association and Motor City Makeover to weed approximately 11 flower beds and plant flowers in the city-owned medians in this historic neighborhood. Volunteers should bring gardening tools (rakes, shovels, clippers, hoes, gardening gloves). This is a family friendly event. Lunch will be served at 1:00.

This is our third Yale Day of Service volunteer project at Meijer Gardens. 

On Saturday, May 17, we will help the Gardens prepare the Urban Garden for summer plantings. We'll be cutting down daffodils and doing flower bed maintenance throughout the main parking area. Enjoy fresh air, healthy exercise, and the spirit of volunteerism with fellow Yalies! 

We'll meet in Parking Lot A in front of the Gardens' Main Entrance at 9 am. Following our project enjoy lunch in the Balk Cafe, explore the new exhibit - BUSTED: Contemporary Sculpture Busts, and tour the Gardens at your leisure. (More details to come.) 

Please RSVP as soon as possible at yalewestmichigan@gmail.com. 

Family members are welcome. 

Contact Tim Liang timliang88@gmail.com with any questions.