by Laurie Sternberg | Apr 10, 2018 | Events, FID Fundraisers, Grants Received, Spotlight, Thank You, Uncategorized
In addition to providing us with grant monies in 2016 and 2017 to support operations and our Furniture program respectively, the Ann Arbor Area Board of Realtors (AAABoR) is supporting our Annual Dinner & Silent Auction in 2018 as both a Diamond Patron and an...
by Laurie Sternberg | Apr 5, 2018 | Planned Giving, Spotlight, Thankfulness Thursday
Mike Weber and his family are long-time supporters of Friends In Deed. In this video, he talks about why his family created an endowment fund for...
by Laurie Sternberg | Mar 9, 2018 | Beds, Client Profiles, Furniture, Spotlight, Volunteer & Staff News
A Day in the Life of a Furniture VolunteerBy Tom Humphreys On the surface it seemed a pretty routine furniture run at Friends In Deed. Our assignment was to pick up three twin beds from the donor’s home and then deliver them to the client’s residence. As it turned out...
by Laurie Sternberg | Mar 6, 2018 | Grants Received, Spotlight
The First Presbyterian Church of Ann Arbor is a long-time friend of Friends In Deed (FID). In fact, the church has been a consistent source of financial support to FID for decades. Because of this general operating support, we’ve been able to keep our doors open...
by Laurie Sternberg | Jan 30, 2018 | Circles, Spotlight
Our first class of Circles Leaders (low-income heads of households) are six months into the 18-month program. This means that the Leaders have completed 13 weeks of training and been matched with two-to-three Allies (middle to high-income volunteers). These smaller...
by Laurie Sternberg | Jan 30, 2018 | Client Profiles, Donors, Furniture, Spotlight
Andrea has four kids, ages 6, 5, 5 and 8 months. She also has a baby on the way, which means she needs a double stroller sooner rather than later. While she had a double stroller for her older kids, she gave it to her cousin who was pregnant with twins. While Andrea...
