News and Updates
News and Notes
The state legislature recently expanded Michigan’s expungement laws, making thousands of Michiganders eligible for removing certain offenses from the public record. We know that criminal charges can make access to employment, housing, and education significantly...
You Will Be Missed, Betty Mosshart
Betty Mosshart (pictured on the right) volunteered here for more than a decade, writing thank you letters and keeping the staff fed with her wonderful baked goodies. Through all the sadness in her life through the loss of her son and then her husband, she always said...
Laptops for Leaders: Tanya
As we all know, COVID-19 forced us all to change in all sorts of ways. Our Circles program meetings moved to Zoom and our Leaders did their best to adapt to the new format, many of them using their phones for the meetings. By late 2020, Allies had noticed that the...
Changing the Narrative on Poverty — What will you do?
Reimagined by Will Jones III
Reimagined by Will Jones III | dedicated to Friends In Deed it’s like unzipping a familiar, yet broken zipper then separating the strands creating as much distance between them as possible fighting against the magnetic compulsion to bring the familiar back together...
Our New Caseworker: Joye Clute
Joye actually started with us just a couple weeks before COVID sent our entire staff home to work remotely. “It was a little intimidating to be on my own and in charge of a community helpline,” Joye said of that time; but despite tackling a new job in relative...
Our New AmeriCorps VISTA: Megan
Megan Rochlitz, the newest member of the Friends In Deed family, comes to us from St. Ignace, where she served a year as an AmeriCorps VISTA with the Mackinac Economic Alliance. And while we haven’t had much time to get to know Megan, one thing has become plainly...
Help Wanted! We have a position open for a Furniture Coordinator
Old National Bank Awards $7,500 Grant to Friends In Deed
While any grant is greatly appreciated, we'd also like to point out that operations funding is especially hard to come by, and this grant is earmarked for the transition of our Direct Assistance Helpline following COVID. This means that we can breath a little easier...
Current Newsletter
Below, you can see a preview of our March 2021 newsletter! You can download a full version of the PDF by clicking on the button below.
New and Noteworthy Partners
Old National Bank Awards $7,500 Grant to Friends In Deed
While any grant is greatly appreciated, we'd also like to point out that operations funding is especially hard to come by, and this grant is earmarked for the transition of our Direct Assistance Helpline following COVID. This means that we can breath a little easier...
Thank You to All of Our Golf Outing Sponsors!
Friends In Deed recently was awarded $20,000 in grant monies from the United Way of Washtenaw County's Financial Stability Fund. The monies will be used to strengthen and expand FID's Circles program that works to promote the financial stability of families living in...
Thank You Comerica Charitable Foundation!
The Comerica Charitable Foundation recently awarded us a $5,000 grant for our Circles children's program!
Golf Outing a BIG Success!
The Golf Outing made over $15,000 this year!. That's a lot of money that will help us keep our doors open and clients served. We couldn't have done it without a lot of support! Ken Fischer was our Honorary Chair and brought in new sponsors and great auction items. He...
Annual Dinner Sponsor: Ann Arbor Area Board of Realtors
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...
Annual Report
Below, you can see a preview our annual report! You can download a full version of the PDF by clicking on the button below.
