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Meal Support Needed for Alpha House (New Location)
Alpha House has a temporary need for additional dinner support at Alpha House East (Towsley location in Ypsi) while their regular meal service is being reestablished. This is a new location and an ongoing need that may continue for several weeks. This is different...
Corner Shower and Laundry Supply Drive
The Outreach Commission is holding our annual supply drive for Corner Shower and Laundry in Detroit. CSL offers clean and safe shower and laundry facilities where unhoused guests can shower and launder their clothes. Bring your donations of any of the following to...
Bus Tokens for Daytime Warming Center Guests
In frigid temperatures and dangerous weather conditions, houseless people of all ages deserve a place to go off the street where their bodies and health will not be jeopardized, and that place is the Daytime Warming Center -- a place where the community comes together...
Christmas Eve Luncheon
In past years, St. Clare's has hosted residents from Delonis Center and Back Door Food Pantry Patrons for a Christmas Eve lunch because they don't serve a noon meal at Delonis on that day. Attendance has declined in recent years, so we called the Shelter Association...
Alpha House Volunteers Needed, December 2025
It’s that time again in which St. Clare’s and Temple Beth Emeth provide volunteers at Alpha House to provide dinners and brunches as well as volunteers to supervise children after dinner so that the adults can get a bit of time to themselves. Please use THE ALPHA...
Remember the Mitten Manger!
Each year during Advent, St. Clare’s congregation donates warm hats, gloves, mittens, scarves, and socks for men and women at the Delonis Center. Bring your donations to the manger on the bima during the offertory.
Haiti Outreach Mission – Nov 2025
Our friends in Mirebalais have been displaced since March 31, 2025. The gangs came in and people had to run for their lives with just the clothes on their backs. Both Fr Romel and Fr Alphonse have been in touch with [Haiti Outreach Mission] via WhatsApp, email and...
Volunteer with Alpha House in October or November
Join this short-term volunteer list, for Alpha House's new East-Side location, at the Towsley Health Building, in Ypsilanti. We are working to make 30 rooms ready for Families seeking shelter from temporary homelessness. And we need your help in October or November of...
Alpha House Needs Volunteers on Sept 24
Alpha House is adding more shelter space for the larger homeless families in our community and looking for volunteers to help with setting up the homes and apartments with furniture provided by House N2 Home. There is an upcoming opportunity to help on September 24th...
Perry School Volunteers Needed
St. Clare’s is beginning the fourth year of its partnership with Perry Early Learning Center (Perry ELC) in the Ypsilanti School District. Description of Perry Early Learning Center Perry Early Learning Center is located in Ypsilanti, MI. The school has over 300...
Alpha House Volunteers Needed, Sept. 2025
It’s that time again in which St. Clare’s and Temple Beth Emeth provide volunteers for Alpha House to provide dinners and brunches for their residents. You can make the food or buy prepared food and bring it to Alpha House any time before mid-afternoon. Volunteers are...
English Tutor Needed
Our refugee family from Nicaragua is doing well and adjusting to life in the US, but the 13 year old son would appreciate having another person to help him practice his English. He would prefer having a male tutor if possible. This would require about one hour of your...









