How You Can Help in Southeast Michigan

Welcome to Volunteering in Southeast Michigan

We want to help you make a difference! Our goal is to provide meaningful involvement for new volunteers and to deepen and expand the engagement of existing volunteers.
Watch for volunteer opportunities with the Southeast Michigan American Heart Association.

Volunteer Orientation (PDF)
Thursday, February 8
6 - 8 PM

American Heart Association's 2018 Solutions Summit
March 23, 2018 8:30 am - 3:00 pm
The Loft at Madison

February is American Heart Month

The first American Heart Month, which took place in February 1964, was proclaimed by President Lyndon B. Johnson via Proclamation 3566 on December 30, 1963. The Congress, by joint resolution on that date, has requested the President to issue annually a proclamation designating February as American Heart Month.

Share women's heart health information along with other helpful heart topic ideas.

Join us on Friday, February 16th at the Cobo Center as we Go Red and unite to prevent heart disease and stroke. Nicole Curtis of HGTV & DIY Network's Rehab Addict is this year's special guest. More information and to purchase your ticket.

Events in your Area

Fridays in February (9th, 16th & 23rd	Our Heart Walk Team is looking for a volunteer to help with a AHA/Heart Walk booth at Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital during lunchtime on Fridays in February (9th, 16th, & 23rd). You will have the opportunity to interact with employees and encourage them to register or get involved with Heart Walk (join a team, start a team, etc.). Most importantly have fun and help raise awareness about AHA and Heart Walk. The time commitment is 11am-1pm or at least 90 minutes within that timeframe. If you're interested in helping with one, two or all, please contact Tanisha Gitchuway at 248-936-5828 or email at Tanisha.gitchuway@heart.org.
Wednesday, March 21	The Oakwood Group is having a health fair on March 21st from 1pm-3pm at 9755 Inkster Road in Taylor, MI. A volunteer is needed to represent the AHA and staff a table with heart health information. If interested, please contact Stefanie.worth@heart.org.
Saturday, April 7th	Hope UMC is having a health fair on Saturday, April 7th from 10am-1pm at Hope United Methodist Church in Southfield, MI. A volunteer is needed to represent the AHA and staff a table with heart health information. If interested, please contact Whitney Coleman, Stefanie.worth@heart.org.
Wednesday, April 18th	Comerica Bank is having their annual Wellness Expo on Wednesday, April 18th from 11am-2pm and 6pm-8pm at their Livonia Operations Center. You will need to arrive at least 1 hour prior to the event for security check-in and set-up. If you're interested in representing the AHA at one or both shifts, please contact Tanisha.gitchuway@heart.org.
Saturday, April 28th	S.A.V.E. T.H.E.M. is having their 6th Annual Youth Step Show and Community Resource Fair on Saturday, April 28th from 12pm-3pm at the Medicine and Community Health at Cody in Detroit, MI. A volunteer is needed to represent the AHA and staff a table with heart health information. If interested, please contact Stefanie.worth@heart.org.

How To Become A Volunteer

Steps to Volunteering (PDF)

Volunteer Handbook (PDF)

About the Go Red Passion Committee (PDF)

Take a look at what’s happening this month (PDF)

Ongoing Opportunities

Go Red Passion Committee

How volunteers make a difference: Serve as the face of Go Red For Women® in metro Detroit through events and activities that create awareness of women and heart disease throughout the community.
Go Red Opportunities:
Support heart survivors
Push for heart-healthy legislation
Coordinate our fall Premiere Party
Get companies to Go Red in February
Educate Macy’s employees
Help coordinate the Red Dress Tour
Gather items for our auctions
Talk us up in your online networks
Passion Committee: Engagement Description

How volunteers make a difference: Serve as the face of Go Red For Women® in metro Detroit through events and activities that create awareness of women and heart disease throughout the community.
Go Red Opportunities:
Support heart survivors
Push for heart-healthy legislation
Coordinate our fall Premiere Party
Get companies to Go Red in February
Educate Macy’s employees
Help coordinate the Red Dress Tour
Gather items for our auctions
Talk us up in your online networks
Passion Committee: Engagement Description

Advocacy

How volunteers make a difference: Help ensure that our lawmakers put heart disease and stroke at the top of their agenda.
Face-to-face meeting with lawmakers, attend a state or federal Lobby Day
Serve as a media spokesperson for an issue
Submit a Latter -to-the-Editor
Recruit fellow You're the Cure advocates
Serve as an issue expert
Make calls to lawmakers
Attend an advocacy training
Online advocacy opportunities: Log on to www.yourethecure.org to receive emails about policy decisions that affect healthy living. Once you join, you can also submit your personal heart story to be featured on the site.

Workplace Wellness

Wellness opportunities for your workplace

The American Heart Association’s Healthy Workplace Food and Beverage Toolkit was created to help organizations improve their food environment and promote a culture of health. In addition to specific guidance and nutrition standards for beverages, snacks and meals, topics addressed in the toolkit include healthy eating, creating a culture of health, how leadership and management can be involved, special events, meetings, vending machines, healthier cooking methods, resources and links, and a glossary of terms. Visit www.heart.org/foodwhereur to download your copy.

The American Heart Association’s Workplace Health Solutions offer a complete suite of evidence-based tools to help you and your employees get the most out of your workplace health program. The AHA’s continuous quality improvement program will help you assess the comprehensiveness of your programs and supporting workplace environment, consult expert resources on strategies for improvement, implement programs that engage employees and track progress toward ideal heart health and recognize your achievement through awards.

Check. Change. Control. is an American Heart Association blood pressure program designed to eliminate high blood pressure as a health disparity among Americans. Its evidence-based success focuses on the practice of self-monitoring and tracking of blood pressure readings at home or outside of the healthcare provider office setting.
For more information about any of our workplace opportunities, contact Stefanie Worth at 248.936.5832 or Stefanie.Worth@heart.org.

Southeast Michigan Volunteer In Action

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