To form a community where every single person has the opportunity to serve and to be served.

The Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities is a nonprofit based in Traverse City, Michigan, collaborating respectfully with citizens and leaders to protect the environment, strengthen the economy, and build community.

Our mission is to first meet the needs of the people, and then community, to eliminate poverty, blight and powerlessness — improve the quality of life for those living and working in Islandview.

Mercy Volunteers enter into relationship with people who are economically poor and marginalized. In a spirit of mutuality, volunteers cultivate mercy and justice in the world by embracing compassionate service, social justice, spirituality, and a simple lifestyle in community.

Our mission is to assist in eliminating hunger in Ypsilanti Michigan, and surrounding areas by providing residents in need with programs that provide food, promote the value of nutrition, increase self-sufficiency, and instill hope.

Provide area families and individuals with food, clothing, shelter and the opportunity to build necessary skills to achieve a stable and prosperous life.