Human Service Collaborative

Collaborative Community Impact

The Plymouth Community United Way’s mission is to “Make a Positive Impact in our Community” through human service collaboration. By creating an effective network of churches, organizations, agencies and public service groups we can give a hand to community residents in dealing with specific issues that just one resource may not be able to help with. Approaching problems in a collaborative effort allows us to make a positive impact on a family’s or individual’s life.

The intent of the collaborative is to combine our resources so that we can give the help that is needed and no one group depletes their financial resources, thus providing assistance to more people. It also prevents duplication of our efforts. We have offered aid in cases where a family’s problem does not fit into the guidelines of other assistance programs. “Our goal has been to help in situations that fall between the cracks,” says Marie Morrow, President, Plymouth Community United Way.

In the history of our great nation, Americans have repeatedly come to the aid of neighbors in need. It’s a prime example of how the old idea of caring for one another has become new again.

List of Member Organization

Plymouth Community United Way is proud to collaborate with a wide network of faith-based organizations, service clubs, nonprofits, and community partners who help strengthen support across Plymouth, Canton, and surrounding communities. Our partners include St. Kenneth Catholic Church; Canton Goodfellows; Plymouth Goodfellows; The Salvation Army – Plymouth Corps; First Step; PCCS Clothing Bank; Northville Civic Concern; Wayne Metropolitan Community Action; Arbor Hospice; Lincoln Behavioral Services; Growth-oriented service providers such as Personalized Nursing LightHouse, Sterling Home Health Care, and Abundant Life Church of Christ; and community resource organizations including the Foster Family Resource Center, Family Service Alliance, and Runaway & Homeless Youth Regional Alliance.

We are also grateful for the continued partnership of local churches and faith communities, including First Presbyterian Church of Plymouth, Plymouth First United Methodist Church, Cherry Hill United Methodist Church, Geneva Presbyterian Church, Trinity Presbyterian Church, Trinity Presbyterian Food Program, Friendship Church, New Hope Church, Calvary Baptist Church, NorthRidge Church, Grace Lutheran Church, St. John Neumann and St. John Neumann SVDP, Our Lady of Victory and St. Vincent de Paul, Our Lady of Good Counsel, St. Thomas the Apostle, St. Thomas a’ Becket SVDP, St. Raphael Catholic Church, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Church of Christ, Plymouth Church of Christ, Plymouth Church of the Nazarene, Resurrection Catholic Church, Nativity of the Virgin Mary, and Harvest Bible Chapel**.

Additional community leadership and service partners include Rotary Club of Plymouth AM, Canton Rotary, Plymouth Lions Club, Canton Lions Club, Plymouth Jaycees, Plymouth-Canton Civitan Club, Canton Community Foundation, Giving Hope Women’s Giving Circle, Boy Scouts of America (Great Lakes Council), Lake Pointe Bible Church, Crosswinds Community Church of Canton, PBJ Outreach (OLGC), St. Mary’s Outreach, Open Door Ministry Job Bank, Zounds, and the City of Westland Senior Resource Division.

A recent example of where a collaborative approach to a problem made a substantial impact on a family’s life involved a family of six. They needed assistance involving some major remodeling in their home. In this case, the St. Vincent De Paul Society at Our Lady of Good Counsel, the Plymouth Community United Way, and The Salvation Army Plymouth Corps partnered to offer assistance with removal, repair, and replacements needed to refurbish the home. We also received an offer that is being explored from St. John’s Episcopal Church to assure proper installation of the new utilities.