Alternatives For Girls helps homeless and high-risk girls and young women avoid violence, teen pregnancy and exploitation, and helps them to explore and access the support, resources and opportunities necessary to be safe, to grow strong and to make positive choices in their lives. AFG accomplishes this mission through three key services: AFG Prevention, the AFG Shelter/Transition to Independent Living Program (TIL) and AFG Outreach.
Our mission is to help homeless and high-risk girls and young women avoid violence, teen pregnancy and exploitation, and help them to explore and access the support, resources and opportunities necessary to be safe, to grow strong and to make positive choices in their lives.
Each month, the AFG Volunteer Department, highlights one volunteer who AFG staff and the girls and young women we serve recognize as being a dedicated and passionate volunteer. This month, Michelle Leppek, a mentor in our Prevention Department is being spotlighted for her commitment to her mentee! Learn more about Michelle and how to become an AFG Volunteer… More than 300 volunteers give over 20,000 hours of their time and talents to Alternatives For Girls each year! The programs provided for girls and young women at AFG could not be done without volunteers. For more information on our current volunteer opportunities and how to become a volunteer at AFG, contact our Volunteer Services Manager, Jenny… Thanks to the support of AFG’s generous donors, including the Born and Raised Detroit Foundation, six girls from AFG’s Adventure Club are traveling to Guatemala this June! The Adventure Club allows young women in AFG’s Prevention programs to have experiences in nature, which aren’t typically available to them in their urban neighborhoods. In the past,…June Volunteer Spotlight: Michelle Leppek
Volunteer Opportunities at Alternatives For Girls
We’re Going to Guatemala: Six girls from AFG’s Adventure Club are taking a one week trip to Guatemala
Open House903 West Grand Blvd, Detroit MI 4820808:30 AM
Role Model Nomination Deadline05:00 PM
Positive Choices, Powerful Lives Event315 East Warren Avenue • Detroit, MI 4820105:30 PM
