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, Alternatives For Girls’ Volunteer Department, highlights one volunteer who AFG staff recognize as being a dedicated and passionate volunteer. This month we spotlight Muriel Van Dyke, a committed and creative volunteer from AFG’s Outreach Department. Before volunteering, Muriel worked as a social worker and recognized the importance of programs that provide others an opportunity to… On October 27th Alternatives For Girls’ halls were filled with ghouls and goblins for the Prevention Department’s annual Halloween party! The halls were decorated with spider webs, pumpkins, and ghosts and classic Halloween tunes were played to set the mood. The after-school program’s high school group helped decorate and even created a haunted house! The… One of the exciting things about AFG’s location in southwest Detroit is its entrepreneurial energy. So many new businesses in the area are contributing creativity and opportunity to the neighborhood that AFG calls home. Gail Kwiatkowski, the owner of ARTIFACTRY located in Corktown, is an example of someone who is contributing to the neighborhood buzz! Gail…November Volunteer Spotlight: Muriel Van Dyke
Trick-Or-Treat: The Prevention Department hosts festive Halloween party at Alternatives For Girls
ARTIFACTRY Partners with AFG’s Sew Great Detroit: The Corktown boutique is now selling market tote bags handmade by women in AFG’s program
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
