Civic Organizations

Civic Concern
Lion's Club
Mothers’ Club of Northville
Northville Community Foundation
Northville Kiwanis
Northville Rotary

Civic Concern

Northville Civic Concern is an all-volunteer organization whose purpose is to help those in need with food.  The food is distributed on the second and fourth Friday of the month, from 10:00am to 1:00pm, at the offices at 42951 Seven Mile Road.  Civic Concern services approximately 100 families in the city of Northville and Northville Township, as well as Focus Hope recipients.

Civic Concern is funded primarily by the contributions of Northville community residents.  In addition to monetary contributions, Civic Concern accepts donations of canned goods, cereal, paper products, soap and cleaning items, and baby products.  Due to the organization’s 501c status, all donations are tax deductible.

Monetary contributions can be mailed to Northville Civic Concern, P.O. Box 323, or delivered to 42951 Seven Mile Road, Northville, Michigan, 48167.  For additional information, please call 248-344-1033.  Your call will be returned promptly.

Lion's Club

The Northville Chapter of the Lion's Club meets every second and fourth Monday of the month in the Cady Inn at the Mill Race Village, located on Griswold Avenue in the City of Northville.  Presently, there are approximately 20 members who work to help those with sight and hearing disabilities.  The Lions Club is most visible in the month of April when they conduct their "White Cane" drive.  It is at this time the members are seen at busy intersections soliciting contributions for their cause.  In addition to this activity, the Lion's Club sponsors the Leader Dog School in Rochester, Michigan, purchases glasses for children of poor families, and assists in testing newborns for hearing and sight deficiencies.  For additional information, please contact Barbara Morgan at 248-348-9075.

Mothers’ Club of Northville

The Mothers’ Club is a group of 35 dynamic women working to help Northville school children excel by providing enrichment materials and opportunities.

Recent contributions include:

• Micro centrifuge
• Simulated Crime Scene Investigation kits
• Dinosaur Skeleton Models
• Wave Ripple Tank 
• Take home learning activity kits for elementary students, assembled by Mothers’ Club members
• Stereo microphone
• Listening Center for students in the high school’s Assisted Learning Program
• Triple balance beams
• Gauss meters
• Read Around Activity carpet
• Visual memory materials
• Tuition for students to attend camp
• And a wealth of supplemental materials to improve student learning, especially reading

History

In 1935, a group of 12 women decided to meet regularly for enlightenment and social activities.  During the Depression of the 1930’s, the Mothers’ Club held a fundraiser to purchase milk for school children to drink with their lunches.

The Club’s fundraising has now grown to three events each year, enabling the Club to donate approximately $30,000 annually to student enrichment programs and activities.

Fundraising

• Fall:  Mothers’ Club hosts a booth during Northville ‘s Victorian Festival
• Winter:  All Aglow is an opportunity to honor or remember someone by purchasing a light on the community Christmas tree, located in front of the bandshell in downtown Northville.
• Spring:  Hands to the Future, a dinner and auction held annually in March, alternates every other year with …
  The Community Telephone Directory, distributed biannually to every household in the Northville School District

Community Service

Mothers’ Club performs service projects at the public school buildings on a rotating cycle, working at two or three schools each year.

Social

• Book Club
• Lunch and movie afternoons
• Evening socials
• Weekend getaways

If you would like to attend a Mothers’ Club meeting or would like more information, please contact:

Patsy Johnson, President
312 W. Main Street
Northville, MI 48167
248-349-0013

Northville Community Foundation

The Northville Community Foundation was organized for the purpose of enhancing the community by promoting historical preservation, the arts, community education, and cultural events.  The Foundation is a tax-exempt charitable organization, authorized to receive and administer endowment and other funds from individuals, businesses, professional and corporate sponsors.  Donations to the Foundation are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

Annual events sponsored by the Northville Community Foundation include the Independence Day Parade, Golf Classic, Prayer Breakfast, and Holiday Home Tour.  For further information regarding the events or the endowments, please contact the Northville Community Foundation at 18600 Northville Road, Suite 275, Northville, Michigan 48167, 248-374-0200.

Northville Kiwanis Club

Although Northville is often considered an affluent suburb, needy families and individuals do exist and the Kiwanis clubs are active providers of donations and services to Northville residents and to our surrounding area.

The Northville Kiwanis clubs are part of Kiwanis International. There are two Northville Kiwanis clubs: a morning club and an evening club. The Northville Early Bird Kiwanis is dedicated to serving the Northville community. Northville Early Birds provide a yearly community service scholarship to a local qualified student, annual funds to send a member to serve with Habitat for Mankind, allocate funds to publish children's Braille books, adopt a holiday family, provide monthly donations to a local food pantry, and fund a seven month special handicap bowling program.

Northville Early Bird Kiwanis meets weekly at Northville Crossing Restaurant at 7:00am. If you have any questions or would like to become a member, please contact Marlene Kunz at 248-344-1033.

The Northville evening Kiwanis Club is perhaps best known for the delicious Italian sausages sold at local events such as the Victorian Festival and Art in the Sun. The proceeds from Italian sausage sales have for years been the only source of fund raising for the evening club. However, recently, The Butch Casterline Memorial Golf Outing and The Northville Kiwanis Polar Bear Plunge have been added to support the growing needs for support.

Each year, Thanksgiving and Christmas turkeys, are purchased (along with vegetables & desert) and are delivered to various needy families around Northville. Members of the club also volunteer time to the Salvation Army as Bell Ringers at a local grocery store. The evening club sponsors the handicap bowling program mentioned above as well as helping with the holiday party and summer picnic. At the regional level, the Northville Kiwanis makes a financial contribution each year to the CS Mott Children's Hospital in Ann Arbor.

Kiwanis is always looking for energetic members. Meetings are held twice monthly (1st and 3rd Monday evenings) at the VFW Hall on Northville, Rd at 6:30pm.

Call our President, Kris Wilson 734-420-2142 to get more information or details about any of the events.

Look for our float in the Holiday Lighted Parade!!

Northville Rotary

Rotary is a worldwide organization of business and professional leaders that provides humanitarian service, encourages high ethical standards in all vocations, and helps build goodwill and peace in the world. Approximately 1.2 million Rotarians belong to more than 32,000 clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas.

Click here for more information on the Northville Rotary.