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The First Step Gala | You Are the Light
October 16, 2026
6:30 pm - 11:30 pm

 The First Step Gala | You Are the Light
Laurel Manor, Livonia MI

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    The First Step Gala | You Are the Light
    October 16, 2026
    Laurel Manor

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First Step is hiring! New, open positions are available now. To learn more about our open positions and to apply, visit firststep-mi.org/careers๐—™๐˜‚๐—น๐—น-๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ:โ–ช๏ธŽ 24-Hour Services Program Coordinatorโ–ช๏ธŽ Community Response Survivor Advocateโ–ช๏ธŽ Community Response Team Lead๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ-๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ž:โ–ช๏ธŽ Crisis Support Responder - Midnights๐น๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž 501(๐‘)3 ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘›-๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘š๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘›๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘Š๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘›๐‘’ ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘ฆ, ๐‘€๐‘–๐‘โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ 1978. ๐ด ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘˜๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘“๐‘–๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘™๐‘ฆ! ๐ผ๐‘›๐‘๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”, ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘š๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘๐‘’๐‘ , ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘—๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘๐‘’, ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜, ๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘’๐‘™๐‘‘๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘/๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ . ๐น๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜๐‘  โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘Ž ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘‘๐‘ฆ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘–๐‘. ๐‘Š๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘’๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘—๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘™๐‘ฆ.#nowhiring ... See MoreSee Less

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