Bring Dignity Back. One Shower, One Item, One Neighbor at a Time.

Why Your Gift Matters

A warm shower seems small. If you’re living outside, it’s everything. Detroit has very few public restrooms, and staying clean is a daily challenge. Hygiene affects health, confidence, and the ability to work, learn, and rebuild. Your gift meets people where they are, then helps them take the next step.

“Getting clean is a luxury when you’re in survival mode. Mobile showers are a good investment in people and in the community.”
— Kelly, neighbor served in Macomb County

What Your Gift Makes Possible

Mobile Showers

Our custom ADA-equipped trailer has three private rooms, one ADA. Each room has a shower, toilet, sink, and changing area. Built with a winter package, it runs all year in Michigan weather. On service days, we target 20 to 40 showers across partner sites in Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne Counties.

The Essentials Van

Think mobile clothing closet and hygiene hub. We stock socks, underwear, shirts, coats, hygiene kits, warming bundles, blankets, and more. The side service window and rear racks turn any stop into a clean, dignified shopping experience.

Lil’ Pantries and Food Support

Community-stocked pantries and targeted food distribution fill gaps fast, especially for families and unsheltered neighbors who can’t reach larger sites.

How It Works

We bring the shower trailer and Essentials Van to trusted partner sites across Metro Detroit.
Guests receive a private, respectful experience, plus fresh clothing and hygiene items.
Our team builds relationships, shares next steps, and connects people to resources.

Simple system, strong results, neighbor by neighbor.

About WAVE Project

Mission

Sharing love by providing shelter, mobile showers, and essentials to those in need.

Who We Are

Founded in 2018, WAVE Project, Welcoming All Valuing Everyone, is a grassroots nonprofit based in Macomb County. We started with a monthly Outreach BBQ in Mount Clemens, where volunteers and neighbors sat together and shared stories. We listened, learned about the barriers, and built the services our community needed most.

What We Do Today

Mobile Shower Service, private, ADA inclusive
Essentials Van, clothing and hygiene distribution
Macomb County Winter Shelter
Lil’ Pantries and targeted food support

Each year, we provide emergency shelter and thousands of showers, clothing items, food items, and hygiene essentials across Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne Counties.

501(c)(3)
WAVE Project is a registered nonprofit, EIN 83-1340243. Gifts are tax-deductible as allowed by law.

Accountability You Can Trust

We plan routes, track services, and steward every dollar for maximum impact. Your gift helps us keep the water hot, the shelves stocked, the shelter open, and the doors of opportunity wider.

Give now. Help a neighbor step into a clean start today.

General Fund

By WAVE PROJECT

General Fund

Your gift to the WAVE Project General Fund powers mobile showers, essentials, and safe shelter across Metro Detroit. Simple help. Real change.

Team Members