Warm nights. Safe sleep. Right here in Macomb County.

Checks payable to WAVE Project, P.O. Box 153, Sterling Heights, MI 48311

The Problem

When temperatures drop, sleeping outside becomes dangerous. During the 2025 season, 436 neighbors came through our doors seeking safety. Together, we provided 6,330 bed-nights across the season. Each bed-night is a hot meal, a clean space, and real rest. Our average cost per stay was $18.47, well below national benchmarks.

“To just be outside... it breaks your spirit. Trying to find work is rough when you can't present yourself properly.”
— Eddie, neighbor served in Macomb County

How Your Gift Helps

At our shelter, staff and volunteers welcome each guest with dignity.

A safe cot with clean linens
A hot dinner and a simple breakfast
Private showers through the WAVE Project Mobile Shower Service
Hygiene basics and caring people who listen

Program leadership: Director Marcie Burt and Shelter Manager Sheila Chauvin coordinate nightly operations with partner churches across the area.

Who You Help

Most guests are from the communities we serve every day. Many list Detroit, Warren, and Clinton Township as home cities. Guests are adults of all ages, with a median age near 52. A quarter report no health insurance. We use this data to improve outreach, focus resources, and stretch every dollar.

Why This Shelter

We run lean and measure outcomes. Your gift turns into safe nights fast. It keeps cots filled, meals served, and showers available. It also helps us strengthen intake, expand outreach, and improve access to resources where it is needed most.

Shelter Location

8150 Chapp Ave, Warren, MI 48089

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.

Macomb County Winter Shelter 2026

Your gift opens the door to a safe, loving, warm place to spend the night for neighbors with nowhere else to go.

Team Members