Join us at one of our events in 2023! Please note that some of our events have not been determined yet.
Take part in the “Gift Drive” at Summit in the Park. Volunteer during our Work Week in December. Help out with our annual Holiday Market food drive.
Check out our calendar of events below.
OUR MEETINGS
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The Canton Goodfellows meetings are held on Thursdays in the Canton Municipal Building, 1105 Canton Center Rd, at 7:00 PM in Room C (Lower Level).
You are more than welcome to join us, in order to find out more about our organization! We are always looking for new members who are willing to help in implementing new ideas.
- March 9, 2023 (Annual Meeting)
- August 10, 2023
- September 21, 2023
- October 12, 2023
- November 9, 2023
SPONSOR A CHILD FOR CHRISTMAS
- IMPORTANT NOTE: Our children are usually all sponsored out by the end of October. If you are interested in sponsoring a child, make sure to contact us in early October, or you might miss out.
- Date: Child assignments begin in Mid-October each year
- Sponsors will drop off their child’s unwrapped gifts in a leaf bag (as seen above) on November 30 and December 1, 2023
- Purchase gifts for one of our children, learn about sponsorship
SUMMIT GIFT CARD TAGS
- Date: Tags will be up mid November through early December
- Location: Summit on the Park, 46000 Summit Parkway, Canton, MI 48188, on the pool window
- Take a tag (or two), then drop off the new, unwrapped gift at the Summit or Canton Leisure Services in the Canton Municipal Building
TOY DRIVE
- Date: Mid November through early December
- Location: Summit on the Park, 46000 Summit Parkway, Canton, MI 48188, or Canton Leisure Services in the Canton Municipal Building
- Anyone can drop off new, unwrapped toys
THE CROSSOVER P-CCS MIDDLE SCHOOL EVENT

- REVIVED IN 2023? UNSURE
- Date: Friday in November, 6:30 pm (doors open at 5:45)
- Admission: $5.00, or FREE if wearing an event T-shirt
- Location: Liberty Middle School Gymnasium
- Organized by: Staffs of West, East, Pioneer, Liberty, and Discovery Middle Schools
- Type of event: Staffs and students compete against each other in fun and goofy games
- Proceeds: Benefiting Canton Goodfellows, Plymouth Goodfellows, and each Middle School’s Intervention Funds
HOLIDAY MARKET FOOD DRIVE
- Date: Friday, November 17, 2023 4PM-9PM
- Date: Saturday, November 18, 2023 9AM-6PM
- Date: Sunday, November 19, 2023 12PM-4PM
- Location: Holiday Market, 520 S Lilley Rd, Canton, MI 48188 (map to Holiday Market)
- Volunteer at the drive or purchase food items from our list as you shop
- Contact Heather VanHartesveldt in October at 1-734-394-5191 or volunteers@cantonmi.gov
WORK WEEK: SANTA’S ELVES
- Date: Monday December 4, Tuesday December 5, possibly Wednesday December 6
- Volunteer to help prepare the children’s bags for Pick-Up Day
- Locaton: Canton Municipal Building, lower level
- Contact Heather VanHartesveldt in October at 1-734-394-5191 or volunteers@cantonmi.gov