Opportunity Details

Our Essential Support Program focuses on providing basic need items for the home to our neighbors who are transitioning out of homelessness, escaping domestic violence, and seeking to rise out of poverty. The donations we receive include household furniture, linens, kitchen items, toys, and professional clothing and accessories. Volunteers help us to sort donations and stock the showrooms our clients select their items from. With the help of volunteers like you, A Wider Circle is able to furnish 20 homes free of charge each day for our neighbors in need, turning an empty apartment where families have to sleep on the floor into a fully furnished home.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	no limit	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Our Essential Support Program focuses on providing basic need items for the home to our neighbors who are transitioning out of homelessness, escaping domestic violence, and seeking to rise out of poverty. The donations we receive include household furniture, linens, kitchen items, toys, and professional clothing and accessories. Volunteers help us to sort donations and stock the showrooms our clients select their items from. With the help of volunteers like you, A Wider Circle is able to furnish 20 homes free of charge each day for our neighbors in need, turning an empty apartment where families have to sleep on the floor into a fully furnished home.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	no limit	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

This is our second annual Character Breakfast to support RMHC Richmond. Attendees will meet super heroes, princesses, and Richmond mascots; compete to win exciting raffle prizes; and collect autographs. All proceeds will benefit the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Richmond, keeping families close while their children receive care in our community.

Volunteers will help to set up the event and manage the registration table as attendees arrive.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	5	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Family:
Nadiro Ahmed is a refugee from Somalia. She and her family, after years of waiting through the resettlement process were able to relocate to Milwaukee. She closed on her 5 bedroom home in June after searching for a large enough property to accommodate herself and her five children. The property is a duplex with the bottom half divided into two units. They are trying to convert the house into a single family home. She purchased the distressed City of Milwaukee tax foreclosure with a purchase/rehab cost of approximately $50,000. Every weekend, her entire family gathers at the house to finish small rehab projects together.

*There will be an optional tour of homes to learn more about Acts at the front end of this opportunity.

Scope of project:

-Wall demo to join the bottom two units
-Demo of one of the three kitchens
-Shortening a closet to convert it into a small pantry
-Paint prep throughout the house
-repair porch railings
-install insulation in attic
-install light and plumbing fixtures throughout the house
-possibly tiling the bathroom and kitchen.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	no limit	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

The Dublin Simon Community has an industrial warehouse unit in Chapelizod. We obtained the unit to compliment our two charity shops on Camden Street and Thomas Street. The purpose of the warehouse is to store stock donations before being distributed to our services or sold in the charity shops where the funds raised go towards our services. To manage the volume of donations that we receive, we require a team of volunteers to help our dedicated team of shop staff and volunteers to sort through donations of clothing and bric a bric to get them ready for wear or sale as soon as possible.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	10	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Having a night off from cooking is a huge relief for the 73 families who stay at Ronald McDonald House BC and Yukon each night. It’s more than just a meal, you help create a feeling of home – a priceless feeling for our families who are far from the comfort of their own homes. This is a great opportunity to come together as a group of friends, colleagues or family members to cook a healthy, nutritious and delicious meal for our families here at the house.

Our kitchens can accommodate up to 10 volunteers. All volunteers must be over the age of 16. If teens will be accompanying your group, please ensure that there is at least 1 adult for every group member under 19.

Opportunity Details

Help the Accelerator YMCA celebrate our participants’ successes. Celebrations occur throughout the year, with a special emphasis on the holiday and graduation seasons. Volunteers will partake in the planning and execution of the celebratory event from planning to set up.

Opportunity Details

If you and your family or friends love cooking, preparing meals or supporting young adults, this volunteer position may be for you. Cook a meal for young adults in either our housing program or our drop-in center participants. Meal prep can be done at our facility or your home, and then delivered. This is a perfect volunteer activity for a group of 5-15.

Opportunity Details

Project Explanation: Volunteers will meet at our warehouse at 9am. Assist in loading up a box truck with furniture and household goods for clients that have recently experienced homelessness. Then the group will caravan out to the homes of 2-3 households. We typically finish our moves around 12.
Maximum Number of Volunteers: 10 (please carpool if you can, limited parking at some locations).
Tools/Resources Needed: N/A
Recommended Attire: Casual clothes that you don't mind getting sweaty and sometimes a little dusty/dirty and closed toe shoes.
Lunch/Water Provided: No, please bring your own water and snack in case the move-in goes longer than planned.
Bathroom Access: Minimal, one at our warehouse, but if needed there are fast-food places and gas stations along the route for pit stops.
Outdoor Project: Plan for Inclement Weather, we will still do our move-in's in the rain. If you have any questions, please contact Alison Scharr at volunteer@journeyhomect.org

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	10	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Project Explanation: Volunteers will meet at our warehouse at 9am. Assist in loading up a box truck with furniture and household goods for clients that have recently experienced homelessness. Then the group will caravan out to the homes of 2-3 households. We typically finish our moves around 12.
Maximum Number of Volunteers: 10 (please carpool if you can, limited parking at some locations).
Tools/Resources Needed: N/A
Recommended Attire: Casual clothes that you don't mind getting sweaty and sometimes a little dusty/dirty and closed toe shoes.
Lunch/Water Provided: No, please bring your own water and snack in case the move-in goes longer than planned.
Bathroom Access: Minimal, one at our warehouse, but if needed there are fast-food places and gas stations along the route for pit stops.
Outdoor Project: Plan for Inclement Weather, we will still do our move-in's in the rain. If you have any questions, please contact Alison Scharr at volunteer@journeyhomect.org

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	10	n/a	n/a