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Volunteer opportunities available helping with fundraiser, classes, daily activities, or food service Daily volunteers at the reception desk and coffee shop

Volunteer opportunities including:

• Administrative/communication: Board of Directors, communications, data entry, event planning, and graphic design

• Client work: Advocacy assistant, childcare volunteer, language interpretation, and support group facilitator

• Community outreach/Public speaking

• Maintenance/cleaning/organizing: Cleaning projects, donation assistant, handi-person, landscaping, and meal preparation, serving and cleaning

CHUM welcomes volunteers to help with:

• Event planning and support (various events year-round)
• Food shelves (drivers; unloading, sorting, and stocking shelves)
• Gardening (various locations)
• Moving (furniture donation pickup)
• Office Support (data entry and mailing)
• Property and equipment (cleaning, painting, etc.)
• Second Saturdays - monthly opportunities (ongoing or one-time) to volunteer with others; projects vary
• Serving meals at various sites

Volunteers assist with various services, including Neighbors Helping Neighbors, Meals on Wheels, Senior Café, Home Safety Visits, Family Access Center, fundraising and visibility events, and Board of Directors opportunities.

• Assurance/friendly visit calls

• Caregiver Respite Volunteer

• Child care

• Companionship visits

• Event planning/fundraising

• Food box assembly

• Food box/Meals on Wheels delivery driver

• Food distribution

• Food donation pick up

• Grocery shopping

• Handy worker

• Home safety check

• Household helper (housekeeping)

• Interpreter

• Laundry helper

• Lawn mowing/yard work

• Packing/moving

• Painting

• Paratransit driver/transportation

• Snow removal

• Student tutor

• Technology assistance

Disaster services: Prepare and serve cold and hot meals and beverages to victims and workers at area disasters. Counsel and console victims; help with some disaster clean-up projects. Soup kitchen: Set tables, do simple food preparation, clean as needed, serve food, accompany driver on food donation pickups, and sort food donations. Thrift store: Help hang and shelf merchandise. Clean, bag merchandise, and assist desk clerk as needed. Thanksgiving dinner: Help prepare and serve dinner on Thanksgiving Day at the Corps building Christmas program: Help with the Toy Shop at Christmas

• Community café (light snacks/coffee/visiting/wifi)

• Exchange Closet (donate, help, or shop)

• Neighborhood Dinner (Neighbors come together to set up, cook, serve, or clean up and enjoy dinner together)

• Worship and Waffles (light breakfast and optional worship service)

• Bring donations to donation door D, located on the southeast side of the building, closest to Tenvoorde Ford. Do not leave donations outside the doors. Donations must be collected and weighed by Catholic Charities staff to ensure food safety standards and inventory tracking.

• Receipts are available.

• Accepts the following new or gently used items for donations for Basic Everyday Essentials:

• Accessories: scarves, hats, mittens, backpacks, small luggage
• Baby items: clothing, blankets, crib sheets, bottles, bibs, baby food, and formula
• Kitchen items: pots, pans, utensils, dishes, glassware, silverware, and cookware
• Men, women, and children's clothing; greatest need for adults who are tall and larger sizes
• Shoes
• Small kitchen appliances: toasters, blenders, mixers, coffee makers
• Towels, washcloths, sheets, blankets, bed pillows

• Accepts the following items for donations for the Food Shelf:

• Feminine hygiene products
• Fresh produce (including home-grown)
• Laundry detergent
• Non-perishable food items
• Personal care items: deodorant, shaving lotion and razors, shampoo/conditioner, soap, and toothpaste

Volunteer positions:

• Emergency Services Food Shelf

• Emergency Services Basic Everyday Essentials

• Individual, group, and student opportunities and court-ordered community service

• Senior dining/Meals on Wheels: deliver meals, prepare food, set up dining sites for meals, serve meals, clean up after meals and clerical tasks

• Student interns

• Board of Directors

• Building and remodeling

• Coaching, mentoring, and befriending families to become homeowners

• Cooking and baking meals and snacks for volunteers on construction sites

• Family Selection Committee

• Finance Committee

• Planning and carrying out special events

• ReStore sales clerk and donation processing

• Board of Directors

• Building and remodeling

• Coaching, mentoring, and befriending families to become homeowners

• Cooking and baking meals and snacks for volunteers on construction sites

• Family Selection Committee

• Finance Committee

• Planning and carrying out special events

• ReStore sales clerk and donation processing

• Provides a free community meal

• Free transportation available for those in Deer River through The Silverline Bus at (218)246-2909 between 8 am - 4 pm on Monday - Thursday, the day of the meal. Provided free for people living in town, courtesy of Deer River Health Care Center

• To Volunteer email [email protected]

• To purchase food for the cafe, mail your tax-deductible donation to PO Box 5192 Grand Rapids, 55744

• Consider a monetary gift in any amount to the cafe. How far can your donation go? $20.00 can provide 10 people a hot, nutritious meal $50.00 could help one person eat for four months $100.00 may feed 50 hungry children $250.00 can help a family go without hunger through the winter months Everyone will benefit from your thoughtfulness

Door #9 for entrance.

Financial Donations: Family scholarships for people to attend disabilities or autism camps or military family camps. Cost for an average family is from $600-1200 per camp/retreat. In-kind Donations:

• Golf carts

• Horses

• Plow truck

• Recreation equipment

Volunteering:

• Cleaning

• Cooking

• Equine volunteers

• Maintenance

• Mowing/landscaping

• Program volunteers

Volunteer page: https://www.ironwoodsprings.com/volunteer

Volunteer opportunities that support A Place For You include:

• MealTrain meal preparation volunteer

• Recreational/social activities participation

• Shelter advisory board

• Staff support volunteer

• Volunteer driver

Volunteer opportunities including:

• Event ideas, planning and implementation

• Fundraiser hosting

• Monthly gathering set up/clean up

• Monthly kids' activities

• Monthly meal preparation and cooking for a group

Daily hot lunch program providing free meals to people in need

• Hot meals for anyone who is seeking food and/or fellowship

• Transportation may be available

• Volunteer opportunities

Enrichment Program:

• Facilitate homework completion and games from 3:30 pm to 5 pm Monday - Friday

Additional volunteer opportunities available

CHUM welcomes volunteers to help with:

• Event planning and support (various events year-round)
• Food shelves (drivers; unloading, sorting, and stocking shelves)
• Gardening (various locations)
• Moving (furniture donation pickup)
• Office Support (data entry and mailing)
• Property and equipment (cleaning, painting, etc.)
• Second Saturdays - monthly opportunities (ongoing or one-time) to volunteer with others; projects vary
• Serving meals at various sites