Needs From: MC Serves!

As Mary’s Center’s largest fundraising event of the year, the Annual Gala is a special evening to celebrate over three decades of providing health, hope, and opportunity to thousands of individuals throughout the District and Maryland. An events volunteer will assist with coordinating event logistics, planning, execution, and promotion.

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Volunteer Food Packers/Distributors Needed on Saturdays

Harvest Intercontinental Church in Downtown Silver Spring needs volunteers to help them with their regular food drives:

Packing food : Every Saturday from 9:00AM - 12:00PM

Food Distribution (drive-thru): Every Saturday from 12:00PM - 2:00PM

It would be great if volunteers could sign up for regular shifts on Saturday for either packing food, distributing food, or both!

Specific instructions will be given when you arrive at the distribution site. Volunteers should wear comfortable attire, be able to stand for 2-3 hours and be able to lift and move minimum of 10-15 pounds repeatedly.

COVID-19 Protocol: All volunteers are required to have their masks on before entering the building and will have their temperature check upon arrival. Gloves will be provided to wear at all times while serving.

To sign up: contact Dr. Gladys Okugbeni, 240-646-4431, gokugbeni@aol.com

Help with Food Preparation and Pick Up Needed!

Shepherds of Zion is seeking volunteers to assist with sorting, moving, and loading into trunks food received from the Capital Area Food Bank and other donors on a weekly basis between 7am and 6pm (three shifts available!) in Takoma Park, MD. Join our team to help with this critical need to help families facing hunger in our community. Come for just one time or join us as a regular volunteer. All safety protocols of social distancing, wearing masks, and cleaning hands is required and followed. Bi-weekly on Saturdays each month.

We also need assistance with transportation to pick up food from other donors, and are seeking volunteers with trucks to help us do so. 

To volunteer or receive additional information, please email pastor@shepherdsofzion.org or complete the Volunteer Registration Form. 

Student participation in this service project is at the discretion of the student’s parent/guardian and must be completed outside of school hours. The nonprofit organization is responsible for maintaining student safety. Parents/guardians should contact the nonprofit directly with any questions and/or concerns.

Up 2 Us Foundation is a nonprofit that works with food insecurity. Our mission is to improve the quality of life by providing dependable access to nutritious food to families in need.

This is an immediate position. Eligible applicants must be a credentialed social worker to work  2 - 4 hours/week  assisting with client needs and possible supervisory role with social work intern(s). COVID safe environment. Easy parking and access. Most work can be done from home. Due to Covid Health concerns, we follow the State of Maryland COVID-19 guidelines. As such physical distancing and personal protective equipment will be instituted for all workers onsite.

Text: 202-440-3781 or Email: info@up2usfoundation.org  Visit us at up2usfoundation.org

LOCATION: 11160 Veirs Mill Road, UNIT 164, Wheaton MD 20902 (easy access via Reedie Drive)

Would you like to utilize your professional experience and support small business owners in your area? Consider joining SCORE, a resource partner of the US Small Business Administration, to offer business mentoring in your areas of expertise eg. business planning, marketing, financial planning, business operations. Currently, all mentoring services are provided virtually and we have a huge demand for these free, one on one mentoring sessions from clients across a wide range of small businesses.

We actively encourage women and minorities to apply, and offer comprehensive training. Join us!

Food Triage Volunteers are our first line of responders to Marylanders calling in on our toll-free line. In this role, you will be calling back Marylanders from across the state seeking assistance with food; whether it be applying for SNAP benefits or finding local food resources. Volunteers in this capacity are expected to perform a need assessment and then schedule callers with the appropriate partner agency to connect them with the resources they may be eligible for. To do so successfully, you must complete two one hour trainings covering prescreening, protocols, and FAQs before making calls and an optional refresher training as needed.

Volunteers are also expected to attend a bi-weekly meeting by phone to stay up-to-date on recent changes being made to SNAP and how to effectively inform callers on these changes. Volunteers will also be given written weekly updates and have open lines of communication with MD Hunger Solutions staff should any questions arise.

Experience working with low-income communities preferred, and multi-lingual volunteers are needed. All of this work will be performed remotely.

We are GROWING and expanding our Leadership Team by conducting a search for candidates to fill vacancies on our Board of Directors and our Board of Trustees.

If you have time, energy, and skills to contribute to help us develop youth, build community, fundraise, expand our nonprofit, and promote character, development, and fun, please consider joining our Leadership Team.

We are have a variety of leadership, strategy, and operational support opportunities.  Skills in highest demand include:  General Board Experience, Operations, Franchising, Grant Writing, Events Coordination, Business Development, Child Development, Financial Management, Coaching Curriculum Development, Sponsorship Development, Marketing and Communications, Donor Care and Communications, and Volunteer Management.

Please contact our President for an exploratory conversation.  Thank you for your consideration.

All volunteers working directly with youth must pass a background investigation and complete basic safety training in youth protection. 

We are GROWING and expanding our Leadership Team by conducting a search for candidates to fill vacancies on our Board of Directors.

If you have time, energy, and skills to contribute to help us reach more women and girls who want to turn their dreams into reality, please consider joining our Leadership Team.

We are have a variety of leadership, strategy, and operational support opportunities.  Skills in highest demand include:  Systems and Infrastructure Development, Marketing and Communications, Donor Care and Communications, and Volunteer Management.

Please contact our Executive Director for an exploratory conversation.  Thank you for your consideration.

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HIP is an active organization participating in a variety of community events to inform and educate the general public about housing assistance programs and services through its housing counseling outreach program. If you enjoy interacting with the public, learn about community resources and/or advocate for affordable housing, HIP's mission will inspire you to join us in this effort.

Training as musuem docent. Provide visit guided tour of musuem or visitor assistance in a specific room of interest.

Student participation in this service project is at the discretion of the student’s parent/guardian  and must be completed outside of school hours. The nonprofit organization is responsible for maintaining student safety. Parents/guardians should contact the nonprofit directly with any questions and/or concerns.

Volunteers will help care for the horses at Lifeline Horse Rescue. This includes feeding, haying, watering, grooming, stall cleaning, and tack cleaning. The majority of this work will be done outdoors so volunteers should be prepared by dressing accordingly. As different rescued horses are received and rehabilitated, volunteers will have the opportunity to learn about a variety of equine ailments and therapies. 

This opportunity is available year round and on a daily basis. 

AfriThrive is seeking a Social Media Manager (Virtual Volunteer) to develop and implement a social media strategy to increase overall reach and brand awareness.

Founded in 2019, AfriThrive is a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to building vibrant and thriving African immigrant and minority families through increased access to culturally appropriate healthy foods, youth skills development and economic opportunity.

Responsibilities

The Faith Community Advisory Council needs website and social media support.  This means help with maintaining its website, support with drafting and circulating of its bi-weekly newsletter, designing flyers, and posting announcements and events on social media channels in an effort to reach faith communities and other collaborators in Montgomery County.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Working in coordination with the Program Manager, supports the content that appears on the website, newsletter, and social media. Requires writing and editing skills in addition to publishing and maintaining up to date content on website, social media, posts/campaigns, and email campaigns. Need content specialist, with graphic design skills, and experience with wordpress and constant contact to support execution and delivery of messages across all channels. 

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

· Maintain website - edit content to ensure quality, clarity and consistency

· Collaborate with Program Manager to create effective strategy for promotion and visibility of messages and community events

· Support the design of flyers, drafting newsletter and manage the distribution of content across all channels

QUALIFICATION AND SKILLS

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills

· Experience in content management 

· Experience in Constant Contact, WordPress, AdobeAcrobat/Illustrator (or similar) skills

Reading Partners needs volunteers like you to provide students in under-resourced elementary schools in your community with the proven, individualized reading support they need to read at grade level by fourth grade.

Reading is the foundation for all future learning. The ability to read transforms lives and can empower children to reach their full potential. Research shows that when students can read at grade level by fourth grade, they have a greater opportunity to succeed in school and in life.

With your help, we can equip students with the foundational skills they need to read at grade level. Each week, you will meet one-on-one with your student over Zoom to help them develop strong literacy skills and discover a passion for reading. We'll provide a structured curriculum, virtual training, and ongoing support to help your student thrive. Rigorous research has proven that Reading Partners significantly increases reading proficiency.

No teaching experience required and anyone over the age of 18 can volunteer. Flexible Monday to Thursday volunteer times between 9 am and 6 pm.

To sign up or learn more: https://readingpartners.org/volunteer-washington-dc/

Do you love to teach? Do you have that knack for organizing programs? Are you fueled by the desire to raise awareness and understanding of Alzheimer's and related dementia diseases to make a difference in our communities? Then you are an ACE! Alzheimer's Association Community Educators (ACE) are representatives of the Alzheimer's Association who cultivate opportunities and then deliver Association educational programs. ACEs work in their professional, civic, and personal spaces to raise awareness of Alzheimer's and provide education and information to constituents. ACEs are empowered to identify gaps, areas of need, and areas of interest and fill those through education. Currently, the Association is delivering all presentations virtually, so computer skills and ability to work remotely with applications like Zoom are a must. 
Please reach out for more details!

Location: Fully Remote

Estimated Hours/Week: 10+ hours/week

Expected Commitment: 3+ months

Reports: Director of Resource Development

AfriThrive is seeking a Fundraising Volunteer to develop and implement a sustainable non-profit fundraising plan that will generate unrestricted funding to support its mission.

Founded in 2019, AfriThrive is a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to building vibrant and thriving African immigrant and minority families through increased access to culturally appropriate healthy foods, youth skills development and economic opportunity.

Responsibilities

Key Skills & Qualifications

How to Apply

Please apply by sending your resume and a brief statement of interest to info@afrithrive.org

Estimated Hours/Week: 10+ hours/week

Expected Commitment: 3+ months

Reports: Director of Development and Partnerships

AfriThrive is seeking a  motivated grant writer to identify grant opportunities and develop proposals that will persuasively communicate our mission and programs to potential funders.

Founded in 2019, AfriThrive is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to building vibrant and thriving African immigrant and minority families through increased access to culturally appropriate healthy foods, youth skills development and economic opportunity.

Responsibilities

Skills and Qualifications

How to Apply

Please apply by sending your resume and a brief statement of interest to info@afrithrive.org.

Help the men at our homeless shelter by providing meals.   Our team is working hard to help men resolve their urgent challenges and move into housing.   We rely on our community to donate the meals needed each day.  There is no kitchen onsite so meals are cooked and delivered/dropped off at our Crabbs Branch Center food hub.  

During Covid, our shelter has expanded to several sites and increased capacity to care for all men who don't have a home.  Men can stay 24/7 and have access to a variety of onsite services.  

Meals needed each breakfast, lunch, dinner:  120

Please schedule meal donations online: www.tinyurl.com/mcchmeals

Our website also has good details about donating meals:  https://mcch.net/donate-a-meal/

For more information or questions, contact us at meals@mcch.net. 

Thank you for being part of helping people in crisis move forward!

Take the 30X30 Move In Kit Challenge!  Utilize MCCH's personalized tools to help gather 30 basic household items for people exiting homelessness. 

This is a great virtual opportunity for adults, students, organizations, companies, neighborhoods, congregations and anyone looking to have an immediate and powerful impact on the issue of homelessness.   Details are on our website:  30X30 Collection      

Transitioning from homelessness into permanent housing can be challenging without the essential household items, including dishes, cutlery, pots, utensils, linens, towels, cleaning supplies, and toiletries.  Take the lead on this collection and ensure families and individuals have what they need to be successful as they move forward.

Email volunteer@mcch.net for more details.   We would love to help you take the next step!

We are seeking board members who have skills and experience in any of the following areas:

Veterans and persons with disabilities who have any of these skills are particularly encouraged to apply. If you are interested in serving on our board of directors, please fill out a volunteer application and our volunteer coordinator will send you additional information.

We are in need of gift cards to be used for holiday gifts and food for our students in need this year. We currently have 122 students attending our school and 32 residential students living at our facility. The holiday time is a hard time for many of our students. Our facility is a residential, educational, treatment facility for youth and adolescents with severe emotional disabilities. This year for everyone has been a major mental strain, but it is even more so for our students that already suffer from mental issues. 

I would like to provide gift cards to these students for them to be able to shop for a few holiday gifts for themselves this year.

We are asking for gift cards from Target, Walmart, Giant, Best Buy, Safeway, Wegmans, Barnes & Noble, Aldi, Kohls, and Visa gift cards. All donations are tax deductible. Please provide your name and address for a tax receipt when mailing in your gift card. Thank you and happy holidays.

Cards can be mailed to:

Marlayna Proctor, Dir. Comm. Resource and Development

JLG-RICA 15000 Broschart Road, Rockville, MD 20850

Not approved for MCPS SSL hours. See guidelines for agencies on how virtual opportunities may be considered for SSL.

Greater Stonegate Village, located in Silver Spring, MD, needs volunteers to drive seniors to and from essential medical appointments.  As a volunteer driver, you will choose which service requests you would like to accept.  Clients will sit in the back seat of the volunteer’s car, on the passenger side.  Volunteers will not be entering the client’s home or medical buildings.

Volunteer drivers do not need to be members of Greater Stonegate Village. Volunteers will fill out an application and agree to go through a background check and a MVA driver record check.  Virtual new volunteer training will be provided. Liability insurance is also provided. 

For the safety of our volunteers and members, COVID guidelines of Montgomery County, MD, and Greater Stonegate Village must be followed.

For additional information, please contact Greater Stonegate Village at volunteering@greaterstonegatevillage.org.

Part-Time Volunteer Opportunity: Attorney To Recruit and Coordinate Pro- and  Low-Bono Legal Services for Human Trafficking Survivors  

The University of Maryland Support, Advocacy, Freedom, and Empowerment Center for Human Trafficking  Survivors (“SAFE Center”) is seeking a public service-oriented attorney interested in volunteering on a part time basis to help us grow our pro- and low-bono network of Maryland-based lawyers that practice in areas of  law that survivors of sex and labor trafficking need to rebuild their lives.  

About the SAFE Center  

The SAFE Center is a direct service, research, and advocacy center on human trafficking. We provide  comprehensive social, legal, mental health, crisis intervention, and economic empowerment services to  survivors of sex and labor trafficking of any age, gender, or nationality. The SAFE Center’s mission is rooted in  social justice and its active efforts to fight systemic racism as it recognizes this as one of the causes of human  trafficking. Located in College Park, Maryland, we are currently delivering client services remotely and through  online platforms as we phase in a return to in-person services, consistent with public health guidelines due to  COVID-19. More information is available on the SAFE Center’s website at www.umdsafecenter.org. 

Pro- and Low-Bono Attorney Network 

Part of the SAFE Center’s core mission in helping trafficking survivors to rebuild their lives is to provide  comprehensive legal services. In-house, the SAFE Center provides critical legal immigration services and crime  victim’s rights representation. Survivors need a myriad of other legal services to remove barriers to their ability  to move forward with their lives. This volunteer position would build on the pro- and low-bono network the  SAFE Center has initiated with the goal of securing services, particularly on Maryland state law issues, for our  clients in the following areas:  

Family Law: Divorce; custody; securing child support; domestic violence / civil protection orders; guardian ad litem; advocacy within the child welfare system 

Employment Law: Wage and hour violations; employment discrimination 

Civil Rights: Enforce constitutional civil rights to due process, equal protection, and right against  unreasonable search and seizure; protect against housing discrimination  

Public Benefits: Access to public benefits like Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security Insurance, and others;  access to crime victim compensation 

Housing: Landlord / Tenant; access to public housing 

Criminal Justice: Criminal defense for survivors charged with prostitution and related crimes; vacating prostitution-related convictions 

Consumer Protection/Bankruptcy: To help survivors clear debt they were forced to incur by their  traffickers  

Tax: To help survivors understand their rights and responsibilities regarding tax payment 

Attorneys who join our network may be called upon to advise, represent, or otherwise assist a client depending  on their time and resource availability, barring any conflicts.  

Volunteer Attorney Coordinator Position  

This part-time, volunteer position will recruit and engage a network of pro- and low-bono attorneys in  Maryland to help the SAFE Center provide seamless legal services survivors of sex and labor trafficking in the  state. We anticipate an initial commitment of approximately 10-15 hours per month. By early next year, we  believe the time commitment would adjust to approximately 5-10 hours per month to manage the network and  maintain communications between staff and volunteer counselors. This work will be done remotely and  according to the schedule of the volunteer.  

We are looking for a coordinator who: 

To apply, please submit a resume and cover letter to Laura Ardito, Deputy Director, at  lardito@umd.edu. Please write “Low Bono Network” in your subject line. Applications will be  considered on a rolling basis.  

The SAFE Center and the University of Maryland is committed to creating a work and educational  environment that is rich in diversity, inclusive, and supportive of all students, faculty, and staff.  

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that complies with all applicable federal and state  laws and regulations regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action; all qualified applicants will receive  consideration for employment. We are committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and do not  discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected  veteran status, age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, creed, marital status, political affiliation,  personal appearance, or on the basis of rights secured by the First Amendment, in all aspects of employment,  educational programs and activities, and admissions.

Help our Family Center maintain a full supply of toiletries by organizing a toiletry drive.

We are seeking an individual or individuals to organize a toiletry drive. You can coordinate it on your own or you can coordinate with others, such as family, classmates, coworkers, friends, etc. The location of the food or toiletry drive can be at school, neighborhood, church, workplace, or other gathering place or event of your choice. We can coordinate delivery or pickup after your collection.

Background:

Our pantry is a Choice Food Pantry where clients come in to choose and shop (they do not pay) for food and toiletries. Our pantry is open 3 days a week. We serve anyone that resides in Montgomery County. We serve over 320 families per month. The provision of food is a very important service, as there is a great need for food in the community. Additionally, because of the need for food, people who donate often overlook the need for toiletries. We rarely have toiletries available. Our food pantry maintains the dignity and respect of all who utilize it. During this time of COVID, we are not in need of food donations, but rather, the community we serve is in need of toiletries/household items. Please see below for the wish list.

Toiletry wish list:

You may or may not add the following household items to your toiletry drive:

Not approved for MCPS SSL hours. See guidelines for agencies on how virtual opportunities may be considered for SSL.

MobileMed is seeking in-kind donations of Personal Protective Equipment and sanitation supplies.

Highest priority items include: Disinfecting Wipes; Latex Free Nitrile Gloves (size Medium is the most used); hand sanitizers; etc.

Please contact us at giving@mobilemedicalcare.org for more information.

Weekly: The Cambodian Buddhist Society Cultural Committee (CBSCC) host Sunday classes from, September to May for individuals who are interested learning the Cambodian dance, music and language. This opportunity not only exposes volunteers the Cambodian culture, volunteers can use and/or learn various skills by volunteering their time for CBSCC. Volunteers can 

Student participation in this service project is at the discretion of the student’s parent/guardian  and must be completed outside of school hours. The nonprofit organization is responsible for maintaining student safety. Parents/guardians should contact the nonprofit directly with any questions and/or concerns.

The success of a community rests on the ability of its members to be able to connect, share ideas, and address challenges together. To do this, its members must be able to communicate in a common language. ESOL instruction (English for Speakers of Other Languages) has a positive impact on the whole community.

The Montgomery Coalition for Adult English Literacy (MCAEL, a community coalition which expands the quantity and quality of adult English literacy classes in Montgomery County, MD, seeks members for its Board of Directors. English literacy is a core skill for adults to achieve their goals and to clearly steer their families onto a pathways to success. MCAEL’s role as a backbone organization allows it to leverage data, resources and funding to create a multiplier effect for the 60+ organizations and their 1500+ staff and instructors who serve almost 15,000 adults in the county each year.

MCAEL Board Members have the following responsibilities: to ensure that the organization does the best work possible in pursuit of its mission, vision, and goals. Basic fundamental responsibilities of board leadership include:
•    determine MCAEL’s mission, setting strategic goals, and establishing long-term plans; 
•    ensure the execution of strategic priorities and long term goals
•    select the Executive Director;
•    secure financial resources;
•    assess the board’s performance; 
•    participate in board recruitment, orientation, and ongoing board education;  provide appropriate fiscal oversight. 

The Board meets every other month on the third Wednesday from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm. Board committees meet during the off months and often by conference call. Board members are invited to represent MCAEL throughout the year at other events, meetings, conferences and community gatherings. Board terms are 3 years in length with the opportunity for renewal. Board members are required to regularly attend meetings and events and to contribute a personal financial contribution at a level that reflects that MCAEL is a high priority for me to support charitably annually to the organization.

Some preferred qualifications (this is not an exclusive list):
(1) Ability to contribute time including in-person meetings, web-based communications, and volunteer hours to support MCAEL 
(2) Connections to the local community, particularly with businesses of all sizes
(3) Areas of interest and/or expertise in at least one of the following areas:
     (a) Fundraising
     (b) Technology for education and/or cross sector communication
     (c) Business development and financial management
     (d) Marketing
(4) live or work in East County or Up County

Note: Due to current pandemic situation, all events and meetings are being held online.

Disability Partnerships Volunteer Board Member

Looking for something fulfilling to do during these challenging times?  Do you want to volunteer with an organization that has an awesome mission and is dedicated to helping an underserved population?

Disability Partnerships (www.disabilitypartnerships.org) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the mission of improving the quality of life of individuals with physical disabilities. Our programs focus on health and wellness, affordable accessible housing, economic empowerment, and education for persons with disabilities. 

We are in the process of establishing a board of directors for Disability Partnerships and are looking for volunteers to serve on the board.  We welcome all skill-sets to the board including volunteers who have a legal, financial or marketing background. We also encourage people with physical disabilities to volunteer and contribute their knowledge and time to improving the lives of persons with physical disabilities.

For more information, please email tmgallman@disabilitypartnerships.org and grosaasen@disabilitypartnerships.org.

Looking for volunteers to distribute food to program participants picking up food from different Montgomery County Public School sites.  The volunteer will work closely with MCPS to ensure participants are being registered using a valid State of Maryland driver's license and/or ID.  Looking for volunteers with strong computer skills to assist with on-line registration when and/or if requested.  May lift up to 25 pounds (boxed groceries).  Must have valid drivers license to get to the various MCPS sites.

Not approved for MCPS SSL hours. See guidelines for agencies on how virtual opportunities may be considered for SSL.

Thanks for your interest in volunteering at Food & Friends! We could not provide over 1,000,000 medically-specialized meals, friendship, and nutrition counseling every year to our critically-ill neighbors without the support of amazing volunteers like you.

We have volunteers join us for all stages of our food prep, from chopping vegetables, to portioning meals, ladling soups, sealing meals and packing groceries.

Shifts lasts 2-3 hours and run from 6AM-8PM Monday - Thursday and 6AM-12PM Friday and Saturday

You must be at least 14 to volunteer in our kitchen and volunteers under 16 must be accompanied by at adult. (See below for additional details for high school students)

The first step to becoming a Food & Friends volunteer is to attend a virtual new volunteer orientation. You can register here: https://foodandfriends.org/volunteer/

Student participation in this service project is at the discretion of the student’s parent/guardian. The nonprofit organization is responsible for maintaining student safety. Parents/guardians should contact the nonprofit directly with any questions and/or concerns.

Note: Face masks are required and social distancing is practiced at Food & Friends

Here are a few ways for High School students to get involved at Food & Friends:

Youth Chef’s Assistants: High School students 16-18 years old may volunteer in the kitchen as Chefs Assistants with parental permission. These shifts are typically 3 hours each and are available Monday – Thursday 6am-8pm, and Saturday 8am-10am, 10am-12pm (limited availability). Youth Chef’s Assistants must commit to volunteering at least 2x/month until they have completed at least 25 hours total.

OR

Join a Parent/Guardian on a recurring schedule: High School students 14 & 15 years old may volunteer by joining someone who is 18 years or older. We do not have one-time opportunities for individual adults (over the age of 18) so these  volunteers must commit to at least 6 months of service for at least 4 hours each month on a weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly schedule. Recurring adult volunteers can bring their high-schoolers along for their shifts.

Delivery Assistant Admin Role - A Delivery Assistants acts as a runner by helping locate packed delivery bags for volunteer delivery drivers upon their arrival, reviewing paperwork with drivers, double checking packed red bags, and helping volunteers load their vehicles. Additionally, assistants will have the opportunity to provide on-site orientations to first-time volunteer delivery drivers. During periods of downtime, delivery assistants will be expected to consolidate bags on carts, organize empty delivery bags, and manage the backdoor for staff and volunteers. Delivery Assistants must be at least 16 years old and will be asked to volunteer at least once a week from 9AM-Noon each week, serving a minimum of 8 hours a month for at least 3 months.

Come as a Group: Get fellow students and a chaperone together and come in to volunteer with us as a group. This requires at least 4 volunteers and one must be a chaperone who is 18 or older. For more information on joining us as a group please click HERE.

***At this time, Food & Friends is not accepting court-ordered service. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.***

The Public Relations Specialist will develop and edit content to our social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter accounts)

Time Commitment: 5-10 hours/week

Role Commitment: 1 year

This role is expected to be generally accessible to the Director of Communications and responsive to emails.

Reports to the Director of Communications

The RICA Association, Inc. is a private non-profit 501(c)(3) whose mission is to originate and provide funds for special programs and projects for the students at RICA. RICA is a community based public residential treatment and educational facility serving children and adolescents, ages 10-18, with severe emotional disabilities. Board members work in conjunction with RICA to provide the best possible therapeutic and educational environment for the students while they are enrolled at RICA, and then throughout their transition back into the community or upon graduation. Board Members are responsible for raising money for needed programs and projects for the students at RICA; attending monthly meetings; serving on committees (fundraising, finance, policies, public relations, nominating); recruiting new board members. It would be helpful if the volunteer had experience in fundraising, event planning, and/or public relations and marketing, but it is not necessary. Orientation and in-service training will be provided by volunteer services

Applicant must provide tutoring service, in conjunction with staff, to one or more students in one or more academic subjects or in organizational or life skills (i.e. resume writing, interviewing). Tutors will work with middle and high school students, our largest need is for math tutors. Must be available to meet at least one hour per week between the hours of 4:00- 5:15 Monday through Thursday. Patience is needed. Must be able to commit to on-going assignments. Ability to tutor in one or several subjects, and communicate knowledge of said subjects. Desire to learn and work with students who are emotionally disturbed or have experience working with this population. Must have a sound respect and understanding of confidentiality. Being able to work with emotionally disturbed children and provide patients and understanding through tutoring our children. Orientation and in-service training will be provided by volunteer services. Certain assignments may require education or training in subject area.

Mentors are able to establish a one-on-one relationship with a student in order to provide support, guidance, and assistance to a student that really needs a positive role model. Students are ages 10-18 and attend the JLG-RICA Residential program. All volunteers must be 21 and over also must be willing to spend time with students and must remember to have patience. Volunteer must also be comfortable with establishing personal boundaries with a student. Volunteer will meet with the student a minimum of one hour per week Tues-Thurs between the hours of 4:00-5:00 pm

The Outreach Manager leads the planning and coordination of outreach events and activities to create awareness and draw in partners and participants to support the organization, including connecting with schools & universities to cultivate relationships and possibly create fundraising opportunities.

 Time Commitment: 5-10 hours a week

Role Commitment: 1 year

This role is expected to be generally accessible to the Director of Development and Director of Communications, as well as responsive to emails.

Reports to the Director of Development and Director of Communications

Due to a high demand for Paper Towels and Toilet Paper from families affected by the downturn in the economy caused by the COVID-19/Coronavirus we need your help! Peoples Community Baptist Church continues to help our neighbors in need with regular food distributions and other emergency services. 

Donations of paper towels and toilet paper, school supplies and nonperishable food are all needed.

Please contact us first to arrange dropoffs of items - or with questions at 301-467-1562 or jacky327@cs.com or socialaction@tpcbc.org

Items can be dropped off Monday-Friday between 10am to 5pm; Saturday 10:00 am to 3pm. 

JCA Senior Community Service Employment Program needs volunteers to help with one-on-one and small group job skill development. Whether your background is social work, human resources, teaching, IT or anything else, we have a mentoring or training opportunity that will fit your experience or interests.  Programs are typically virtual (Zoom or Phone) and schedules are flexible. Please consider the following ideas, but there may be other opportunities available.

Volunteer will need to complete a short application and background check before beginning.

The JCA Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) provides on-the-job training for people with low income age 55 and older who live in Montgomery and Frederick counties, Maryland. Trainees receive minimum wage while working at charities and government agencies to build their skills and resumes while delivering valuable community service. SCSEP is operated under a U.S. Department of Labor grant and in cooperation with Senior Service America, Inc. The SCSEP program is an equal opportunity program.

Germantown HELP provides delivered emergency food to residents of Germantown. We are addressing the increasing need resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and are looking for more donations of food and funds to help our neighbors in need. 

Non-perishable food, including spaghetti sauce, cereal, canned tuna/meat, mac & cheese, and canned veggies, fruit, & soups.

See more on our website about how you can support us. 

Email info.gtownhelp@gmail.com to plan where and when to drop off donations. We also pick up!

Thanks for your help!

Woks for Washington aims to support the Asian restaurant community in the DC area during COVID-19 by purchasing and delivering meals from restaurants to people in need (homeless shelters & hospitals). Preserving Asian cuisine serves as a major way for the Asian community to continue to share what makes us so diverse with the rest of the world since it's often one of the easiest and most palatable ways (pun intended) in which people can experience our culture. This is an effort to help preserve Asian American culture and cuisine while supporting essential workers and people in need. 

Every donation counts! We're currently in need of more funding to expand our reach.

$10 donated to Woks for Washington is one meal to someone in need or an essential worker!

If you're interested in donating, please visit: https://www.gofundme.com/f/w4wwoks-for-washington

If you're interested in learning and spreading our story, please visit: https://woksforwashington.com/

Not approved for MCPS SSL hours. See guidelines for agencies on how virtual opportunities may be considered for SSL.

Road To Recovery is an American Cancer Society program designed to help improve the quality of life and reduce barriers to care for cancer patients undergoing active treatment by transporting them to and from cancer-related treatment appointments.

The Road To Recovery Volunteer driver can help provide people with transportation to and from their cancer-related treatment appointments. Drivers donate their time and the use of their personal vehicles to help ensure that people with cancer get the treatments they need. Volunteer drivers are also there to show support and provide information and resource referrals coordinated through the American Cancer Society.

Most rides are needed during Monday - Friday, primarily between 7 am and 7 pm. Drivers should have regular availability during that time frame.

Responsibilities include:

Volunteer Driver Qualifications

Drivers must be between the ages of 18 and 84 and have:

For more information or to get started as a volunteer driver, please contact Jen Burdette at jen.burdette@cancer.org or 443-792-9954.

Thank you!

We have various mowers, chain saws, weed whackers, etc that need repair. We are a non-profit conservation organization with more that 60 acres of woodland and fields which we maintain.

Before COVID-19, clients brought their own bags but we are now pre-bagging items and putting them in grocery store carts to minimize contact. We have been helping to serve 60+ households on 2 or more days each week. We need NEW bags and additional items to distribute supplies to our clients. 

DONATE:

Please contact Pat Drumming at pdrumming@rainbowcdc.org or on 301-625-2561 or 240-628-9154 if you can help. She will share information on where and when drop-offs are being accepted. 

Thank you for helping us help our neighbors in need! 

Thank you for your interest at Bethesda Cares and wanting to serve those in need. With the spread of COVID-19, we want to preserve the safety and health of our clients, volunteers, and staff, and have determined it is best to suspend all-volunteer services as we seek to minimize community spread. Additionally, we are not accepting any walk-in/drop off donations at this time.

 In the meantime, we appreciate any support you can give Bethesda Cares in one of the multiple ways: 

 1) Please consider making a financial contribution to Bethesda Cares. Our priorities are shifting every day as the news develops, and our clients’ needs change. Monetary donations allow us to be flexible in obtaining items and supplies that we need to meet this constantly evolving situation. You can donate to Bethesda Cares at this link: https://bethesdacares.networkforgood.com/projects/95412-keep-our-population-healthy

 2) We greatly appreciate  $5-$10 gift cards to Giant Foods, Safeway, or Target (or a similar grocery store) to assist clients with purchasing needed household/ grocery items. Gift cards of any amount to McDonalds, Subway, Dunkin Donuts, or Starbucks are also accepted for our street outreach team to buy a warm meal or drink for clients sleeping on the streets. These can be mailed to: 7728 Woodmont Ave., Bethesda, MD 20814. Please include your name (we keep a record of each gift card donated and distributed).

 3) If you would prefer to donate items (such as canned goods and nonperishable items), let us know, and we will add you to a rapid response list, and reach out to you when specific needs come up. Please email our Developmental Director, Justin Spees to be added to this list:  justin@bethesdacares.org.

Please be safe, take care of your health, and know we truly appreciate your commitment to serving those less fortunate in our community.

Not approved for MCPS SSL hours. While we welcome all donations, students may not earn SSL hours for individual donations or for hosting book drives virtually or from home. See guidelines for agencies on how virtual opportunities may be considered for SSL. 

The teaching assistant for recreation classes will assist teachers to lead a group of students for class activities and training. Sometimes they are in charge of the whole class when the teacher has emergencies. Volunteers will usually assist one or at most two of the classes that need special skills in the following fields: Dance: Gymnastic, Ballet, Modern, etc Performing arts: Vocal, drama, etc Musical instrument: Keyboard, Violin, Chinese Zither, etc Clay Sculpture, Silk Flower Production Painting, drawing Chess, Go Fencing, Martial Arts, Yoga Tennis, Basketball, Volleyball New volunteers will be interviewed by school management team and the current recreation class teacher. Accepted candidates should have certain amount of training in the specific field that who should be able to work without extra training.

Student participation in this service project is at the discretion of the student’s parent/guardian. The nonprofit organization is responsible for maintaining student safety. Parents/guardians should contact the nonprofit directly with any questions and/or concerns.

The teaching assistant for Chinese classes will assist the teachers in the classroom during school hours, to collect and check homework, record and keep attendants list and homework scores, lead review sessions, help students on class work and patrol young kids to hall way and restrooms. New volunteers will be interviewed by school management team, training will be provided

Student participation in this service project is at the discretion of the student’s parent/guardian. The nonprofit organization is responsible for maintaining student safety. Parents/guardians should contact the nonprofit directly with any questions and/or concerns.

We distribute groceries and produce to families affected by the economic downturn due to Covid19 Pandemic around the Suburbs of Baltimore  MD

We are doing it on every Sundays between 3-5 pm

Dates: May-10 to July-19; every Sunday between 1 PM to 3:00 PM

Contact: Mahendra Sapa  at 301-377-3247

Note: Volunteers should have and use personal protection gears recommended by CDC facemask, gloves  and maintain the safety guidelines of CDC while packing and distributing grocery and produces. 

Student participation in this service project is at the discretion of the student’s parent/guardian. The nonprofit organization is responsible for maintaining student safety. Parents/guardians should contact the nonprofit directly with any questions and/or concerns.

RefAmerica UPDATE for Summer 2020 (virtual) and 2021 (in-person):   Hope you all are healthy and staying safe.  Yes, RefAmerica is still looking for local American high school students who want to help promote a warm American welcome for refugees in the United States.  As we will be unable to bring resettled refugee teens to Washington D.C. this summer for the RefAmerica leadership program, we plan to have a certain number of virtual sessions with a RefAmerica group of teen refugees and volunteers in July 2020 to allow participants to begin their cross-cultural experience, to begin to bond, to begin to develop story-telling and public speaking skills, and to receive some mentoring in anticipation of their in-person program in Washington next summer (2021).  If you are a graduating senior, rising senior, or a rising junior, your virtual participation in this program in July 2020 could help lessen the feelings of isolation and frustration experienced by relatively recently arrived refugee teens as they attempt to operate and adapt in a new language and a foreign country during a pandemic lockdown and its aftermath.  Support and insights from American peers will be invaluable to them as they try to get know their new home country and its inhabitants under very trying conditions, and volunteers will gain much from refugee insights as well.

We are accepting applications through mid-June and will interview RefAmerica applicants (by phone).  (If you are interested in helping welcome refugee peers, we would suggest that this is an ideal time to focus on the RefAmerica application when you are necessarily at home and practicing social distancing.)  Those accepted into the program can rest assured that so long as they qualify this year, they will have the opportunity to participate with their refugee contemporaries in the in-person program in Washington next year (health conditions permitting), and we will look to our volunteer teen participants this July to provide much-needed moral support to these refugee peers by participating in a few virtual sessions.   

 RefAmerica’s one-month, Washington-based, in-person program scheduled to be held next in 2021 will, as in previous years, will be held in July for  six – ten recently resettled refugee high school students drawn from around the U.S. and six - ten comparably aged American teens from Montgomery County, MD, and surrounding areas.

RefAmerica is a program in leadership, public-speaking, cross-cultural understanding, and the narrative method.  Participants have the opportunity to get to know Washington DC; to learn more about American immigrant stories; to engage in a unique cross-cultural program of sharing traditions, team-building experiences and personal stories; to explore their own roles within a greater American story of immigration and integration; to meet with government and legislative officials, refugee program professionals, and others; and to plan ways to welcome refugees and promote cross-cultural understanding in their home communities.  The goal of RefAmerica is to promote full inclusion of recently arrived refugees in America and provide small groups of participant refugees with the tools both to tell their stories and to help forge for themselves, their families and their fellow refugees, like generations of Americans before them, a new American story.  Volunteer participants in the  July 2021 in-person program are eligible for SSL.   

If you would like to participate in RefAmerica program (in-person July 2021 and virtually July 2020) please email refamericafoundation@gmail.com for an application.

We would also welcome hearing from anyone whose parents might want to host a recently resettled refugee high school student for the month of July 2021 or anyone who is just interested in learning more, helping in fund-raising events, or helping in any other way,

Participation in the summer program is competitive and requires an application, short bio, and resume.  For this volunteer opportunity, we are looking for friendly, outgoing, supportive students with a commitment to and record of community service.  In 2021 (and virtually in 2020), local volunteer participants will join with refugee participants in a wide array of cross-cultural exchange, team-building, and community service activities; build public speaking and leadership skills; and advocate for refugees.  They will offer their refugee contemporaries friendship, welcome, and an introduction to teen life in their new home country.  In 2021, program participants must make a full four-week commitment (including weekends).  In 2020, virtual participation will be 5-8 partial days throughout July (schedule and timing collectively TBD). 

RefAmerica is in its fourth year of bringing refugees and local teens together to tell their stories in a summer program of training, shared experience, and cultural exchange.  Check out  https://twitter.com/refugees/status/998605511833550851 for UNHCR’s animated tweet of Alaa’s story from RefAmerica 2017.  You can also check online for RefAmerica's first-prize essay in the 2018 Dream Builders contest and for various NGO postings about individual refugees who have participated in the RefAmerica program. 

Our wholesale food partners delivers produce to us on a regular basis, and we share it with 2 other community organizations in Silver Spring/Burtonsville. We need volunteers with vans or trucks that can transport 600 - 2,000 pounds of produce from our main location to the other food pantries. A truck or panel van with load capacity of 1,000 pounds is ideal for smaller loads. For larger loads, a 10 foot box truck with a lifegate that can handle 2-4 pallets of produce and other food is best. 

Drivers are needed around 11:30am every week on Tuesdays, and the 2nd Friday of every month. We also need drivers to be on call for "short-notice" deliveries from wholesale partners that can happen at any time. 

We will provide cloth masks and gloves for volunteer drivers (if needed). 

Rainbow Community Development Center provides groceries and hope to more than 1,000 people every week. We need your help to continue serving our growing community of clients.  To make a contribution, please visit us at www.rainbowcdc.org or on Facebook at Rainbow_CDC.  You can also send a check to:

Rainbow CDC
2120-A Industrial Parkway
Silver Spring, MD  20904.

Thank you for your generosity!

We are serving over 1000 cars every Tuesday and Using over 6000 bag to bag the grocery. 

We are in need of bags to bag the grocery (new) 

gloves and mask for volunteers  

healthy snacks and water for volunteers 

push carts to take the food to the cars. 

Friendship Place has an urgent appeal to help us meet new and unexpected needs during the Covid-19 health crisis and for the period after this crisis subsides through $100,000 in new support.

Your support enables us to do this life-saving work for the over 3,300 people Friendship Place serves each year.

Please donate today to help us provide food to families in need, conduct critical street outreach to at-risk people, and prepare for an influx of people for whom this crisis will last for years.

Thank you for all you do to make Friendship Place’s work possible.

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Friendship Place is the premier provider of housing services for people experiencing homelessness in the Washington DC region. Our innovative, customized, person-focused programs produce demonstrative and lasting results. We empower our participants to rebuild their lives, find homes, get jobs and reconnect with friends, family and the community, permanently.

Our goal is to end homelessness in Washington, DC, and to establish a sustainable model which can be replicated across the nation.

In 2019, our programs ended or prevented homelessness for 1,437 people through creative, customized housing solutions. Across all of our programs, Friendship Place served more than 3,305 individuals in 2019.

The Susan G. Komen More Than Pink Walk raises significant funds and awareness for the breast cancer movement, celebrates breast cancer survivorship and honors those who have lost their battle with the disease.

By volunteering, you’ll help make your local event a success, which in turn will help Komen fund breast cancer research, education, screening and treatment. Not only will you make an impact in the fight against breast cancer, you will also have fun, feel rewarded and meet some truly incredible people—survivors, family members, allies and more, all of whom have been impacted by this devastating disease.

Our walk is made possible by our incredible volunteers. These passionate individuals go beyond simply supporting our cause; they get out there and make this important fundraising event a success. 

We are currently accepting volunteers to help with pre-event planning, organization and marketing in the months leading up to our More Than Pink Walk, on Saturday September 12, 2020.

Please visit our site at https://bit.ly/34sON1C to view our volunteer opportunities

Enriching the lives of our patients and their loved ones is our primary goal at Heartland Hospice. To achieve this mission, we seek the compassionate assistance of volunteers and invite them to join us on the journey of a lifetime! Because they are the heart of our organization, we welcome volunteers with various skills/talents and availability to provide the following to our patients and families: companionship and socialization, emotional & spiritual support, reading of materials (sacred scriptures, literature, magazines, mail), music enrichment, arts & crafts, grief support, relief sitting for caregivers, running errands and patient legacy projects.

These opportunities are available throughout Montgomery & Prince Georges' Counties.

A Background Check, 2 References, Tuberculosis Testing (TB) and Opportunity-specific training are required for this role and are provided by our hospice agency. We can accommodate your schedule!

Please review our website for further details by following the link below. An application for volunteering can also be downloaded there:

https://www.heartlandhospice.com/find-an-agency/heartland-hospice-services-of-beltsville/?contentIdString=14460

We would love to make this incredible journey with you! Come join us and thank you for your interest!!

Volunteer Opportunities for our Service Women and Men who served in the Army! Navy! Coast Guard! Air Force! Marines!!

Are you a Veteran searching for a way in which you can honor those brave women and men who served before or alongside you?   At Heartland Hospice, we are always in need of Veterans from each branch of military service to visit with patients and families who are on the hospice journey.  We have an increasing number of patients who are veterans, who desire the companionship of fellow veterans for connection and with whom they can share stories .

Veteran volunteers serve a vital role because of their shared experience and mutual understanding.   Various opportunities for Veteran involvement include:

These opportunities are available throughout Montgomery & Prince Georges' Counties.

A Background Check, 2 References, Tuberculosis Testing (TB) and Opportunity-specific training are required for this role and are provided by our hospice agency. We can accommodate your schedule!

Please review our website for further details by following the link below. An application for volunteering can also be downloaded there:

https://www.heartlandhospice.com/find-an-agency/heartland-hospice-services-of-beltsville/?contentIdString=14460

Thank you for your interest!

Heartland Hospice's Vigil Volunteer Program is designed to connect volunteers with a compassionate, loving presence with hospice patients who are actively dying.  As patients begin to draw closer to death and make their final Transition, Vigil Volunteers comfort patients emotionally and spiritually, ensuring that they do not die alone.  Vigil Volunteers receive specialized training to familiarize themselves with the signs and symptoms of approaching death and how to provide support to patients, in addition to loved ones and caregivers, if present at the time.   Volunteers can sit with patients for varying lengths of time, including day, evening or overnight, as available.

Vigil Opportunities are available throughout Montgomery & Prince Georges' Counties and invite volunteers to offer the following in the way of presence and care:

~ reading poetry, prayers and devotions that have meaning for the patient

~ providing soothing music and peaceful sounds of nature through voice, instrument or electronic device

~ storytelling with family and loved ones present during vigil visit

~ ensuring patients are comfortable and pain-free 

~ sitting quietly while holding a patient's hand

A Background Check, 2 References, Tuberculosis Testing (TB) and Opportunity-specific training are required for this role and are provided by our hospice agency. We can accommodate your schedule!

Please review our website for further details by following the link below. An application for volunteering can also be downloaded there:

https://www.heartlandhospice.com/find-an-agency/heartland-hospice-services-of-beltsville/?contentIdString=14460

Thank you for your interest!

Bereavement Volunteers are called and trained to provide outreach to caregivers and family members who have recently experienced the loss of their loved one through death.  Outreach involves making phone calls and/or supportive visits to those in grief, whom our hospice follows for at least thirteen months after their loss has occurred.  Working closely with the Bereavement Coordinator, volunteers can also assist with a variety of other tasks and projects, including assembly of bereavement mailings and designing and facilitating major events, such as our annual Grief Camp & Celebration of Life Ceremony, and participating in community-based programs, such as grief & loss support groups and workshops. 

These opportunities are available throughout Montgomery & Prince Georges' Counties.

A Background Check, 2 References, Tuberculosis Testing (TB) and Opportunity-specific training are required for this role and are provided by our hospice agency. We can accommodate your schedule!

Please review our website for further details by following the link below. An application for volunteering can also be downloaded there:

https://www.heartlandhospice.com/find-an-agency/heartland-hospice-services-of-beltsville/?contentIdString=14460

Thank you for your interest!

Community Food Rescue is accepting donations of unused food from local restaurants. Food is then donated to shelters and others in need.

Visit https://www.communityfoodrescue.org/donate-food/ and create a profile.  

Questions? Contact cheryl@communityfoodrescue.org

We're looking for individuals who have experience and expertise in various college courses to serve as virtual tutors for our Scholars. Generation Hope Scholars are teen parents that are pursuing a college education to make a better life for themselves and their child.  

Time Commitment:  As needed, typically once a week for about an hour. You will be contacted by our Tutoring Coordinator when your help is needed. 

To sign up as a tutor, please complete the volunteer form below and upload your resume where indicated! 

GENERATION HOPE VOLUNTEER FORM

About Generation Hope: Generation Hope is the only community-based nonprofit organization in the DMV region focused on college completion and early childhood success for two populations that are dismissed regarding their potential and dreams for the future: teen parents and their children. Founded in 2010, Generation Hope selects teen mothers and teen fathers who have displayed academic achievement and a desire to go to college to become Scholars in the Generation Hope Scholar Program.  Once accepted, Generation Hope provides each Scholar with three supports that we believe increase the likelihood that they will obtain their college degree; up to $2,400 per year in tuition assistance, one-on-one mentoring, and case management. Additionally, Scholars receive an increased network of support from the extended family that the program provides to them and to their young children. This support stays with Scholars until they earn their two or four-year degree. Our tutors are a critical piece of this support, as they help make it possible for our Scholars to thrive in higher education.

The health, social, and economic implications of this pandemic are already being felt and could be staggering to our region. The Community Foundation has established and provided initial funding for the COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund to support emergency preparedness and response efforts that will help mitigate the impact on disproportionately affected communities in our region. Through this fund, we are focused on addressing lost wages, relief for small business and gig economy workers, expanding access to medical services, and meeting the unique needs of people experiencing homelessness, among other needs. 

Complete the form to donate here.

Shepherd’s Table has a wish list on Amazon in case you’d like to use it to support the organization. Please find the wish list at  https://www.shepherdstable.org/donate/ (bottom left under “Donation of Goods”).

VOLUNTEER

 The food bank is in urgent need of volunteers to pack and sort food at our warehouse, and to assist in off site distributions. The health and well-being of our volunteers is our highest priority, and we are taking all precautions to ensure safety for those who volunteer.
CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER.


GIVE FUNDS

The COVID-19 emergency makes getting access to nutritious food even harder for people experiencing food insecurity in our area. Your support is needed now more than ever to provide food to kids, families, and individuals who need help. 
DONATE TO HELP YOUR NEIGHBORS TODAY


DONATE FOOD

The food bank is accepting non-perishable, shelf stable foods only at this time. Food donations can be dropped off Monday – Friday 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM at the CAFB warehouse in Washington, DC. A no-touch donation box will be provided in the Agency Box parking lot for those who are more comfortable with that option. For restaurants and hotels with produce and dairy to donate, please sign up at MealConnect.org.

Generation Hope serves 91 teen parents and their children in the Washington, D.C. area. Among them, 51% are Hispanic/Latino, 34% are African American. Nearly all are considered low income, and Generation Hope is also proud to serve several Dreamers.

In light of COVID-19, many Scholars are facing additional financial strain and have expressed a need for additional support. Generation Hope’s Emergency Fund exists to ensure that Scholars are not forced to drop out of college when facing critical financial need. These critical needs are only amplified by the COVID-19 crisis, and we would be so grateful for your support so that we can meet as many of them as possible. When you give to Generation Hope, you partner with us in decreasing poverty, investing in education, and making a long-lasting impact on families. Your gift will change the life of a Generation Hope Scholar and their child.

To make a financial donation to Generation Hope please go to http://supportgenerationhope.org/give-now/ . When prompted, you may state that you would like your donation to go directly to the Emergency Fund for Scholars.

Feel free to reach out to susanne@supportgenerationhope.org if you have any additional questions or concerns.

High Intermediate ESL/ESOL Instructor

ESL Program, Briggs Center for Faith & Action

Wednesdays and Thursdays, 9:30-11:30 am, September 2020 - May 2021

Class location Westmoreland Church, 1 Westmoreland Circle, Bethesda, MD 20816 

Please contact Stacey Fannon, Program Manager, at csfannon@gmail.com for more information.

The Briggs Center for Faith & Action is a 501c3 charitable and non-sectarian religious organization in Bethesda, MD. We enlist, empower and involve people who share a passion for social justice and a common purpose of serving the disadvantaged and marginalized.

As a foster parent, you may give a mother cat and her kittens a place to live until the kittens are old enough for the entire family to return to the shelter for adoption. You may be able to take a litter of kittens (or puppies) that have no mother for up to 8 weeks. You could care for a cat with an upper respiratory Kittens infection until he feels better, or help rehabilitate a dog with a broken leg that is healing. You might take home a rabbit to make room for new arrivals in our small-mammals area. We have lots of animals that need your care, especially older cats who truly benefit from spending time away from the shelter before they find their forever homes. Supplies and care. We furnish all the supplies you need, including food, litter, bedding, toys and enrichment items, and medical care. Foster parents are responsible for traveling to and from the shelter for medical care and foster care appointments. The frequency of appointments varies depending on the reason an animal is being fostered.

Time Commitment: Fostering may last anywhere from two weeks to several months, depending on the pet’s needs. If you are interested in fostering with MCASAC, please follow these steps:

*Criteria: Be of age. The primary caregiver of the foster animal must be at least 18 years old. Be in the area. Foster volunteers must be able to get to our shelter in Derwood Maryland on a regular basis. Please consider the potential commute before applying to foster. Please note that MCASAC cannot accommodate those seeking to fulfill court-ordered community service.

for more information please contact: fostermcasac@montgomerycountymd.gov  

Are you committed to raising or guiding a girl to be herself in a world of conformity?

Do you understand the challenges of 21st century parenting and wish there were more supports for parents and guardians?

Would you like to help shape programs and resources designed to help parents and guardians help their girls to pursue their dreams and live purposeFULL lives?

Please consider applying to be a member of the PurposeFULL Parenting Program Advisory Council.

Please contact our Executive Director for an exploratory conversation.

www.BePurposeFULL.org/purposefull-parents/

The G.R.OWN Foods program for girls is in need of some experienced and Master gardeners to provide periodic instruction and guidance to our group of girl gardeners in Silver Spring.

We are also in need of carpenters to help construct raised garden beds for our garden plots in Silver Spring.

G.R.OWN Foods stands for Girls Raising Our OWN Foods, and we strive to help girls get outside and learn to tend and grow a garden for their own consumption, and sell produce in their own booth in a local farmer's market.

We want to encourage healthy food choices and use gardening as a way to understand the food chain.  Importantly, we hope to work with our girls to help establish a more reasonable pace of life by practicing patience and understanding the patterns and timing of seed-time-harvest.

If you have experience with seasonal or year-round vegetable, herb, and fruit gardening, and think you could provide hands-on instruction to a small group at your convenience, we would love for you to work with us.  Workshops would take place at our garden plot in spring/summer weather-permitting, as well as indoors at library or other community-based locations in Silver Spring, Maryland.

For the fall season, we could use some expertise in how to create small indoor gardens, and how to preserve the soil and prepare the ground for winter.

In spring, we would like to learn about how to select seeds, grow seedlings, prepare fertile ground for planting, planting strategies, and various types of gardening - in and out of soil.

We are also in need of carpenters to teach our group how to build raised beds for gardening as well as indoor gardening shelves.

We hope to partner with Home Depot or Lowe's for donations of gardening and building supplies.  We would be happy to have an adult volunteer to take on establishing that partnership and soliciting donations on our behalf.

https://bepurposefull.org/2019/10/14/girls-raising-own-foods/

Solutions in Hometown Connections is a fiscal sponsor for Homes Not Borders and is posting this opportunity on their behalf.

Homes Not Borders (www.homesnotborders.org) - a new nonprofit in downtown Hyattsville - is ready to launch its carpentry training program for refugees in the area, but we need some more teachers, assistants and just people to help out in our workshop. If you are skilled in the area of carpentry or woodworking (professional or just as a hobby) please consider lending a few hours (like just 2-4 hours, day or evening) a week at our workshop - 4318 Hamilton Street. If interested please email laura@homesnotborders.org

Born2Love, Inc. is a start-up nonprofit organization. Through love, we engage in community outreach to influence wealth creation, promote self-empowerment, and encourage a purpose-filled lifestyle. Our goal is to offer life-empowered workshops, housing/employment resources, and access to life necessities such as food and clothing.

Born2Love, Inc is seeking a Grant Research and Fund Development Support volunteer. The volunteer will develop research and draft grants to submit for funding to support the work of the organization.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, with meticulous attention to detail and a passion for writing, data, and research. They have the skills and confidence to work both collaboratively and independently, with the ability to manage their time effectively. They enjoy connecting the dots and creating new opportunities to secure financial support for B2L’s important work. They are knowledgeable about past and present civil rights issues, with a demonstrated commitment to advancing racial equity personally and professionally. They are a thoughtful team player whom values and respects racial differences, ethnicity, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, ability, and socio-economic circumstance. They actively work to foster an equitable and inclusive experience for everyone involved in their work.

Essential duties:

Time Commitment: Minimum 8 hours/ weekly

We’re currently in need of a motivated, results-oriented, and problem-solving intern to assist with our community outreach efforts.

Essential duties:

-Provides direct administrative support to co-founders

-Establish a working relationship with co-founders, volunteers, and community agencies

-Adhere to organizational promises, needs, and mission statement

-Monitor incoming requests from volunteers and community agencies

-Maintains organization database, confidential records, mailing lists

-Helping to assemble event invites, event materials, event marketing, and company newsletters

Education and Experience requirements:

-Must have GED with 5 years of professional experience

-Excellent reading, writing, editing, and proofreading skills

-Must be able to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing

-Ability to work independently and collaboratively in fast-paced environments

-High level of professionalism and proficiency in G-Suite, Microsoft Suite, and all social media platforms

-Video/photo editing and web development is a plus

*In this role, the intern will perform various administrative support duties from a remote location.

This position will provide endless networking and career expansion opportunities.

Young Women of Society operates with in kind donations. That prevents us from planning workshops if donations are limited. Going forward we would like to plan and secure events with guarantee funding. We need someone to research and provide assistance in applying for grants to move the organization forward. The volunteer do not need grant experience. 

Seeking a French speaker who is willing to lead/facilitate a discussion group in French so that our members can practice their conversation skills with other French speakers.  

We are looking for drivers to help take our older members to medical appointments and other errands.  

We also need volunteer help with minor outdoor assistance or tech support.  A gig could include reading to a member or doing a home visit. 

We match your interest to the requests for assistance.     

Unlike some volunteer placements, we are fluid and allow for flexibility in our volunteer's scheduling.  

Our requests vary by the week.  Our volunteers can pick and choose their gigs according to their schedules.

Ideally this is best for a Chevy Chase or nearby resident to make these round trips easier.  

     RefAmerica is an effort of love which relies on the power of personal stories to build cross-cultural understanding.  Now in its fourth year, RefAmerica’s leadership and public speaking program brings recently resettled refugee teens from around the United States to join with local American counterpart volunteers and American host families for one month in the summer (this year:  June 26 – July 26).  We seek to provide participant refugees with the tools both to tell their stories and to help forge for themselves, their families and their fellow refugees – like generation of Americans before them – a new American story.  Our goal is to help foster a warm American welcome for, and full inclusion of, refugees resettled in the United States. 

     RefAmerica is about sharing traditions, team-building, learning about the narrative method, and building leadership and advocacy skills.  Participants visit key Washington sites and share their individual stories and their group’s story at speaking events; in meetings with government, think tank, and international organization representatives; and on Capitol Hill.  We celebrate Thanksgiving in July, prepare a meal for host families from refugee family recipes, tackle a ropes course together, and help set up apartments for soon-to-arrive refugees.  Please Google RefAmerica to get a further sense of what we do.

     We are a successful fledgling organization eager to move to the next level, and we could use your help… both in the lead-up to July and during the summer program.  If you have skills in website design, social media or videography or have creative ideas about fundraising or event organization, if you might be interested in recruiting host parents or other volunteers or engaging in Congressional or other forms of outreach, if you might have organizational or substantive expertise to share with RefAmerica or its participants or know of a possible audience or venue for our group to share their stories, or if you might want to attend and help with some of our events or might be able to help with local transportation for our participants, please consider joining our RefAmerica family and help foster a warm American welcome for refugees.

The Washington Ice Dogs provides a team ice hockey experience to individuals with developmental disabilitles.  Volunteers will provide on-ice coaching support to players in small groups or 1:1 at weekly practices.   

SAMFSN is a non profit 501 3(c) tax-exempt organization, supported and operated by a team of dedicated volunteers to support veterans and military families The two primary focus areas for SAMFSN are outlined below 1) Advance Cultural Diversity: Conduct programs and events that help promote AAPI goals of cultural diversity, Walk Together, Embrace Differences, Build Legacies. Help create awareness and advance cultural diversity within all branches of the U.S Military. 2) Civilian Transition Services to Veterans: SAMFSN has setup civilian transition services that are available for all active duty and civilians. Please refer to our website for the online USAJobs training and the mentoring services that are available. All services are FREE to veterans and military personnel. 

1) Volunteer Veteran for Veterans Day : Every year during November we celebrate Veterans Day at multiple locations in Maryland and Virginia.  SAMFSN honors veterans and first responders every year with prayers in multiple prayer locations in MD and VA. Please send an email support@samfsn.org if you want to help out as a Veteran volunteer. We invite Veterans and Active duty personnel who can speak to young kids and answer their questions about serving in the military Some veterans bring model air planes  and other job aids to show the kids what they can do as part of their daily work in the ARMY, NAVY or Air Force. This community service will be provided at location in MD and VA locations

Age: 18 yrs and above and must travel to event sites on their own

2) CFC ( Combined Federal Campaign): SAMFSN is a CFC member. Our CFC ID is 86806. We support CFC events from September to December in multiple locations in DC, MD and VA. We need help to host these events. Locations are usually in federal offices in the DC area. Most events will take a half day. Volunteers will need to register with us and come on their own to the CFC locations. This community service will be provided at MD, DC and VA locations

Age: 18 yrs and above and must travel to event sites on their own

3) Outreach to Veterans: Volunteers with outreach skills who can help us contact Veterans, conduct and host events in army base locations and provide civilian support to veterans. Any past experience with Veteran issues will be an advantage. SAMFSN has developed very effective USAJobs training. We need help to reach out to veterans and provide this online training. This is remote online work.

We also need volunteers with analysis skills who can help define processes and procedures for a non-profit. Volunteers with good writing, editing and online research skills. Remote work is possible. Part time/weekend work is also possible. This community service is provided onsite and remotely

Age Limit: 18 years and above

SAMFSN is a non profit 501 3(c) tax-exempt organization, supported and operated by a team of dedicated volunteers to support veterans and military families The two primary focus areas for SAMFSN are outlined below 1) Advance Cultural Diversity: Conduct programs and events that help promote AAPI goals of cultural diversity, Walk Together, Embrace Differences, Build Legacies. Help create awareness and advance cultural diversity within all branches of the U.S Military. 2) Civilian Transition Services to Veterans: SAMFSN has setup civilian transition services that are available for all active duty and civilians. Please refer to our website for the online USAJobs training and the mentoring services that are available. All services are FREE to veterans and military personnel. 

1) Wreaths For America: (Approx around Dec 15th) SAMFSN participates in this event every year. Since 2015 we have been participating at the Baltimore National Cemetery rather than at Arlington Cemetery. We invite families to lay wreaths and flowers on grave stones of fallen soldiers. Since we always don't have seem to have enough wreaths we request families to bring roses to lay at the grave stones once the wreaths run out so that we can cover as many grave stones as we can. Please send an email to support@ samfsn.org. If you want to help out as a volunteer or participate in this event as a family. Age Limit: From 10 years  and over. Each volunteer will get 4 hours of SSL. This community service will be provided at the Baltimore National Cemetery

You can help Marylanders with Disabilities

at the Division of Rehabilitation Services (DORS)

DORS vision is that the State of Maryland is the best place in our nation for persons with disabilities to live, work and raise a family and individuals with disabilities are welcome, fully included and actively participate in all Maryland communities. The mission of DORS is to provide leadership and support in promoting the employment, economic self-sufficiency and independence of individuals with disabilities.

The office is located at: 11002 Veirs Mill Road, Suite 605, Wheaton MD 20902

Help the team in the field with clerical duties including, but not limited to:

Skills needed:

Requirements:

The Wheaton DORS office is looking for volunteers to contribute during the hours of 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Monday – Friday.

Interested? Please complete the application on the Division of Rehabilitation Services Volunteer Page at

http://dors.maryland.gov/Brochures/Volunteers.dochttp://dors.maryland.gov/Brochures/Volunteers.doc

Or you may contact us at volunteer.dors@maryland.gov or 410.554.9288.

Thank you for considering DORS!

If you are a college student or 20-something who wants to help promote a warm American welcome for refugees in the United States, you may be interested in volunteering as a RefAmerica counselor, management team member and near-peer mentor.  In summer 2020,  RefAmerica will again be running its one-month (June 26 – July 26) summer program for:  six - ten recently resettled refugee high school students drawn from around the U.S. and six - ten comparably aged American high school students from Montgomery County, MD, and surrounding areas.

RefAmerica is a program in leadership, public-speaking, cross-cultural understanding, and the narrative method.  Participants have the opportunity to get to know Washington DC; to learn more about American immigrant stories; to engage in a unique cross-cultural program of sharing traditions, team-building experiences, and personal stories; to explore their own roles within a greater American story of immigration and integration; and to plan ways to welcome refugees and promote cross-cultural understanding in their home communities.  Participants visit key Washington sites and share their stories at speaking events, in meetings with government, think tank, and international organization representatives, and on Capitol Hill.  The goal of RefAmerica is to promote full inclusion of recently arrived refugees in America and provide small groups of participant refugees with the tools both to tell their stories and to help forge for themselves, their families and their fellow refugees, like generations of Americans before them, a new American story.  We rely also on the power of personal narrative to help foster a warm American welcome for refugees.

A RefAmerica counselor/management team member would help chaperone and coordinate team activities; communicate and coordinate with venues, host parents, event guests, donors, and participants; help with speech prep, participate in team activities; help with event set-up and fund-raising; serve as a near-peer mentor,and more.   We are looking for someone who can volunteer part-time in June and August and full-time in July. We are particularly interested in considering outgoing, responsible and reliable individuals with volunteer, counseling, and cross-cultural experience and with strong people skills and compassion.  We are happy to assume the supervision and reporting responsibilities for a college internship.

The Teacher Supplies Foundation, a new 501(c)3 whose sole purpose is to reimburse teachers for their out of pocket expenses, needs to spread the news that we are up and running. In search of an experienced professional familiar with boosting online presence via Wix websites and more on a volunteer basis only at this time. When funding increases a permanent part-time role/position is possible.

Koiner Farm is accepting applications for regular farm volunteers for the 2020 growing season (Mar 22 - Nov 22).  Volunteers will work alongside experienced urban farmers doing everything from preparing the soil, to laying drip irrigation lines, to turning active compost, to planting, weeding, watering and more.

Farm volunteers are expected to work on the farm 2 to 3 hours per week.  Koiner Farm is located in downtown Silver Spring, just 2 blocks from the Silver Spring library and 0.8 miles from the Silver Spring Metro station.

Our volunteer schedule is filling up quickly - space is limited.  Apply today.

See you on the farm!

Male and female volunteers needed to help in the daily activities of our Bridal Boutique. Assistance needed carrying our designer wedding gowns and replacing them to their correct places after customer appointments. No Stock room experience needed. Work in an environment that is friendly and comfortable surrounded by other volunteers, and high school and college students. Volunteer help needed 2 to 4 hours a day or per week. Must have own transportation or be familiar with taking Metro to Twinbrook Station. Hours required varies by day. All age groups can apply! 

Fairytale Brides is seeking someone who can help manage the daily operations of our non profit Bridal Boutique. This person will help to manage volunteer service hours using the Volunteer Scheduler Pro as well as managing emails pertaining to same. This is vitally important to ensure that our Boutique has adequate coverage during our business hours by backing up volunteer hours with confirmation emails/phone calls. This position also helps daily operations by teaching new volunteers the essentials and important issues of volunteering that are covered in our Volunteer Manual i.e. customer service, follow-up phone calls to customers, managing new gown deliveries, inventory documentation, ability to train new staff. 

Commitment to our organization a must. Seeking an individual who understands the importance of their role within our organization.

VisArts makes the visual arts accessible to all through education, gallery exhibitions and resident artists. Interns will assist the staff in the development and delivery of educational programs: office work, data entry, mailings, organizing and cleaning. Occasional teaching assist, marketing, and special events will be available.

Please apply online on our website. https://www.visartscenter.org/jobsinternshipsvolunteer-opportunities/

*MCPS students can earn SSL hours during non-instructional hours, such as afterschool, weekends or on no school days In high school.

Description

Elite Soccer Youth Development Academy (ESYDA) is looking for student (11th & 12th) and adult tutors to assist in academic guidance to elementary and middle school students.

This program is located at:

12301 Old Columbia Pike

Silver Spring, MD 20904

Key responsibilities include:

We ask volunteers to commit to tutoring for as much of the school year as possible. Tutors are also needed to help during the summer months.

To learn more and to apply, contact kendell.battle@esyda.org with you name and phone number.

We have many and varied opportunities for people to help us care for our campus landscape while spending time in the great outdoors. When you come to volunteer, we’ll ask you to really get your hands dirty--weeding, raking, pruning, planting trees, shrubs, and flowers, cleaning up landscapes, mulching, or replenishing footpaths--and you will feel like you have accomplished something special when you are done. We always come up with fun, active projects that enhance the beauty of campus and engage you with nature and your fellow volunteers.
 
Our volunteers come from a variety of places--service organizations, fraternities and sororities, academic departments, university alumni organizations, and local high schools. No matter what your background, the Arboretum & Botanical Garden wants to benefit from your hard work.
 
No experience is necessary, but the work involves physical labor, such as bending, lifting, and digging.

Our Journey Through is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization looking for a Grant Writer for grant proposals.

Our mission is to mentor and teach single parents seeking a pathway to success and an affordable safe-haven from which they can grow and reach self-sufficient.

Please contact Shirley Ford at 301-792-7224 for details.  Thank you.

This is an opportunity to gain experience doing digital media and communications for a small non-profit organization working to improve the food in the Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland. The intern will work directly with the Executive Director and will have the opportunity to attend meetings with the organization's Board of Directors, as well as developing social media campaigns for various issues and events. Time commitment: 15 hours/week. At least one half-day a week must be done at the organization's office in Rockville and the rest can be done from home. Qualified candidates will be interviewed until an intern is selected. The internship period can be adjusted to the intern's availability, although we would prefer interns who can commit to a minimum of three months. Internships are available year-round, so do not hesitate to inquire about other possibilities.  

Responsibilities 

Required Qualifications 

Desired Qualifications (Not required) 

To apply, please send a cover letter and resume to info@healthyschoolfoodmd.org. Please indicate desired start and end dates of internship and number of hours per week you can commit to working (during work week M-F).  

This is an opportunity to gain experience doing fundraising and development for a small non-profit organization working for healthier food in the Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland and in the state of Maryland. The intern will work directly with the Executive Director and will have the opportunity to be involved in meetings with the organization's Board of Directors and will be an important participant in grant-writing and fundraising activities and strategy as well as the coordination of special events. Time commitment: 15 hours/week. At least one half-day a week must be done at the organization's office in Rockville and the rest can be done from home. Qualified candidates will be interviewed until an intern is selected. The internship period can be adjusted to the intern's availability, although we would prefer interns who can commit to a minimum of three months. Internships are available year-round, so do not hesitate to inquire about other possibilities.

Responsibilities

Required Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

To apply, please send a cover letter and resume to info@healthyschoolfoodmd.org. Please indicate desired start and end dates of internship and number of hours/week you can commit to working (during work week M-F).