Volunteering

Helping Hand House always has volunteer projects for all ages, groups, schedules, and skills.

Our work helping vulnerable families with children to recover their lives cannot succeed without the support of our community. Every year hundreds of people volunteer their time, goods, and treasure to Helping Hand House to assist homeless families on their way to improving their quality of life and becoming stable enough to live independently.

We consider our volunteers as our partners and we intend to maximize their opportunities to the best of our ability. We are dedicated to making sure that we provide safe, organized, and meaningful experiences for each and every volunteer. Our hope is that, in the spirit of partnership, volunteers will take their learning’s about Helping Hand House and homelessness back to their friends and family to infuse the community with the power of lending a hand.

We have developed specific job descriptions that we hope will help you pin-point in what area you would like to contribute and have the most fun with. Please look over the material and our website to learn more about our volunteer programs.

Supply Drives

Conduct supply drives for our most needed items. These include:
•    Cleaning Supplies: Comet, pine sol, bleach, paper towels, mops, brooms, etc.
•    Linens: New or gently used towels, twin sheets, full sheets, dish towels, etc.
•    Books: New or gently used books for children 0-18 years of age
•    Non-Perishable Food: Soups, chili, pasta, boxed dinners, canned fruit, etc.
•    Personal Hygiene Items: Shampoo, conditioner, deodorant, etc.
•    Birthday Gifts: New gifts for boys and girls 0-18 years of age

SUPPLIES NEEDED | Click here for more information on the types of goods we provide to families…

Office Assistant Volunteer

Responsible for helping to maintain donor information in database, keep records up to date with donations received, creating spreadsheets of volunteer and group project information, and other miscellaneous work as assigned. The volunteer must be discrete, trustworthy, and willing to commit to ongoing weekly hours but be flexible with changing a work schedule depending on work load. Must be computer literate and can work self sufficiently on own. Background check required.

POSITION CLOSED | Job Description

Group Projects

POSITIONS OPEN | Job Description

Event Volunteers

POSITIONS OPEN | Awards Banquet Job Description

POSITIONS OPEN | Summer Family Picnic Job Description

Birthdays

Bake or purchase a birthday cake for a child in one of our programs.

POSITIONS OPEN | Job Description

Holiday Adopt-A-Family

Responsible for adopting and purchasing a meal basket for a Helping Hand House family and delivering it to our drop off location. Information specific to holiday in job description.

POSITIONS OPEN | Christmas Job Description | Thanksgiving Job Description |Easter Job Description

Yard Care

•    prepare flower beds: weed, trim shrubs, edge, etc.
•    paint fences
•    pick up trash
•    clear gutters
•    sweep walkways

POSITIONS OPEN | Job Description

Make a Home Program

Clean and prep a house. Families often leave a house in good condition, so it usually only requires a light cleaning. We want it to look great, so we’ll focus on the details. Once it is clean, we’ll prepare the bedrooms, bathrooms, and kitchen for the family with sheets, towels, food, and similar items. The idea is to make a home – to create an environment that is welcoming for the new family that is entering one of our programs.

POSITIONS OPEN | Job Description

For more information, please call Lisa at (253) 848-6096 Ext. #17