Provides meals, housing, case management, and mentoring to senior and disabled homeless men and women. Assists people in obtaining an income, acquiring necessary medical and social supports and finding appropriate long term housing.

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Organizations that are actively seeking individuals who are willing, on a voluntary basis without remuneration, to organize, sort, inventory and package donations arriving by bus, truck, air or rail.

Donations Sorting/Packing Volunteer Opportunities

Organizations that are actively seeking dental hygienists, dentists, endodontists, orthodontists, oral surgeons or other licensed dental specialists who are willing to contribute their services on a voluntary basis without remuneration.

Dental Care Volunteer Opportunities

Programs that provide extended shelter and supportive services primarily for homeless individuals and/or families with the goal of helping them live independently and transition into permanent housing. Some programs require that the individual/family be transitioning from a short-term emergency shelter. The length of stay varies considerably by program. It is generally longer than two weeks but typically 60 days or more and, in many cases, up to two years or more. The supportive services may be provided directly by the organization managing the housing or may be coordinated by them and provided by other public or private agencies. Transitional housing/shelter is generally provided in apartment style facilities with a higher degree of privacy than short-term homeless shelters; may be provided at no cost to the resident; and may be configured for specialized groups within the homeless population such as people with substance use disorders, a mental illness, AIDS/HIV, who have experienced domestic violence and/or veterans. In some cases, a "transition in place" option allows families to continue living in the same complex (if not the same unit) where their transitional housing unit is located when they are ready to move to permanent housing. In other cases, the permanent housing option is either public housing or private rental housing supported by a tenant-based voucher subsidy. Included are post-domestic violence shelter housing programs that make affordable rental housing (or other accommodations) available to women, generally those who are coming directly out of a domestic violence shelter or other crisis shelter, often in apartment complexes owned by the shelter; and programs that provide transitional housing and support services for other targeted groups such as military and veteran families and others who need a temporary supportive living environment to maintain stability and begin to thrive.

Transitional Housing/Shelter

Animal shelters that are actively seeking individuals who are willing, on a voluntary basis without remuneration, to provide care for impounded animals (feeding, watering, bathing, grooming, exercising, socializing, cleaning cages), reunite lost pets with their owners and/or help find homes for unwanted animals who have been abandoned.

Animal Shelter Attendant Volunteer Opportunities

Programs that develop plans for the evaluation, treatment and/or care of individuals who, because of age, illness, disability or other difficulties, need assistance in planning and arranging for services; which assess the individual's needs; coordinate the delivery of needed services; ensure that services are obtained in accordance with the case plan; and follow up and monitor progress to ensure that services are having a beneficial impact on the individual. Case management is a collaborative process characterized by communication, advocacy and resource management to promote high quality, cost-effective interventions and outcomes.

Case/Care Management

Organizations that are actively seeking individuals with the requisite skills who are willing to do general office work on a voluntary basis without remuneration.

Clerical Volunteer Opportunities

Thrift shops, clothing banks and other similar organizations that are actively seeking individuals who are willing, on a voluntary basis without remuneration, to sort donated items, price them and organize them on display.

Thrift Shop Support Volunteer Opportunities

Programs that accept tampons, sanitary pads, liners, wipes, first period kits and other products that are needed during monthly menstrual cycles and keep them for use in their own program or donate them to shelters and other community-based organizations for distribution to the people they serve. Also included are programs that assemble a collection of menstruation related supplies and make the materials available to people in their community who need them.

Menstruation Supplies Donations

Organizations that are actively seeking licensed physicians who are willing to contribute their services on a voluntary basis without remuneration.

Medical Care Volunteer Opportunities

Soup kitchens, congregate meal sites, shelters, residential facilities and other programs that serve meals that are actively seeking individuals with the requisite skills who are willing, on a voluntary basis without remuneration, to prepare, serve and/or clean up after meals provided to residents or those in need.

Meal Preparation/Serving Volunteer Opportunities

Food pantries and other similar organizations that are actively seeking individuals who are willing, on a voluntary basis without remuneration, to unload purchased or donated food, stock the shelves, pack donated food into shopping bags for distribution to people the agency serves and clean the pantry after it has closed.

Food Sorting/Packing Volunteer Opportunities

Programs that accept new or secondhand clothing, repair the items if necessary, and keep the clothing for use in their own programs, donate it to shelters and other community-based organizations for distribution to the people they serve, or sell it to raise money for agency programs. These programs accept donations of all types of clothing including children's clothes, work clothes, maternity clothes and shoes rather than specialize in a particular type of clothing.

General Clothing Donation Programs

Programs that accept canned food and other food resources and keep the food for use in their own programs or donate it to food banks, food pantries, meal programs and other community-based food programs for distribution to the people they serve.

Food Donation Programs

Programs that accept cosmetics, shaving utensils, beard trimming equipment, hygienic supplies and other personal care items and keep them for use in their own program or donate them to shelters and other community-based organizations for distribution to the people they serve. Also included are programs that assemble a collection of personal/grooming supplies for women and/or men and make the materials available to people in the community who need them.