Volunteerism for Students, Classrooms, and Schools
Volunteer at a Shelter: Prepare or serve food, wash dishes, sort or distribute clothes. Help with clerical work: answer phones, type, file, sort mail, sign people in. Volunteer after school or on weekends.
Volunteer at a Soup Kitchen: Pick-up, prepare, and serve food. Help with set-up and cleanup of meals.
Volunteer at a Food Bank: Collect and distribute food to those in need. Help with inventory.
Tutor/Read to Homeless Children: It is often difficult for children who are homeless to study in shelters. Help homeless children by reading to them or with them. Help answer their questions with homework.
Host a Holiday Party for Children at a Shelter: Many parents who are homeless are not able to buy holiday gifts for their children. Decorate, and bring treats or gifts to children at a shelter for different holidays. Buying gift cards from a local store, such as Target and Walmart, is a respectful and empowering way to allow parents to buy gifts for their own children.
Help Build or Fix Up Houses or Shelters: Many places could use help with renovation, landscaping and cleaning. Check with your local public housing authority or Habitat for Humanity.
Resource: National Coalition for Homelessness
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