VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Basic Necessities – volunteers needed at Maternal Health Events; packaging and distributing supplies year round
Christian Service – Sort and prep clothing donations; prepare and serve meals, two served 7 days a week
Common Ground – prepare, distribute, clean after Thursday night meal; provide meals for 25 teen boys on Monday evenings; youth tutors, all subjects; special event helpers; small construction and maintenance projects; food drives for pantry; school supply and snack donations; librarian to sort and maintain books for all ages; need for reliable vehicles
Community Renewal International – elementary math tutors; celebration/party planners for after school programming
Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse of NLA – activities and service projects at facilities, like sports or arts or music; special events for holidays or graduations; minor repairs and gardening
Faith and Fostering – mentoring; life skills coaching; workforce development activities; painting and landscaping
Food Bank of NWLA – Donate food; pack food boxes; serve at food pantry
Fuller Center for Housing NLA – volunteer on build sites, both skilled and unskilled labor needed; provide meals for volunteers; work in the warehouse and thrift shop; board member
Gingerbread House – In Kind donations like busy bags or books/toys; Adopt-a-Family program; Luncheon and fundraising committee; board of directors and committee positions
Goodwill – reentry coalition assisting those coming out of incarceration; donations; tutoring HiSET students; provide mentoring for youth transitions program
Highland Center Ministries – Thursday Highland Blessing dinner servers and table hosts; clothing closet and thrift shop workers; seasonal event volunteers; volunteer tax preparers
Holy Angels – provide soft skills, leadership, medical support training; grief support; tour facilities; Angel Buddies to residents
Hope Connections – evening meals for Safe Haven residents; group projects like painting or deep cleaning; donation drives
Holy Cross Hope House – meals and snacks for clients; clothing and toiletry donations
Martin Luther King Community Development Corporation – community cleanups
MLK Health Center and Pharmacy – medical volunteers; wellness education; gardening; exercise leaders; medication sorter; officer greeter and worker; facility maintenance; health screening events
Mary’s House Pregnancy Care Center – receptionist, general volunteer; make baby blankets with FMC Novice Knitters; host Embrace Grace group, mentoring mothers needing support; host baby showers for Embrace Grace groups
The Philadelphia Center – yard work; meal donations; pet grooming
Praise Academy at Lakeside – reading buddies; musicians and artists to teach students; workshop training like car repair or woodworking; coaching in all sports; just come visit!
Project Celebration – donate meals; supply items for shelter needs; Christmas and Thanksgiving meal preparation
Providence House – brand ambassadors, sharing the mission; assist with children’s services in the shelter and the Child Development Center; mentors for both men and women; tutoring; provide meals; host fun events; specific projects not supported by operating budget
Renesting Project – sort, test, clean, pack, and prepare donations; pull donations for clients
Renzi Education and Art Center – semi annual campus clean up and gardening
Ronald McDonald House – prepare meals; plan activities and celebrations for families; special projects throughout the year
St. Luke’s Episcopal Mobile Medical Ministry – assistants with clinics and health fairs, especially Hispanic specific clinics needing interpreters
Shreveport Bar Foundation – paralegals and attorneys to donate time
Shreveport Bossier Rescue Mission – High-Impact Volunteer Program; serve meals; special events and outreach; donations through Amazon Wish List; pray for our guests and staff!
Social Therapy Project – participate in Community Mental Wellness Fair, provide “Be Blessed Bags”
Supermen for Christ – weekly community feeding; teach life skills and Bible studies
The Arc Caddo Bossier – Reading is Fundamental volunteers at both Goldman School locations
The Bridge Alzheimer’s and Dementia Resource Center – facilitator for caregiver support group (FMC hosts one monthly on our campus); Adult Day Center volunteers
The Hub: urban ministries – attend Equip Training; share/serve a Lovewell meal; mentor or teach classes; attend outreach; jail and stripped volunteers and mentors; teaching biblical, recovery, creative, and exercise classes to Purchased Not for Sale participants; mentoring in Purchased; Reclaimed Juvenile Program mentors
3:18 Church – join for worship services at The Hub/Lovewell on 605 Cotton
Volunteers for Youth Justice – mentors; CASA Advocates; TBRI Advocates; participate in Battle of the Gumbo Gladiators fundraiser
Volunteers of America – Tutoring for CIS and LightHouse students; veteran program support
Woody’s Home for Veterans – special projects and field trips for residents; meals for residents; property support
YWCA of Northwest Louisiana – mentors, counselors; guest speakers; provide awards for parents completing the program; emotional and spiritual support
