Assist Families First in raising the funds needed to keep providing health, dental, and family care regardless of the ability to pay. Hold a fundraiser or item drive at your work, school, book club, etc. Lend your support in planning an event. Make connections within the community, and more.
Share your professional knowledge or specialty topic through a parenting class, parenting series, or parent recharge group. Sample topics include anger management, mental health, scrapbooking, etc.
Meet new people and enjoy tasty sweets as you lend your time in assisting with a mailing project. Tasks include stuffing envelopes, labeling, sorting, and readying them for the post office.
Help with an evening program that is geared towards families who are facing homelessness and/or other significant stresses. Assist the coordinator with food activity prep & clean-up. Volunteer groups can facilitate the activity portion of the night’s program for the children. If planned in advance, groups can create their own creative activities.
Help make Families First events a success by providing support such as set-up, serving, selling calendars, being an ambassador explaining programs, providing informational material, and more.
Fair Tide’s Thrift Store utilizes volunteers on a daily basis to keep operations running smoothly, maintain a positive shopping experience for our customers, and keep personnel costs low.
Attend medical appointments with patients who need assistance. Appointments may be at EBNHC or at other sites.
Share time with an elder in their home. Chatting, playing cards, or just being there brings much-needed companionship to someone who may be alone or feeling isolated.
Be a child’s role model to help with school tutoring or be someone to talk to. Share your time and expertise!
Help us with many of our most important tasks, including direct cat care such as providing food and water, scooping litter, sweeping, disinfecting, laundry, and other duties. Indirect cat care and administrative tasks may also be assigned. We’re looking for hardworking and reliable people between the hours of 8–10am.