Every day, we serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner. We average about 2,300 meals per day! But we can’t do it without friends like you to help prepare and serve meals for guests.
We need volunteers in our PEEPS department, which involves caring for children aged 3 months – 5 years while their mothers are onsite taking Program classes. This is a perfect position for volunteers who are looking to hold, rock, sing, read, play, and love these little kids. We also need Youth Helpers to volunteer with…
Our men’s and women’s day rooms are open to the public from 12:00 to 2:30 p.m. daily. We would love for you to stop by to make new friends and encourage people who are looking for a safe shelter from the streets. Feel free to bring cards, dominos, board games, books, or other items to…
We are in need of volunteers to help prepare and serve meals to the women, children, and senior ladies at Hope Gardens. Volunteer(s) must be able to drive or coordinate a ride to the property, as there is no bus access or shuttle service, and must be 16 years or older. Shift times are 7:00…
Once a month, we host a Saturday work day at Hope Gardens to help our community stay safe, clean, and well-maintained. Projects may include painting, gardening, seasonal safety and holiday preparation, or general cleaning of common community spaces or residential rooms for incoming families. Shifts typically last 3-4 hours. Volunteers of all ages are welcome…
On the second Sunday of each month, we need volunteers to help children with their projects during our ‘Spontaneous Creations’ open studio. This entails helping them use power tools and assisting them where needed. The kids are the boss in our space, we are the helpers. Sometimes we even have special projects that place our…
Students are welcome to volunteer, however, we do require student volunteers to be 16 or over to join the Prison Library Project.
We are looking for a few good people who can give us 3 hours of time on Wednesday afternoons or evenings. You’ll replenish dilutions on the student organ, set the space up for Wednesday evening Open Sessions, and help new students get set up choosing materials.
We need a little help managing the space during our open hours on Tuesday afternoons. General help around the IAO, including library organization, experimental scent organ clean-up and management, front of house duties such as greeting guests and explaining our mission, and project-by-project miscellaneous tasks and needs. We might also need help with occasional light…
Trevor Volunteer Crisis Counselors go through a 40-hour virtual training over the course of 10 weeks that covers counseling skills, LGBTQ identity, the structure of a conversation on our crisis services, and relevant policies, procedures and protocols to prepare them to speak with young people in crisis who reach out on our free, confidential, and…