Sort and organize donations.
Simply bring a meal for 60 to the Esther Marie Hatton Center for Women or 150 to the David & Rebecca Barron Center for Men and serve it to our homeless residents.
Help our youth enrichment program staff to engage youth by playing games, helping with homework, supervising basketball etc.
This is a great opportunity for a corporate group or family! Help host a donations drive to support the various programs of Santa Maria. Examples of drives: clothing, household items, hygiene products, cleaning products or funds to be used as needed. This is a fun way to advocate and have a lasting impact on our…
Assist with special events and fundraisers. This might include providing event set-up and clean-up helping to run fair booths, interpreting for Spanish speaking clients, and more.
Assist in registering clients for ESL classes, provide tutoring, practice and support. Some familiarity with Spanish would be great, but not mandatory.
Adults and teenagers 16 years of age or older assist with everything from walking dogs, to socializing cats and raising funds at annual events.
Volunteer needs vary with each event, but typically involve volunteer and participant recruitment, registration, greeting, data entry and logistics, set up, and tear down.
Host a supply drive and fundraise for CHNK. This is an especially good opportunity for introducing philanthropy and “giving back” to school-age youth!
You will go to a local neighborhood and give them CHNK door hangers to place on all the front doors in that neighborhood. Help spread the word!