Work with other volunteers to prepare food bags for the upcoming shopping day, and may require some lifting for up to 45 pounds.
These Volunteers are pre-screened by the Volunteer Coordinator to pick-up donations from the following Dedham stores- Costco, BJs, Star Market, and Trader Joes (Needham).
The primary role of a volunteer is to welcome and serve our service members and their families, and to make them feel at home at our USO locations. Some common duties include greeting and checking-in guests, assisting with center activities and programs, offering food and beverages, maintaining tidiness in the center and supporting staff members…
Volunteer to bring the evening meal. This may be a meal cooked in your kitchen or purchased foods. Our guests are appreciative of pizza, sandwiches, salad, soups, or any nutritious meals. Snacks are also enjoyable and these may include chips, cookies, crackers, breakfast foods, and so forth.
Share the Warmth of Lenawee also hosts two fundraising events each year. Our Annual Dinner and Auction is held in the spring each year and our Annual Golf Outing is held in the autumn.
We are always looking for people willing to assist us in washing our bedding items – sheets and pillowcases daily and blankets monthly. Adrian Laundromats are generous in providing their facilities to wash and dry. We need volunteers to pick bedding up at the shelter, launder, and return it.
Sign up to spend a shift with our guests. We will provide training, checklists, and everything you need to host a successful shift at the shelter. We work with local churches, universities, colleges, community groups, and caring citizens to staff the shelter during the times guests are present.
Help us with wildlife monitoring, ecosystem restoration / rehabilitation, preserve monitoring, easement monitoring, and botanical surveys.
Plan and lead environmental education hikes on the preserves.
Assist with hiking trail construction and maintenance, sign installation, trash pick-up, bird house installation, trailhead maintenance, invasive species control and removal and more.