SOCIAL SERVICES VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Food Shelf Helper
Prepare well-balanced food bags for families and give the bags to families waiting for their orders. A minimum commitment is once a month. Qualities desired: Enjoy helping others; sensitive to families needs and aware of diverse cultural backgrounds and differences; understanding of family nutritional needs is helpful.
Dates: Year round, Monday – Friday
Time: Two hours or more during 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Locations: Minneapolis, St. Paul
Meal Service Assistant
Assist in preparing, serving and cleanup of meals at our Harbor Light Center, The Salvation Army's homeless shelter in downtown Minneapolis. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are served everyday, year round. Individuals or groups of 5 - 6 volunteers are welcome.
Qualities desired: Feel compassion for others; sensitive to issues of homelessness and aware of diverse cultural backgrounds and differences; must be 16 or older; if under the age of 18, must be accompanied by an adult chaperone.
Contact the Harbor Light Center Volunteer Coordinator at 612-767-3108.
Dates: Year round, Sunday – Saturday
Times: 6:30 – 8:30 a.m., 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., 4 – 7 p.m.
Location: Harbor Light Center, Minneapolis
Breakfast Preparation Assistant
Do you rise really early? Would you be willing to help with our breakfast program? Our St. Paul Citadel serves a hot meal Monday - Friday to an average of 250 homeless and working poor each morning. We are looking for a dedicated individual to come help prepare breakfast by setting up, receiving donations, stocking shelves, making toast, serving and then cleaning up. You must be able to stand and lift boxes. Dates: Year round, Monday – Friday
Time: 5 – 10 a.m. (flexible hours during that time), two or more mornings each week
Location: St. Paul Citadel Worship and Service Center
Warehouse Workers
The Salvation Army and its community partner, Hope for the City, are looking for groups of volunteers to prepare corporate surplus donations for distribution. Tasks include unloading, sorting, packing and loading donated items. Groups up to 50 people are welcome.
Dates: Year round, Monday – Friday
Times: 9 a.m. - noon and 1 - 4 p.m.
Location: St. Louis Park
Trash Collector
Mornings at St. Paul Citadel are busy with close to 300 people getting breakfast. A group of people that big generates a lot of trash! Someone with some muscle that can carry heavy bags from the cafeteria to the dumpster will make the breakfast program run even smoother.
Dates: Minimum once a week, Monday – Friday
Time: 7 – 9 a.m.
Location: St. Paul Citadel Worship and Service Center
Employment Specialist
The north Minneapolis location of the Salvation Army serves families with many of their basic needs. We now want to provide consistent, supportive employment services to individuals who are unemployed or underemployed working to achieve self-sufficiency. We believe that this opportunity for growth will help move this community in a positive direction for change. As a volunteer you will work and help develop a new computer job bank to assist clients and community members learn job search tools and find employment opportunities.
Dates: Year round, Tuesdays or Thursdays preferred
Time: 2 – 3 hours in the morning
Location: Minneapolis Parkview Worship and Service Center
Donation Pick-Up Driver
As a Donation Pick-Up Driver, you will assist with picking up food donations from Byerly's and Costco. The stores donate bread, bakery goods, fruit, vegetables, salads and sandwiches for Salvation Army clients. Volunteers will drive a Salvation Army van and must meet the motor vehicle requirements. Also, volunteers need to be able to lift 30 pounds for loading and unloading the van.
Dates: Year round, Mondays (Costco) and/or Tuesdays (Byerly’s)
Time: 9 – 11 a.m. approximately
Location: Harvest Worship and Service Center, Coon Rapids
To apply for any of the volunteer opportunities, please fill out our Volunteer Interest Form.
