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Dear Salvation Army Volunteer:This week is National Volunteer Week. I wanted to take this opportunity to let you know how much we appreciate your help and support throughout the year. We frequently tell our volunteers that they “make a difference.” I thought you would like to know just how much of a difference you truly make, and how your volunteer efforts impact lives around our community. In 2007… YOU helped collect and sort warm winter coats for 2,187 people in Columbus who needed them. YOU helped prepare and serve more than 13,900 hot meals to persons who are homeless or at risk of homelessness through our Heart to Heart Mobile Canteen. At our four Choice Food Pantries, YOU helped provide nutritious food to more than 14,500 people in need. You helped our clients navigate the Pantries, kept the shelves stocked and organized, and donated thousands of food items to keep the Pantries full. You also helped us pass out more than 14,000 food boxes to senior citizens in need. YOU helped us distribute food and toys to 6,325 families at our Christmas Cheer event and 304 families through our Adopt-a-Family program—families who otherwise would have faced a bleak holiday. You also helped sign up families for Cheer in November and helped “behind the scenes” with setting up the Fairgrounds for Cheer. When we learned of toy recalls for lead, YOU volunteered to sort through and screen our toys to make sure that we would be giving out safe toys to the children we serve. YOU rang bells for 1,970 hours during our Red Kettle Campaign, helping us raise more than $500,000 for our programs and services. YOU served as tutors and mentors for children in our four After School Learning Centers, helping them improve their math skills and reading fluency. The list could go on…..please know that without YOU we would not be able to provide our life-enhancing programs and services so effectively and efficiently to help so many people in our community. I recently saw a statistic that the value of a volunteer’s time is $18.77 per hour. By this measure, your volunteer time has been worth more than $250,000 over the past year. But please know that your value goes far beyond dollars and cents. Your care and concern for the people we serve—a warm smile, taking time to listen, offering encouragement and reassurance, and helping provide basic needs—literally changes lives. People come to The Salvation Army for help when they have nowhere else to turn. As a volunteer, you are sometimes the only face of hope our clients see during difficult times. From the bottom of our hearts, THANK YOU for caring and serving your neighbors in need! Jean Griffith, Volunteer Coordinator
Each year hundreds of people volunteer to help the needy through several programs. If you would like to help, please contact us about any of the following opportunities: If you're ready to volunteer today, please download our Volunteer Interest Form and follow the simple directions. Thank you for your time and assistance!
After School Learning CentersVolunteers are needed to tutor elementary and middle school students in math and reading one day a week from 3:30pm to 5:30pm. Students are low-income and struggling academically. Because the program strives to provide consistent and stable role models, volunteers are required to commit to this opportunity once at week for a minimum of three (3) months. There are four (4) centers and each center can accommodate up to three (3) tutors per day. Age Requirement: Minimum age 18 Time Requirement: Volunteers are required to volunteer a minimum of once a week for 3 months. Dates/Times: Monday through Thursday, 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Locations:
Career Enhancement CenterVolunteers are needed to perform light clerical work and to assist the Career Enhancement Center staff. Age Requirements: Must be at least 16 Dates/Times: Varies Location:
Contact Us: email Jean Griffith or call 614-358-2627 Choice Pantry (Food Pantry)The Salvation Army operates four food pantries using the “Client Choice” food pantry model. This model allows clients to shop for food and choose items their families enjoy, rather than receiving a prepared box of food. The Choice Pantry restores dignity to clients and reduces the amount of wasted food due to dietary restrictions, food preparation limitations, or personal tastes. Volunteers are needed to help operate the pantry, stock shelves and assist clients. Age Requirements: Must be at least 16 Dates/Times: East Main Volunteer Shifts: Monday through Friday 9am-11am, 11am-1pm, and 1pm-3pm West Mound Volunteer Shifts:Monday through Friday 9am-11am, 11am-1pm, and 1pm-3pm Worthington Woods Volunteer Shifts: Monday through Friday 11am-1pm and 1pm-3pm North Linden Pantry Hours: By appointment only. Locations:
Contact Us: email Jean Griffith or call 614-358-2627
Christmas CheerThe Christmas Cheer program is Columbus' largest holiday toy and food distribution program. More than 5,000 families are helped over two days. Volunteers are needed to set up, decorate Christmas trees, fill food boxes, help families "shop" in the toy shop, check-in families, and assist clients to their cars. Hundreds of volunteers are needed for three-hour shifts throughout the day and some evenings Monday through Friday. Age Requirement: Minimum age 13 or 18 depending on the duty Dates/Times: Registration - the week before and the week after Thanksgiving Locations:
Contact Us: email Jean Griffith or call 614-358-2627
Coats for ColumbusAll coats distributed through the Coats for Columbus program are donated from the community, or purchased with funds donated to the program. We welcome any group, church, organization, or business who would like to hold a coat collection drive to support the Coats for Columbus program. Once collected we will pick up, clean and distribute the coats to needy families. Age Requirements: Minimum age for sorting, 16. No minimum age for collecting coats. Dates/Times: Various days and times from mid-September through mid-November Location: Varies Contact Us: email Alice Hohl or call 614-437-2138
Heat ShareVolunteers are needed to meet with applicants, determine eligibility and complete application forms. Volunteers are also needed to help compile statistics and schedule appointments. Age Requirements: Minimum age 16 Dates/Times: April to May, Monday through Thursday, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Locations: All 5 Worship and Service Centers
Contact Us: email Jean Griffith or call 614-358-2627
Heart To Heart Weekend MealsThe Heart To Heart Weekend Meals program provides hot, nutritious meals every Saturday and Sunday evening, year round, to the homeless community. Volunteers are needed to help prepare meals to be served on the canteen. Age Requirements: Minimum age 16 (unless accompanied by adult) Dates/Times: 2:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday Location: Chapel at Worthington Woods, 760 Worthington Woods Blvd, 43085 (map) Contact Us: Call Bob Mangrum,614. 846.1884
Red Kettle Bell RingerThe Salvation Army's Red Kettle campaign is our largest annual fundraiser. Each year we raise more than $500,000 to support our programs and services. We need volunteer bell ringers to man a kettle for a minimum of four hours between Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve. Further, volunteer groups are needed to "adopt" a kettle for a day or a couple of days throughout the season. For example, the group would agree to cover all kettle hours for 10 hours on a Saturday or over a couple of Saturdays. Learn more here. Age Requirements: Minimum age is 16 (unless accompanied by adult) Dates/Times: November 15th through December 24th various times, Monday through Saturday. Locations: Various Locations around Central Ohio. Contact Us: email Stephanie Koscher
Senior Food Box DistributionEach month, commodity food boxes are provided to 1,200 low-income seniors. The food boxes are delivered to the five Worship and Service Centers and the seniors come to the centers to pick up their box. Volunteers are needed to unload and load the food boxes. Each box weighs 35 pounds. Age Requirements: Minimum age 16 Dates/Times: Third Monday of each month from 10:0 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and the following Tuesday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Locations: All 5 Worship and Service Centers
Contact Us: email Jean Griffith or call 614-358-2627
Other OpportunitiesThroughout the year there are other opportunities for volunteers, including but not limited to answering phones, helping in the food pantries, clerical help and landscaping. There is no set schedule for this type of volunteer work, however, all volunteer hours fall between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Volunteers will be placed on a case-by-case basis. For more information, contact us at Info@salvationarmycolumbus.org |
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