VOLUNTEERING WITH HOPE CHARITABLE SERVICES

 

If you are ready to give back to the community and the world by volunteering with the HOPE CHARITABLE SERVICES, please explore our individual and group volunteer options below.

 

We need your help in all of our programs

 

• Soup Kitchen

• After School Program

• Summer Day Camp

• Urban Outreach Center

• Warehouse

• Truck Driving

• Admin Offices

• Gospel Outreach

• Teaching

• Mentoring 

 

HOPE’s VOLUNTEER GUIDELINES

 

HOPE has a number of guidelines in place to make your experience as a volunteer a smooth and enjoyable one.

 

We want you to always feel comfortable during your time volunteering at HOPE. Please report any problems, injuries, or infractions of the rules by those that we serve, staff, or other volunteers to your ministry coordinator.

 

TYPES OF VOLUNTEERS

 

ADULTS:  Safety first!  Be respectful and do not tamper with others’ personal belongings. Wash hands frequently and wear gloves while handling food. Follow staff members’ instructions.

 

CHILDREN

 

• Stay within the designated service areas of our campus, with an adult, at all times.

• Remain with group or be accompanied by their parent, guardian or team leader at all times.

• Be respectful and do not tamper with others’ personal belongings.

• Be respectful of those who are working and/or sleeping; while inside, please walk and talk softly.

• Don’t be in food prep area or near cooking equipment.

• Wash hands frequently and wear gloves when handling food.

• Follow staff members’ instructions.

• Download and print out our Volunteer Release Form for Minors. Please complete this form and bring it with you, to turn in, when you come to volunteer.

 

LEADERS

 

• Keep track of all group members.

• Make members of your group aware that they should not leave the campus alone.

• Let your group members know where bathrooms and water fountains are

• Let group members know the importance of washing their hands and wearing gloves when handling food.

• Remind members of your group to stay with their group. No one is to be alone with a member of the opposite gender.

 

DRESS CODE

 

HOPE CHARITABLE SERVICES is a Christian ministry on a co-ed campus. For this reason, we enforce a number of clothing standards for our staff, residents and volunteers:

 

• Clothing must be modest, loose fitting, and appropriate for the assigned tasks. Please refrain from wearing spaghetti strap tank tops, tight clothing, shorts that come above mid thigh, anything revealing under garments, and low cut neck tops.

• Undergarments must be worn.

• Clothing must be free of obscene pictures, language or advertisements.

• Shoes must be worn at all times and should be appropriate for the assigned task. Do not wear open toed shoes.

 

To complete the volunteer application click here.