Poverello House welcomes anyone with a heart to serve. Hundreds of community volunteers assist the staff of Poverello House daily.
Because Poverello House provides 1,200 to 1,400 meals a day, much of the volunteer activity is centered in the kitchen. However, there are also other activities that many volunteers do. The following is a partial list of volunteer service activities available at Poverello House:
- Serving meals to the homeless at breakfast, lunch or dinner
- Helping with food preparation, such as cutting meat and vegetables and sorting food items
- Putting together bag dinners on the weekends
- Helping clean the kitchen and dining room
- Trash pick-up on the grounds outside
- Gardening work (weeding, pruning, planting)
- Warehouse work, mainly sorting clothes and canned food
- Helping conduct church services on Sundays
- Assisting with chores & activities at Naomi's House (selected dates/times)
- Assisting in the Holy Cross Medical and Dental Clinic (For Nursing Students Only) please call the clinic at 442-4108 for more information
- Special projects as needed, such as painting, minor construction or special clean-up of neglected areas
You can also read about special Volunteer Opportunities by visiting VolunteerMatch.org or by clicking one of the following links: