Poverello House welcomes anyone with a heart to serve. Hundreds of community volunteers assist the staff of Poverello House daily.
Because Poverello House provides 800 to 1,200 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 in the Holy Cross Medical and Dental Clinic (For Nursing Students Only)
- Special projects as needed, such as painting, minor construction or special clean-up of neglected areas
Internships are considered on a case-by-case basis, and are dependent upon current needs of the organization as well as the potential intern’s individual talents and experience. Anyone interested in pursuing an internship should call and speak with Poverello’s Volunteer Coordinator.