VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:

THE HandUP STORE:
Process clothing
Process shoes
Process housewares
Create displays
Stock shelves
Greeting & assisting customers
Sort books
Research collectibles
Run the register
Testing appliances and electronics
Cleaning furniture
Help with housekeeping
Go on truck pick-ups & deliveries

THE HandUP RECYCLING CENTER:
Help customers unload recycling
Sort recycling
Processing aluminum cans
Train to run balers
Train to run forklift
Forklift operator
Truck driver (CDL)
Assist with deconstructing Freon appliances
Shredding paper
Help with a recycling event
Test and/or repair mowers and small equipment

​THE FOOD BANK:
Help on distribution days
 (First and Second Wednesdays of the month)
Make food boxes
Assist clients with shopping
Carrying boxes to cars
Early morning food pickups

NEW HOPE CHURCH: Sundays, 10 am
Sing or play an instrument
Special music
Drama/skits
Counseling
Speaking or sharing a personal story
Sharing artistic skills

Renewed Hope Women's Home:
Overnight Coverage 
​Weekend Coverage 
Life Skills Committee Member 
Life Skill Coaches 
Volunteers for home coverage

• Qualifications: 
  • Volunteer/interns must be at least 18 years of age to volunteer and must enjoy working with all types of people. They must show a genuine concern for the mission. A willingness to work hard and pitch in wherever needed. The ideal volunteer/intern is self-motivated, mature, sensitive, dependable, a team player and reliable. 
  • Requirements: 
    • Volunteer/interns must complete a basic orientation session as scheduled before reporting to their first assignment. Additional training may also be required. 
    • Volunteer/interns must agree to represent the Renewed Home Women’s Home, perform in a professional manner whenever doing so, and not to allow personal views and opinions from clouding (overshadowing) or conflicting with the mission of the organization.

​​We ask each of our volunteer/interns to sign up for as many hours as commitments permit. A minimum of 8 hours of service per week is requested, but not required. Volunteer/intern hours are flexible.

HandUP FRESH FOOD INITIATIVE:
Planting seedlings
Weeding
Watering
Harvesting crops

FEED A FRIEND COORDINATOR

THE HandUP OFFICES:
Substitute receptionist
Filing and copying
Assist with special projects
Help with mailings
Computer tech
Phone tech
Help with Housekeeping

HOME SWEET HOME:
Skilled construction workers
Plumbers
Electricians
Masons
Painters
Drywall and spackling
Landscapers
Engineers
Architects
Laborers
Roofers
Heating and AC repairs
Basic repairs
Cleaning out homes
Interior demolition

ADMINISTRATIVE:
Apply to be a board member
Apply to be on the advisory committee
Apply to be on the fundraising committee

VEHICLES TO WORK:
Car repairs

GENERAL OPPORTUNITIES:

• Host a Clothing Drive – You can collect clothes and shoes for a limited amount of time or schedule reoccurring monthly pickups.
• Host a Recycling Day at your location – You advertise and we’ll bring the truck
• Host a Food Drive – You can sponsor a collection day or make food items the “entrance fee” to an event you are already hosting.
• Donate surplus produce from your family garden to the Food Bank.
• Donate Personal Emergency Bags – One of our greatest dignities is our own personal hygiene. You can help by preparing emergency bags that contain items like shampoo, soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, combs.
• Donate Emergency Food Boxes – Put in things that could get a family without food through two or three days. For example, peanut butter, mac & cheese, canned goods, rice, noodles, tuna.
• Host a FREON appliance collection drive – Most places charge a fee to recycle refrigeration units containing Freon. We are licensed to remove it and we do it for FREE. Freon items include air conditioners, refrigerators, dehumidifiers, water coolers, and freezers.

The HandUP Foundation exists to help our neighbors in need to get back on their feet and find stability and success.  We don’t offer a hand-out, we offer a Hand UP! Your participation with us guarantees that hope can be rebuilt in the most challenging circumstances. Thank you for your compassion and consideration!