Volunteer

Care Day Opportunities

If you or your company would like to volunteer at one of the projects below,

contact Meghan Morin | Meghan@HomeAidColorado.org

The Action Center: Provides an immediate and compassionate response to those in our community experiencing hardship and by offering the resources and services needed to stabilize lives and promote pathways to lasting change. Learn more HERE

Projects: Located in Denver

• Helping to ensure the shelves are stocked with groceries and helping to load community members’ food into their vehicles on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. 5 volunteers at each time slot

• Car loading, food sorting, and stocking: 8:30 am-12:15 pm and 12:30-4:15 pm

• Clothing sort: 9 am-12 pm and 1-3:30 pm

BeyondHome: BeyondHome offers a comprehensive approach for families to become self-sufficient for life. At BeyondHome, families work hard to achieve personalized goals for their education, housing, finances, and family. Learn more HERE

Projects: Located in Arvada.

• Townhome unit painting - 3 bedrooms, 2 living rooms, kitchen and 3 baths - 15-20 volunteers

Emergency Family Assistance Association: ,They provide stabilizing services, innovative programs, and transformative advocacy to strengthen families and create a thriving community. Learn more HERE

Projects: Located in Boulder and Louisville

• Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive - Volunteers will help sort, organize, move, and stock donated food. This project is very physical in nature, requiring continual bending and lifting of heavy items including boxes and bags of canned goods. May 14th or 15th from 9am-12pm or 1-4pm. Groups of up to 10 volunteers.

• Maintenance projects at various housing sites. Groups up to 15 volunteers in April-August.

Growing Home: Dedicated to creating a thriving and equitable north Denver metro area to strengthen families, nurturing children, and connecting community fills a gap for families who are experiencing immediate and long-term barriers to stability and success. Learn more HERE

Projects: Located in Westminster

• Pantry Stocking for groups of 5-6 volunteers

  • Food Rescue: Monday-Friday 7am-9am —> Travel to partner grocery stores to receive donations and transport them back to Growing Home. Help unload donations and support with getting them inside and stocked

  • Pantry Stocking: Mondays 8:30am-12pm or 12pm-3pm and Thursdays 12:30pm-3pm of each week —> Unload a large amount of food into the pantry. Cleaning and sanitizing. Organizing and stocking shelves

  • Food Pantry: Tuesday-Friday 8:30am-12:30pm and Thursdays 2:30-5:30pm—> Lifting and stocking food, supporting families choosing their food and in the waiting room, supporting foot and vehicle traffic, monitoring the number of families, and help clean/sanitize

• Community Gardening

  • Harvest —> Group of 20 volunteers can harvest crops every Tuesday from 5pm to sundown May-October 6-8 pm

• New home construction

  • Will need help moving equipment and with small projects

Integrated Family Community Services (IFCS): They provide basic human services and enrichment programs to low-income people, using community resources. IFCS fosters self-sufficiency and respects the dignity of each client, serving the greater Denver metro area. Learn more HERE

Projects: Located in Englewood

• Food Market Stocking: Every week IFSC receives up to 10,000 pounds of food and they need help stocking shelves. 4-6 volunteers who can lift up to 40lbs consecutively for 2 hours are needed.

• Individual volunteers are greatly needed, especially those who are bilingual Spanish or Vietnamese speakers

La Puente Home: Serving Colorado’s San Luis Valley by providing food, shelter, and advocacy for the homeless and community members in crisis. Learn more HERE

Projects: Located in Alamosa, groups can volunteer for 1-4 days and stay at local lodging. Good for all ages. Lots of projects from gardening, painting, construction, and more

Mercy Housing: For more than 40 years, Mercy Housing has worked to address the shortage of affordable housing across the country, guided by our core values of respect, justice, and mercy. Every day, we strive to achieve more because we are constructing more than just buildings — we are building communities. Learn more HERE

Projects: Located in Denver

• Field day with youth - 2 properties close to each other

• Inside cleaning and organizing

• Painting in office

Providence Network: A transitional housing organization in Denver helping men, women, and children overcome addiction, domestic violence and homelessness to live flourishing lives and experience lasting change. Learn more HERE

Projects: Located in Denver

• We need volunteers to clean the outdoor area of Joy House to prepare the site for upcoming construction in April

SECOR Cares: Caring for people faced with Suburban Poverty, restoring hope and dignity, and guiding them toward a self-sufficient life! Learn more HERE

Projects: Located in Parker

• Load mobile market - up to 8 volunteers - Wednesday & Fridays for 1.2-2 hours

• Assembling food for thought bags - up to 10 volunteers - times available all week but Mondays are preferred

• Reorganizing warehouse *for skilled volunteers

• Individual volunteer opportunities are available upon request

Tennyson Center for Children: Strives to improve the mental health and wellness of those impacted by trauma and other adverse experiences. We believe that everyone has the opportunity and support needed to learn, grow, and thrive. Learn more HERE

Projects: Located in Denver

• Indoor campus clean up - 5 to 15 volunteers at 1 pm on Wednesdays or all day Friday. Available dates include 3/22, 3/27, and 3/29.

• Outdoor campus clean-up for large groups. Available dates include 3/25 - 3/29 and 4/19

• Care packages for staff and students

• Repainting mascot and other maintenance

Third Way Center: Offers truth and hope to the most vulnerable adolescents and their families with complex mental health issues, by helping them work towards trauma resolution and enabling them to become productive members of society. Learn more HERE

Projects: Located in Denver

• This spring, help us clean our Bannock Center to prepare for construction - Friday, May 3rd from 8am to 12pm

• Assembling a tuff shed in the yard at one of the properties to hold bicycles and other rec items for the youth at the program. The current shed needs demolition before the new shed can be assembled

Urban Peak: ignites the potential in youth to exit homelessness and create self-determined, fulfilled lives. Learn more HERE

Projects: Located in Denver

• Meal prepping and serving - up to 5 volunteers

• Cleaning and organizing shelter - Wednesdays for up to 15 volunteers

Volunteers of America: The Mission is a daytime shelter that provides clients with food, clothing, job training, employment assistance, spiritual guidance, referrals, and a safe place for relaxation and refreshment. Each day an interdenominational church service is provided to uplift the downtrodden and meet the spiritual needs of those with little hope. Learn more HERE

Projects: Located in Denver

• Meals on Wheels: Start at our new kitchen with a tour then deliver meals to seniors in need;  4915 E. 52nd Ave. Commerce City

  • Unlimited volunteers (split into teams to deliver)

  • Approx 2.5 hours in the morning, usually 9:30-noon-ish

  • Available Monday-Saturday

• VOA Mission: 2877 Lawrence St. (day shelter for the homeless)

  • Up to 10 volunteers

  • Prepping and serving dinner, working in the clothing room, sorting donations, cleaning, and talking with clients, organizing storage rooms

  • Available Monday-Thursday, 9:00a-noon, and late afternoon 3:00-5:30pm (dinner is served from 4:45p-5:15 with clean up till 5:30)

• Host BINGO: at senior residence apartments: Sunset Park, 1865 Larimer Street, Denver or a few other senior residences throughout the Denver area

  • Volunteer group to purchase the snacks, water, and prizes (enough for 20 games and approx. 15 people)

  • 10 volunteers

  • Calling the Bingo numbers, verifying the Bingo winning numbers, giving prizes, playing Bingo with the residents

  • Available most weekdays from 1:00pm-3:00pm is the usual time but we’re flexible

• Veteran Service Center: 1247 Santa Fe, Denver

  • Make hygiene kits, no-sew blankets, and cards for homeless vets, and get a tour of the Veteran Services Center

  • Up to 15 volunteers

  • 2 hours, usually 10am-noon-ish, but we’re flexible. Available Monday-Friday

WeeCycle: A Colorado-based nonprofit working hard to improve the lives of local families in need. We collect, “weecycle” and match essential baby gear to families through partner organizations focused on alleviating poverty, homelessness, domestic violence, teen pregnancy, and under-employment. By “weecycling” baby gear, we help keep children clean and safe and contribute to a healthier environment for their future. Learn more HERE

Projects: Located in Aurora

• Go to the warehouse and sort baby clothes - 15 volunteers max for 2 hours, flexible on dates except on Monday & Thursday mornings

• Mobil baby essential markets - 10 to 12 volunteers every Tuesday and Friday to help run the truck to distribute diapers to families, location changes every week