How You Can Help

Looking for Something to Do in the Evening?

  • Prepare or sponsor and serve a meal at Long Island Shelter or Wood Mullen Shelter. Community Meals Sponsors can be as small as four and as large as twenty people.
  • We also need individual supper servers on weeknights at the Long Island and Woods Mullen Shelter. Dinner is served from 5:00 to 8:00 at Long Island and from 6:00 to 8:00 at Woods Mullen.

How About Something for a Weekday or for Your Company's Community Service Day?

  • Painting projects are available at all of our sites can addommodate ten to twenty people.
  • Landscaping / Gardening at the Hope Chapel and around the Island can be an on-going project for a small group or a one-day project for a larger group.
  • Planting, weeding, harvesting at The Farm on Long Island can also be an on-going project for a small group or a one day project for a larger group.

Going Back to School?

  • Teach a life skills training course such as budgeting, resume writing, interviewing, time management, goal setting, etc. to individulas in our transistional programs.
  • Tutor students in reading, writing, math, or English as a Second Language.
  • Train students in computer literacy.

Can't Get Out Here? Here are Some Volunteer Opportunities You Can Do Right From Your Office, School, Club, Church or Synagogue

  • Can't get a group together, or can't make it to one of our sites? Hold a drive at work, school or place of worship or civic organization (clothing, toiletries, etc.), it's a great way to get the entire company, etc. involved and there is no set time limit.

    Individual volunteers under 21 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Critically Needed Items

  • Men’s and Women’s Clothing 
  • New T-shirts & Underwear 
  • New Socks
  • Footwear, especially sneakers 
  • Jeans 
  • Sweatshirts
  • Winter Coats
  • Hats, Gloves & Scarves
  • Suits and dresses 
  • Long-sleeved shirts 
  • Light-weight flannel shirts 
  • Men’s Work Boots 
  • Raincoats 
  • Umbrellas 
  • Toiletries 
  • Toothbrushes & Toothpaste 
  • Shampoo & Conditioner 
  • Spray Deodorant 
  • Soap 
  • Razors & Shaving Cream 
  • Combs & Hairbrushes 
  • Duffel Bags