We are looking for volunteers to assist us with all tasks pertaining to our Drive-up & Walk-up Food Giveaway.
Volunteers must be able to lift 20 – 30lbs, be able to stand up for the entire shift, and be able to participate during the entire shift. Dress code is professional and comfortable. Volunteer registration for each shift is 72 hours.
Tasks may include:
Unloading and sorting delivery, organizing, sorting out food to Freezers, Refrigerators and Storage;
Assembling food boxes and loading food boxes in vehicles;
Help process vehicles and collect household information from clients; and
Assist with traffic control to ensure the distribution runs smoothly.
Please note: The sorting and assembly is at the church location 3041 65th St Sacramento, Ca 95820. The distribution site is right behind the church building at 3004 Redding Ave, Sacramento, CA 95820.
Additional dates are available, please email us at tpsfministry@yahoo.com to sign up!
South Sacramento Christian Center is still actively distributing food every Saturday and we're seeking volunteers to help us prepare groceries. If you are interested in helping in any of the areas listed below, please look at the task descriptions and choose from any of the dates and times that work best for you. Be sure to leave your contact information so someone can respond to your inquiry. Thank you and we look forward to seeing you soon! (January 01, 2025).
As a volunteer in the food distribution center, your duties on Fridays will include (1) assembling bags (or boxes) of groceries, (2) light lifting (up to 10 lbs), (3) cleanup (sweeping, cleaning/sanitizing frequently used areas), and recycling (cardboard boxes). You may be asked to assist in any of the areas mentioned during your shift, so flexibility is preferred.
On Saturday morning, you may be asked to assist with: (1) controlling the flow of traffic in the drive-thru (2) putting groceries in people's cars for them when they pull up (3) making more grocery bags (or boxes), and (4) resupplying/runner (keeping the drive-thru stocked with inventory)
NEW: Got community service? Yes, we can help you with that! Whether you are a student needing to complete hours for high school or college or if it's a requirement from the County Sheriff's Office, and you meet our requirements, we may be able to help you. Please bring any/all paperwork needed when you volunteer. (Updated January 28, 2024)
STAY HEALTHY: If you feel ill or under the weather, we kindly ask that you reconsider volunteering and stay home. But feel free to contact us again once you are feeling better.
IMPORTANT! Due to the stay-home orders being lifted, we no longer provide delivery service and we are no longer recruiting delivery drivers (Updated 09/24/2022)
CAUTION! We encourage you to please leave small children at home when you come to volunteer. During the giveaway, we have many moving parts and heavy equipment on the premises. Our age range for kids to volunteer is ages 12 years and up. (updated January 28, 2024)
Sunrise Christian Food Ministry is seeking volunteers to help with our daily (M-F) food distribution.
We have operated as a non-profit food closet for over 40 years in the northeastern Sacramento County area.
Available Volunteer Opportunities** (Please DO NOT sign up for more than ONE shift per day)
If you need to volunteer for a time not listed, please text 916-287-1358 to inquire about the availability of the specific day and time you would like to volunteer.
The food closet is open Monday-Friday 8:30am-2:30pm (volunteer opportunities), 11:00am-1:30pm (food distribution) or until we run out of food, whichever comes first.
8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. (Full Day Shift)
Bagging food, stocking shelves, sorting food, loading food into client's vehicles, cleaning after distribution
8:30 a.m. - 12:30p.m.. (AM Shift)
Set-up, bagging food, processing donations, sorting food, stocking shelves
10:45 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. (PM Shift)
Loading food into client's vehicles, bagging food, sorting food, directing traffic, checking in clients, clean-up
If you are a new volunteer, to the Sunrise Christian Food Ministry, please complete the Volunteer Application and schedule yourself to work one of the shifts listed below.
For additional information regarding the Sunrise Christian Food Ministry and our volunteer opportunities please visit our website at www.sunrisechristianfoodministry.org and watch this short video on YouTube.
WEDNESDAY EVENING
4:30p.m.-6:30 p.m.
**IF YOU WISH TO TRACK YOUR VOLUNTEER HOURS THROUGH HANDS ON SACRAMENTO, PLEASE BE SURE TO SIGN-IN/OUT ON-SITE BEFORE AND AFTER YOUR SHIFT AS WELL AS UPDATE YOUR HANDS ON SACRAMENTO VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT THE ACTUAL HOURS YOU VOLUNTEERED, IF IT IS DIFFERENT THAN THE HOURS LISTED FOR THE SHIFT.
THE SUNRISE CHRISTIAN FOOD MINISTRY WILL ONLY BE ABLE TO VERIFY THAT YOU ATTENDED YOUR SHIFT IF YOU SIGN-IN/OUT.
Midtown Homeless Assistance Resource Team (Midtown HART) organizes the Respite Center for unhoused and unsheltered neighbors in the Midtown, Sacramento area. The Respite Center's purpose is to offer a place of rest and respite for neighbors experiencing homelessness while providing hospitality, refreshments and lunch bags, donated clothing and survival supplies, outlets to charge phones, access to bathrooms, and sometimes the opportunity to meet with service providers.
Volunteer duties: checking in guests, serving coffee and food, facilitating donated clothing and supplies, maintaining bathrooms, and setting up/cleaning up the space.
Times & Locations: The Respite Center is currently open from 9:30 A.M - 12:30 P.M every Friday. The Respite Center is at Trinity Cathedral (2620 Capitol Avenue, Sacramento CA 95816). Entrance is through the red door in the alleyway behind Capitol Ave.
Volunteer shifts are from 8:45 to 12:45, however, we are flexible and appreciative of any and all of our volunteer's time. Most shifts end between 12:30-12:45pm.
Midtown Homeless Assistance Resource Team (Midtown HART) organizes the Respite Center for unhoused and unsheltered neighbors in the Midtown, Sacramento area. The Respite Center's purpose is to offer a place of rest and respite for neighbors experiencing homelessness while providing hospitality, refreshments and lunch bags, donated clothing and survival supplies, outlets to charge phones, access to bathrooms, and sometimes to meet with service providers.
Volunteer duties: checking in guests, serving coffee and food, facilitating donated clothing and supplies, maintaining bathrooms, and setting up/cleaning up the space.
Times & Locations: The Respite Center is currently open from 9:30 A.M - 12:30 P.M every Tuesday. On Tuesdays, the Respite Center is at St. John's Lutheran Church (1701 L St, Sacramento, CA 95811).
Volunteer shifts are from 8:45 to 12:45, however, we are flexible and appreciative of any and all of our volunteer's time. Most shifts end between 12:30-12:45pm.
As a Hospice volunteer, you have the opportunity to create joy! Become a part of the patient's holistic team--Doctor, RN, Chaplain, Social Worker, and Music Therapist, and You!
Never volunteered before? Brookdale Hospice volunteers receive special training so you are ready to provide support to hospice patients and their families.
Whether it is just sitting bedside with the patient, listening to music, watching tv, or holding their hand and physically being there for them, will help put the patient at ease and keep them from feeling alone during their last days.
Good Match for:
Teens
Students in Gerontology, Health Science, Kinesiology, Social Work, Nursing, Counseling, Case Management, and all fields of study involving Customer Service.
55+ age group
Heart to serve with compassionate care
Serious interested partied only, please.
Gail Wiselogel, Volunteer Service Coordinator
Email: gwiselogel@brookdale.com Mobile: 916-614-9517
It is not surprising that hospice volunteers consistently describe their experiences as personally rewarding and fulfilling. Helping others as they near the end of their lives is a profoundly moving experience.
As a Vigil Volunteer, you provide comfort and create a peaceful presence for the patient at bedside when the patient's death is imminent. A Vigil Volunteer receives special training at Brookdale Hospice to become part of the patient's holistic team-- Doctor, RN, Chaplain, Social Worker and you!
Good Match for:
Teens
Students in Gerontology, Health Science, Kinesiology, Social Work, Nursing, Counseling, Case Management, and all fields of study involving Customer Service.
55+ age group
Heart to serve with compassionate care
Serious interested parties only, please.
Gail Wiselogel, Volunteer Service Coordinator
Email: gwiselogel@brookdale.com Mobile: 916-614-9517
Did you serve in the Military? Did you know that 25% of all deaths each year (about 680,000) are Veterans? Help these heroes at the end of their lives by becoming a hospice volunteer.
With so many veterans in our community, you have a real opportunity to honor a veteran by providing a listening ear and creating a sacred space that only, another veteran can give.
To learn more about becoming a valued volunteer, please email/call:
Gail Wiselogel, Volunteer Service Coordinator Email: gwiselogel@brookdale.com Mobile: 916-614-9517
Do you want to help the community but don't know how because of social distancing or quarantine (or you just don't want to be around people)?
What about making a card or sending a postcard or card to someone in a nursing home? These folks are on lockdown in their residences to prevent them from contracting covid19, but it also means they're being isolated and are very lonely without the support from their families and volunteers.
Hospice patients and residents at these facilities would so appreciate a note from you! Knowing that you care about them, and that they're not alone would really make their day. Your note will take their mind away from this situation where they have no control. Please contact me if you'd like to send a card or a thousand cards and I'll give you some facility addresses where the residents are just waiting to hear from you.
Or if you are interested in making face masks, please contact me for more information!
For more information, please email/call:
Gail Wiselogel, Volunteer Service Coordinator Email: gwiselogel@brookdale.com Phone: 916-614-9517
Love to make a joyful noise? Singing old hymns? WE WANT YOU! Join in and playing a tune with your musical instrument of choice and share your musical talent with our hospice patients!
Many patients, especially dementia patients, respond well to music that they used to listen to in their early year. A patient, who may be mostly nonverbal, might mouth the words or even sing along with you.
It is quite a moving experience, and it makes a positive difference in their life--and in yours! Brookdale Hospice volunteers receive special training to provide support to hospice patients and their families at end of life.
"Music is what feelings sound like." -Unknown.
To learn more about becoming a valued volunteer, please email/call:
Gail Wiselogel, Volunteer Service Coordinator Email: gwiselogel@brookdale.com Mobile: 916-614-9517,
Brookdale Hospice is seeking Animal Companions to visit our hospice patients!
A fluffy or a wagging tail can be the needed positive difference in a patient's day.
Must be a certified Animal Companion, and have up-to-date shots and insurance. Animal Companion Owner must complete a background check, drug screen, a two-step TB Test, and possess a current driver's license and proof of insurance.
"The best therapist has a fur and a wagging tail" -Unknown
Become a valued part of Brookdale Hospice Team; please call Gail Wiselogel Volunteer Coordinator, gwiselogel@brookdale.com or 916-614-9517, to learn more about this opportunity!
For more than 30 years, the California Coalition for Youth has operated the California Youth Crisis Line (CYCL), a toll-free helpline available 24 hours a day to youth and their families in crisis or need. The CYCL receives 20,000+ calls annually; highly trained counselors respond to these calls with confidential and non-judgmental crisis intervention counseling. They also provide referrals to assist callers with issues such as family problems, runaway and homelessness, depression, bullying, teen pregnancy, substance abuse, suicide, and more.
People ages 16 and up are needed to train as volunteer counselors to talk with teens and parents who call the line.
Don't think you're qualified? That's OK, training is provided and no experience is necessary.
NEXT TRAINING STARTS SEPTEMBER 9TH!
The job description is available at https://www.dropbox.com/s/tt3iggbxoolzlnk/Crisis_Counselor_Job_Description.pdf
For more information email cycl@calyouth.org or visit www.calyouth.org
For an online application go to: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/cyclapp
Volunteer medical professionals and non-medical volunteers are needed to strengthen public health, emergency response, and community resiliency. Volunteers provide first aid for emergency response efforts including floods, fire, and extreme weather as well as at large public events including the Capitol Air Show and the CA International Marathon, staff flu clinics, and promote emergency preparedness at community events. Doctors, nurses, EMT's and other medical professionals, as well as non-medical members, are needed - training provided. Visit https://sacoes.saccounty.gov/SacramentoMedicalReserveCorps/Pages/default.aspx for more information and to fill out an application online.
It is not surprising that hospice volunteers consistently describe their experiences as personally rewarding and fulfilling. Helping others as they near the end of their lives is a profoundly moving experience.
As a Vigil Volunteer, you provide comfort and create a peaceful presence for the patient at bedside when the patient's death is imminent. A Vigil Volunteer receives special training at Brookdale Hospice to become part of the patient's holistic team-- Doctor, RN, Chaplain, Social Worker and you!
Good Match for:
Teens
Students in Gerontology, Health Science, Kinesiology, Social Work, Nursing, Counseling, Case Management, and all fields of study involving Customer Service.
55+ age group
Heart to serve with compassionate care
Serious interested parties only, please.
Gail Wiselogel, Volunteer Service Coordinator
Email: gwiselogel@brookdale.com Phone: 916-614-9517
Are you looking for a little something more in your life? Something that can provide a strong sense of fulfillment? Would you like to share your talents and heart that will have a meaningful impact on the lives of others?
It’s not surprising that hospice volunteers consistently describe their experiences as personally rewarding and fulfilling. Helping others as they near the end of their lives is a profoundly moving experience.
Important note: volunteers are not allowed to assist with patient personal hygiene.
Become a valued part of Brookdale Hospice Team; please call Gail Wiselogel Volunteer Coordinator, gwiselogel@brookdale.com or 916-614-9517, to schedule a personal interview.
Need customer service experience? Or health care experience? Or need to network for a future job and applications? If you volunteer 50 hours, you qualify for a reference, up to a year, by the Volunteer Coordinator. More information and restrictions upon orientation. Brookdale Hospice volunteers receive special training to provide support to hospice patients and their families at end of life.
Providing an individualized care of physical, emotional, and practical care all with the emphasis of pain and symptom management. Brookdale Hospice emphasizes comfort, dignity, and respect; we believe to focus on both, the patient and family, to provide the absolute best care.
Good Match for:
Teens
Students in Gerontology, Health Science, Kinesiology, Social Work, Nursing, Counseling, Case Management, and all fields of study involving Customer Service.
55+ age group
Heart to serve with compassionate care
Serious interested parties only, please.
Gail Wiselogel, Volunteer Service Coordinator
Email: gwiselogel@brookdale.com Mobile: 916-539-9232
Going crazy in quarantine? Do you or your kids need something to do? There are so many elderly in facilities who are on lockdown and isolated from family, friends and volunteers who cannot visit. You know how they feel. Send them some love:
Send a note
Mail a postcard
Take a picture of your dog, cat, bird, ferret and show them how proud you are of your fur baby!
Make some individual, incredible art and mail it
Write a poem and share it
Create a meaningful message of hope and put it out there
Scrawl a favorite Bible verse
Draw your cat and share it with them (don't tell the cat)
Contact me if you'd like to help. There are so many who would benefit from hearing from you, and it just might make you feel a little better knowing that you made someone's day and took their mind off being alone, isolated and uncertain about this future.
Or if you are interested in making face masks, please contact me for more information!
For more information, please email/call:
Gail Wiselogel, Volunteer Service Coordinator Email: gwiselogel@brookdale.com Phone: 916-614-9517
The diagnosis of a terminal disease impacts patients and their loved ones physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
Often people will turn to prayer to help cope with the challenges that a terminal illness brings.
Prayer may be silent, spoke, in a place of worship, in their home, or anytime they feel connected with the Holy.
Prayers often ask for help, guidance, peace, understanding, strength, and courage to deal with the difficulties and joys that life brings.
Become a valued part of Brookdale Hospice Team; please call Gail Wiselogel Volunteer Coordinator, gwiselogel@brookdale.com or 916-614-9517, to learn more about this opportunity!
Brookdale Hospice is seeking Animal Companions to visit our hospice patients!
A fluffy or a wagging tail can be the needed positive difference in a patient's day.
Must be a certified Animal Companion, and have up-to-date shots and insurance. Animal Companion Owner must complete a background check, drug screen, a two-step TB Test, and possess a current driver's license and proof of insurance.
"The best therapist has a fur and a wagging tail" -Unknown
To learn more about becoming a valued volunteer, please email/call:
Gail Wiselogel, Volunteer Service Coordinator Email: gwiselogel@brookdale.com Mobile: 916-539-9232
Make a positive difference in the life of an actively dying hospice patient! As a Vigil Volunteer, you provide comfort and create a peaceful presence for the patient at beside when the patient’s death is imminent. Whether it’s just sitting beside the patient, listening to music, watching TV, or holding hands-physically being there for them will help put the patient at ease and keep them from feeling alone during their last days.
Important note: volunteers are not allowed to assist with patient personal hygiene.
Become a valued part of Brookdale Hospice Team; please call Gail Wiselogel Volunteer Coordinator, gwiselogel@brookdale.com or 916-614-9517, for more information.
Give. Advocate. Be our Volunteer!