Few resources are as precious as a caring person and their time. We both welcome and depend on volunteers to assist our agency with reaching as many clients as possible.
Also note the ongoing need for bilingual volunteers that speak both English and Spanish.
COMMUNITY CENTER VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Youth After-School and Summer Day Camp Programs: Tutor and mentor youth ages 5-12 throughout the year. Volunteers are needed as tutors and mentors to work with children in the program in the afternoons from 3pm-5pm. 
SOCIAL MINISTRIES
Soup Kitchen: Soup Line Servers in our kitchen are used Monday - Friday from 4:30 - 6:00p.m. Five volunteers per night are needed to serve dinner plates, greet guests and wash dishes. Volunteers must be at least 12-years-old and those under 18-years-old must be accompanied by an adult. The volunteer positions fill up fast.
Financial Assistance: Screen and interview applicants for the program Monday-Thursday, 9:00am-11:00 a.m.
Emergency Shelter for Women and Children: Volunteers are needed to help provide structured children’s groups and tutoring on Monday-Thursday nights 6:45pm-8:15pm. Our Child Case Manager is here 2 of those nights to set up and monitor volunteers. We use interns on Tuesday and Wednesday nights to greet volunteers and line up activities. Volunteers are assigned a child to tutor or are assigned a small group of children to do an activity with on these nights. This is the only program we do not use volunteers under 18-years-old for confidentiality reasons.
We'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in volunteering your time with the Salvation Army of Wake County. Your generous efforts will help to make a difference in thousands of lives here in our own local community.
CHRISTMAS CHEER PROGRAMS
Coats for the Children Distribution:
The Salvation Army collects, sorts, hangs and distributes coats to the community for free. Coat give-away days occur on 10/27, 11/10, 12/15 and 1/12. Due to distributions occuring on Saturdays from 9am-12noon, we rely on many volunteers to hand out the 400 – 600 coats per month.
Coats for the Children Telethon: Volunteers are needed to help answer phones during the annual WRAL Coats for the Children telethon in December. This is a great opportunity for individuals, groups, businesses and families.
Coats for the Children Sorting Volunteers are needed to help sort coats and winter clothing items received during the WRAL Coats for the Children Campaign. Coats will be sorted by gender and size in preperation for later distributions. Saturday, January 12, 2008; 9:00 am - 1:00 pm.
SEASONAL VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Jingle Ball: The Jingle Ball is a fundraiser to collect new toys for our Christmas Cheer program. It is located at Exploris Museum in downtown Raleigh and is scheduled for December 6, 2007. Volunteers will be needed from 6pm-11pm to accept donations, records items given and package up the toys.
No time to volunteer? You can still make
a difference through a monetary or in-kind donation. Donate now.
