Our needs for volunteers include:

• Supervise children during playtimes
• Join the Ladies Auxiliary
• Mentor / Tutor an adult or child
• Sort & inventory in-kind donations
• Prepare food and serve meals in the kitchen
• Perform clerical duties
• Assist with facility / grounds maintenance
• Teach a class
• Sponsor cultural / recreational outings.

Volunteers are a valued and necessary resource of the Mission. National Volunteer Week will be celebrated April 22-28 and we would like to take this opportunity to salute the many individuals and groups who contribute their time and talents to assist us in meeting the needs of those we serve. Cooking and serving meals, tutoring, providing chapel services, assisting with activities for children, working in the Donations Center, and being a positive role model are just some of the ways that volunteers add to the lives of individuals staying at the Mission.

Recently, the Mission was fortunate to have several volunteer groups working on different projects around the Mission. Members of the First Presbyterian Church of Gallipolis served lunch and then went on a tour. The youth of Venson Memorial Christian Church were participating in a "World Vision: 30 Hour Famine" to gain a personal awareness of hunger. During the last hour of their fast, they painted an area of the Men's Shelter, sorted food and clothing, and cleaned the Ministries Dining Room. Members of the Marshall University Lion's Club put a fresh coat of paint on the walls of the lobby in the Women and Family Shelter. Two shelter rooms received a decorator's touch from members of the MU Medical School Alliance who painted, applied wallpaper border, and hung pictures. Volunteer Aaron O'Brien gave free haircuts to the gentlemen staying at the Mission. These individuals along with many others give 'service above self' which is not an uncommon occurrence at the Mission.

For more information on how you can help, call 304-523-0293, ext. 320