Volunteer Opportunities

We are always looking for volunteers who would like to share their time, talents and gifts with our residents, or help out with projects at the shelter. Possibilities include leading a class for the residents to teach them a craft or skill, providing entertainment, or doing a project with the kids. We also have several projects to help improve and organize the shelter, such as organizing and rotating the food pantry and storage rooms.Paint_Can_Tools

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Support

We are in constant need of the support from concerned individuals who can help us continue to offer shelter to the homeless. There are many ways to help such as volunteering, offering monetary or in-kind support, or helping raise the awareness of homelessness.

Donations

Want to donate items to help us meet our daily needs? Check out our Wish List for those items most needed. Want to give of your time and talents? Contact us today to arrange a time and/or project. Monetary donations are much appreciated and can be made in person, through the mail or online.

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Current Project Wish List

We have several projects that we would like assistance with. Please contact us at (419)222-4663 or email samhouselima@embarqmail.com if you would like to help in any way.

Adopt-A-Room

The first phase of our Adopt-A-Room project has come to a close and we are looking for volunteers to help with phase two.  For phase two we are moving to the common spaces in the house. We will be updating a couple of bathrooms, doing plaster repair, and painting. Outside, we would like to spruce up the patio and yard space by replacing the torn and worn outdoor carpet on the back porch, revitalizing the garden area by rebuilding the tiered flower bed, planting hostas and moving the garden shed to be able to use it for bike and outdoor toy storage. Check out our Adopt-A-Room project page for more information on these and other projects at Samaritan House or sign up for a project on SignUp.com Click to View Volunteer Opportunities on SignUp.com

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We all know how important quality time with family and friends is to us. Imagine if you did not have the opportunity for a relaxing day or evening visiting with each other, enjoying good food and having fun. We would like our residents to be able to enjoy some time of light hearted fun and connection. We would like to have a Family Fun Night one night a month and are looking for groups who would be willing to provide a meal and entertainment, games or crafts for our residents to enjoy. Some ideas include a Mexican Fiesta night, Pizza and crafts, a cookout and yard games or maybe and outdoor movie night with hotdogs and popcorn. We welcome your ideas and hope you will partner with us. If you would like to participate contact us so we can discuss your ideas and set a date.

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Many of our needed items to run the shelter are received during the months of November, December, and January. If you would like to assist us in keeping these items put away and organized in our storage room please contact us.

 

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All of us crafter’s know how having a hobby and and being able to see our accomplishments through a project can brighten our day. If you have a craft you would like to share we welcome you to come to the shelter and work with the residents. If you are not able to come to the shelter but would still like to help, we are looking for fun craft kits for the ladies and children. The kits can be geared for the women, the children, or for them to work on as a family. We would like to have all the materials for an activity in a kit so they will have everything they need.[/one_half_last]