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ORGANIZATION: Catholic Community Volunteer Services of SW Washington

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Looking for teambuilding activities & ways to do good in your community? Plan a volunteer day with Nativity House Shelter.

Nativity House Shelter is looking for corporate volunteer teams to help with various projects. Groups are welcome to serve onsite or we can build projects that you and your colleagues can do offsite.

We will work with you to find the right project.

Project Ideas:

  1. Cook a meal and help serve it at the shelter
  2. Organize a sandwich making party
  3. Help us beautify sites in the spring & summer
  4. Join us for a cleaning day
  5. Help organize the kitchen
  6. Pack hygiene kits or care kits
  7. Help decorate for the holidays
  8. Help serve a holiday meals
  9. Organize a drive
  10. Host a holiday party
  11. Help host a game night or movie night at the shelter
Organize a drive:
  • Personal hygiene supply drive
  • Blanket drive
  • Men's pants drive
  • Underwear drive
  • Bedding drive (sheets, blankets & pillows)
Onsite project requirements:
  • Everyone must be at least 18 years old to serve onsite
  • Everyone must be background checked using Washington State Patrol (WATCH) & NSOPW. Background checks are processed at no cost to volunteers.
  • Everyone must sign a Covid-19 liability waiver
  • If groups are working with food, gloves are required.
We ask for 3 weeks advanced notice for onsite projects to give time for planning and to collect and process all necessary paperwork.

Offsite Project project requirements:
  • Everyone participating must sign a Covid-19 liability waiver
  • Everyone making food/sandwiches must wear gloves for food safety
Offsite projects are fast and easy to set up and don't require a lot of lead time.

Interested? Contact meganed@ccsww.org or call 253-365-4111.

For more info about other cool volunteer opportunities with Catholic Community Services, visit https://ccsww.org/volunteer/.

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About Catholic Community Volunteer Services of SW Washington

Location:

1323 S. Yakima Ave, Tacoma, WA 98405, US

Mission Statement

At Catholic Community Services we believe every child should grow up in a safe, loving and nurturing environment. The elderly should be able to live with security and dignity. A healthy family life should be affirmed and supported in our communities. Compassion, love and respect for all people, especially the poor and most vulnerable. In joining with others to change systems that oppress, discriminate or otherwise cause human suffering. Employees and volunteers should work in an environment that fosters respect, teamwork and excellence. In all of these things for all people, whatever their color, whatever language they speak or however they worship.

Description

Volunteer Services provides low-income adults (anyone 18 years old or older) who have temporary or permanent functional disabilities, including those associated with aging. The people we serve can not afford to purchase the kinds of service we provide, do not qualify for assistance from other sources and do not have family or friends available to help them. Service is provided on an as-volunteers-are-available basis. There are never any fees for the services provided.

CAUSE AREAS

Homeless & Housing
Hunger
Seniors
Homeless & Housing, Hunger, Seniors

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

702 South 14th StreetTacoma, WA 98405

(47.24916,-122.44598)
 

SKILLS

  • Cooking / Catering
  • Baking
  • Food Service
  • People Skills
  • Relationship Building

GOOD FOR

  • People 55+
  • Public Groups

REQUIREMENTS

  • Background Check
  • Must be at least 18
  • Flexible. We can build the project together. Meal projects are generally scheduled around existing meal times.
  • For onsite projects: Everyone must be at least 18 years old Everyone must be background checked (done through CCS, free of cost) Everyone must sign a Covid-19 liability waiver

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