Single Volunteers of Greater Denver

Drive-Thru Food Bank at The Action Center (part 2)
2021-01-23 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Denver)
Drive-Thru Food Bank at The Action Center (part 2)- Sat., Jan. 23rd- 9AM til Noon- 4 Volunteers are needed. (This event is now on Waiting List status. If you register your name will go on the registration list and you will receive an 2 automated responses but you will only be contacted if we have a volunteer cancellation.) The Action Center normally provides food to about 60 low-income people daily. They normally do that during the week days. During these COVID-19 crisis days that number has gone up to around 200! For that reason they have now opened up a drive-through Food Bank for two Saturdays starting in January. We will be helping both Saturdays but you do not have to sign up for both days unless you’d like to. We may be doing a variety of activities such as packing boxes, sorting food, loading food into cars, directing traffic, etc. We helped them for an event in August and they were very careful to be sure the volunteers were safe during this pandemic. We will be working in small groups of volunteers in open areas to accommodate social distancing. Everyone is required to wear a mask, disposable gloves will be provided, they have temperature check stations, hand sanitizer, etc. This should be a great way to help our community when so many individuals and families are short on food these days! The event will be in Lakewood.

Drive-Thru Food Bank at the Action Center (part 1)
2021-01-09 09:00 - 12:00
Drive-Thru Food Bank at The Action Center (part 1)- Sat., Jan. 9th- 9AM til Noon- 6 Volunteers are needed. (This event is now on Waiting List status. If you sign up you will receive a registration acknowledgement but will only be contacted if we have a cancellation.) The Action Center normally provides food to about 60 low-income people daily. They normally do that during the week days. During these COVID-19 crisis days that number has gone up to around 200! For that reason they have now opened up a drive-through Food Bank for two Saturdays starting in January. We will be helping both Saturdays but you do not have to sign up for both days unless you’d like to. We may be doing a variety of activities such as packing boxes, sorting food, loading food into cars, directing traffic, etc. We helped them for an event in August and they were very careful to be sure the volunteers were safe during this pandemic. We will be working in small groups of volunteers in open areas to accommodate social distancing. Everyone is required to wear a mask, disposable gloves will be provided, they have temperature check stations, hand sanitizer, etc. This should be a great way to help our community when so many individuals and families are short on food these days! The event will be in Lakewood.

Serving Dinner at The Crossing transitional shelter!
2020-12-29 16:30 - 19:00
Serving Dinner at The Crossing transitional shelter, Tues. Dec. 29th, 4:45-7:15PM, 5 volunteers are needed. Many of our volunteers request this event because they enjoy it and feel that it is such a worthwhile organization. The Crossing is a transitional facility between the homeless shelter and getting back into a home. The residents are working and saving up for a place to live. It is drug & alcohol free. Men, women & families reside there. It provides a great service as people work to get back on their feet. Our volunteers will help in the buffet line and may help with some of the meal bags for those who come back from work after dinner time. After we serve dinner you will have an opportunity to put some food in a box if you’d like to bring it home for your own dinner. We do a few minutes of clean up and straightening in the dining room. They specifically contacted us to help as they are very short on volunteers this Fall! This facility is also trying to keep everything safe for volunteers during the pandemic. Each volunteer should wear a mask. Gloves will be provided. We will be behind the counter & plexi-glass when serving food plus they have tables set in front of the serving area to insure our social distance. I was so impressed by how safe it was when we went there in November. They have switched to disposable serving dishes so that all residents can take their meals back to their rooms instead of eating in a group in the dining room. We still get to interact with them as they go socially distanced through the serving line. This should be a great opportunity to help the community in the Holiday Season as we end 2020!

Serving Lunch at the Delores Project Women's Safehouse
2020-12-19 11:00 - 13:30
Serving Lunch at the Delores Project Women’s Safehouse, Sat. Dec. 19th,11AM-1PM 4 Volunteers are needed.The Delores Project has also made adjustments due to the pandemic to make us safe as well as the residents safe. The kitchen and dining room are cleaned before and after each meal. The dining room is arranged for social distancing and they only have a capacity of 32 and do regular COVID testing. We will be wearing masks & will be provided disposable gloves. Our group will just be in the kitchen. The food is provided, we just need to heat it up and arrange it for the residents as they come through. We will be serving the food but will be in the kitchen area so will not be touching the residents. So many of our volunteers have been requesting this event! We have assisted this women’s safe shelter several times and they have asked us back as we have fantastic groups of volunteers. This was a regular event for us due to the interest from our volunteers. The shelter is in West Denver. This is a confidential location that is given out to the volunteers after registering due to the nature of the facility. Both male & female volunteers are welcome to assist at this event.

Habitat for Humanity ReStore
2020-12-12 09:30 - 13:00
Habitat for Humanity ReStore, Sat. Dec. 12th, 9:30AM-1PM, 4 Volunteers are needed. We will be helping for our second time at the Littleton store on W. Quincy. This is their most active location. Habitat for Humanity is being very pandemic conscious! They will take our temperatures, we all need to wear masks & gloves and we do socially distance. We helped at their Denver ReStore recently and that went very well. We normally are helping to stock donations onto the shelves, straighten up or rearrange some of the areas, and sometimes help with accepting incoming donations. They have a new change in policy- ReStore volunteers will receive a 10% discount off of any purchases they wish to make on the day that they volunteer. There is free parking and a lunch break. Customers shop at the ReStore for new and gently used appliances, furniture, home remodeling supplies, pictures, and more at huge discounts. These are important items needed in the Holiday Season especially as many families are shorter on funds this year than most. All profits support Habitat for Humanity’s home ownership program for low-income families.

Serving Dinner at The Crossing Transitional Shelter!
2020-11-17 16:30 - 19:30
5 volunteers are needed.
Many of our volunteers request this event because they enjoy it and feel that it is such a worthwhile organization. The Crossing is a transitional facility between the homeless shelter and getting back into a home. The residents are working and saving up for a place to live. It is drug & alcohol free. Men, women & families reside there. It provides a great service as people work to get back on their feet.
Our volunteers will help in the buffet line and may help with some of the meal bags for those who come back from work after dinner time. After we serve dinner we will have an opportunity to eat as a group and also enjoy the meal. We then do a few minutes of clean up and straightening in the dining room. They specifically contacted us to help as they are very short on volunteers this Fall!
This facility is also trying to keep everything safe for volunteers during the pandemic. Each volunteer should wear a mask. Gloves will be provided. We will be behind the counter & plexi-glass when serving food and all tables will be sanitized plus there are sinks for handwashing and sanitizer.
This should be a great opportunity to help the community shortly before the Thanksgiving Holiday!

Serving Dinner at the Delores Project Women's Safehouse
2020-10-27 17:45 - 19:45 | Delores Project Women’s Safehouse, Denver, CO, 80201, United States
5 Volunteers are needed. The Delores Project has made adjustments due to the pandemic to make us safe as well as the residents safe. The kitchen and dining room are cleaned before and after each meal. The dining room is arranged for social distancing and they only have a capacity of 32 and do regular COVID testing. We will be wearing masks & will be provided disposable gloves. Our group will just be in the kitchen and will be. The food is provided, we just need to heat it up and arrange it for the residents as they come through. We will be serving the food but will be in the kitchen area (can eat dinner there also) so will not be touching the residents. So many of our volunteers have been requesting this event! We were able to assist them last month with lunch on a Saturday, now we’ll be helping with dinner which may work for many of your schedules after work. We have assisted this women’s safe shelter several times and they have asked us back as we have fantastic groups of volunteers. The shelter is in West Denver. This is a confidential location that is given out to the volunteers after registering due to the nature of the facility. Both male & female volunteers are welcome to assist at this event.

Denver ReStore for Habitat for Humanity
2020-10-17 09:30 - 13:00
Details coming soon.

Bella Boutique Packing
2020-09-26 09:00 - 12:00 | Bella Boutique, Commerce City, CO, United States
Bella Boutique Packing
4 Volunteers are needed.
Many of you may remember that we have helped the Bella Boutique previously as Personal Shoppers as they provide free Prom dresses, shoes & accessories to low-income teens that are referred by educators, coaches, pastors, other community leaders or those who qualify for a free lunch. This non profit allows teens to have a great prom experience which might they might not otherwise be able to do because of financial limitations and is the only 501(c)3 non profit to do so. Well, this year has been different for everyone due to the pandemic and the 2020 proms weren’t held. The Bella Boutique is moving.
We will be helping at one of their shifts to help pack up the prom shop as they get ready to move back into storage as they await Prom 2021. Volunteers will be sorting donations and packing dresses, shoes, and jewelry into storage boxes in preparation for moving day. They really need our help as their inventory didn’t get depleted this year due to the lack of proms. We won’t be doing the actual moving, just helping with the packing of these items which are clean and were ready for this year’s proms.
This is another service we can provide to a non profit which is aiming for social distancing. All volunteers should wear masks and comfortable clothes. The event is in Commerce City near I270/Vasquez.
(As we are in the process of putting together our new web site you are not presently able to register for this event on the SVGD web site. If you wish to assist at this event please email: event@svgd.org . You will receive an email acknowledging your registration & then another the week prior to the event with all the details.)
