Lead Agency: HSN
Volunteer Opportunities
The Christian Service Center
Volunteer Activities: Serving meals, helping with the food pantry, performing client advocacy and working within the call center. Volunteers will be working with homeless adults, but not all opportunities require interaction with the public.
Location(s):
- Ocoee: 300 W. Franklin St., Ocoee, FL 34761
- Parramore: 808 West Central Blvd., Orlando, FL 32805
- Winter Park: 3377 Aloma Ave., Winter Park, FL 32792
Number of Volunteers: Varies
Dates needed: Ongoing
Times needed: Varies. Volunteers are needed on a daily basis but are not required to make a regular commitment
How to sign up: Register at https://www.christianservicecenter.org/volunteering
HOPE Helps, Inc.
Volunteer Activities:
- Food Pantry: Volunteers will assist clients with receiving food, and stocking shelves.
- Thrift Store: Volunteers will assist with organization and sorting of donations, and staging.
Location: 812 Eyrie Drive, Oviedo FL 32765
Number of Volunteers: Varies
Dates needed: Ongoing
Times needed: Monday through Saturday for 2-3 hour shifts, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
How to sign up: Sign up by completing a volunteer application located at: https://www.hopehelps.org/volunteer-application/
SALT Outreach Inc.
Volunteer Activities: Coordinating shower trailer use, helping with laundry, sorting donations, sorting client mail.
Location: 808 W. Central Blvd., Orlando, FL 32805
Number of Volunteers: Up to 10 per shift
Dates needed: Ongoing
Times needed: Morning shift from 9 a.m. to noon, afternoon shift 1-4 p.m., Sunday through Thursday
How to sign up: Find more information and sign up at https://saltoutreach.galaxydigital.com/
Orlando Union Rescue Mission
Volunteer Activities: Serving hot meals, helping with landscaping and groundskeeping, sorting donations, helping with childcare and tutoring, and more.
Location: Several locations, chiefly 3300 W. Colonial Dr., Orlando, FL 32808, and 1623 W. Washington St., Orlando, FL 32805
Number of Volunteers: Varies
Dates needed: Ongoing
Times needed: Varies
How to sign up: Go to https://www.ourm.org/get-involved/volunteer/. Note there is a required volunteer orientation.
Clarita’s House Outreach Ministry
Volunteer Activities: Sort donations, pack groceries, help clients to their cars, filing, light office duties. Also seeking counselors, medical professionals and barbers/hair stylists to help at outreach events.
Location: 1712 Kelley Ave., Kissimmee, FL 34743
Number of Volunteers: 10-20
Dates needed: Ongoing, but special giving events at Thanksgiving and Christmas require extra volunteers.
Times needed: Varies
How to sign up: Go to https://claritashouse.com/volunteer/
Camaraderie Foundation
Volunteer Activities: Help organizing and staffing special events (such as Family Fun Days), serving as a mentor, doing outreach, providing office/administrative support, staffing fundraising events.
Location: Varies. Office is located at 2488 E. Michigan St., Orlando, FL 32806
Number of Volunteers: Varies
Dates needed: Ongoing
Times needed: Varies
How to sign up: Go to https://camaraderiefoundation.org/how-can-you-help/volunteer/
Hope Partnership
Volunteer Activities: Help manage shower trailer (signing in clients, distributing hygiene items and towels, keeping operation organized) and supporting IDignity Osceola (pre-screening clients, supporting staff, making copies, working with clients to sign documents and help them through the process).
Location: 2420 Old Vineland Rd., Kissimmee, 34746
Number of Volunteers: Up to four at a time
Dates needed: Weekly, ongoing
Times needed: 9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
How to sign up: Complete a volunteer application by going to https://www.thehopepartnership.org/volunteer-application
Embrace Families
Volunteer Activities: Mentor a teen or young adult in the foster-care system.
Location: Various locations in Orange, Osceola and Seminole counties
Number of Volunteers: 100 or more. Must be at least 25 years old and pass a background check
Dates needed: Must commit to a minimum of 4 hours a month for at least six months
Times needed: Flexible
How to sign up: Learn more and complete an interest form at https://embracefamilies.galaxydigital.com/need/detail/?need_id=512401
Samaritan Resource Center
Volunteer Activities: Help with food preparation, laundry, sorting donations, providing case management or spiritual guidance, or staffing the front desk.
Location: 9837 E. Colonial Dr., Orlando, 32817
Number of Volunteers: 6 per day, Monday through Friday
Dates needed: Ongoing
Times needed: 8:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
How to sign up: Go to https://samaritanresourcecenter.org/volunteers/
IMPOWER
Volunteer Activities: Life skills facilitators, tutors, holiday and milestone event hosts, room set-up for incoming youth.
Location: 3800 Dike Rd., Winter Park, 32792
Number of Volunteers: Varies
Dates needed: Weekly and ongoing
Times needed: Varies
How to sign up: Email info@impowerfl.org
Aspire Health Partners
Volunteer Activities: Working with homeless veterans to help them acquire permanent housing.
Location: 1405 West Michigan St., Orlando, 32805
Number of Volunteers: 5-10
Dates needed: Weekly and ongoing
Times needed: Varies
How to sign up: Email volunteer@aspirehp.org
Family Promise of Greater Orlando
Volunteer Activities: Morning or afternoon host, helping to socialize with and monitor families on Saturdays and Sundays; dinner hosts preparing and serving meal for up to 14 people; overnight host arriving at 7:45 p.m. and staying until 7:30 a.m., when families leave the shelter for work or school.
Location: 1000 Clay St., Winter Park, 32789
Number of Volunteers: Varies
Dates needed: Ongoing — with biggest need being for weekend volunteers
Times needed: Varies
How to sign up: Email Heidi Ramírez at hramirez@familypromiseorlando.org
StepUp.org
Volunteer Activities: Provide cleaning services to veterans and people with disabilities.
Location: 1500 W. 25th St., Sanford, 32771
Number of Volunteers: 5
Dates needed: Ongoing
Times needed: Preferably during regular business hours
How to sign up: Volunteers must make an initial visit to the program office to complete an orientation. Call 407-952-1104 to arrange.
Orlando Athletic Training Academy
Volunteer Activities: Academic tutoring, track coaching and mental/emotional support.
Location: 2450 Cougar Way, Orlando, 32817
Number of Volunteers: 4
Dates needed: Weekly through May 2024
Times needed: Wednesdays 1 p.m. to 2:40 p.m. and various additional times
How to sign up: Email oatacademy@gmail.com
Harvest Time International
Volunteer Activities: Sorting relief supplies, stocking shelves, office work, fundraising, social media.
Location: 225 Harvest Time Dr., Sanford, 32771
Number of Volunteers: Up to 100
Dates needed: Ongoing
Times needed: Tuesdays through Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
How to sign up: Email volunteer@harvesttime.org