Al-Ehsan Charitable Relief Organization
2020 Pennsylvania Ave, Suite 372
Focus: Relief for Eritrean Refugees.
American Friends Service Committee
2111 Florida Ave NW
(202) 483-3310, (202) 299-1050
www.quaker.org/fmw/index.html
Supports several community initiatives, including the DC Peace and Economic Justice Program, Housing for low-income families, Hunger and Homelessness Task Force, and an AIDS Committee.Blair Shelter Clinic
6351 I Street NE
(202) 546-4134
Health care and social services clinic. Open Thursdays at 6:15 p.m.Bread for the City
1525 7th St., NW
www.breadforthecity.org
A private, non-profit organization that provides vulnerable residents of Washington, DC with comprehensive services including food, clothing, medical care, legal and social services in an atmosphere of dignity, respect and peace.
Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-4 p.m.Central Union Mission Shelter
Corner of 14th & R streets
www.missiondc.org/volunteer/index.html
This Christian mission serves homeless men, families living in poverty, children from at risk neighborhoods and the growing Hispanic population in the city. Located a few blocks from the White House. The Central Union Mission Shelter needs volunteers to prepare and serve food. Across the street is a shelter for battered women. Volunteers can distribute food and clothing and partake in a variety of other activities.Church of the Brethren
337 N. Carolina Ave., SE
(202) 546-3202
www.brethren.org/genbd/washofc
This Christian denomination is involved in many voluntary campaigns for peace.
11:30-1:30, Mon-Friday serve food to the hungry.Church of the Epiphany
1317 G St., NW
(202) 347-2635
www.epiphanydc.org
8:45 a.m. Sundays. Sign up by 8 a.m.
Serve food and ask about other opportunities.Community Family Life Services
305 E St., NW
(202) 347-0511
www.cfls1.org
A non-profit inclusive Christian organization helping homeless and low-income families and individuals, regardless of their faith. Volunteers always needed for a variety of services for the community, housing, employment, and youth. Volunteer calendar available on web-site.Community for Creative Non violence
425 Second St. NW, Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 202-393-1909, Fax: 202-738-3524
www.ccnv-usa.org
Located in the heart of Washington DC just a few blocks from the Capitol Building, CCNV is a model shelter for 1,350 homeless men and woman offering drug and alcohol rehabilitation, medical, mental health and dental care, and cultural activities. Volunteers are needed at all times to assist in providing services to the residents of the nation's largest transitional homeless shelter.Covenant House Washington
Community Outreach Centers in NE and SE
(202) 610-9600
www.covenanthousedc.org
Established in 1995 to address widespread problems of homelessness and poverty among teenagers and young adults. Helping kids make the future happen by helping street kids become successful adults. Educational tutors and Life Skills Assistants needed. The web-site has a list of upcoming and annual eventsDC Central Kitchen
425 Second Street, NW
(202) 234-0707
www.dccentralkitchen.org
Mon-Fri 7:30-8:30am
DC Central Kitchen recovers unserved food from area food service businesses to feed children and adults at social service agencies throughout D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. It converts donated foods into balanced meals while at the same time training unemployed individuals in basic culinary skills. Volunteers help in food preparation, kitchen upkeep, and outreach to residents of local homeless shelters. Individuals with special expertise in fundraising, event planning, food donor recruitment, and computer hardware, computer software, and network administration are welcome for project-oriented volunteering. contact the Volunteer Coordinator, Ed Stockton, to schedule a date and time.DC Outfitters
University of Maryland Student Organization
Sara Raley, President
sraley@wam.umd.edu
DC Outfitters is a non-profit, student run volunteer organization based at the University of Maryland, College Park that helps the homeless of DC and the surrounding areas by providing clothing, toiletries, and sometimes food. Once a month, D.C. Outfitters take clothes to the homeless residents of Washington, D.C. Additionally, D.C. Outfitters volunteer at homeless shelters and soup kitchens.
Ethiopian Community Development Council
1038 South Highland Street
Arlington, VA
(703) 685-0510
www.ecdcinternational.org
ECDC is a local multicultural service provider offering a wide range of direct services to a diverse community of refugees and immigrants. Their mission is to resettle refugees; provide cultural, health, educational, and socio-economic development programs to the immigrant and refugee community in the United States; and to assist in educational and socio-economic development programs in the Horn of Africa.
Volunteer Opportunities: Sponsoring a refugee or refugee family; being a mentor to a refugee or refugee family new to the country tutoring English to adults; taking clients to job interviews and other appointments; helping with special events, like the annual conference on African refugees and the Taste of Africa community get-together. Call or email info@ecdcinternational.org for more information.
Father McKenna Center
19 Eye St NW
(202) 842-1112
The Father McKenna Center, a day center for men throughout the year and small night shelter in winter, is located at St. Aloysius Church, Washington DC. Nightly volunteers are needed at the shelter from November through April. Also needed are food and provisions of all kinds, including paper plates, cups and metal forks for daily and weekly meals provided for the homeless; household items for kitchen, laundry, and bathroom; blankets, bedding, and warm clothing for men. Volunteers are needed on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings to prepare and serve the weekly Peace Meal for the homeless.
Food not Bombs
(202) 885-1146
earthops.org/feedthem
on-line News www.fnbnews.org
Food Not Bombs is an all volunteer organization dedicated to nonviolence. Food Not Bombs has no formal leaders and strives to include everyone in its decision making process. Each group recovers food that would otherwise be thrown out and makes fresh hot vegetarian meals that are served in city parks to anyone without restriction. Every Sunday, DC "Food Not Bombs" serves nutritious vegetarian meals to the homeless and the poor at Dupont Circle Park, and also at 13th & K Streets NW. They would like the assistance of any caring persons, in particular they need help picking up food from various donors and donating organizations. If you have a car, please get in touch with them!
Email the FNB listserv for more information fnb-l@listserv.american.edu.For Love of Children
1816 12th Street NW
(202) 462 8686
www.flocdc.org/oldfloc/index.htm
For Love of Children's mission is to transform by example and partnership DC's response to child abuse, homelessness and educational failure so that children are protected and nurtured, homeless families are financially stable and housed, and high-risk youth are prepared to be responsible and successful adults. Coordinates several volunteer programs: foster care, tutoring, Healthy Families DC, Hope and a Home, Learning Center, Living Adventure and FLOC Outdoors. A volunteer form can be filled out on-line.Greater DC Cares
Washington DC 20005
(202) 289-7378
www.dc-cares.org
Greater DC Cares coordinates and manages volunteer projects within seven critical issue areas: Children & Families, Elderly, Hunger & Homelessness, Affordable Housing, Environment, People Living with Disabilities, and People Affected by HIV/AIDS. Every month, Greater DC Cares offers nearly a hundred projects throughout the region. Find out how you can get involved and what is available by coming to one of our weekly volunteer orientations. Coordinates Servathon 2002, Greater DC Cares' marathon day of community service. Servathon is 3,000 volunteers at 30 different project sites in the metro area giving 12,000 hours of service to the community.GW Office of Community Service
800 21st St., NW
Marvin Center Suite 436
(202) 994-5493
gwired.gwu.edu/volunteer
ocs@gwu.edu
Many volunteering opportunities, especially those located near campus. Current projects include Community Building Community, DC Reads, Jumpstart, Neighbors Project, and Outreach. visit the office on the fourth floor of the Marvin Center or subscribe to the OSC list-serve ocslistserve-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.Habitat for Humanity DC
843 Upshur Street, NW
Diane Faires, Volunteer Manager (202) 882-4600 x 16
www.dchabitat.org
As of July 2002, DC Habitat has completed 64 homes and renovated 75 low-income cooperative units. 10,000-plus volunteers have contributed toward the construction of these homes. Volunteers can help through Construction, Planning, and Office Support. Volunteer opportunities and the Volunteer Support Form can be found on-line.
Her House
Phone: (202)628-9171
Email: miriam_neugeboren@habitat.org
www.herhouse.org/house.htm
Her House is a coalition of organizations and concerned individuals and corporations, working to help women gain the safety and economic freedom of home ownership.The Holiday Project
1273 Quaker Hill Drive
Alexandria VA 22314
(703) 370-0370
holidayprojectdc@hotmail.com
www.holidayproject.org
The Holiday Project is a national non-profit organization of volunteers who visit with people spending Christmas, Chanukah and other holidays throughout the year confined in nursing homes, hospitals and other institutions. A visit calendar is posted on the Holiday Project DC web-site with locations and contact information.International Child Art Foundation
Washington DC 20036
www.icaf.org
ICAF employs the arts as a dynamic channel to nurture children's creativity, as a language-independent medium to connect children around the world, and as a powerful catalyst for peace building. ICAF operates THE CHILDART GALLERY in Washington, DC to exhibit creative artworks by children.International Islamic Relief Organization
360 South Washington Street
Falls Church, VA 22046
Tel: 703-536-4476
email: ironet@aol.com
www.arab.net
IIRO was also created after it was discovered that 80% of refugees and victims were Muslims. The major part of its financial contributions come from private donations in Saudi Arabia. Provide relief and aid to Muslims as peoples and groups wherever they are, should they face disasters endangering their being, their religious beliefs or their freedom.Literacy Volunteers of America - National Capital Area
(202) 387-1772
www.lvanca.org
Literacy Volunteers of America - National Capital Area is a non-profit organization that provides free, one-on-one, confidential tutoring to functionally illiterate adults by training volunteers to be tutors. Since 1987, LVA-NCA has provided literacy training to over 3,000 tutors and students in the Metropolitan DC area. Literacy Volunteers of America exists to reach and teach the most marginalized members of our community, thus enabling them to achieve personal, educational, and job-related goals through literacy. Volunteer opportunities are listed on their web-site.Martha's Table
2114 14th Street, NW (Between V and W Streets)
(202) 328 6608
volunteer@marthastable.org
www.marthastable.org
Founded in 1980, Martha's Table is a volunteer-supported, non-profit organization dedicated to fulfilling the needs of low-income children and families and homeless individuals through the provision of meals, learning activities, and support services, 365 days a year.
Martha's Table coordinates McKenna’s Wagon, DC's infamous traveling soup kitchen. Vans are a mobile soup kitchen feeding approximately 1,200 hungry and homeless every day of the year at nine locations. Your donations can help - check their food needs list.Miriam's Kitchen
2401 Virginia Avenue NW
Western Presbyterian Church, Foggy Bottom
(202) 452-8927 (volunteer coordinator)
www.miriamskitchen.org
Miriam's Kitchen is a breakfast program for people who are homeless, located in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington DC. Miriam's provides a hot, nutritious breakfast each weekday morning to around 150 men and women. Miriam's Kitchen provides case management, legal services, a podiatry clinic, after-breakfast creative writing and art groups, resume clinic, lending library, veterans outreach, alcoholics anonymous, a mailing address and a voice mail system for the clients. Breakfast program: Helping to cook and serve breakfast one morning or more a month from 6:00am-8: 30am, Monday-Friday; Food Bank Program: Sorting food for Miriam's Kitchen at the Food Bank, Saturday's between 9am-12noon; Deep Cleaning Project: Several times a year volunteer groups come in on a Saturday to help "deep clean" the kitchen; Transitional Housing Program: Volunteers are needed in a variety of capacities as the search for a house and the development of the housing program continues. Download a volunteer application from the web-site.The Morris Cafritz Center for Community Service
District of Columbia Jewish Community Center
1529 16th St NW, Washington DC 20036
(202) 518-9400
www.dcjcc.org/service.htm
Hosts a variety of community-based, volunteer activities throughout the year, including on-going literacy, health, and vital services programs. Coordinates the Emery Shelter, the Children's Committee, and the Repair the World Program. The detailed web-site posts current volunteer opportunities in DC.Muslim Immigration and Refugee Services
733 15th Street NW Suite 1102
(202) 393-6210
MIRS@maktoob.com
MIRS is a refugee resettlement agency for the Muslim community in the United States.National Alliance to End Homelessness
1518 K Street, NW ~ Suite 206
(202) 638-1526
naeh@naeh.org
www.naeh.org
The National Alliance to End Homelessness is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to mobilize the nonprofit, public and private sectors of society in an alliance to end homelessness. The Alliance represents a united effort to address the root causes of homelessness and challenge society's acceptance of homelessness as an inevitable by-product of American life. Contact NAEH for information about programs within your community.National Collaboration for Homeless Veterans
333 1/2 Pennsylvania Ave., SE
(202) 546-6994
lavetsdc@aol.com
www.nchv.org/index.cfm
The National Collaboration for Homeless Veterans is NCHV seeks to eliminate homelessness in the veteran community and work its way out of business. NCHV invites individuals and all types of service providers to work in collaboration to develop innovative, comprehensive services that will allow homeless veterans to support themselves. Volunteers are involved in outreach, helping homeless veterans apply for benefits, providing case management, networking among homeless and veterans' service providers, teaching computer, writing and employability skills, and providing employment counseling, job development, and job placement services.National Organization for Victim Assistance
1730 Park Road NW
(202) 232-6682
www.trynova.org
NOVA is an organization of victim and witness assistance programs and practitioners, criminal justice agencies and professionals, mental health professionals, researchers, former victims and survivors, and others committed to the recognition and implementation of victim rights and services. Founded in 1975, NOVA is the oldest national group of its kind in the worldwide victims’ movement. NOVA’s mission is to promote rights and services for victims of crime and crisis everywhere. NOVA needs volunteers for conference planning, fundraising, answering our Victim Hotline (training will be provided, answering Victim Letters (training will be provided) and many other opportunities. See the Volunteer page for more information and a Volunteer Application form.Pets DC
(202) 234-PETS
www.petsdc.org
PETS-DC enables people living with HIV/AIDS to maintain and care for their pets. We provide public health education, exercise, pet food, veterinary care, grooming, foster care, and adoptions services at no cost to individuals in the Metropolitan Washington area. Hundreds of dedicated volunteers assist clients in obtaining: public health education, veterinary care, in-home pet care (e.g. dog-walking, feeding, litter box care, cage/tank cleaning), pet food and supplies, housing advocacy, foster pet care, grooming care, and pet adoption services.So Others Might Eat
71 O St NW
(202) 797-8806
www.dccare.org/spsome.htm
So Others Might Eat, SOME, Inc., exists to help the poor and destitute of Washington. We provide direct service to the most needy and most vulnerable of our city, especially those who live on the streets and in shelters, those who are poor, and those who are elderly. Prepare and serve food, distribute clothing to the homeless. 7:30-8:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., DailyTenants Empowerment Network
4550 3rd St, SE
(202) 373-1001
www.catholiccharitiesdc.org/center/dc_centers/tenant_empwr.html
TEN focuses on families who have been homeless, and who are moving from transitional housing towards permanent housing. Temporary rental assistance is provided as well as general support services. Our two-year transitional housing program develops partnerships between homeless families and employers and landlords to help them achieve stability in work and community. Volunteers serve on our advisory committee, help plan our annual Walkathon, and become job coaches. Sponsored by the Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington.Washington Hospital Center's Volunteer Program
110 Irving Street, NW
(202) 877- 6207
The program offers many opportunities to interact with patients, assist staff, or provide clerical or administrative support to various departments. We need committed individuals of all ages and skills who are able to volunteer at least three to four hours a day on a consistent basis. Volunteers receive valuable work experience, free meals, free parking, and tax deductions. Volunteer applications are available on-line through the Washington Hospital Center's web-site.Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless
1800 Massachusetts Avenue, NW - Sixth Floor
(202) 872-1927
Genesis Fisher, Coordinator of Volunteers
washlch@erols.com
www.legalclinic.org/index2.html
The Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless is committed to meeting the legal needs of children, women and men who are homeless or at–risk of becoming so, assuring access to a system too often inaccessible to those unable to pay. After training, Legal Clinic volunteers conduct intake interviews at any one of nine different social service sites within the District. Volunteers assist clients on a wide range of cases from obtaining entitled benefits and keeping people in their homes to reuniting families. A volunteer job description is available on-line.Zacchaeus' Kitchen
945 G St, NW
(202) 393-9144
Opened in 1972 to address the growing need for food and shelter in the nations capitol, the kitchen serves 300 - 500 meals a day. Volunteer to serve breakfast to homeless Mon-Sat, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Call Curtis, volunteer coordinator.
For more information about volunteering in and around DC, visit:
Volunteer Match Network for Good Greater DC Cares Washington City Paper