Volunteers are an important partner in ministering to the homeless and hurting in our community! Each year, God blesses us with hundreds of compassionate people who wish to serve. Please read below to learn about the volunteer opportunities currently available.
If you must complete court-ordered or attorney-advised community service hours, contact the Raleigh Rescue Mission Store and Donation Center at 919.878.7117. We hope you will find a great sense of satisfaction in partnering with Raleigh Rescue Mission. Email questions to volunteer@raleighrescue.org or call 919.828.9014 ext. 126.
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Rescue Mission serves between 80 and 100 men, women and children three meals a day every day of the year. Our Holiday Meal Host program will enable your group–family, church small group, co-workers, neighbors, etc.– to provide one of the three meals served at the Mission during the Christmas season.
As Holiday Meal Hosts, your group will provide the food, prepare and serve the meal and clean up afterward. The estimated cost for hosting a meal is $250-$300. Raleigh Rescue Mission will provide all paper goods, cooking equipment and serving utensils. We ask that your group include at least 4 and no more than 10 volunteers. All group members must be at least 13 years old. For new groups, we will schedule a short orientation session. Please note that we do not need individual volunteers for this opportunity.
If your group would like to sign up for a Holiday Meal Host shift over the Christmas Holiday, please click the button below to sign up.
As of July 1, 2018 we will replace our lunches to go with a Snack Attack Food Drive. We would love to have your support with this drive! If you have already signed up for a date please still deliver the lunches. Also if you need to know what to include in the lunches please see this link Lunches-to-Go-Program.pdf for instructions. If you have any questions please contact Geia Williams, geiaw@raleighrescue.org or 919.828.9014 ext. 126. Thank you so much!
The items listed below are things we use regularly so we run out fast, please help us keep our pantry stocked.
You can buy a 20- to 31-gallon stackable, plastic storage tub with lid and fill it up with the items listed above. While we would love for you to include all of the listed items in your tub, it is not necessary. Return your tub to Raleigh Rescue Mission, 314 E. Hargett Street, Raleigh, Monday-Saturday, 9am-5pm.
Please contact Geia Williams at volunteer@raleighrescue.org or 919.828.9014 ext. 126 with questions.
Bake cookies or other baked treats for the various holiday celebrations that will take place at the Mission.
Raleigh Rescue Mission hosts celebrations throughout the holiday season. Brighten the holidays for our residents by baking delicious cookies and other holiday treats to help us celebrate.
Drop cookies off any time between November 1st and December 31st at:
Raleigh Rescue Mission, 314 E Hargett St., Downtown Raleigh
Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm.
Questions: email volunteer@raleighrescue.org.
Must be at least 18 years old. Help needed includes:
Groups of up to 40 adults are mostly assigned the task of sorting donations. We schedule groups Mondays through Saturdays for three or four hour shifts, but we can work with your schedule to best accommodate your volunteer group.
For more information on individual and group assignments, please contact Danny Anderson,dannya@raleighrescue.org or 919-878-7117.
Location:
Raleigh Rescue Mission Store and Donation Center, 4700 Capital Blvd.
Days/times:
Monday–Friday: 10am-1pm, 1-4pm or 4-7pm
Saturday: 8-11am, 11am-2pm, 2-5pm
Frequency:
Weekly or biweekly
For more information, please contact our Store Manager, Ronstadt Manuel at 919-878-7117 or email ronstadtm@raleighrescue.org.
Raleigh Rescue Mission’s Gobbles to Go Outreach program delivers hot Christmas meals to those who may otherwise go hungry. This year, Raleigh Rescue Mission volunteers will come together to package and deliver over 800 hot, delicious ham and turkey dinners on Monday, December 24th to elderly, shut-ins and low-income individuals and families in Wake County. Join us in portioning turkey and thanksgiving sides into “to-go” containers and packging them for our Gobbles to Go delivery drivers to pick up.
Please Note: Meal packing volunteers may be portioning meals, slicing and packaging pies or helping with quality control in placing the correct number of meals in bags to be passed on to Gobbles to Go drivers.
Help to brighten the holiday for those that need it the most by signing up below. Volunteers will arrive at Raleigh Rescue Mission (314 E. Hargett St., Downtown Raleigh) at 8:30am and stay until all meals are packaged, usually around noon. We will need 50 volunteers. All volunteers must be at least 16 years old.
Please Note: This event fills up quickly and we have a waiting list each year. So, please sign up early to reserve your spot! (And, if something comes up and you need to cancel, please cancel your spot right here in Eventbrite. We will contact the next person on the waiting list to fill your space. Thank you!)
Raleigh Rescue Mission’s Gobbles to Go Outreach program delivers hot Christmas meals to those who may otherwise go hungry. This year, Raleigh Rescue Mission volunteers will come together to package and deliver over 800 hot, delicious ham and turkey dinners on Monday, December 24th, 2018.
Volunteers will deliver hot meals and visit briefly with mostly housebound, elderly folks who enjoy the company! Volunteers will arrive at Raleigh Rescue Mission on Monday, December 24th at 9:30am, 9:45am, 10am, 10:15am, 10:30am, 10:45am or 11am to pick up the meals they will deliver. We will provide your arrival time one week prior to December 24th. Directions from the Mission to delivery locations will be provided to you when you arrive at the Mission on December 24th. We will need 50 drivers for each holiday. This is a great opportunity for families, since there is no minimum age (just make sure to leave room in your car for all of the food!). Help to brighten the day of those that need it most this Christmas by signing up below.
Please Note: This event fills up quickly and we have a waiting list each year. So, please sign up early to reserve your spot! (And, if something comes up and you need to cancel, please cancel your spot right here in Eventbrite. We will contact the next person on the waiting list to fill your space. Thank you!)