Urgent Volunteer Needs

These organizations have expressed urgent needs for specific programs.

Holy Trinity's Hands On Housing Group

Hands On Housing is seeking a new coordinator to oversee volunteers at its job sites on Saturdays. The coordinator also works with partner organizations to schedule future projects, and communicates project status to team members. The coordinator needs organizational and people skills, along with some construction experience. If you have any questions about taking on this leadership role, please contact:  Jim Greeves, greeves.jj@verizon.net, 202-302-1414"

A Wider Circle is a small nonprofit Washington organization, dedicated to helping individuals and families lift themselves out of poverty, is urgently seeking basic household furniture to furnish the homes of families in need and those transitioning from homeless shelters. Won't you please help by donating no longer needed beds, mattresses, cribs, strollers, chairs and tables in your home? Please contact the organization at 301 608-3504 or by E-Mail at furnish@awidercircle.org to arrange for a pick-up of your donation. You may drop off items, if you prefer, 7 days a week, at our Center for Community Service, 9159-C Brookville Road, Silver Spring, MD. Thank you!

Jubilee Jobs needs shirts and ties for men for interviews. (Posted 6/14/2010)  179 clients, many from a background of homelessness and substance abuse, are urgently looking for work through the Jubilee Jobs programs - and business clothes are needed for interviews.  Contact:  Jacqueline Stewart, 202-667-8970