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Direct Service Opportunities in the Community

Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless

Volunteer Coordinator: Larry Davis

Address 3631 Perkins Ave. Cleveland Ohio 44114

Email: larrydavis@neoch.org

Community Volunteers: Yes

Telephone: 216/432-0540 ext 103

 

What skills are you looking for in a volunteer?

Reliability, good communication skills, and the ability to work with a diverse cross section of individuals.

 

Do you have daily activities for volunteers? Yes

Clerical, special events and planning for meetings with homeless people with gathering items for giveaways, taking notes and preparing for the meetings

 

Care Alliance Health Center

Volunteer coordinator: Megan Havey

Address: 1530 St. Clair Ave. Cleveland, OH 44114

Email: mhavey@carealliance.org

Community volunteers: Yes

Telephone: 216-781-6228 ext. 263

                       

What skills are you looking for in a volunteer?

Reliability, Flexibility, respect for diversity

 

Do you have daily activities for your volunteers? Yes

Description: Supporting medical records and reception work.

 

Domestic Violence Center

Volunteer coordinator: Laura Ross

Address: P.O Box 5466 Cleveland, OH 44101

Email: lross@dvccleveland.org

Community volunteers: Yes

Telephone: 216-688-7295

What skills are you looking for: For our direct service opportunities, we are looking for volunteers who can participate in our comprehensive 20-hour volunteer training and then a make a year long commitment (at least) to working for us. We ask that they be open to the learning process so that they can be the best advocate for the women and children we serve.

 

Do you have daily activities for your volunteers? : Yes

Description: We have many opportunities: Hotline advocate, shelter work, support group facilitation, court escort, and childcare.

 

Do you have monthly projects: Yes

Description: We have a Meals that Heal program where we are looking for individuals or groups to donate a personal meal to our shelter. We are always in need of this opportunity. Additionally, we from time to time, have service projects that we need help with.

 

Mental Health Services

Volunteer coordinator: Wendy Johns

Address: 1744 Payne Ave. Cleveland, OH 44114

Email: johnsw@mhs-inc.org

Does your organization use community volunteers: Yes

Telephone: 216-274-3596 / 216-623-6555

What skills are you looking for in a volunteer? Strong interpersonal skills, computer skills; word processing, creative and flexible problem-solving skills and ability to effectively and professionally interact with professionals of many disciplines and with professionals and clients of diverse values, strengths and backgrounds.

 

Do you have daily activities for your volunteers? Yes

Description: Answering phones, sorting/organizing donations, childcare, assisting volunteer coordinator with various duties. Clerical work: filing, data entry and processing.

 

Do you have monthly projects? : Yes

Description: Organizing seasonal clothing and maintain donation room. Assisting with “Camp Bridges”- Camp for CWWV. Facilitating activities and childcare for CWWV and child therapy room. Assisting with identifying the needs of MHS supportive permanent housing sites and gathering ongoing programs information.

 

Do you have larger, long-term projects: Yes

Description: Assisting with the needs of the individual programs and sites of MHS. For instance, a regularly scheduled arts and crafts activities, self-esteem and social skill building. Facilitating a life skills workshop for young and older adults. Organizing agency-wide 12 step programs at various sites. Helping individual sites/programs gather items of direct use client i.e. Resource referrals, and collaborative with other MHS partners. Creating an agency wide newsletter, and developing an on-going communication forum for volunteering groups. Establish and develop website content for volunteer information online.

 

Y-Haven

Volunteer coordinator: Chip Joseph

Address: 6001 Wodland Cleveland, OH 44104

Community volunteers: Yes

What skills are you looking for in a volunteer?

We only use volunteers for our advisory board. We would love to find a volunteer Psychiatrist, art therapist, or music therapist.

 

Volunteers of America Veteran’s Resource Center

Volunteer coordinator’s name: Ricky Ferguson

Address: 775 E. 152 St. Cleveland, OH 44110

Email: rickyferguson@voago.org

Telephone: 216-541-9000 Ext. 1300

 

What skills are you looking for in volunteer?

Cooking, answering phones

 

Do you have daily activities for your volunteers? Yes

Answering phones

 

Do you have monthly projects available to you volunteers? Yes

Description: Cleaning pantry area in kitchen

 

Joseph’s Home

Volunteer Coordinator: Maria Viiberg

Address: 2412 Community College Ave. Cleveland, OH 44115

Email: maria.viiberg@josephshome.com

Telephone: 216-685-1551

 

Daily activities: No

 

Do you have monthly projects available to volunteers? Yes

Description: Weekend cooking

 

Do you have larger, long term projects for volunteers? Yes

Description: Program yet to be developed

 

The West Side Catholic Center

Volunteer coordinator: Terrie Garr

Address: 3135 Lorain Ave. Cleveland, OH 44126

Email: tgarr@helpcleveland.org

Community volunteers: Yes

Telephone: 216-631-4741 ext. 122

 

What skills are you looking for in a volunteer?

Flexibility, empathy, understanding, ability to get along with many people, and a desire to serve.

 

Do you have daily activities?: Yes

Description: Receptionist, intake persons, friendly visitors, resume writing, healthcare services, sorting, childcare, serving and preparing meals, legal services, assisting with the I.D program, registration for clothing and household, assisting in art education program, tutors for the Learning For Life Adult Education classes etc.

 

Do you have monthly projects available to your volunteers? Yes

 

Do you have larger, long term projects for volunteers? Yes please check with us.

 

Hitchcock Center for Women

Volunteer Coordinator: Tracey Root

Address: 1227 Ansel Rd. Cleveland, OH 44108

Email: troot@hcfw.org

Telephone: 216-421-0662

 

What skills are you looking for in a volunteer?

We have various levels for volunteers from Clinical staff to clerical duties.

 

Daily activities for volunteers? : Yes

Describe: Open and run coffee shop from 7:30am – 11:30 m-f. Make copies and highlight forms, shred papers.

 

Stella Maris

Volunteer coordinator: Mike Fycz

Address: 1320 Washington Ave. Cleveland OH, 44114

Email: michaelstanley88@msn.com

Community Volunteers: Yes

 

What skills are you looking for in a volunteer?

General office and clerical skills

 

Do you have daily activates for your volunteers? Yes

Working at the coffee shop, landscaping, filing, recovery activities

 

New Life Community

Volunteer coordinator: Jackie Ladue

Address: 3470 E. 152nd St. PO Box 201187

Email: Jackie.ladue@newlifecom.org

Telephone: 216-7517301 EX; 211

 

Does your organization use community volunteers? Yes

 

What Skills are you looking for in a volunteer?

Wide range of skills needed

 

Do you have daily activates for you volunteers? No

Volunteer opportunities are set up case by case. They do offer a wide range of volunteer opportunities. Example, facility up keep, tutoring, building projects

           

Do you have monthly projects? Yes

Monthly meal preparation

 

Do you have larger, long term projects for volunteer activities? Yes

Individuals needed to help set up and clean up apartments.  New Life Community has volunteers who address the set up and clean up needs of a single apartment before a guest moves in to begin their independence.

 

St. Malachi Center

Volunteer coordinator: Lynn Scott

Address: 2416 Superior Viaduct, Cleveland OH, 44113

Email: lynn@stmalachicenter.org

Phone: 216-771-3036

 

Does your organization use community volunteers? Yes

 

What skills are you looking for in a volunteer?

To be a tutor, the volunteer must pass a background check.

 

Do you have monthly projects available to your volunteers? Yes

Clothing ministries, summer camp programs, mailing projects, special events

 

Do you have larger, long term projects for volunteers? Yes

Literacy program; where individuals will consistently volunteer with one person for a few hours a week.

 

St. Patrick’s Club

Program Coordinator: Jerry Partyka

Address: 3610 Bridge Ave. Cleveland OH, 44113

Email: jpartyka@wsem.org

Phone-:216-281-5516

 

Does your organization use community volunteers? Yes

Volunteers come from all over the greater Cleveland area.

 

What skills are you looking for in a volunteer?

May need to do some light lifting.

 

Do you have daily activities for your volunteers? No

The meals are operational three days a week.

Volunteers have the opportunity to assist with the serving of dinner or to help out with the food pantry

 

Catholic Charities- Bishop Cosgrove Center

Volunteer Coordinator: Janeese Williams

Address: 1736 Superior Ave. Cleveland OH, 4414

Email:

Phone: 216-781-8262 (EX: 19)

 

Does your organization use community volunteers? Yes

 

What skills are you looking for in a volunteer?

The ability to lift a minimum of 20 pounds (for stocking purposes)

 

Do you have daily activities for your volunteers? Yes

Volunteer in hot meals and / or pantry program, packing food bags monthly

 

Do you have monthly projects available to your volunteers? Yes

With the assistance of staff, assist in preparing a monthly meal; volunteer weekly/ monthly to serve a meal.

 

Cleveland Tenants Organization

Volunteer Coordinator: Michael Piepsny

3631Perkins Ave. Suite 3A-4

Cleveland OH, 44114

Phone: 216-432-0617

 

Does your organization use community volunteers? Yes

 

What skills are you looking for in a volunteer?

Good interpersonal skills, communication skills, (written and verbal).

 

Do you have daily activities for your volunteers? Occasionally

 

Do you have large, long term projects for volunteers? Occasionally

We have limited opportunities available.  It is best for interested volunteers to call to see if there are opportunities.

 

May Dugan Center

Volunteer Coordinator: Bianca Figueroa

Address: 4115 Bridge Ave. Cleveland OH, 44113

Email: bfigueroa@maydugancenter.org

Phone: 216-631-5800

 

Does your organization use community volunteers? Yes

 

What skills are you looking for in a volunteer?

Professional computer skills, good phone etiquette, bi-lingual, knowledge of community resources

 

Do you have daily activities for your volunteers? Yes

Reception and clerical (phone, desk work)

 

Do you have monthly projects available to your volunteers? Yes

Food & clothing distribution day (4th Wed. of the month)

Other Organizations in the Community:

Greater Cleveland Community Shares

Hands On Network Volunteer Center

Business Volunteers Unlimited (BVU)

Free Clinic of Greater Cleveland

Updated September 2010

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