N Street Village - Individual Volunteers

N Street Village could not operate without our dedicated volunteers. Volunteers help us continue to provide the best quality of care to the homeless and very low-income women in our community. It is our hope that volunteering with N Street Village provides you an opportunity, not only for service, but also to expand your understanding of the complexity of homelessness; an issue that affects us all.

Please note that our meal serving opportunities are limited and fill up quickly.
Please check our online calenders below to see if our current needs. If you are interested in leading a class in the Wellness Center, we ask that you provide a syllabus for the course you would like to teach.
Our most urgent need is for overnight supervision volunteers at N Street Village's Luther Place Night Shelter.

Getting Started:
Complete the Individual Volunteer Information Form
and email it to the Manager of Volunteer and In-kind Services at
kakalonu@nstreetvillage.org.

After submitting your individual volunteer information form the Manager of Volunteer and In-kind Services will help you sign up for a volunteer orientation. All N Street Village volunteers take part in an orientation before they being their service. Orientations occur every other Wednesday from 5:30 to 6:30pm.

Click Here for Group Volunteering Information.

INDIVIDUAL VOLUNTEER CALENDARS
The following calendars list our volunteer needs for the next two months. Any dates marked in red need two volunteers. Openings marked in green need one volunteer. Overnights marked (F) need a female volunteer and (M) need a male volunteer. To schedule breakfast, lunch and overnight service email Kate Akalonu at kakalonu@nstreetvillage.org to get on the main calendar. To schedule dinner service email Kristyn Carrillo at kcarrillo@nstreetvillage.org.
Calendars updated March 8th, 2010.

March

April

Coordinators for the Help the Homeless Walkathon work with the Development Office to recruit walkers to support N Street Village. Volunteer work includes outreach to local religious organizations, universities and community associations.

Volunteer(s) help maintain courtyard garden through weekly weeding. This job would be perfect for 2 or more volunteers and would take 45 minutes to an hour once a week. Looking for individuals or small groups to volunteer on a regular basis.

Volunteers help to prepare and serve a warm dinner to the thirty-one residents of Luther Place Night Shelter. 4 volunteers, maximum, are needed for this volunteer opportunity.

Volunteers with access to their own vehicles can be on call to pick up donations from generous community organizations throughout the DC, Maryland and Northern Virginia region.

We are looking for handymen or women to help with light maintenance work such as repairing door handles, installing shelves or assembling donated furniture.

Weekday volunteers help to serve lunch to the seventy-five to one hundred and twenty women who eat lunch at Bethany Women's Center daily. Weekend volunteers help prepare the meal and then serve it. Lunch serving opportunities are limited at this time. 2 volunteers, maximum, are needed for this volunteer opportunity.

Then Luther Place Night Shelter has the perfect volunteer opportunity for you! Luther Place Night Shelter overnight volunteers work in pairs to ensure the safety of the residents. Volunteers sleep in a separate bedroom but are available throughout the night in case the women are in need of assistance. Up to 31 women in active case management can be accommodated in Luther Place Night Shelter. The average length of stay for a woman at the shelter is 6-12 months, while she pursues the goals of her case plan and makes positive changes in her life.

Prepare a casserole or meal in your home and bring it to N Street Village to be served in Bethany Women's Center, Luther Place Night Shelter or Group Homes for Women with Mental Illness.

Volunteer would create short video advertisements for upcoming events. Interested individuals should have knowledge of design software.

The Wellness Center provides holistic care, education, and physical and mental health enhancement programs to improve the health and well-being of N Street Village clients. Among the services offered are individual nursing consultation, dental services, eye clinic, massage, HIV testing and prevention, acupuncture, yoga, health education, exercise classes, psychotherapy, dance, arts and crafts, and creative writing. Wellness Center Volunteer Most Current Needs: Massage Therapists and Wellness Center Instructors.

Facilitate a workforce development class on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday from 1-1:50pm with the assistance of Education and Employment Center staff.

Volunteers help to prepare and serve a warm dinner to the thirty-one residents of Luther Place Night Shelter. 4 volunteers, maximum, are needed for this volunteer opportunity.

Volunteers with access to their own vehicles can be on call to pick up donations from generous community organizations throughout the DC, Maryland and Northern Virginia region.

We are looking for handymen or women to help with light maintenance work such as repairing door handles, installing shelves or assembling donated furniture.

Prepare a casserole or meal in your home and bring it to N Street Village to be served in Bethany Women's Center, Luther Place Night Shelter or Group Homes for Women with Mental Illness.

Volunteers with access to their own vehicles can be on call to pick up donations from generous community organizations throughout the DC, Maryland and Northern Virginia region.

Prepare a casserole or meal in your home and bring it to N Street Village to be served in Bethany Women's Center, Luther Place Night Shelter or Group Homes for Women with Mental Illness.