About Volunteering

Stewpot has a dual mission to help those in need and also to provide opportunities for those who can to give back to their community. A majority of the work that gets done in our various ministries is actually performed by thousands of volunteers each year. A wonderful example of how one person can make a difference in our community is our current volunteer of the month.

Following is a listing of some of Stewpot's volunteer opportunities:

Community Kitchen

• Give the Community Kitchen a deep cleaning

Meals on Wheels

• Several drivers (with cars) are needed to drive routes once a week. Each route takes approximately 45 minutes.

Food Pantry

• Bag groceries for families
  
• Group to organize food storage
  
• Pick up much-needed donations
  
• Organize food drive in your neighborhood, organization, church, school
  

Sims House/Matt's House

• Provide child care while ladies are in group meeting or G.E.D. classes
  
• Arts and Crafts class
  
• Donate tickets for cultural activities (i.e. New Stage, Museum, Symphony)
  
• Host barbecue for 20-25 with kid's games and activities
  
• Help mothers with transportation to far places
  
• House Assist staff on weekends
  
• House Outing for the children
  
• Women's Night Out
  
• Provide dinner
  
• House Group meeting: Stress management, relaxation exercises, Alcoholics Anonymous, self esteem, educational talks
  
• Landscape and maintain yards and play areas
  
• Tutor for kids during school year

Billy Brumfield House

• Light breakfast for 45 men
• Evening meal for 45 to 50 men
• Housesit at shelter while residents go to Alcoholic Anonymous meeting

Virginia's Playhouse

• Help with Poetry Class
  
• Help with Bingo and/or bring snacks and prizes
  
• Coordinate and help with field trips (i.e. Museums, Theater, Movies)
  
• Literacy tutors
  
• Computer tutors

Clothing Closet

• Coordinate teamwork exercises
• Help sort, size, and hang up clothes
• Groups to organize and rearrange

Chaplain's Ministry

• Host a birthday party in a personal care home
  
• Take a personal care home resident on an outing: the fair, movies, art museum, New Stage, library, etc.
  
• Donate simple games, art supplies, stationery, stamps, envelopes, large bottles of shampoo, deodorant, crossword books, coloring books, colors, tracing paper, watercolors, hard candy, sugarless candy.

Community Garden

• Weed, water, and harvest
  
• Plant, till, & prepare the garden for planting
  
• Donate money, plants, weed killer, or tools
  

Computer Lab

• Tutor: Work with someone one-on-one. Teach them how to navigate the Internet and how to use basic programs and or teach simple computer skills.
  
• Teach someone how to write a resume or complete a job application online.
  

Madison County Stewpot

• Help serve lunch in the community kitchen from noon to 1 p.m.
  
• Deliver meals-on-wheels once a week or month. This requires 1½ hours in the morning.
  

Children's Program

• Read books to our children once a week in the afternoons after school
  
• Teach dance, art, or theatre to a group of children
  
• Donate tickets (or money) for a special event (movies, sports, museums, etc.)
  
• Escort children on a field trip (movies, skating, museums, etc.) during Summer Camp
  
• Help the children with their homework once a week. This requires about an hour in the afternoon after school
  
• Help throw a holiday party (Halloween, Easter, Valentine's Day)
  Teen's Program:
  
• Invite a teen to shadow you at your job
  
• Help the teens with their homework. This requires about an hour in the afternoon after school
  
• Teach a teen to play tennis or golf.
  
• Work with the older teenagers to fill out applications/write resumes.
  
• Donate tickets for special events (ballet, sports games, museums, etc.)