How To Help
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Needs / Volunteer Opportunities
Current Volunteers
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Be A Dear...Volunteer Anyone can make a difference in the lives of others simply by volunteering a few hours of their time on a regular basis. At Good Samaritans of Garland we have all kinds of opportunities for volunteers to fulfill their desire to make a difference.
• Come by once a week and answer phones for a couple of hours
• Commit to a weekly half day to Supervise in the pantry
• Offer your services to help with data entry
• Stop by and mow, trim bushes, rake leaves.
• Spend an afternoon greeting clients and copying documents
• Love to file? We've got a bushel needing you!
• Make it a point to come by for a few hours every other Wednesday and help unload the truck from the Food Bank (men preferred)
• Once a month volunteer to help with the Food For Families parking lot program
• Become an experienced interviewer working directly with clients
• Run errands for the staff who have a hard time getting away
• Research and write grant proposals
• Write Thank You cards
• Help plan events with our fundraising Chairperson
• Help raise money by speaking to your church or civic organization
• Manage the bread and sweets donation program
• Volunteer to do follow-up calls with clients
• Coordinate volunteer and community service workers and hours
• Offer your services as a translator
• Organize and sort donations for up-coming rummage sale
• Help keep Director on her diet! (This permits you to slap her fingers, take chocolate out of her hands, and hide all carbohydrates that might tempt her!)
Needs
Late model electronics equipment
Someone to do yard maintenance in the summer
A grants/proposal writer
Good printers with print drivers
One or two good, sturdy paper shredders
Lots of volunteers
Volunteer opportunities
Case Managers
Data entry
Pantry Supervisor
Greeter
Admin Clerk
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