Volunteer opportunities are listed by Affiliate Ministry in
alphabetical order. Click below on the ministry you are interested
in or scroll down to review all the opportunities. Each ministry
has a variety of ways for you to get involved and serve, whether
you are looking for a one time event or regular commitment.
For more details, complete the Volunteer
Information Form and then contact us at volunteer@hope4atl.org
or call us at 678.298.1154.
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HOPE's
belief about people
We are not fearful or reticent of brokenness. We are
all broken people, no matter our socio-economic level
or ethnicity. Therefore, in humility and because of
Christ’s sacrifice, we are also continually hopeful
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Atlanta
Intercultural Ministries (AIM)
One Time Opportunities
 Food
Pantry
- Purchase food items – Click here to see
the Grocery
List for a selection of the most useful items.
Food items can be taken directly to AIM or contact the
HOPE office.
HOPE's
emphasis on training
HOPE is dedicated to identifying
and training individuals to become leaders in the
area of mercy and advocacy. It pioneers a new model
of mercy ministry by giving volunteers tools to
identify both their skills and gifts in order to
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- Repackage food – Often 10 lb or larger bags
of dry beans, rice, sugar, flour or laundry detergent
are purchased. Volunteers (adults and children) are needed
to make bags with smaller portions for the pantry to distribute
to their clients.
- Stock pantry shelves - Volunteers can assist
in stocking the pantry shelves with donated food items.
This is an ideal opportunity for children and parents
to serve together!
- Serve pantry clients – Volunteer any Tuesday,
Wednesday or Thursday morning from 10 a.m. to Noon. Help
take applications, distribute the food and talk with the
pantry clients. (Spanish is a plus, but not necessary
to serve.)
Weekly Opportunities
 Food
Pantry
- Pick up Food donations – Volunteers are
needed from participating churches to pick up and deliver
the food donations to the AIM Food Pantry.
- Stock pantry
shelves – Volunteers can assist in stocking the
pantry shelves with donated food items. This is an ideal
opportunity for children and parents to serve together!
- Purchase food items – Click here to see
the Grocery List
for a selection of the most useful items. Food items can
be taken directly to AIM or contact the Hope office.
- Repackage food – Often 10 lb or larger bags
of dry beans, rice, sugar, flour or laundry detergent
are purchased. Volunteers are needed to make bags with
smaller portions for the pantry to distribute to their
clients. Another ideal opportunity for children and parents
to serve together!
- Serve pantry clients – Volunteer regularly
on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday mornings from 10 a.m.
to Noon. Help take applications, distribute the food and
talk with the pantry clients. (Spanish is a plus, but
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Doraville
Pregnancy & Health Reasources (DPHR)
One
Time Opportunities & Short-term Projects
Health
Resource Ministry
- Health Fair – Our next health fair will
be early in the fall, Check back for details and opportunities
to serve.
Pregnancy
Resource Center
- Purchase baby items – Volunteers purchase
baby items to stock the shelves of The Stork’s
Basket. New and expectant moms going through the Earn
While You Learn Program earn vouchers to acquire items
for their child.
- Host a "Baby Shower" – Volunteer
to host a Baby Shower and shower the Resource Center with
baby items for The Stork’s Basket store.
- Underwrite the purchase - Spanish and English
bibles and bible study curriculum for use with new and
expectant mothers.
- Attend Adoption Awareness Seminar – Look
for more information in coming months.
- Attend 10 week training seminar to become an
Earn While You Learn Mentor for new or expectant
moms. Sign up today by emailing us at volunteer@hope4atl.org.
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Weekly Opportunities
 Pregnancy
Resource Center
- Mentor new or expectant clients
in the Earn While You Learn Program (Training required).
- Provide administrative support
- Volunteers can help the Resource Center office by making
copies, preparing materials and filling other general
office needs.
- Sort and stock baby items - The
Stork Basket store needs workers to maintain the store
shelves, organizing the inventory, making new displays
and putting new items out.
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Good
Samaritan Health Center
Weekly
or Monthly Opportunities
HOPE
helps the church be the church
Because the church is called to meet the needs of
not only the poor among us but also around us, we
act as an arm into the community, opening the door
for the church to truly be the hands of hope
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- Medical Volunteers –
All medical professionals must have Georgia Licenses.
Physicians also must have malpractice insurance.
- Immediate full-time employment opportunity
for Licensed Registered Nurses.
- Volunteer opportunities are available for
nurses, nurse practitioners, physicians,
physician assistants.
- Other volunteer needs include Dermatologist,
Endocrinologist, Hematologist, Phlebotomist,
Podiatrist.
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 Dental
Volunteers
- Urgent need for Dental Hygienist.
- Volunteer opportunities for dentists, dental
hygienists, dental assistants.
- Specialists including endodontists, pedodontists,
oral surgery and periodontists.
- All professionals must have a valid Georgia license
and malpractice insurance.
- Front office Volunteers
- Special opportunities for front office assistants
on Saturdays to allow for special Saturday morning
office hours.
- Weekday opportunities include patient verification,
call and confirm appointments, and translation.
- Back Office Volunteers
- Volunteers needed to assemble new patient charts,
notebooks, to copy forms and data entry.
- Dispensary Volunteers
- Dispensary volunteer needs include shelf reorganization,
patient assistance program forms and data entry,
ordering and sorting medications.
- Pharmacists must have a valid Georgia license.
- Counseling Volunteers
- Volunteers seeking to serve as counselors
must contact the Counseling Department directly. The
goal for the counseling department is to provide sound,
biblical and professional counsel to those dealing
with emotional, behavioral, relational, and mental
problems.
- Volunteer Social Workers are needed 2-3 days
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HOPE
at Huntington Station Apartments
One Time Opportunities
- Service Projects
- Volunteer to help us maintain our ministry apartment,
located at 2550-D Pilgrim Way in Huntington Station.
There are always opportunities for small groups or
youth groups to help us maintain the apartment.
- Special Cookouts & Parties
for the children, adults and families. These events are
ideal family events - your children and youth can serve
with you and enjoy the fun too! Email us at volunteer@hope4atl.org
or call the office to schedule an event.
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Weekly
Opportunities
And
HOPE
Changes Us
By giving of yourself to offer hope in
the lives of others, the door for
transformation in your own life is
opened. Expect encounters with those
who don't yet know Christ. Meet a
myriad of people in need around you. Experience expansion
of your comfort
zone as you interact with a community outside your everyday
circles.
And watch God use your willingness to
serve as a vehicle for His redemptive
work in you. Trust more as you
observe obstacles that cannot be
overcome by you alone. Pray bigger
because the poverty and pain you see
is great. Love deeper as you live out
Christ's command to carry the Gospel
to others and help those in need.
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- Tutoring
- Planning for the fall?!? Tutors are needed for
the after-school program Monday and Wednesday afternoons
beginning again in August. Invest your time in the
lives of children at Huntington Station Apartments!
Kindergarten thru 6th grade students attend to receive
help with homework and in developing their reading
and math skills. Join the team early!!
- Click here to view the Wish
List for Tutoring Supplies.
- Do you have an artistic talent? Come and share your
gift with the kids at Huntington Station! Volunteers
can develop special opportunities to help children
discover their hidden talents in the arts - painting,
music, writing, drama, etc.
- Women Support and Study
Groups
- The groups begin meeting again in August. Two childcare
providers can help with the young children during
the meeting, Friday mornings 10:00 a.m. until noon.
- Volunteers can assist with the women's group.
- Volunteers can develop special craft projects for
the women.
- Youth Mentoring –
Biweekly meetings
- Join the team! Meet with teenage girls every
other week for discipleship and fun!
- Join the team to begin a group for teenage guys!
- English as a Second Language
(ESL) Classes
- ESL classes begin again in August. Volunteers can
assist with ESL classes serving any Tuesday or Thursday
evening 7:00-8:00 p.m.
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Annual Opportunities
- Grant writers
- Help research for available grants and develop grant
proposals. To meet the ongoing needs of the ESL and
Tutoring programs HOPE can
more fully develop these programs and serve a greater
number of individuals with funds to purchase materials,
train leaders, and stipend teachers. Now is the time to
apply for grants! Back
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Prison Fellowship
– Angel Tree
Annual Opportunities
- Christmas Gifts
- Each year volunteers provide presents from the incarerated
parent for their children at Christmas time. Back
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