Volunteer

Volunteers Needed

Our biggest need at this time is for help with our breakfast program. We are looking for individuals who can help cook breakfast and can supervise several residents during the cleanup process. We are also looking for individuals that can help with the purchase of the food items and organize a nutritious regular weekly menu schedule.

Upcoming Shelter Events

September 2018

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
1
  • Open Door Ministries - Breakfast
  • Oak Grove MB - Dinner
2
  • Kiononia - Dinner
  • Two Way Church of Jesus Christ - To Minister to the Homeless
3
  • Storytime
  • Staff Meeting 9am
  • Literacy Volunteers
  • Fatherhood Class 7pm
  • Breakfast - Rachel, Zane & Danielle
  • Memorial Baptist - Dinner
4
  • Evening Bible Study - Women
  • Greenville Church of God - Dinner
5
  • Housing Meeting 1pm
  • Social Media Meeting 1pm
  • Evening Bible Study - Men
  • Ms. Single/Dee Howard - Dinner
6
  • Hardship 9am
  • Ignite Youth Group
  • St. Timothy's Episcopal- Dinner
7
  • House of Penocostal Ministries 7pm
  • Holly Hill FWB- Dinner
8
  • Trinity FWB - Breakfast
  • Ebenezer 7th Day Adventist - Dinner
9
  • Christ Presbyterian/ Bayt Shalom - Dinner
  • Two Way Church of Jesus Christ - To Minister to the Homeless
10
  • Storytime
  • Staff Meeting 9am
  • Literacy Volunteers
  • Fatherhood Class 7pm
  • Breakfast - Rachel, Zane & Danielle
  • First Christian Church DOC - Dinner
11
  • Evening Bible Study - Women
  • St. Paul's Episcopal - Dinner
12
  • Housing Meeting 1pm
  • Evening Bible Study - Men
  • Mary Pippens - Dinner
13
  • Hardship 9am
  • Ignite Youth Group
  • Faith Assembly of God - Dinner
14
  • House of Penocostal Ministries 7pm
  • Exec Meeting
  • Faith Temple - Dinner
15
  • Emmanuel Baptist - Breakfast
  • First FWB - Dinner
16
  • St. James UMC - Breakfast
  • Sycamore Hill MB - Dinner
  • Two Way Church of Jesus Christ - To Minister to the Homeless
17
  • Storytime
  • Staff Meeting 9am
  • Literacy Volunteers
  • Fatherhood Class 7pm
  • Breakfast - Rachel, Zane & Danielle
  • St. James UMC - Dinner
18
  • Evening Bible Study - Women
  • Dee Howard/ Christ Presbyterian - Dinner
19
  • Housing Meeting 1pm
  • Social Media Meeting 1pm
  • Evening Bible Study - Men
  • Living Waters Ministry - Dinner
20
  • Hardship 9am
  • Ignite Youth Group
  • Board Meeting
  • St. Timothy's Episcopal - Dinner
21
  • House of Penocostal Ministries 7pm
  • Peace Presbyterian - Dinner
22
  • Paradise Christian Center - Breakfast
  • First Presbyterian - Dinner
23
  • St. James UMC - Breakfast
  • Philippi Church of Christ - Dinner
  • Two Way Church of Jesus Christ - To Minister to the Homeless
24
  • Storytime
  • Staff Meeting 9am
  • Literacy Volunteers
  • Fatherhood Class 7pm
  • Breakfast - Rachel, Zane & Danielle
  • Oakmont Baptist/ Tammy Mozingo - Dinner
25
  • Evening Bible Study - Women
  • Shiv Ajmera - Dinner
26
  • Housing Meeting 1pm
  • Evening Bible Study - Men
  • Red Oak Christ/ Straightway Church - Dinner
27
  • Hardship 9am
  • Ignite Youth Group
  • St. Timothy's Episcopal - Dinner
  • Salem UMC - Dinner
28
  • House of Penocostal Ministries 7pm
  • Antioch Church Ministries - Dinner
  • Jarvis Memorial UMC Youth - Dinner
29
30
  • Two Way Church of Jesus Christ - To Minister to the Homeless

Becoming a Volunteer

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer, please contact us, stop by our office at 207 Manhattan Street or download a CCC Volunteer Application, page three of this document must be completed by the Greenville Police Department, and send it to: vc@greenvillecommunityshelter.org.  Or you may bring it by the office Monday – Friday 8am – 4pm.  Volunteers start our day here at the shelter each morning at 6 o’clock, Monday thru Friday, to cook breakfast for the residents.  On average, we feed 50-55 people each morning. We use disposable plates, cups, napkins, bowls, forks, knives, and spoons, which are donated by individuals, businesses, and churches. Our day ends with volunteers serving a hot dinner to our residents prepared with love and care by many churches, individuals, and businesses.

What Volunteers Do For Us

Before this program was implemented in June of 2013 we received only 40 meals from a vendor to feed our residents. It was based on a first come, first served basis. Now every day all of our residents receive a hot breakfast and dinner. 98% percent of our evening meals are supplied by local churches, some of which have been serving since we opened in 1988. Our residents feel special and are spoken to with respect and kindness as they receive their meal. Many times churches will also include a short devotional or prayer. This special attention helps our residents know that someone really cares about them and that they are not invisible.

Without our volunteers, our shelter would quite simply cease to function. We depend on the generosity and compassion of ordinary people just like you.