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

August 2017

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
1
  • Evening Bible Study - Women
  • Greenville Church of God - Dinner
2
  • Evening Bible Study - Men
  • Housing Meeting 1pm
  • Ms. Single/Dee Howard - Dinner
3
  • Ignite Youth Group
  • Hardship 9am
  • St. Timothy's Episcopal- Dinner
  • Reading with Meredith from St. Paul
4
  • House of Penocostal Ministries 7pm
  • Holly Hill FWB- Dinner
5
  • Open Door Ministries - Breakfast
  • Oak Grove MB - Dinner
6
  • Kiononia - Dinner
7
  • Storytime
  • Literacy Volunteers
  • Fatherhood Class 7pm
  • Staff Meeting 9am
  • Memorial Baptist - Dinner
8
  • Evening Bible Study - Women
  • Operations Meeting
  • St. Paul's Episcopal - Dinner
9
  • Evening Bible Study - Men
  • Housing Meeting 1pm
  • Social Media Meeting 1pm
  • Mary Pippens - Dinner
10
  • Ignite Youth Group
  • Hardship 9am
  • Faith Assembly of God - Dinner
11
  • House of Penocostal Ministries 7pm
  • Exec Meeting
  • Faith Temple - Dinner
12
  • Trinity FWB - Breakfast
  • Ebenezer 7th Day Adventist - Dinner
13
  • Christ Presbyterian/ Bayt Shalom - Dinner
14
  • Storytime
  • Literacy Volunteers
  • Fatherhood Class 7pm
  • Staff Meeting 9am
  • First Christian Church DOC - Dinner
15
  • Evening Bible Study - Women
  • Dee Howard/ Christ Presbyterian - Dinner
16
  • Evening Bible Study - Men
  • Housing Meeting 1pm
  • Living Waters Ministry - Dinner
17
  • Ignite Youth Group
  • Hardship 9am
  • Board Meeting
  • St. Timothy's Episcopal - Dinner
18
  • House of Penocostal Ministries 7pm
  • Peace Presbyterian - Dinner
19
  • Emmanuel Baptist - Breakfast
  • First FWB - Dinner
20
  • St. James UMC - Breakfast
  • Sycamore Hill MB - Dinner
21
  • Storytime
  • Literacy Volunteers
  • Fatherhood Class 7pm
  • Staff Meeting 9am
  • St. James UMC - Dinner
22
  • Evening Bible Study - Women
  • Shiv Ajmera - Dinner
23
  • Evening Bible Study - Men
  • Housing Meeting 1pm
  • Social Media Meeting 1pm
  • Red Oak Christ/ Straightway Church - Dinner
24
  • Ignite Youth Group
  • Hardship 9am
  • Salem UMC - Dinner
25
  • House of Penocostal Ministries 7pm
  • Jarvis Memorial UMC Youth - Dinner
  • Antioch Church Ministries - Dinner
26
  • Paradise Christian Center - Breakfast
  • First Presbyterian - Dinner
27
  • St. James UMC - Breakfast
  • Philippi Church of Christ - Dinner
28
  • Storytime
  • Literacy Volunteers
  • Fatherhood Class 7pm
  • Staff Meeting 9am
  • Oakmont Baptist/ Tammy Mozingo - Dinner
29
  • Evening Bible Study - Women
30
  • Evening Bible Study - Men
  • Housing Meeting 1pm
31
  • Ignite Youth Group
  • Hardship 9am
  • St. Timothy's Episcopal - Dinner

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 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.