Want to Help?

Are you, your family or friends, community group or faith community interested in getting involved in addressing homelessness in our region? Here are a few organizations you can support through your time, talent, or treasure.

Cafe 180

Their non-profit depends on volunteers to run the cafe as they have limited full-time staff. Their volunteers allow them to be able to offer free meals with dignity as well as invite the community into their mission. No special skills are required! They’re just looking for people that enjoy learning, serving in their community and meeting new people. To learn more visit Cafe 180’s website.

Giving Heart

  1. Bring a Meal: Help provide meals every Tuesday, Thursday, or Saturday evening.

  2. Teach a Class: Lead workshops to equip guests with life skills. Flexible position.

  3. Severe Weather Warming Site: Assist guests in registering and waiting for transportation to shelters during severe weather.

  4. Church Liaison: Act as the main contact for local churches to get involved.

  5. Mentor: Join our mentoring program to support participants.

  6. Long-Term Volunteering: Explore long-term roles as we grow.

To learn more visit Giving Heart’s website.

HAAT Force

HAAT Force provides voucher-based emergency housing within a motel setting during severe cold or wet weather for unhoused people for whom other shelter options (particularly congregate shelters) are untenable due to pregnancy, physical disability, age, family characteristics, being a family with children, or other vulnerability which could cause a substantial risk of severe hardship, illness, or death should they remain unsheltered. HAAT Force values donors and volunteers, as they make it possible for HAAT Force to support those who experience such vulnerabilities. To learn more, visit HAAT Force’s website and click on "Support Our Work."

IFCS

Integrated Family Community Services is a small organization with a large impact. Regularly scheduled or episodic, individual volunteers, families or small volunteer groups, all help staff complete the day-to-day tasks involved in serving our community. Volunteers and staff work together at food collection and distribution, administration, and special events. To learn more visit IFCS’s website.

Movement 5280

Examples of volunteer opportunities include:

  1. Serving in our kitchen

  2. Cooking a meal

  3. Volunteering in our clothing bank

  4. Working in our food pantry

  5. Making snack packs

  6. Organizing one of our many rooms

  7. Writing notes of encouragement

  8. Mentorship

To learn more visit Movement 5280’s website.

Severe Weather Shelter Network

Severe Weather Shelter Network provides emergency overnight shelter on life-threatening winter nights for single individuals living on the streets in West Arapahoe and Jefferson counties.

SWSN is always looking for more people who share the value of providing shelter and serving the homeless. Volunteers and donors help to save someone from freezing to death this winter. To learn more visit the Severe Weather Shelter Network’s website.