Volunteer

Volunteer are URGENTLY NEEDED to help with the 11th Annual Thanks for Giving Food and Supplies Drive on November 18 and 19. We need van drivers and a variety of volunteers to represent the Mission at Giant and Walmart locations. Greet customers, pass out shopping bags and collect donations, it’s easy and fun. Please join us by calling 610.740.5500 x14 and Bill Dickinson will give you all the details or email Bill at wdickin@rcn.com.

Eagle Scout candidate Zack Best collected personal care items for the men who seek emergency shelter at the Mission’s Gateway Center. Thanks, Zack, for the great work. Zack (right) is pictured with the Mission’s Executive Director Gary Millspaugh.

Eagle Scout candidate James Adams organized a Food Drive/Benefit Concert for the Mission. The Concert was held on April 2nd at Asbury UMC, and they collected over 500 pounds of food and supplies. Gary Millspaugh, the Executive Director, received the donations on behalf of the Mission.

Volunteer to Lead a Supply Drive

Can you mobilize your church, business or civic group to collect supplies
for the Mission?
Download the flyers below to help you collect items for the Mission.
Please inform the Development Office at 610-740-5500, extension 14
before beginning your collection.

Click Here for Cleaning Supplies-Paper Products Drive Flyer
Click Here for Food Drive Flyer
Click Here for Personal Care Products Drive Flyer

Volunteer to Adopt a Month

We are looking for groups to “Adopt a Month” to provide Personal Care supplies for our guests and clients.
Click here for more information

Thanks to Air Product’s Career Development Program;
they hosted a month-long paper products and coffee
drive for the Mission.

Share What You Do Best!

The Mission needs people with a variety of skills and talents.
• Volunteers who can commit small amounts of time consistently as needed.
• Regular volunteering hours are Monday-Friday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.
• Opportunities for minors are limited.

Make, Bring and Serve a Meal:

The Mission serves more than 44,000 meals per year to hungry and homeless men.
If your group is looking for a way to serve the Mission, consider providing a meal. We need groups to prepare a meal, then to bring it in and serve it. Please schedule several weeks in advance.

For ideas on what to prepare and bring, please see our sample menus:
• Sample Breakfast/Brunch Menu
• Sample Dinner Menu

We ask that all servers be 16 or older and that there are 9 or less individuals per group. Each individual must bring a signed copy of our volunteer form, acknowledging adherence to our confidentiality policies.

Click Here to Download Form • Email cmpearson@rcn.com to schedule a meal.

Bob and Beth Over ran a bake sale for the Mission
at Five Below in Whitehall on September 18, 2010,
and donated the profits to the Mission. They were
joined by Dianne Moody, the Mission’s Development
Associate. Thanks Bob & Beth!

THANK YOU, Mary, for your hard work and dedication!
Marianne (Mary) Knapp, a loyal Mission supporter, sold a variety of baked goods on Sunday, March 28th at the Wal*Mart Supercenter in Easton. Mary baked the goodies herself, and is donating the proceeds to the Mission. Bill Dickinson, the Mission’s Director of Development, stopped by for some samples and raved, “They were delicious!”

Appropriate for Younger Volunteers:

Special Events

Our Newstalk 790 WAEB Spaghetti (fundraising) Dinner will be October 8th at Asbury United Methodist Church in Allentown. Teens can serve and bus tables. Younger children can be with their parents at the dessert table or beverage table. It’s a fun event; last year we raised over $50,000!

Thanks for Giving Food & Supplies Drive will be Friday, November 18th (probably 4-7 pm) and Saturday, November 19th (late morning to mid-afternoon.) This is a huge, two-day event, and we’ll need lots of help. Last year we were at 6 local Giant Food Stores Friday night and at 4 local Wal*Mart Stores on Saturday. We need lots of volunteers (kids and teens with parents are great for this) to greet customers as they’re entering the stores, give them grocery bags imprinted with our Needs List, and then thank them when they drop off items at our collection bins. Some families also helped put cans on the shelves back here at our warehouse. You can see some photos of the event at the bottom of our events page. Last year we collected more than 23,000 lbs. of food!

You can volunteer by mail or by completing the information below. We can email you volunteer opportunities as we have need.

Download volunteer form here, in pdf format. Mail the completed form to: