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Open Door Community House relies on volunteer support to raise awareness, serve our clients, provide leadership at annual events, and participate in a variety of special projects. For more information on opportunities for volunteer service, please contact Ann Hart. Volunteers working more than once are required to have a background check for $20.
Contact Ann at 706-323-5518 or ann@odch.org, or visit our office for a volunteer application.
ODCH Safe Sanctuaries – click here.
Your support helps Open Door Community House continue to serve those most in need of love and hope. We cannot continue to do what we do without generous contributions of goods, resources, and time from our community
Matthews Promise Academy – read to the children, provide individually wrapped snacks & bottled water, provide & assist with art & crafts and STEAM project supplies, backpacks, school supplies, and gift cards to Walmart. Contact Marlon Sharpe @ marlon@odch.org for more information.
Circles in Columbus – become an Ally, provide & serve a meal once a month for group meetings, provide gift cards to Walmart, or sponsor a graduation celebration. Contact Barbara @ barbara@odch.org for more information.
Showering Program for the Homeless – provide undergarments & socks for men & women, toiletries such as deodorant, toothbrushes, toothpaste, lotion, hand sanitizer, sunscreen, and women’s hygiene products. Provide white towels & washcloths (white so they can be bleached after each shower). Contact Andrea @andrea@odch.org for more information.
Virginia D. Jackson Transitional Home for Women – provide a Bible study group, provide supplies & instructions for a craft, provide gift cards to Walmart, or provide a meal. Contact Andrea @andrea@odch.org for more information.
Volunteers may lead or assist our children and youth with arts and crafts, sports and recreation, reading or math tutorials, homework help, and/or serve and clean up for Kids’ Café. No special skills are required (except a love for children!) but if you have a special skill or interest you’d like to share or teach, we will gladly work with you to do so. Adults may volunteer in all areas of children and youth ministries after undergoing a background check, drug screen, and Safe Sanctuaries Training. For more information on the Mathews Promise Academy contact Marlon Sharpe at 706-323-5518 or by email.
Circles in Columbus has a need for volunteers in a variety of areas including meal sponsorship and serving, working with children and teens, serving as an Ally for a family making the move out of poverty or offering a special skill or resource to a family to help in their transition. For more information about volunteering with Circles in Columbus click here.
Volunteers may assist in the Showering Program with registering participants, distributing hygiene items, cooking breakfast, assisting with computer skills training, or providing health related educational opportunities. This program serves the largest number of people at Open Door – up to 600 different participants each year. Volunteers working more than once in the Showering Program are required to have a background check. For more information on the Showering Program contact Open Door at 706-323-5518.
Click the image to the left to download Open Door’s Parental Release Form for teen volunteers.
