Volunteers

COVID Recovery Center

Vaccinated volunteers needed to warm up meals and do laundry on-site as needed for those experiencing homelessness who are recovering from COVID. PPE supplied for each shift. No contact with clients. Staff on site. Food is delivered with contactless protocols. 4 hour shifts, 24/7. Many hands are needed! Sign up on www.countmein.bouldercolorado.gov.

Cultivate

Volunteers are needed to support senior neighbors through programs such as rides to medical appointments for military veterans and their senior family members, grocery shopping and delivery, minor home repairs, snow shoveling and yard cleanup. Opportunities are available throughout Boulder and Broomfield counties. Visit cultivate. ngo/engage/volunteer, or call our office at 303-4431933.

Emergency Family Assistance Association

This Boulder-based nonprofit has an immediate need for truck unloaders, sorters and stockers. Volunteers in this role unload food donation delivery trucks, sort the donations and stock them. This position requires repeated heavy lifting of more than 40 pounds for the duration of the shift, which is 10 a.m. to noon, Tuesdays and/or Thursdays. Volunteers also are most needed weekly from 8:3011:30 a.m. Monday-friday. Other shifts also available. Complete the online volunteer application at efaa. org and select a schedule, or contact sue@efaa.org.

Feet Forward

An all-inclusive nonprofit organization in Boulder, Feet Forward is providing individuals experiencing homelessness with increased access to hot food, beverages, clothing and toiletries. These are available every Tuesday near the Glen Huntington Bandshell between Broadway and Canyon from 2:30-4 p.m. For information on how to help or contribute, visit feetforward.org or email jenniferlivovich@gmail. com.

Flatirons Habitat for Humanity

We are currently working on two new home construction sites in Boulder that will provide affordable homes for 22 families. Come as an individual or as a group, and there is no need for prior construction experience. We will provide all necessary tools, training and instruction. For more information, including a list of available volunteer opportunities, visit our volunteer portal at flatironshabitat.volunteerhub. com. If you have specific questions or would like to schedule group builds, contact volunteer@flatironshabitat.org, or call Pam at 303-667-6474.

Harvest of Hope Food Pantry

This nonprofit provides healthy, supplemental food to people in need of food assistance within a safe, welcoming and non-judgmental environment. Its most-needed food items are cans of black beans, red beans, chicken, shelf-stable alternative milks, dry pastas and travel-sized toiletries, including shampoo, conditioner, bar soap, toothpaste, sunscreen and razors. Find out more about hosting a food drive at hopepantry.org/fooddrive. Donations are accepted between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Monday through Friday at the pantry’s new location, 4830 Pearl St., Boulder. Ring the bell at the loading dock on the east side of the building. Consider volunteering, hopepantry. org/volunteer. Volunteers work in small groups, greeting participants, packing bags, stocking, weighing donations and helping with other tasks. Donations can also be made at hopepantry.org/ donate.

H.O.P.E. Homeless Outreach

This nonprofit serving Longmont’s homeless community is in need of nonperishable lunch bags, size small and large surgical gloves, plastic forks, plastic bottles of water, trial-sized shampoo and conditioner, large paper plates, disposable drinking cups, paper towels, toilet paper and hand sanitizer. Clothing donations that are washed and placed in a clean plastic bag include women’s pants in sizes 4, 5 and 8-10, men’s pants in sizes 30, 32, 34 and 36, all sizes of women’s tank tops and men’s shoes in sizes 5-11. Monetary donations are welcome to help meet the need for day services, which include showers, Internet access, meals, a place to rest and resources. Please contact us if you are a restaurant and would cook a daytime meal for the shelter for up to 25 people. To help, please contact Andy at andy@hopeforlongmont.org.

Impact on Education

Impact on Education supports Boulder Valley public schools with community funding and resources in order to meet critical needs and eliminate opportunity gaps.