Please note: This is not an all-inclusive list of volunteer opportunities

Organization
ACTS (Area Congregations
Together in Service)
Summary
A Greater Richmond Interfaith mission providing support and resources during periods of financial crisis to
prevent homelessness.
Birthdays for Everyone
Help Virginia Supportive Housing (VSH) enjoy their birthdays by making decorations, treats, and cards;
preparing the space and celebrating. Volunteers must be adults with children (no more than 2). One
Saturday per month.
Organization that utilizes facilities and volunteers of congregations in the Richmond area to provide
emergency shelter. Individual congregations provide overnight shelter, dinner and breakfast.
Furniture Bank: provides 800-1000 individuals and families with essential household items annually
Congregations Around
Richmond Involved to
Assure Shelter (CARITAS)
Chesterfield Colonial Heights
Alliance for Social Ministry
(CCHASM)
Commonwealth Catholic
Charities
Provides residents emergency food and/or financial assistance along with empowering resources to assist
them in moving their families back to financial independence. Donations accepted online.
FeedMore
Central Virginia’s hunger-relief leader made up of the Central Virginia Food Bank, Meals on Wheels, and the
Community Kitchen. FeedMore’s programs provide hunger relief to Central Virginia’s most vulnerable
populations, particularly children, families and seniors.
Food and Fellowship
Virginia Supportive Housing (VSH) offers a monthly opportunity for volunteers to share a meal with its
clients. Volunteers must bring a ready-to-eat, healthy, potluck dish. Volunteers must be adults with
children (no more than 2). One Wednesday per month. Online donation opportunities also available.
Helping Hands
Groups of teens/young adults provide assistance in the homes of people in need in the community. One
Saturday per month.
Hilliard House Shelter
Hilliard House Shelter is a program that assists homeless women and children to build their capacity to live
productively in the community. Volunteers are needed on Wednesday evening to provide semi-structured
activities to children while their mothers attend class. Activities may include arts/crafts, homework help,
changing diapers, games, hanging out.
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) provides Rice Bowls for volunteers to gather their Lenten alms (donations).
Return the rice bowl to St. Gabriel Catholic Church. Rice bowls will be distributed at the February FEAST and
starting Ash Wednesday, February 18.
Make bag lunches and snacks for the homeless. One Sunday per month after the 11am mass.
Rice Bowl
St. Anthony’s Bread
Sweetheart Party
Homeless Intervention Program that operates as a safety net for individuals and families threatened by
possible eviction or foreclosure on their homes.
Virginia Supportive Housing’s annual Valentines themes party to encourage low-income formerly homeless
individuals opportunities for food and fellowship. Volunteers needed to make cookies and cards, decorate,
serve lunch and eat together. Volunteers must be adults with children (no more than 2). Online donation
opportunities also available.
Contact Information
ACTS
www.actsrva.org
804-644-2401
VSH Central Virginia Office
804-788-6825
CARITAS
www.caritasva.org
804-358-0964
804-343-5008 (Furniture Bank)
CCHASM
www.cchasm.org
804-796-3715
CCC
www.cccofva.org
804-285-1630
FeedMore
[email protected]
804-521-2501
VSH Central Virginia Office
804-788-6825
www.virginiasupportivehousin
g.org
St. Gabriel Catholic Church
www.saintgabriel.org
804-639-6712
Housing Families First
http://www.housingfamiliesfirs
t.org/hilliardhouse/
804-236-5800
St. Gabriel Catholic Church
www.saintgabriel.org
804-639-6712
St. Gabriel Catholic Church
www.saintgabriel.org
804-639-6712
VSH Central Virginia Office
804-788-6825
www.virginiasupportivehousin
g.org
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Please note:
This is not an all-inclusive list of volunteer opportunities. More information and opportunities can be found on the St. Gabriel website by clicking on the Hunger FEAST
link. Opportunities can also be found at http://richmondgoodlife.com/volunteer/richmond_homeless.htm and http://www.handsonrva.org/waystovolunteer.
“Blessed are you who are now hungry, for you will be satisfied.” Luke 6:21
Catholic social teaching calls
each of us to:
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Respect the life and dignity
of the human person by
recognizing that we are
made in the image and
likeness of God
Support family, community
and participation by
recognizing that we are not
only sacred, but social
Respect the rights and
responsibilities of all people
Opt for the poor and
vulnerable through all of
our actions
Respect the dignity of work
and the rights of workers
through our economic
decisions and actions
Recognize solidarity with all
people
Care for all God’s creation
by being good stewards of
what has been entrusted to
us entrusted to us
Lenten Prayer
God of all people,
WELCOME TO THE HUNGER FEAST
At today’s hunger feast, the place you sat and
the meal you ate were determined by luck of
the draw- just as in real life as some of us are
born into relative prosperity and others into
poverty. If you live in one of the world’s
richest countries – United States, England,
France, Italy, Spain, Norway , and Austria- you
will most likely go to bed with a full belly.
Dinner in Russia, Poland, Hungary and Ukraine
is simple, yet adequate. If you live in a
developing nation, however, a bowl of rice
and some clean water will seem like a
gourmet meal.
We offer you our Lenten
journey.
May we learn to walk as
one human family,
remembering in a special
way that those who are the
poorest and most in need.
Bless our prayers, our
fasting and our Lenten
gifts.
Through these actions, we
show our love for your Son,
Jesus, and answer your call
to love one another.
Amen