Volunteering for Our Partner Agencies

Our partner agencies are doing terrific work and you should consider volunteering for them.  We collaborate with:

Westside Housing Organization:  They rehabbed and maintain good quality, urban core housing.

• If you have professional knowledge and skills to offer, we may arrange educational sessions with residents on topics such as estate planning, tax preparation, health tips or parenting.
• If you have administrative skills to offer, we can work with you to identify a special project or event.
• Skills in graphic arts and grant writing are welcome.
• Gardening skills and interest are always appreciated to support our urban farms and orchard.

Check out their website for details at: http://www.westsidehousing.org/community/

Catholic Charities of Kansas City—St. Joseph:  Catholic Charities has a wonderful new initiative to provide housing for homeless families.  Their volunteer opportunities include:

• Package or deliver meals for homebound adults at our nutrition sites. It takes about 625 volunteer hours a month to ensure about 180 people get a hot midday meal.
• Put your career experience to work. Administrative and clerical volunteers donate more than 500 hours each year and our mentors contribute about 300 hours to help guide people in their job searches each year.
• Or choose a one-time special event. We need personal shoppers to help with our Christmas Shining Star project, we rely on volunteers to make our Celebration of Hope Gala a success, and we need scores of volunteers during Outpace Poverty.

Check out their website for details: https://www.catholiccharities-kcsj.org/portfolio-view/volunteer/

Habitat for Humanity:   Habitat has volunteer opportunities for donations, house sponsorships, volunteering on site, serving on a committee, fundraising, special events ... Look around and find a way to get involved that suits you best!  See their website for details.  https://habitatkc.org/volunteer/

Legal Aid of Western Missouri:  They do work under the Abandoned Housing Act to turned abandoned properties into good quality housing.  They sign up urban core homeowners for beneficiary deeds and do a wide variety of other work through their Adopt A Neighborhood Project.  Contact Latricia Scott Adams at (816)474-6750 for details.