Ongoing Service Opportunities at Rider
Midnight Run
Gleanings
Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week (HAHA)
Martin Luther King Day of Service
Mount Carmel Guild of Trenton
Emergency Assistance Program
The mission of the Mount Carmel Guild is to assist poor and working poor individuals and families with obtaining the basic necessities of life such as food, clothing, shelter, and healthcare. They accomplish their mission through the use of trained staff and committed volunteers.
Rider student volunteers will work primarily with adults and senior citizens performing general maintenance duties, unloading food deliveries, sorting and organizing food deliveries, packing food bags to be distributed to clients, performing general clerical tasks, and working directly with clients.
Volunteers are needed on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the afternoon to assist with deliveries. Volunteers are needed on other afternoons to perform clerical tasks and work with clients. Due to space limitations, only 1-3 volunteers can work simultaneously.
If you would like to volunteer, please contact:
Sister Loretta Maggio, O.P.
Director of Emergency Assistance Program
Phone: 609-392-3402
Fax: 609-392-5903
Email: slmaggiomcg@aol.com
Web: www.mountcarmelguild.org
Mobile Meals of Trenton/Ewing
Meals-On-Wheels Program
The Mobile Meals of Trenton/Ewing is committed to providing nutritious meals and related services which are designed to promote the independence, dignity, health, and well-being of homebound customers. The agency delivers one, two, or three meals daily to individuals who are homebound and are unable to shop and/or prepare meals for themselves. Meals are provided primarily by volunteers in Trenton, Ewing, and the bordering areas of Hamilton and Lawrence Townships during the noon hour each weekday. The primary goal is to support these individuals in their quest to remain safely in their home environment and provide nutrition sufficient to maintain and improve health.
Rider student volunteers work primarily with senior citizens and are utilized primarily in meal delivery. Volunteers may serve as "driver" (using personal vehicles, navigating a route with point-to-point directions) and/or "runner" (accompanies driver, brings meal from car to client home or apartment), and may be chosen to be a "regular" (same day each week, same delivery route) or "substitute" (called in as-needed). An orientation is provided to any prospective volunteers regarding procedures for meal delivery.
Rider volunteers may also be interested in packing and/or distributing non-perishable groceries to our clients, or assisting in our office by working on mailings, newsletters, or other projects
Student volunteers are needed any weekday, from apporximately 10:30am to 12:30pm for meal delivery. The greatest need is on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Days and hours are more flexible for students interested in volunteering in our office, which is open from 8:30am to 4:00pm Monday through Friday.
If you would like to volunteer, please contact:
Director of Volunteers
Phone: 609-695-3483
Fax: 609-393-7725
Email: volunteer@mmte.org
Web: www.mmte.org
A New Season: Engagement to Marriage Training Service, Inc.
Volunteer opportunities available for the Blue Tulip fundraiser, policy manual, marketing, website content, social services
The mission of the organization is to provide spiritual and practical instruction for engaged couples who are planning to build a life together. The staff and counselors of A New Season are committed to serve, education, train, and celebrate the commitment of marriage and the famiily. This is accomplished by preparing the couple to face the challenges of their new life together, of two becoming one, and raising a family. The foundations needed for them to achieve their goals and fulfill their dreams are provided. Training and weddings for economically challenged couples are also subsidized.
Rider student volunteers serve as administrative aides and work with single and divorced adults that are engaged to be married and with adolescents. Volunteers will assist with the creation of a policy and procedure manual, market campaigns to teens, 20- and 30- year olds to attract them to classes, market campaigns to corporations to sponsor and donate, fundraising ideas, grant writing, website content, counseling social service duties, and translating at course site.
If you would like to volunteer, please contact:
Donna M. Lavin, CEO
Phone: 856-824-1405
Fax: 856-824-1504
Email: donna@anewseasonemt.org
Web: www.anewseasonemt.org
Clean Communities Juniors Program (CCJP)
The overall goal of the program is to get children and their families involved in uplifting and rebuilding the community of Trenton, NJ. The program lends academic support as well as social services to those in need. The program is run completely by volunteer assistance.
Daily a volunteers would tutor and mentor students and run workshops for adolescent groups. Volunteers will discuss issues such as self-esteem and team building skills. We have a gardening program and community clean-up on the weekends as well.
We will accept as many college students as are willing to participate. We are all volunteers from the director to the community outreach personell and as an alumni, I would support any student from Rider who needs service hours.
If you would like to volunteer, please contact:
Princess Jenkins
Volunteer Program Director
Phone: (609)394-4976
Email: Printab@yahoo.com
Another great way to volunteer is to get involved with the Bonner Leaders on campus! These students volunteer at a wide variety of nonprofit organizations in our community almost every day of the week. If you want to donate your time but don’t know where to start or would like to volunteer with fellow students as opposed to on your own, contact the director of the RCS/Bonner Leader Program, Heather Brisby, hbrisby@rider.edu
