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Today’s post is courtesy of Brad Weber, our Volunteer Coordinator:

It’s hard to summarize what our volunteers mean to us.  From driving clients, to helping with resumes, to serving meals, we have a volunteer to help with just about any task here at the mission.  And the great thing about the amount of volunteers we have?  It keeps growing.

Currently, we have approx. 800-900 volunteers that serve at the Mission.  This consists of individuals, church groups, students from YSU, and local business employees.  The most common area for volunteering is in the dining hall.  Numerous churches in the area have specific days that they serve a meal during the course of a month, and some of the churches even prepare and cook the meal for our clients!  Most of these church groups have been serving for many years, and come in so often that they have really grown close to the clients and other staff members.  We also look for larger groups to help with our Super Saturday event, which is a morning of spring cleaning around the mission designed to accommodate groups of 10 or more.

Right now, we have a large number of students from area high schools and from YSU serving at the mission.  Most are doing hours for national honor society, some are doing hours working towards completing their major.  We are happy to welcome them!

We are always looking for additional volunteers.  We would love to meet with you and show you around the Mission and talk to you about the opportunities we have here!!  If you are interested in serving here at the mission, please contact Brad Weber, our Volunteer Coordinator, at 330-744-5485 x212.  He would be happy to setup a tour and meeting with you to discuss more about volunteering!