Mennonite Central Committee

Lodging

Housing can be arranged; RV sites available.

Opportunities

Volunteers work with local social service agencies, relating to homeless, displaced or disabled people; also in food distribution; may include teaching Sunday school and Bible studies. They relate closely to the Prince of Peace Mennonite Church.

Opportunities year-round.

Lodging

RV park with water, sewer and electricity (30, 40, and 50 amps) available. Unless RV is well winterized this is not an option during December, January, and February. Four single beds available in basement of staff home with kitchen and separate bath.

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This work among Native Americans is a year round ministry with volunteers welcomed for assistance with special building or repair projects and with school-related activities.

Lodging

On-site coordinators will assist in getting housing for volunteers.

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Trinity Mennonite Church in Phoenix hosts volunteers and plans short-term service involvements in the local food band, homeless shelters, schools, home repair, and other social service ministries such as assisting in the counseling work of Love in Action, helping with crafts and activities at the Glencroft Care Activities Center and tutoring immigrants with Gary Tang and other adult education programs. House of Refuge, a shelter for homeless men, located at Sunnyslope Mennonite Church also welcomes volunteers to help with shelter supervision, job creation projects, cooking, and interaction with the men.

Lodging

RV sites available and/or housing can be arranged.

Opportunities

Volunteers assist with a home repair service for low-income individuals and families or with garden projects at the peace center and at times work at social service agencies in town. We encourage volunteers to consider serving for a month or more.

Lodging

Housing provided for a small cost per week. RV hookups are also available.

Opportunities

El Dorado is about two hours from Little Rock. Opportunities for service in senior center, nursing home, Habitat for Humanity, tutors in local schools, mentor children at Boys and Girls Club, sewing and projects at Mission of Hope, First Mennonite Church (Sunday-school teachers, visitation, maintenance, yard work, small group leader, transportation). Also work at retired senior volunteer program.

Lodging

Accommodations are in homes with families and couples. If preferred, there are apartments to rent and local hotels where volunteers may stay for the short term. There are also possibilities of RV hook-ups at a local RV park.

Opportunities

Reedley, California has many service opportunities through the Central California Mennonite Service Center. This ministry consists of a Ten Thousand Villages store, a thrift shop and other related ministries. Specific opportunities are working at the Ten Thousand Villages store; dusting, stocking shelves, pricing, etc. In the thrift store help is needed to sort, price donations and assist with small appliance donations. The thrift store also has fabric and rug weaving departments. Volunteers can cut fabric, tie comforters,assemble MCC kits, cut up denim, weave and tie rugs. For six weeks in the summer assistance is needed for MCC's dried fruit program. The Fresno MCC relief sale is held the first weekend in April and could also use volunteers.

Lodging

Lodging available locally.

Opportunities

Christian Community Services is an ecumenical community service and development agency. Volunteers help with home repair for senior citizens and the economically disadvantaged, and in building rehabilitation for community service agencies.

Opportunities available year-round.

Lodging

Meals and lodging are provided. Staffing for the International Guest House is needed year-round

Opportunities

The International Guest House, a bed and breakfast owned by Allegheny Mennonite Conference, provides a "home away from home" for the international traveler to the DC area. Responsibilities include preparing and serving breakfast to staff and guests, cleaning guest rooms, washing guest sheets and towels, and cleaning bathrooms. Volunteers would need to interact with the guests, answer questions, give directions, share tea, cookies and conversation each evening at 9:00 pm, and eat breakfast with guests. Other duties include seasonal lawn work, answering phone and taking reservations. Great opportunity to take advantage of Washington DC sites and culture.

Lodging

RV hook-ups

Opportunities

Lakewood Retreat is a Mennonite Church Camp and retreat center located in central Florida. Volunteers help with maintenance, kitchen work, housekeeping, and various improvement projects.

Lodging

No cost for lodging and lunch when served. Small charge for other meals or space given to prepare own meals.

Opportunities

A United Methodist Adult Retreat and Conference Center. A very nice site, situated on a lake. Volunteers may be involved in anyof the following, depending on their gifts and talents: maintenaqnce, housekeeping, hospitality, front desk, hosting and special projects as needed.

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The camp provides electricity, water and sewer hookup for RVs in a wooded, secluded part of the grounds. Nearby is the bathhouse with laundry, restrooms, and showers.

Opportunities

Camp Ithiel, near Orlando, operates year-round with mostly weekend groups in the winter and weeklong sleep-away camps in the summer. Interests and talents of volunteers can be matched with a special project or task. Projects range from fix-it jobs, light construction, trimming shrubs and limbs, tree cutting and trimming, painting, spring-cleaning and housekeeping to assisting in the kitchen or office. A new dining hall is nearing completion. New Covenant Church of the Brethren worships on site.

Lodging

RV site nearby.

Opportunities

Homestead Mennonite Church is located in a multicultural neighborhood with many families with children. The church has a core of very committed people, but the needs in the community are bigger than the church itself can meet. The Nehemiah Project operates out of HMC and runs a community development project that rebuilds homes and places first-time homeowners in homes. Service assignments include tutoring, childcare, maintenance and lawn care, light carpentry repairs, sports, and food distribution. Opportunities year-round.

Lodging

As the SOOP program begins in Sarasota, volunteers are asked to make their own living arrangements while serving in Sarasota during the busy winter tourist season. However, housing requests can be considered on an individual basis.

Opportunities

Volunteers assist at the Sarasota Christian School with tasks assigned for office, library or classroom and with the maintenance and grounds department. The retirement village, Sunnyside Village, welcomes assistance with activities and events as well as maintenance and yard work. Goshen College's Sarasota campus which offers academic adult programs also has volunteer needs. Other openings for volunteer assistance are being explored with Sarasota's homeless shelter, Resurrection House, All Faiths Food Bank, MCC Relief program, the Charis Center, Habitat for Humanity and other congregational ministries.

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Volunteers receive room and board.

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Koinonia is an intentional Christian community welcoming people of all faiths. our ministries include a community outreach center with programs for youth and elders, a local home-repair partnership, hospitality to visitors, a volunteer program and education on peace and justice, religious faith, Koinonia history, etc. To support our community we sell books, community-made arts and crafts, treats made from pecans we grow, baked goods, etc.,through our store and catalog. Volunteers serve in a variety tasks, including bakery work, pecan processing, maintenance, meals on wheels, gardening, youth center assistance, etc. Volunteers participate in community life, share resources, live together and study and take time for spiritual life together. Our volunteer terms are January, February - April, June - August and September - December. For those who wish to serve for a shorter time, visits of up to two weeks may be arranged.

Lodging

Room and board are provided in the community building. SOOP volunteers are responsible for transportation costs to and from Jubilee.

Opportunities

Jubilee Partners is a Christian service community in rural northwest Georgia whose primary work is resettling refugees. Volunteers' work includes a variety of tasks, including teaching English as a second language, maintenance, cooking, childcare and gardening.

Volunteers have study sessions each week on issues important to christian living in an intentional community.

There are three volunteer terms a year: January thru May, June thru August, Sept thru Dec. SOOP volunteers are not required to stay the whole term, but those staying shorter times may not be fully integrated into the structures and activities of the regular volunteer program.

Lodging

New Hope House provides room and board. Accommodations in shared half of duplex includes three bedrooms, one and a half baths, equipped kitchen, washer and clothes line (a dryer in the guesthouse). Two couples could easily occupy the space. Staff person, occupies the other side of the duplex. The separate guest house is a double wide mobile for children of death row families to stay during court cases. Both buildings are on the same property. Volunteer time can be flexible. Grocery and other stores are 20 minutes away. Feel free to take time off for personal trips, etc. The beautiful and historical city of Savannah, and Tybee Beach on the Atlantic Coast, are four hours away. It's a four-hour drive to the Florida state line.

Opportunities

New Hope House is a Christian service community in rural middle Georgia one hour south of Atlanta. Its primary work is with death-row prisoners and their families and friends. SOOP VOLUNTEERS MUST BE SUPPORTIVE OF ELMINATING THE DEATH PENALTY. New Hope House maintains a guesthouse for family members visiting death-row prisoners. Staff often travel around the state accompanying families of defendants through death penalty trials. SOOP volunteers can choose to take part in hospitality, court accompanying, building maintenance or grounds maintenance. You can work at your own pace. No previous training is needed for court work. Also glad for folks with a sympathetic ear who like to offer encouragement.

Lodging

RV site or housing can also be arranged with local church members. Prefer volunteers to have their own car.

Opportunities

Six-acre campus includes library, museum, archives, barn and agricultural museum, grandfather house, prairie grass and native trees. Open April through October. Ongoing tasks for volunteers are to assist with filing, labeling records and photographs, working with preservation care of artifacts, mailings, genealogical research, creating computer programs and a wide variety of maintenance tasks including cleaning and painting and grounds work.

Lodging

Accommodation includes a rent-free apartment.

Opportunities

Volunteers will live on campus in apartments and be in a setting that provides theological education for pastors, teachers and service workers. Interaction with students, faculty and resource people from around the world are added possibilities. Service opportunities include maintenance, childcare, library services, meal preparation and service, switchboard and mailroom, light clerical and computer data entry, and hospitality services in guesthouse. Volunteers encouraged to make a school year (September to May) commitment. Service opportunities in the spring and summer would be working with campus grounds care.

Lodging

Two lovely furnished apartments complete with kitchen accessories, towels and bedding are provided.

Opportunities

Menno-Hof, a Mennonite-Amish Visitors Center, presents the Anabaptist faith story to visitors from all walks of life. Opportunities for service: host and hostess for the Center - this includes conducting tours during open hours and occasionally at other times for special tours, janitorial work, some light housekeeping and/or tending the vegetable garden. Volunteers would be expected to work from 9:30 AM to 6:00 PM. Menno-Hof would give each volunteer 1 to 2 days off per week as well as Sunday.

Lodging

Room and board is provided.

Opportunities

Camp Courageous is a year-round recreational and respite care facility for persons with disabilities of all ages and capabilities. Volunteers who would like to work directly with campers can serve as counselors for a weekend of respite care, a week of regular camp, or a long-term assignment for a season or a year. Others can work in maintenance, office help, housekeeping, or kitchen work. Those volunteering for more than two months receive a stipend and restricted medical coverage. Volunteers must be interested in working with the disabled and have a love for nature.

Lodging

Housing provided in an air-conditioned cabin with bath, kitchenette, double bed, phone. RV site with water and electric hook-up. Food provided when camp is in session. When camp is not serving meals, volunteers may eat left-overs or provide their own food. Camp laundry available for personal use when not being used by camp.

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Crooked Creek Camp serves the spiritual development of children and adults in the Midwest by providing Christ-centered programs, excellent facillities and generous hospitality in a setting that celebrates God's creation. The camp is spread over 300 acres with buildings/activities in several locations. The camp provides vehicles as needed for work.

Service opportunities for volunteers include: mowing lawn on a riding 60" mower, kitchen assistant, light housekeeping, assist with summer activities as time allows, host adult groups, occasional office work, light maintenance, fix-it type jobs. Personal hobbies or areas of interest will be used as much as possible.

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Lodging

RV park two miles from campus and short-term guest housing on campus available.

Opportunities

Volunteers needed in food services, clerical services, facilities maintenance, construction, and repair. Other opportunities available — depending on qualifications.

Lodging

Housing, utilities and travel expenses for the agency are provided. A two bedroom fully equipped mobile home with washer and dryer is available.

Opportunities

Position consists of mainly traveling and managing shows at churches for Morris Fork Crafts, a nonprofit corporation dedicated to developing craft skills, marketing hand crafts, and returning a higher-than-normal percentage of the selling price to the craft persons. Morris Fork "holler" lies deep in the hills of southeastern Kentucky. The holler is about three and a half miles long and serves as home to about 140 people. The terrain is typical of the eastern Kentucky area served. It is very isolated, especially in the winter. Responsibilities include assisting with operation and maintaining the craft center; selling crafts at various church, civic affairs and festivals; maintaining close contact with the craft producers; corresponding with customers, writing newsletters; speaking to groups when requested; etc. Financially self-supporting persons are preferable.

Lodging

A guest house is available for up to six people. Opportunities year-round.

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Lotts Creek Community School is a nonprofit community school (K-12) located in the Appalachian Mountains. Volunteers help with carpentry, repairs and minor plumbing, light landscaping, tutoring, art, music, sewing, library, office work, and playground help. This is an isolated location and is more suitable for small groups.

Lodging

Dormitory style accommodations for short-term volunteers and one standard house for long-term volunteers. HOMES will accept short-term volunteers throughout the year with the only requirement being that they provide their own tools and on-the-job transportation. Preferred assignment time September to March.

Opportunities

HOMES Inc. (Housing Oriented Ministries Established for Service) is a nonprofit agency located in the Appalachian Mountains of eastern Kentucky. HOMES has a strong Mennonite background with three Mennonite volunteers serving on the board of directors. HOMES builds new homes and repairs existing houses for low-income families in the area. Volunteers with carpentry and repair skills needed.

Lodging

Able to accommodate RV's in several locations. Also available are two self-contained small homes and there are bedrooms in the group facility, which has a large shared space for other volunteers.

Opportunities

MCC Appalachia is a Christian relief and development program that works directly in communities of Appalachia in Eastern Kentucky and West Virginia. Appalachia is a beautiful place to visit and there are many opportunities for service. SWAP (Sharing With Appalachian People) is a home repair program. SWAP is looking for carpenters, cooks, material drivers, site coordinators, and persons to lead evening sessions. Volunteers may also serve at a local food pantry and clothing bank, sorting clothes and distributing food. MCC needs assistance in picking up material aid and building supplies from outside locations, such as Akron, PA and Goshen, IN Trips can be planned year round as volunteers are available - vehicles and travel costs are usually provided for these trips. MCC owns and uses a number of properties in Eastern Kentucky in need of upkeep. Assistance with the maintenance allows MCC workers to focus more time on program work in Appalachia. This maintenance includes cutting lawns, minor building repairs, and painting. If there are other skills that volunteers bring - MCC Appalachia will look within the community to match interests with the needs here (ie., education, reading, crafting, etc.)

Lodging

Two apartments are available (each with full kitchen, bathroom w/tub and sleeping quarters for 2 to 4). Laundry facilities are on-site. In addition to the apartments, sleeping rooms with attached bathrooms are available as well. RV hook-ups may be used during the warmer months and have full electrical and sewer hook-up. Shower facilities are available to volunteers.

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Camp Friedenswald, located on 300 acres next to Shavehead Lake in southern Michigan, is affiliated with the Mennonite Camping Association and has a rich history as a church camp. Friedenswald, which means peaceful wood, seeks to provide people of all ages the opportunity to gain a better understanding and love for God, self, others and nature.The mission is accomplished through program camps, outdoor education, guest group rentals and special events. The camp utilizes volunteers year round. Volunteer opportunities include food services, operating a dishwasher, housekeeping maintenance and/or office work.

Lodging

Room and board provided and RV space available.

Opportunities

Individuals or couples needed for general services, including kitchen, laundry, cleaning and maintenance. Year round service opportunities available.

Lodging

Room and board is provided. RV space is also an option (electric hook-up only).

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The Hermitage is a retreat center committed to creating an environment of attentiveness to God. We are a place of welcoming hospitality to individuals and small groups. Daily and seasonal responsibilities include: greeting guests, meal preparation, cleaning, laundry, yard work, landscaping, building maintenance, forestry tasks, gardening, and canning and freezing produce. Each day begins with morning prayers. Meals are taken in community. Retreat days and spiritual direction are offered as desired.

People may volunteer for several weeks, a month, or just one week. The Hermitage is located 34 miles from Goshen/Elkhart.

Lodging

Available with no charge in a lakeside cabin or a yurt with bathroom nearby. Meals provided.

Opportunities

This camp provides guided canoe trips into the wilderness of Northern Minnesota and also offers retreat for individuals. Volunteers are welcomed May through mid-September to assist in kitchen and office and with cleaning, painting or small carpentry projects.

Lodging

A small duplex with kitchenette or RV hookups available for lodging.

Opportunities

Pine Lake Camp is located just outside of Meridian. The camp is owned and operated by the Gulf States Mennonite Conference and is a major ministry of Jubilee Mennonite Church in Meridian. Service opportunities include general maintenance, small repairs and housekeeping year-round. During the months of June and July, additional opportunities would include cooking and camp nurse responsibilities during the summer camping program.

Lodging

Headquarters: White River Cheyenne Mennonite Church - sleeping quarters with bath and shower, cooking in church kitchen. RV hook-up with water, sewer and electricity. Need to buy some groceries.
Campsite: Staff house with bunk beds. RV's have electrical hook-up from generator , clean water from spring or camp system, outhouses. Meals provided.

Opportunities

Camp is located in the hills at Crazyhead Springs, on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, in southeastern Montana. Camp is about 27 miles from Bushby (headquarters)and 10 miles from Lame Deer or Ashland. The purpose of the camp is to share the good news of Jesus and provide opportunities for spiritual growth.

Main opportunity is to help with the mechanical upkeep at camp - diesel generator (checking oil, keeping fuel tank full); water system (keep system working properly and filling tanks).
Secondary opportunity: Work with local people and other volunteers to help camp set-up and dismantling (beginning and end of July). Also help with cooking in kitchen at camp.

Lodging

Room and board provided. RV sites with hook-up also available.

Opportunities

Geneva Point Center is an ecumenical conference center with a long and rich Christian history. Volunteers are asked to serve five to six hours a day, five or six days a week. Volunteers serve in areas like maintenance, dining room, ice cream and gift shop, hosting office and housekeeping. Security check required of all volunteers. Geneva Pointe opens in May and closes near the end of October.

Lodging

Each couple has their own self-contained apartments, fully furnished. All they need to bring is personal items for their own comfort and needs.

Opportunities

We are a Christ-centered Bible-based residential drug and alcohol rehabilitaion program, ministering to the Native American male. It is the mission of Navajo BIC Overcomers to eliminate the existence of chemical dependency and contribute to the constructive lifestyle of its clients while raising the standard of living through application of Christian principles and long term development of life management skills. This will be achieved through intervention, counseling, education and assistance while maintaining the cultural integrity and diversity of its particpants.

The most important responsibility is to live a Christian life in relationship to all others, both staff and clients, forming good solid relationships with the men, helping to create a family atmosphere with them each other as well as the staff. Some of the activites volunteers would be involved in is being with the men during their free times, by participating with them in table games, puzzles and other activities, participate in the weekly community meeting and the daily praise and worship, assist in other way as they are asked or see needs. The husband will help supervise work details for the men as needed and supervise craft time. The wives prepare the evening meal Monday through Thursday. The clients prepare all other meals, wasah dish for all meals, plus clean the kitchen for all meals. Couples share grocery shopping duties. Each couple has every other weekend off and alternate other times of duty. There are always lots of things to be done around the mission compound and so each person may do as much or as little as they wish during the day.

Lodging

Accommodations can be arranged, and there are spots available for RVs.

Opportunities

Volunteer opportunities in Carlsbad include Boys and Girls club, possibly Habitat for Humanity, Living Desert, Head Start, thrift store, soup kitchen, maintenance/repair, nursing home and hospice. Carlsbad is a small town in southeastern New Mexico. The climate is dry and mild. The famous Carlsbad Caverns are close by, as well as other recreational activities, including affordable golfing. The local Mennonite church is small, so it offers many possibilities to become actively involved.

Opportunities Christmas through March.

Lodging

All food and housing is provided, but volunteers may bring their own RV if they prefer.

Opportunities

Beaver Camp is a Christian camp and retreat center located in the Adirondack Park in northern New York. Volunteers will help with maintenance, kitchen work, housekeeping and other tasks as needed.

Lodging

One basement studio room with a shared bathroom. We could also accommodate one RV.

Opportunities

Volunteer hosts are expected to work Friday through Sunday, and enjoy the scenic Northeast Monday through Thursday. Camp Deerpark welcomes weekend visitors who come from the inner city. Volunteers would help prepare and serve meals and snacks, and help guests find their lodging upon arrival.

Lodging

RV location and efficiency apartment available.

Opportunities

Service Opportunities Unique World Gifts is a not-for-profit store that operates year-round. Will match the interests and talents of volunteers to tasks that include bookkeeping, advertising, speaking engagements, off-site sales, promotions, and assisting in the store two to three days each week. Hickory Mennonite congregation will appreciate the support and encouragement of volunteers. Volunteers welcome year-round with greatest need from September to mid-December. Minimum service time of one month is encouraged for those with no prior experience working in a Ten Thousand Villages store.

Lodging

All food and housing is provided, but volunteers may bring their own RV (electric hook-up only) if they prefer.

Opportunities

Volunteers at Camp Luz, a Mennonite Church camp, help with maintenance, grounds-keeping, food service, cleaning, office work, and summer youth camp ministry. Position available May through October: a shorter stay will be considered.

Lodging

Accommodations to be arranged.

Opportunities

Agora Christian Fellowship meets in a community ranked 13th in the nation of all neighborhoods of major cities referred to as our nation's worst "white ghettos." Heavy emphasis is given to work with children. A couple is desired to clean and repair existing facilities and teach children's classes, tutoring, organizing Sunday morning childcare and Saturday children's church program. Time commitment is flexible.

Lodging

A private cottage is available as well as one RV hook-up; volunteers responsible for food on days when camp is not hosting groups.

Opportunities

Volunteers have opportunity to assist with building projects, maintenance, kitchen and office work. Opportunities year-round, from one week to several months. Opportunity to interact with children, youth, adults, school and church groups; summer programs and retreats September through June. A beautiful place in the coastal mountains, just 11 miles from the ocean.

Lodging

a mobile home, a basement suite, modified dorm facilities, RV site possibilities, or local housing/home stays.

There is no charge for lodging.

Opportunities

Located on a beautiful 45 acre campus, offers grade 6-12 a foundation for a life of faith and learning. Established in 1945, with a student population of 230, Western has a strong academic and faith-based program and a healthy tradition of volunteer support.

Volunteers are needed year round. Assignments could include:

• painting
• groundskeeping
• carpentry
• tutors
• athletic field development

Lodging

Housing would be provided without charge in MCC guest housing or apartments within walking distance of the MCC offices. SOOP volunteers could eat lunch without charge, M-F in the MCC Dining Hall. Kitchens would be available in guest housing or apartments where volunteers could prepare their own breakfasts, suppers and weekend meals.

Opportunities

Maintenance Assistant – Persons with experience with painting, electrical work, plumbing, carpentry, etc. can be used part-time year around. The work would need to be completed with minimal supervision. Grounds helpers are needed anytime between March and October to clean flower beds, trim bushes, plant annuals, etc. The painting jobs require the worker to be working on ladders/scaffolding and above their head. Short-term help is also needed for such tasks as cleaning MCC vehicles, washing windows, and interior painting.
Artist/graphic designer - Person with some art experience wanted for 2 weeks or longer to work at stenciling and painting international designs in MCC office buildings.
Housekeeping – Person to work 1 week or longer stints at headquarters to help in the dining hall, with laundry and bed making, cleaning apartments, washing windows, and spring cleaning in guest houses.
Booksavers Assistant - Person to sort books by category, price and shelve books in the retail store, determine the value of donated books by checking prices against a computer database, and enter book descriptions and condition for sale on the Internet. Computer knowledge is an asset, but not required.

Lodging

Volunteers who serve less than 8 weeks will need to pay for lodging. TTV can assist with information about lodging options. Volunteers who serve for one eight-hour day will receive a noon meal on each day of their service. Volunteers in service for an eight-week/eight-hour-a-day commitment will receive a daily noon meal with a modst stipend and housing in a small, furnished apartment.

Opportunities

Volunteers assist at the new Ten Thousand Villages shipping and receiving warehouse located in Brownstown, a short drive from the home office in Akron. At the warehouse, volunteers in the short-term (minimum eight weeks) program unpack products, pull orders for packing, pack orders for shipment and/or process items that have been returned. It is physical work and requires the ability to stand and/or walk all day as well as bending and lifting.

Those who volunteer for fewer than 8 weeks assist in the processing room by opening boxes, counting items, checking for damage and preparing items for inventory. This work involves standing/walking throughout the time of service, with possibly some bending and lifting as well.

Lodging

Lodging and meals provided. Housing, camping and/or RV sites with hook-ups, as needed.

Opportunities

Spruce Lake Retreat and Wilderness Camp operates year-round programs “pointing people toward Christ” in the picturesque Pocono Mountains of Northeast Pennsylvania. A wide variety of short and longer-term voluntary opportunities exist. There is need for assistance of persons skilled in trades - construction, plumbing, painting and grounds maintenance. Bookkeeping, accounting and office skills are also in demand. Many enjoy short-term service opportunities in food service, housekeeping and hospitality in this cozy retreat setting.

Lodging

RV sites available, or we will provide a camper.

Opportunities

Woodcrest Retreat is a member of the Mennonite Camping Association located in Lancaster County, PA. We minister to 1000+ children through summer camp while our RV campground provides opportunities for weekend family and church retreats.

Campground hosts are needed for weekends with a flexible mid-week schedule. Variety of duties include welcoming guests, cleaning, light maintenance, office duties, operating the camp store and the waterslide, etc. Volunteers needed for the the summer/fall months.

A minimum of one month commitment.

Lodging

Housing provided or arranged. Three meals per day provided; donations for meals and housing accepted, but not required.

Opportunities

Paxton Street Home provides low-cost housing and a caring atmosphere for up to 90 residents, most of whom struggle with mental illness or mental retardation. Volunteers help in the kitchen, maintenance, housekeeping, and activities with residents.

Opportunities year-round.

Lodging

Housing and meals are provided. Several RV sites are also available.

Opportunities

Laurelville Mennonite Church Center is a conference and retreat center in the Laurel Mountains of southwestern Pennsylvania. The facilities are available year-round to churches, synagogues, schools, service clubs and families. Summer programs bring single-parent families, Association of Retarded Citizens, developmentally disabled persons, and other culturally diverse groups. Volunteers have the opportunity to serve guests in our dining hall, work in the kitchen, maintenance, or housekeeping. Laurelville welcomes volunteers any time of the year but help is most valuable in the summer and fall.

Lodging

Available in motel-like rooms, cottages or cabins, all with private showers. Meals provided.

Opportunities

Black Rock Retreat is located in Lancaster County, PA, approximately 11/2 hrs west of Philadelphia and 11/2 hrs north of Baltimore, MB. It is a non-profit Christian facility primarily providing retreat facilities for use by Christian churches and organizations. Volunteers are needed for construction projects, playground and picnic table upkeep and routine camp duties such as leaf-raking, mowing etc.

Lodging

Assistance with finding affordable lodging may be requested.

Opportunities

Care and Share Shoppes, Inc., includes four stores at one location which benefit Mennonite Central Committee. There are three thrift shops: clothing; variety (house wares, books, toys); and furniture (including small appliances). The ten Thousand Villages store next door carries handcrafted items from 32 different developing countries. Volunteers needed in all four stores to cashier, sort, price, and sort shelves.

The complex of stores provide a fun, relational center, volunteer activity within the Souderton Shopping Center along with other businesses, stores and a conference center - all within easy access to Philadelphia.

Lodging

RV parking available as well as dormitory type lodging.

Opportunities

Volunteers needed year round to help with mowing, maintenance, painting, cooking, cleaning or as camp nurse. Housing and meals provided. Opportunities for volunteers year-round.

Lodging

Host accommodations are available from within the church community.

Opportunities

Austin Mennonite Church is a member congregation of Western District Conference, Mennonite Church USA. We are a closely related and geographically dispersed community of about 50 persons, mostly Anglo and relatively middle-aged. We own a building constructed in the mid-1950’s which includes a sanctuary, kitchen, offices, storage closets, and education classrooms. Additionally we have two annexes and an enclosed play area furnished with a variety of equipment. We rent facility space to two permanent groups: Trinity Child Development Center and a Spanish congregation, Principe de Paz, of the Disciples of Christ faith tradition.

The development center continually struggles to acquire funding to provide safe and appropriate child care for many impoverished, single-parents nearby. Our faith community embraces this ministry as an outreach of our witness to the local neighborhood and provides them support and encouragement as our limited resources allow.

We welcome volunteers who are willing to spend themselves with us to enhance our capacity to demonstrate the gospel to persons with whom we share life in northeast Austin, either through general maintenance to indoor facilities and outdoor play areas or helping in the day care.

Lodging

There are three small houses available on the grounds of the Cordero church, along with 12 RV sites, which include electricity and water.

Opportunities

Volunteers will work with Mennonite Partnership Initiative, a home repair service for low-income families in Brownsville and Mexico, completing such projects as roofing repairs, handicapped ramps, or other minor household maintenance Other service could include quilting, teaching, or helping prepare for the Rio Grande Valley MCC Relief sale, usually held in February. Volunteers relate to Iglesia Menonito del Cordero, whose services are bilingual, but volunteers are welcome to visit other churches in the area as well.

Lodging

Accommodations can be arranged. Fall is the best time to come, when lodging is more available.

Opportunities

La Casa de Maria y Marta (The Mary/Martha House) is a service-learning center located one mile south of the downtown area of San Antonio. Volunteer assignments are mostly concentrated in a low-income Mexican/American section of the city's west side. Volunteers are primarily asked to provide hospitality for visiting guests and groups at La Casa, which includes preparing rooms and washing towels and bedding. Cleaning and other maintenance tasks may also be needed at the house. Other volunteer work in the community is available, including teacher or library assistants for kindergarten to fifth grade, soup kitchen, tutoring, home repair. SOOP participants may set their own schedules with service agencies. Participants are encouraged to take time to relax and enjoy the city of San Antonio.

Lodging

Free lodging in a dormitory that can house a large number of people. There are separate shower and bathroom facilities for men and women, a full kitchen and common areas. One RV hook-up is on-site, with two large RV parks within 1/4 mile of the farm. Meals are of no cost to volunteers, the farm offers fresh organic produce, milk, meat and eggs.

Opportunities

World Hunger Relief, Inc. is a Christian organization committed to the alleviation of hunger around the world. God calls us to: Train individuals in holistic ministry that equips them to work with communities in developing sustainable farming techniques, educate those with an economic abundance on methods of conserving and sharing resources, and participate in local and international sustainable development programs. World Hunger Relief is a 42 acre working farm that provides practical and classroom training to interns who wish to work in the developing world and education to local area residents who wish to learn about how to be better stewards of God's creation. As a working farm, there is always more work to be done than there are hands to do the work. From skilled work such as carpentry, masonry, electrical work, machine maintenance/repair, clerical, kitchen/food prep - to unskilled labor in the gardens and grounds, there are plenty of tasks for people of all ages and aptitudes. Volunteers are encouraged to connect with Hope Fellowship, a local Mennonite congregation, involved in the ministry of World Hunger Relief.

Lodging

Housing can be arranged and apart from summer would be at the camp director's residence with a private bedroom, bathroom and shared kitchen.

Opportunities

Lush green mountains in the summer, deep snow in the winter and lots of colour in between! Come stay in Vermont at Bethany Birches Camp and be a part of this thriving ministry. 30 - 50% of the campers in the summer months have no church affiliation and are hungry for the Good News that Jesus of Nazareth brought many years ago. Come stay a week or a summer. RV hookup is available, or if you prefer, stay in our staff cabin with other staff. Summer responsibilities are various and range from worship leading, cooking, maintaining grounds or playing 4-square! If you like winter fun come and be a part of our snow camps or even lead the snow camp program. Also, in the winter there is need for a host. this person would greet rental groups, clean the cabin and report to the Executive Director frequently. Spring and fall duties would depend on the skills the volunteer(s) bring. [The summer camping program extends from late June through most of August].

Lodging

Cottage or full hook-up for RV/travel trailer. Meals provided.

Opportunities

Highland Retreat is a summer camp/retreat facility for all ages and welcomes volunteers' assistance from May to September with weekend hosting, maintenance, carpentry, and food services.

Lodging

Room and board is provided. Cooking and other tasks are communal.

Opportunities

Crossings Creek Farm is located in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley, just 20 minutes from Harrisonburg. this is a 150 acre farm with hilly terrain, great hiking - rural but near towns and universities. Volunteers can expect to live as part of this developing and thriving community of support for residents who suffer from mental illness. Short term and long term volunteers are needed and play an important role. Volunteers help in a variety ways - by assisting the house manager in working with residents to accomplish chores and activities of daily living, socialization and fun activities, shopping and cooking instructions, maintenance, work with other volunteers, facility/program tours and other opportunities of service that you as an individual may bring and share.

Lodging

RV sites with full hook-up (30 amps) and a guest room for shorter-term volunteers with private bath, small refrigerator, sink, and microwave.

Opportunities

WCRC is affiliated with Virginia Mennonite Conference and is located near colonial Williamsburg in southeast Virginia. Facilities include motel-style accommodations, two cottages and a RV campground. Volunteer opportunities in food service, housekeeping, maintenance and/or program. WCRC has service opportunities year round.