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Urgent Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteer All Year Long 

You can assist Omaha’s hungry and homeless in several ways. Below are some examples of where we can use your help:

• Prepare and Serve Meals
• Empower Families to Remain in their Homes
• Share the Good News
• Work with Children
• Receptionist
  
• Friends of the Friendless
• Build a Volunteer Team
• For More Information

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Dress Code for Volunteers:

This dress code is addressed to all volunteers. Because we serve a variety of men, and women with various moral vulnerabilities, it is important to observe a comprehensive dress code. Please comply with the following guidelines while present at Open Door Mission’s Campus.

• Long or short sleeve shirt, (a tee shirt is acceptable), pants to the knees or below.
• Closed toe shoes.
• Dresses with modest necklines,  hemlines to the knees or below.
• Please no sleeveless tops, or halter tops, no tight fitting or low necklines, or bare midriffs.

Prepare and Serve hot, nutritious meals to the hungry and homeless.

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Empower near homeless families to remain in their own homes.

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Share the Good News of Christ with the homeless.

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Play, Read or Tutor the the homeless children staying at the Lydia House.

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Receptionist

Help answer phones at our Lydia House

• Monday-Friday: 9 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Help answer phones and greet guests at our Administration Building

• Monday-Friday: 9 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Help answer phones and greet guests at our Timberlake Outreach Center

• Monday-Friday: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Current openings and times are susceptible to change based on needs.

Friends of the Friendless

A group of volunteers who want to...

• be in the know with first-hand information about what’s happening at Open Door Mission.
• be an advocate for the hungry and homeless.
• be an ambassador for Open Door Mission in their church, business, and organization.

Meetings are held the first Tuesday of every month at 11:30 a.m. in the Garland Thompson Men's Center located at 2705 N 20th St E. 

Enjoy a great lunch, hear Open Door Mission updates & a Story of Hope. Optional service projects follow the meeting.

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Build a Volunteer Team

Have a team of people who want to volunteer? At Open Door Mission, your volunteer team can help in two ways.

• Cafeteria Teams — Teams of seven to 12 people help with meal preparation, serving and cleanup.
• Banquet Teams — Teams of 25 to 30 help with meal preparation, serving and cleanup, as well as serve our clients as they sit down. This is a wonderful way to show love and dignity to those who need it most.

Teams are encouraged to commit to one meal a month, (breakfast, lunch or dinner) on a certain day — for example the first Tuesday or fourth Saturday. You can even commit to serving all meals one day a month.

Current openings and times are susceptible to change based on needs.

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Volunteer Your Time

At the heart of Open Door Mission is its volunteers. You, your family, your co-workers or your church can help hungry and homeless men, women and children. Working hand in hand, members of the community can make a difference at Open Door Mission.

Sign up below to complete a brief volunteer application. Upon completion, you will be asked to sign up for a 60-minute volunteer orientation and tour, available 

• Tuesdays at 10:00 a.m.
• Thursdays at 6:00 p.m.
• Saturdays at 1:00 p.m. 

Orientation is located at the
                 Permanent Supportive Housing Building located at 2205 E Locust Street

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For More Information

Please contact Corine Sawadogo by phone at 402-422-1111 ext. 1504 or e-mail volunteer@opendoormission.org to discuss how your team can start ministering at Open Door Mission.