Current Volunteer Opportunities (most opportunities would require a minimum of one two-hour shift each week, Monday through Friday, between 7:00am and 4:30pm depending on the opportunity.)

• Volunteer Coordinator Assistant – Assist the volunteer coordinator with recruitment, placement and training of new volunteers.  Volunteers should commit to 12 hours a week.   Some work can be done off site.

• Kitchen workers help serve meals and do dishes.  Times needed:  Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

• Hospitality volunteers work the front desk greeting guests and assisting them with various services such as distributing mail, messages and toiletries; registering people to take showers, do their laundry and to visit with a caseworker for financial assistance.  Times needed:  Mondays from noon – 4, Tuesdays from 8:00-2:00, Wednesdays 11:00 – 4:00, Thursdays from 1:00 – 4:00, Fridays from 10:00 – 2:00.   A minimum of a two-hour shift within these times would be fine.

• Shopper at Hoosier Hills Food Bank for food needed for our meal program.  We need a shopper on Tuesdays and/or Thursdays between 9:30 and 12:30.  Volunteer must have a car and is able to lift up to 20 lbs.

Steps to becoming a Shalom Volunteer:

*Fill out the Volunteer Registration Form (pdf file).

*Attend a volunteer orientation. (See below)

*After the orientation, we will match your availability with our volunteer needs and get you scheduled with a start date.

*Hospitality Volunteers are required to attend a special two-hour training and submit to a background check.

Volunteer Orientation

All regular service volunteers are reqired to attend a volunteer orientation.  Those who are volunteering less then 5 hours do not need to attend an orientation.

Orientations are held every Wednesday from 4:30-6:30 beginning August 11 at the Shalom Community Center, 620 South Walnut.  Enter through the main entrance on the South side of the building.  (Parking is on the south side of the drive and in the back.)

To register for the orientation, click here

All other volunteers contact Pam Kinnaman, Director of Volunteer Resources by email at pam@shalomcommunitycenter.org or call 334-5734.

IU Students, during the Fall and Spring sessions, contact Nicole Holderman, the Shalom Advocate for Community Engagement, by email at nicole@shalomcommunitycenter.org for questions.