Volunteer Opportunities
Please e-mail our Volunteer Coordinator at volunteer@dupagepads.org if you are able to fill any of the listed shifts.
Open Interim (Overnight) Housing Shifts
Sign Up for Interim Housing Shifts Here
Overview of Adult Volunteer Opportunities
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Interim Housing Site Monitor
When: 365 nights a year; various shifts 9:00pm-5:00am
Time Commitment Required: Monthly
Location: Interim Housing sites throughout DuPage County
Description: Provide overnight volunteer support to ensure a safe environment for families and individuals to rest when they have no where else to turn. Responsible for actively monitoring the common areas: sleeping area, hallways, bathrooms; responding to client needs, emergencies, phone calls and insure clients are adhering to rules and regulations.
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Client Service Center Supply Room Volunteer
Days of the week: Tuesdays or Thursdays; 8:30am-11:30am
Time Commitment: Weekly
Location: Client Service Center, 703 W. Liberty Drive in Wheaton
Description: Provide volunteer support at our Client Service Center in the Supply Room; sort and organize incoming donations and distribute donations to clients.
Contact: DuPagePads Volunteer Coordiantor, volunteer@dupagepads.org
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Volunteer Photographer
The Volunteer Photographer will:
- Provide their own camera and other photographic equipment
- Follow DuPagePads policy and procedures for capturing, editing and storing photographs
- Obtain Photo Release forms from all subjects and have good organizational skills and ability to catalog photographs
- Involve volunteers and clients in the process of creating photographic opportunities
- Share knowledge of photography and creative approaches
- Maintain confidentiality and work sensitively with people being photographed
- Good communication skills both written and verbal
- Work flexibly, on own initiative and as part of a team
Photographs will be exclusively used in DuPagePads materials, such as: website, leaflets, brochures, posters, social media platforms, reports and presentations, or news bulletins.
Contact: DuPagePads Volunteer Coordiantor, volunteer@dupagepads.org
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Special Volunteer Opportunities
Days of the week: one-day events throughout the year
Time commitment: 3 to 4 hours
Location: Various locations throughout DuPage County
Projects:
- Assist DuPagePads with a variety of hands-on projects throughout the year.
- In the past, these projects have included: DuPagePads Client Service Center Storage organization, DuPagePads Career/Employment Solutions Clothing Closet organization, Housing Holiday Meal in a Bag, Children’s Items Bags, etc.
Events:
- Assist DuPagePads at a variety of fund raising and special events throughout the year.
- These events include: DuPagePads Run/Walk (September), Wake Up Your Spirit Breakfast (November), the Taste of Hope (March), Naperville Ribfest (July) and other community fundraising events for the agency.
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Learning Through Lunches- Donation
Provide nutritious bagged lunches to feed families and individuals at our Interim (Overnight) Housing sites.
- Purchase and prepare non-perishable lunches.
- Organize and deliver to an Interim Housing site between 6:00pm-7:00pm.
- Wear gloves!!!
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