We love our volunteers!
From serving meals to mentoring residents, we can't rebuild broken lives without the partnership of hundreds of volunteers! Each year, volunteers donate over 30,000 hours of service at Water Street Rescue Mission! We love our volunteers!
Top Three Volunteer Opportunities
1. Tutors in WSRM's Life Learning and Career Center
2. Mentors to befriend and encourage in the transition to community of women at the Lydia Center and men in the long-term Christian Life Development program.
3. Drivers to help Lydia Center residents get to appointments (volunteer will be paid for mileage).
Full listing of opportunities
For a full listing of volunteer opportunities in .pdf format, please click here.
Or you can view volunteer opportunities at Volunteer Solutions.
Steps to Becoming a WSRM Volunteer
Serving the least, the last, and the lost is the best work in the world, but it requires perserverence, patience, and people skills! Are you up for the challenge? We'd love to match your giftings, talents, and passions with the opportunities available here. Join the team of over 100 unique volunteers who help to make the work of rescue possible!
Getting started - groups and/or one-time volunteer opportunities
We welcome groups (school classrooms, families, Sunday School groups, friends, etc.) to get involved at Water Street Rescue Mission! Ongoing, group opportunities include sorting donations or serving meals. Other special projects are available throughout the year, like painting, raking leaves, fixing roofs, planting trees, etc. Simply call (717) 358-2040 or email volunteer@wsrm.org to sign up or request opportunities for groups.
Getting started - individuals
All individuals looking to volunteer on an on-going basis first attend a Volunteer Orientation to learn how they fit into the big picture of Water Street Rescue Mission. These sessions also allow potential volunteers to fill out a volunteer application and certain clearance forms required for serving here.
To sign up for the monthly Volunteer Orientation (schedule listed below), please email volunteer@wsrm.org or call (717) 358-2040.
Volunteer Orientation Schedule:
| August |
| Wednesday |
8/6/2008 |
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2-3 p.m. |
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Conference Room+ |
| Tuesday |
8/19/2008 |
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10-11 a.m. |
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Conference Room+ |
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| September |
| Wednesday |
9/3/2008 |
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2-3 p.m. |
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Conference Room+ |
| Tuesday |
9/16/2008 |
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10-11 a.m. |
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Conference Room+ |
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| October |
| Wednesday |
10/1/2008 |
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2-3 p.m. |
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Conference Room+ |
| Wednesday |
10/22/2008 |
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10-11 a.m. |
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Conference Room+ |
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| November |
| Wednesday |
11/5/2008 |
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2-3 p.m. |
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Conference Room+ |
| Tuesday |
11/18/2008 |
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10-11 a.m. |
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Conference Room+ |
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| Lydia Center Tea and Tours ** |
| Wednesday |
8/20/2008 |
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1:00pm-2:00pm |
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Lydia Center * |
| Wednesday |
9/17/2008 |
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1:00pm-2:00pm |
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Lydia Center * |
| Wednesday |
10/15/2008 |
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1:00pm-2:00pm |
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Lydia Center * |
| Wednesday |
11/19/2008 |
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1:00pm-2:00pm |
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Lydia Center * |
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+ The Conference Room is located at the Prince Street Campus at 210 South Prince Street, Lancaster, PA 17603
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| * The Lydia Center is at Grace Plateau in Wrightsville. The Tea and Tour is for anyone who is interested in learning more about the Lydia Center and/or volunteering there. For directions please call 252-5986 |
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| **The Tea and Tour meetings at the Lydia Center are not geared for those who want to volunteer at the Prince Street campus in Lancaster. |
Volunteers speak out!
Read what current volunteers say about serving at Water Street Rescue Mission! Click here.
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