Approved Community Service Sites

ACHS Community Service Sites

The following sites have been approved for community service hours. Below you should find websites, contact information, and the type of volunteer activity you would be doing. 

 

Community Outreach Center East:

2001 Mississippi Ave. SE

Washington, DC 20020

(202) 610-9640

www.covenanthousedc.org

Volunteer Activity:

                        -tutor

                        -facilitate workshops

                        -assist with environmental projects

                        -provide administrative and clerical support

                        -assist with special events

                        -provide support for recreational activities

*must fill out interest form, schedule an interview, and agree to a reference and background check

 DC Central Kitchen

425 2^nd Street, NW

Washington, DC 20001

www.dccentralkitchen.org

Contact Carolyn Parham: (202) 234-0707 x108 or cparham@dccentralkitchen.org

            Volunteer Activity:

                        -help prepare food for over 5,000 of DC residents everyday

*create a volunteer login at http://dccentralkitchen.volunteerhub.com/Events/Browse.aspx

 Carroll Manor

1150 Varnum Street, NE

Washington, DC 20017

(Office) 202-269-7100

(Volunteers) 202-269-7759

            Volunteer Activity:

                        -located at Providence Hospital

                        -help in their nursing and rehab center

 

Dorothy Day Catholic Worker House

503 Rock Creek Church Road, NW

Washington, DC  20010

(Office) 202-882-9649

Colleen:  202-360-2131

Arthur: 202-870-0607

Little Sisters of the Poor

4200 Harewood Road, NE

Washington, DC  20017

(Office) 202-269-1831

Contact Ms. Meg Miller at volwashington@littlesistersofthepoor.org

http://www.littlesistersofthe poorwashingtondc.org/

            Volunteer Activities:

                        -Visit the elderly residents of the little sisters home for the aged

                        -help with anything from raking leaves, washing windows, peeling vegetables, cleaning wheelchairs, eating or visiting with residents

                        -plan some sort of event to “entertain” the residents, such as a Bingo Party, animate a dance, sing songs, etc.

Food and Friends

219 Riggs Road, NE

Washington, DC  20011

(Office) 202-269-2277

(Fax) 202-635-4261

Contact Volunteer Coordinator (202)269-6824 or volunteer@foodandfriends.org

Contact Jane Yamaykin for kitchen and pantry volunteer at jyamaykin@foodandfriends.org

            Volunteer Activities:

                        -Help Prepare food to feed the homeless of DC

                        -Mon-Thurs: 7-9 am, 9-12, 1-3 pm, 5:30-8 pm

                        -Friday: 7-9 am, 9-12

*must go through orientation offered on the first Thursday of each month at 6:30 pm and third Saturday at 10 am to be an individual volunteer

 

Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy Institute

801 Buchanan Street, NE

Washington, DC  20017

(Office) 202-281-2705

http://www.catholiccharitiesdc.org/page.aspx?pid=362

            Volunteer Activities:

                        -program through Catholic Charities and the Archdiocese of Washington

                        -volunteer with a school for disabled students contact (202) 529-7748

 

Martha’s Table

2114 14th Street, NW

Washington, DC  20017

(202) 328-6608

Contact the Volunteer Coordinator at ext. 212 or volunteer@marthastable.org

            Volunteer Activity:

                        -you can prepare food 7 days a week 10-1 pm

                        -Work with children in the Day Care 5 days a week, 9:30-1 pm

                        -Sort clothes in “Martha’s Outfitters” Tuesday-Saturday from 9-3 pm

                        - Staff McKenna’s Wagon, mobile soup kitchen 7 days a week from 4:45-6:45 pm

*Must fill out a volunteer application

 

Missionaries of Charity

3310 Wheeler Road, SE

Washington, DC  20032

(Office) 202-562-6890

            Volunteer Activity:

                        -Help in the soup kitchen in the mornings for men, women, and children

                        -Help in the shelter with homeless pregnant women

                        - Play with the children up to three years of age

 Homeless Children Playtime Project

1525 Newton Street NW

Washington, DC 20010

http://www.playtimeproject.net/involved.php

Volunteer Coordinator is Lana Tilley, email at lana.hcpp@gmail.com

            Volunteer Activity:

                        -Work in playrooms with young children

                        -T/TH from 6:30-8:30 pm near Stadium Armory Metro Stop

                        -M/W from 6:30-8:30 pm near Gallery Place Metro Stop

*Volunteers are expected to make a weekly commitment

 

So Others Might Eat (S.O.M.E.)

Main Dining Room

71 “O” Street, NW

Washington, DC  20001

(Office) 202-797-8806

Volunteer Coordinator can be contacted at ext. 2113 or volunteer@some.org

            Volunteer Activity:

                        -Help serve meals to DC homeless

                        - Breakfast: 7 am- 9 am

                        -Lunch: 11 am – 1:30 pm

Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition International (TAASC)

4121 Harewood Road, NE Suite B

Washington, DC 20017

Near the Catholic University / Brookland Metro Stop

(202) 529-2991

Contact: info@tassc.org

www.tassc.org

            Volunteer Activity:

                        -Help survivors of torture and abuse cope and adjust to their new lives

*Must fill out online volunteer form

 

Lifeline Partnerships

501 4th Street NW

Washington, DC 20001

On the corner of 4th and E St. NW

Judiciary Square Metro (Red Line Train)

Volunteer Coordinator: Callie Thomas at 202-628-4819

            Volunteer Activity:

-                      -Serve the spiritual and social needs of people with developmental handicap

                        -Volunteer to assist in the regular Sunday school program

                        -Get involved in one of their special events