Grantee Volunteer  Opportunities!

ASAP serves the Southern Appalachian region by helping local farms thrive, linking farmers to markets and supporters, and building healthy communities through connections to local food. 

Volunteer opportunities include farmers market guide; data entry; material organizing; photography; other in-office tasks.  Location: 306 W. Haywood St. Asheville, NC 28801.

API feeds homeless individuals and builds community in West Asheville by serving a hot lunch six days a week, distributing groceries and providing a central gathering spot for the community.  

Volunteer opportunities include food pantry; food pickups;  community partner tables; free sprout giveaway events: gardening;: generating new food donor leads; marketing and communications assistance.  Location: 610 Haywood Rd. Asheville NC, 28806

Bounty & Soul operates 10 no-cost community markets, 100 at-home deliveries and 6 community delivery sites providing dignified access to healthy food (95% fresh produce).  

Volunteer opportunities include service learning at local farms; food culling and preparation; serving at food distribution events;  food box delivery; community outreach events; health and wellness education; cooking demonstrations; delivering food; retail store pick ups.  Location: 999 Old Highway 70, Black Mountain, NC 28711.

Calvary Episcopal Church Food Pantry provides healthy food (fruits, vegetables, milk, protein, soup and baby food) for families in Henderson and Buncombe counties.  

Volunteeer opportunities include food distribution; organizing and  stocking shelves.  Location: 2840 Hendersonville Road, Fletcher, NC.    

Haywood Street Congregation operates a community "Respite" facility, a one-of-a-kind facility in Buncombe County that hosts the homeless or those living in a shelter who have been discharged after an acute medical procedure that requires continued wound care and other physical care, including physical rehabilitation.   

Volunteer opportunities include serving food and kitchen help. Location: 297 Haywood Street Asheville, NC.   

For information on volunteering with this Grantee, contact Katlyn Mailman katlyn@haywoodstreet.org; 828-575-2477 ext. 106

Helpmate works to provide safety, shelter, and support for victims/survivors of intimate partner domestic violence. 

Volunteer opportunities include in-kind donation team; operational shelter projects; outreach ambassadors; hotline advocacy; childcare; reception.  Helpmate also welcomes any special skills, classes or ideas that may benefit survivors and/or our staff. Location: Family Justice Center, 35 Woodfin St, Asheville.

Homeward Bound focuses on preventing and ending homelessness in our community by providing permanent housing and support. 

Volunteer opportunities include helping at our AHOPE Day Center;  providing/hosting a meal; hosting a specialized community connection based on interest (board games, arts & craft, movie nights, yoga sessions, poetry workshops, etc.).  Location: 19 North Ann Street, Asheville.

Western Carolina Rescue Ministries  serves the homeless, poor, and addicted populations of WNC, including through Abba’s House, which provides addicted women who are pregnant or have young children with a free safe space to work towards recovery and other goals.  

Volunteer opportunities include designing a 4-6 week basic financial course designed for single moms;  meal service; groundwork; organization of donations; fun activities/crafts/bible study with women and children in Abba’s House and Women’s Center.  Location: 225 Patton Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801

ABCCM’s Doctor’s Medical Clinic serves those who are uninsured and under resourced (generally those with an income less than 250% federal poverty level, or roughly 40K for a family of 4).  

Volunteer opportunities include receptionist; kiosk attendant; cook team; teachers/mentors/chaplains/tutors; child enrichment/education team; sorting donations;  administrative & data entry; Event & Fundraising Committees;  Facilities Subcommittee. Location: #20 20th Street, Asheville.

Volunteer opportunities include greeting and escorting patients: volunteering at outpatient surgery desk, laboratory, infusion center, café, gift shop, and coffee cart; clerical; special events and projects. Location: 100 Hospital Drive Hendersonville, NC 28792.

The Council on Aging of Buncombe County is a 60-year-old organization that connects seniors with federal, state and local resources for the aging. 

Volunteer opportunities include resource center; administrative; special events; gardening.  Location: 100 Far Horizon Ln, Asheville, NC 28803

Four Seasons provides Care Navigation, Home Care, Palliative Care, Hospice Care, Pediatric Palliative Hospice Care, Grief Services, and Caregiver Support. 

Volunteer opportunities include Hospice Home Stores; patient and family support; transportation and errands; pet therapy; We Honor Veterans; sewing and/or baking; gardening; faith and community representatives; special events; fundraising; community outreach.  Location: 211 N. Main Street, Hendersonville, NC 28792

Eblen Charities administers a program to provide more than 29,000 needy school children with vouchers that can be redeemed for shoes and clothes at Goodwill locations.  

Volunteer opportunities include light office work.  Location: 23 Hamilton Street, Asheville

The HARK program works with the NC Department of Social Services to serve the needs of at-risk children. 

Volunteer opportunities include Board Member or Advisor with expertise in planning and putting on fundraising events).

For information on volunteering with this Grantee, contact Cindy Donahue cindyajsmom@gmail.com;  321-480-8188

Founded in 1978, Pisgah Legal Services provides free civil legal aid, anti-poverty advocacy, assistance with applications and appeals for access to healthcare for vulnerable people with low incomes.  

Volunteer opportunities include Health and Economic Opportunity Program (such as tax filing and health insurance assistance); attorneys can assist with a wide array of civil legal matters, including landlord / tenant law, protective orders and family law remedies; Pisgah Neighbors Program (such as providing rides, preparing for a move, helping with affordable housing vacancies, or visiting with clients who are in need of company). 

Avery Creek Elementary School is a K-4 elementary school with approximately 530 students, of which 68.4% are economically disadvantaged and 58% are minorities. Location: 15 Park South Blvd. Arden, NC 28704.

For iinfomration on volunteering, please contact  Alday,  Alejandra.alday@bcsemail.org; 828-654-1810

Big Brothers Big Sisters matches mentors with children facing adversity  and provides ongoing activities, training & support services to sustain successful match relationships. This local chapter has embarked on a significant new program to address the emotional and practical aspects ("resilience") of preparing for and recovering from significant community “life disruptions”  (pandemics, floods, major family upheavals etc.).  Location: 50 S. French Broad Ave. Suite 213,  Asheville

Boys & Girls Club of Henderson County, strives to be a place where every child feels a sense of belonging and safety so that they can discover their full potential and create a bright future for themselves. 

Volunteer opportunities include hall monitors; bus drivers and bus riders; tutors; classroom volunteers.  Location: 1304 Ashe Street, Hendersonville, NC 28793.

For information on volunteering with this Grantee, contact Christine Clark christinec@bgchendersonco.org - 828.693.9444

The Bridges Reading Enrichment Program promotes literacy assistance for reading challenged first through third graders from Estes Elementary School. 

Volunteer opportunities include reading buddies; sharing a talent; shifts at one week summer school (reading with children, offering snacks/lunch, field trips and other activities).  Location: 1984 Hendersonville Rd, Asheville NC 28803.  

The Asheville Art Museum presents exhibitions and public programs based on its permanent collection of 20th and 21st century American art as well as featuring regional and national artists through special exhibitions.  Location: 2 South Pack Square, Asheville.

Asheville Community Theatre is the  oldest continuously operating theatre in Asheville and one of the oldest community theatres in the nation. Location: 35 E. Walnut St. Asheville, NC 28801

Designed for kids who are new to theater, younger actors, or seasoned actors looking to grow into lead roles, Asheville Junior Theatre offers a fun, supportive, and low-commitment way to build confidence and develop essential stage skills.  Locartion: 174 Bradley Branch, Units 4/5, Arden 28704