Sulzbacher

Serve Opportunity
Assemble Hygiene Kits to be distributed to those in emergency housing and experiencing homelessness

Items Needed
New hygiene products, travel sized only please, inside a watertight (Ziploc) with bag shampoo, conditioner, body wash, bar of soap, toothbrush, toothpaste and/or feminine products

Drop off Location
Any weekday from 9-5 at 611 East Adams St. Jacksonville, FL

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Email Eileen Briggs to serve - [email protected]

Sulzbacher

Serve Opportunity
Bless children in need with stuffed backpacks

Items Needed
Backpack Notebook Paper Pencils Index Cards Colored Pencils Sticky Notes Erasers & Pencil Eraser Tops Duo-tang Folders: Pockets and Prongs Ink Pens: Blue, Black and Red 3 Ring Binders and Dividers Crayons Ear Buds/Head Phones Color Safe Markers Composition Books Highlighters Composition Books – Graphing Child Safe Scissors Copy Paper Glue Sticks Graph Paper Tissue Flash/Thumb Drive Scientific Calculator

Drop off Location
5455 Springfield Blvd. Jacksonville, FL

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Email Eileen Briggs to serve - [email protected]

Bring Your Brokenness

Serve Opportunity
Create welcome baskets for female patients who struggle with eating disorders and are in residential treatment at The Charis House

Items Needed
Spa-like items (toiletries, shower cap/caddy, nail polish, face/hair masks, lip gloss, socks, etc.), journals, coloring books, markers, pens, crayons, encouraging notes, books, devos (NO food, gum, etc.)

Drop off Location
87616 Roses Bluff Road, Yulee, FL 32097

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Email or call Julia Hutson to serve - [email protected] - 904-774-1737

Angelwood

Serve Opportunity
Help us create birthday boxes for the adults with intellectual and developmental differences living in our group homes. These boxes will be used when someone is celebrating a birthday to brighten up their special day.

Items Needed
Birthday decorations (streamers, birthday signs, balloons, etc.), birthday plates and napkins, gift card to a supermarket or Walmart for a cake & treats ($30)

Drop off Location
9100 North Regency Square Blvd. Jacksonville, FL

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Email or call Sara M. Wagoner to serve - [email protected] - 803-271-1171

City Rescue Mission

Serve Opportunity
Donate items to families, men, women and children in Homes of Hope and Overcomers shelter programs

Items Needed
Recommended items in support of the Homes of Hope: Box sets of dishes, box sets of glassware or plasticware, box sets of silverware, box sets of cooking utensils, shower curtain, shower curtain rings, bathmat, coffee maker, box set of coffee mugs. We are also always in need of towels/washcloths and queen sheet sets (any color).
Recommended items in support of the Overcomers Emergency Shelter: Pampers all sizes, pillows, men and women underwear all sizes, children underwear all sizes, shower curtain, shower curtain rings, bathmat, laundry baskets/bags. We are also always in need of towels/washcloths and twin sheet sets (white).

Drop off Location
426 Mc Duff Avenue S. Jacksonville, FL

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Email Kimberly Crockett to serve - [email protected]

Hands 4 Life

Serve Opportunity
1) Write love letters for orphaned children and older adults in developing countries
2) Provide gift bags for orphaned children and older adults in developing countries

Items Needed
Gift bags for kids - Coloring pencils and book, socks, toothbrush and paste, comb, hair accessories, stickers, small flashlight, any school supplies Gift bags for seniors - Socks, toothbrush and paste, comb, cross necklace/bracelet, bookmark, cheater reading glasses, lotion, muscle pain creams, small handheld fan, adult coloring book and color pencils, magnifying glass
*Please also include a photo of your group outdoors.

Drop off Location
The Peninsula Building 1431 Riverside Blvd #1510 Jacksonville, FL (Next to the Chart House on the Southbank.) Packages can be left with the concierge.

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Email or call Stacy Shewey to serve - [email protected] - 815-505-0376

First Coast Women's Services

Serve Opportunity
Create a baby layette set for clients facing an unplanned pregnancy. They go through an "Earn While You Learn" program where they can earn baby items. Our baby layettes are assembled as one of the items a woman can earn with her points.

Items Needed
Click here for a downloadable list of the items needed. In addition to that list is a baby tub filled with new baby items and covered with cellophane wrap.

Drop off Location
3475 Kernan Blvd South Jacksonville, FL 32224 .

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Email or call Jennifer Pace to serve - [email protected] - 904-549-6106

Hadassah's Hope

Serve Opportunity
Provide gifts or food for our outreach team to give out to women who work in the adult entertainment industry, many of which struggle with poverty, instability, addiction, single-parenthood, trauma, etc.

Items Needed
Gifts: (buy in increments of 12) Slippers, wallet, sunglasses, umbrella, makeup bag, makeup brushes, small home decor, sleep mask, travel mug, beanie, hat, socks, lotions, candles, bathroom soap, coffee drinks/energy drinks
Foods: (Nonperishables) canned meats, peanut butter, jelly, coffee grounds, canned soups, pancake mix, cake mix, canned juice, granola bars, cereal, pasta, rice

Drop off Location
Hope House 6828 St. Augustine Rd Jacksonville, FL 32217

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Email or call Bailey Raab to serve - [email protected] - 248-521-7730

First Coast Women's Services

Serve Opportunity
Create a "New Believers Bag" for clients facing an unplanned pregnancy who have accepted Christ for the first time or who are deepening their walk with Christ but do not have an easy to read Bible at home.

Items Needed
New Bible that is easy to read like NIV or ESV, Journal, Devotional, Highlighters, Candy, Fuzzy Socks, and Pens all in a bag that can be given to a client. Please include a handwritten personal note. Feel free to also pray over the Bible and highlight key verses you like. Click here for downloadable instructions.

Drop off Location
3475 Kernan Blvd S Jacksonville, FL 32224

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Email or call Jennifer Pace to serve - [email protected] - 904-549-6106

Boys & Girls Club

Serve Opportunity
Write encouraging letters or notes to our Unit Directors who help create great futures for our local young people every day at Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Florida! Our Unit Directors are the heart and soul of our organization serving more than 3,500 kids and teens every day after school and during the summer. Please help us honor these amazing leaders for the important work they do through your notes and letters of encouragement.

Items Needed
Encouraging letters

Drop off Location
Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Florida Corporate Office 10 South Newnan St. 2nd Floor Jacksonville, FL 32202

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Email or call Wyatt Parlette to serve - [email protected] - 904-514-5565, 904-913-8100

Better Together

Serve Opportunity
Create Hope Packs, which are child-size backpacks filled with necessities and niceties to help children in need ease into a short-term stay with a host family while their parents work to improve their situation. These are for all children ranging from ages infant to teenagers. We host kids of all ages, so having a variety of Hope Packs is great! These can be made according to age and gender.

Items Needed
Underwear, socks, toothbrush, toothpaste, sippy cups, small blanket, small toy, children’s Bible, clothing, devotional, coloring books, crayons, etc.

Drop off Location
13519 N Main Street Jacksonville, FL

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Email or call Mellissa Fostert to serve - [email protected]
- 904-556-1230

Isaiah 117

Serve Opportunity
Make small goodie bags for case worker appreciation and write letters of thanks for case workers. Decorate bag tags to go on duffle bags that we pack for children entering foster care and write cards/draw pictures to be packed into their duffle bags. Make beaded bracelets to hand out at lemonade stands or pack in bags. Fill backpacks with needed items for children (clothing, shoes, toys, gift cards, etc).

Items Needed
Luggage tags , thank you cards, goodie bags filled with non perishables for case worker appreciation, clothing and shoes all sizes for children up to adult med and large (youth/teen styles/summer season).

Drop off Location
Please contact Danae Bunso to coordinate

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Email or call Danae Bunso to serve - [email protected] - 423-518-3760 ext 106

Operation New Hope

Serve Opportunity
Create welcome home bags for men and women to start their life post-incarceration and give them the hope for a new future.

Items Needed
Please fill bags according to gender with the following items: shampoo, conditioner, body wash, loofah, toothbrush and toothpaste, deodorant, body lotion, comb / brush, feminine hygiene products (women only), and supply bags for the items to go in.

Drop off Location
Operation New Hope 1830 N. Main Street, Jacksonville, FL 32206

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Email or call Kaley Vontz to serve - [email protected] -904-631-2558

Hartfelt

Serve Opportunity
The seniors we serve are almost always cold. Please provide blankets to keep them warm when they are sitting in a wheelchair or sitting in a chair and are chilly.

Items Needed
Lap quilts or small blankets

Drop off Location
7235 Bentley Road, Jacksonville, FL 32256

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Call Kelly Moorman Coggins to serve - 904-861-2799

Bring Your Brokenness

Serve Opportunity
Yard work such as mowing, weed-eating, leaf-blowing, pressure washing

Serve Location
87616 Roses Bluff Road, Yulee, FL 32097

Date & Time
7/23/2022 at 9am

Do participants need to be over 18 years of age?
Yes

Materials Provided
Outdoor tools

Materials Needed
Additional outdoor tools

Attire
Comfortable clothes

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Email Julia Hutson to serve - [email protected]

Hadassah's Hope

Serve Opportunity
Partner with us to clear out our storage unit and set up a permanent storage location in our new resource center. This would include moving boxes, deconstructing shelving, transporting, and re-stocking.

Serve Location
Storage Unit: 3211 San Pablo Rd S Jacksonville, FL 32224
Resource Center: 6828 St. Augustine Rd Jacksonville, FL 32217

Date & Time
7/23/2022 at 10am

Do participants need to be over 18 years of age?
No

Materials Needed
Trucks/Cars that can hold storage items

Attire
Athletic wear/comfortable clothing

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Email or call Tami Taunton to serve - [email protected] - 904-612-3540

Rethreaded

Serve Opportunity
Gardening, warehouse clean up, sanding and painting furniture and leather deconstruction.

Serve Location
515 E 9th Street Jacksonville, FL 32206

Date & Time
7/22/2022 at 9:30am

Do participants need to be over 18 years of age?
Yes

Attire
Weather appropriate clothing with closed toe shoes

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Email Stephanie Patton to serve - [email protected]

Sponsored by Grace

Serve Opportunity
Serve with Sponsored by Grace during an Impact day by showing kids the love of Jesus through sports, arts and crafts, community beautification, and a short Gospel presentation

Serve Location
5020 Cleveland Rd. Jacksonville, FL 32209

Date & Time
7/23/2022 at 11am

Do participants need to be over 18 years of age?
No

Materials Provided
Outdoor tools

Materials Needed
Personal water, hand sanitizer, sunscreen, gloves for picking up trash

Attire
Athletic wear

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Email Kara Stanley to serve - [email protected]

Boys & Girls Club

Serve Opportunity
Yard work, patio plant cleaning, kitchenware container organizing, palm tree removal, installation of parking stoppers and parking line painting.

Serve Location
313 E 10th Street Jacksonville, FL 32206

Date & Time
7/18/2022 at 8:00am

Do participants need to be over 18 years of age?
No

Materials Provided
Gloves, shovels, drills, toolbox, chainsaw, yard trash bags, paint rolls

Attire
Comfortable clothing and closed toe shoes

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Email Patryk J Krasinska to serve at [email protected] or click here to sign up.

First Coast Women's Services

Serve Opportunity
Help deep clean and organize baby clothes in our baby boutique at the newly launched Kernan Center for women facing an unplanned pregnancy.

Serve Location
3475 Kernan Blvd South Jacksonville, FL 32224

Date & Time
7/21/2022 at 10am

Do participants need to be over 18 years of age?
No

Materials Provided
Cleaning materials

Materials Needed
Extra paper towels

Attire
Comfortable clothing

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Email Joanne Mellish to serve - [email protected]

Isaiah 117

Serve Opportunity
Help organize clothing and other items in our storage units.

Serve Location
U-Haul 11490 San Jose Blvd. Jacksonville, FL 32223

Date & Time
7/19/2022 at 9am

Do participants need to be over 18 years of age?
No

Materials Provided
Water

Attire
Comfortable, athletic type clothing. The storage unit can be warm.

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Email Danae Bunso to serve - [email protected] or call Victoria Pope at 904-982-9745

Serve Refugees

Lutheran Social Services is receiving many Afghan allies who are being resettled right in our community. There are numerous ways that you can get involved! Serve opportunities include but are not limited to donations, transportation and mentoring. Learn more and sign-up to help and bless these refugees!

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Sponsored By Grace - Family Friendly

Come serve on the Northside or Arlington area of Jacksonville with a ministry that is strategically focusing on reaching and releasing children from poverty. Join us on Saturdays from 11am-2pm as we impact this community. Every Impact Day is different. You could be in an intense game of kickball, cleaning up the community, helping firing up the grill for their community cookout or just a powerful prayer walk. Every week is a different opportunity for you and your family to engage in being the hope that many need. Visit the website for more info on how to volunteer.

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Trinity Rescue Mission

Serve a meal in the homeless shelter, help manage supplies and shelter cleanliness, or participate in extended ministry efforts with the Lifeline and Spiritual Recovery programs.

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HerSong Meals

Each year, HerSong reaches hundreds of women who are victims of trafficking. We can help by providing meals for these women as they are entering a new phase of life. HerSong is asking for freezer meals for the safe homes. Meals should be placed in disposable aluminum pans and marked with the date prepared, content information (i.e. Lasagna, Chicken and Rice Casserole), baking time and temperature. Since delivery is confidential, please email [email protected] to organize.

Drive-thru Food Drive with Feeding Northeast Florida

Join us as we bless our community with a drive-thru food drive located at the Regency Square Mall (Food-Court side). This event takes place every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month.

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Mission House

Serving the homeless population at Jax Beach one meal a day, they are seeking volunteers to make box lunches and drop them off to Mission House before noon on Mondays - Saturdays. Email Mission House

Hartfelt Ministries

Tangible serve opportunity for seniors in your community. Seniors are feeling isolated and would love some help in the areas of companionship, grocery shopping and light housekeeping.

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One More Child Meals

Serve local foster families by providing freezer meals. Meals should be placed in disposable aluminum pans and marked with: the date prepared; contents (i.e. Lasagna, Chicken and Rice Casserole); baking time and temperature. The meals will be stored at One More Child and given to foster families who receive new placements, having court appointments.

Email Sundy Goodnight

Hadassah's Hope

Hadassah's Hope is a gospel-centered ministry reaching women working in strip clubs in and around Jacksonville, Florida. Hadassah's Hope is committed to ministering to women right where they are and pointing them to Jesus, who is our only hope. You can volunteer in many ways such as writing encouraging notes, providing meals, visiting the clubs and praying for the women there.

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Rethreaded Volunteer Thursdays

Join the mission to help survivors of human trafficking by serving with Rethreaded on a volunteer Thursday! Serve opportunities include leather deconstruction, warehouse cleaning, t-shirt sorting, and much more.

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First Coast Women's Services

If you are passionate about seeing more women empowered to choose life for their unborn babies, we encourage you to connect with First Coast Women's Services!

You can plan a serve day to clean a center, participate in a baby bottle drive to raise funds, plan a baby shower to provide much-needed material support to the clients of the centers, assemble new believer bags or create baby layette sets. There are so many opportunities to serve both on-site and off-site. FCWS has centers in Baker, Jax Beach, Clay, Mandarin and North Jax.

To learn more and help us save lives today, click here!

Beaches Council on Aging

Partner with us to serve with Beaches Council on Aging during the week as a Volunteer Friendly Caller! The Volunteer Friendly Caller's purpose is to enhance the quality of life of the DIAL A RIDE seniors through supportive, friendly telephone calls to those who may be isolated or lonely. This serve opportunity can be done from your home.

To sign up to serve, please contact Maria Gage at [email protected] or (904) 246-1477 Opt. 2.