Volunteer Opportunities

Mercy Housing and Shelter Corporation has volunteer opportunities throughoutt the agency... at St. Elizabeth House and the Friendship Center in Hartford, Shepherd Home in Middletown, Mercy's administrative offices in Hartford, and special projects at various other sites. Volunteers must be age 17 or older. Some volunteer opportunities are available for children aged 15 and 16 if accompanied by an adult.

Some Ways You Can Help

St. Elizabeth House and the Friendship Center at 118 Main Street in Hartford

• Buy, cook, and serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner in the residents' dining room seven days a week (breakfast starts at 8:00 AM, lunch at Noon, and dinner at 5:00 PM); volunteers must arrive at least 30 minutes before the meal. If you provide the food, you may pick the menu. Our cooks are there to help with preparing the food and to make menu suggestions.
• Serve breakfast or lunch in the Friendship Center Monday through Saturday (meal times same as above).
• Help sort clothes in the Clothing Closet on a periodic basis.
• Help paint inside and clean and landscape outside.
• Perform secretarial duties in the job center.

Shepherd Home at 112 Bow Lane in Middletown

• Buy, cook, and serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner in the residents' dining room seven days a week. If you provide the food, you may pick the menu. Our cooks are there to help with preparing the food and to make menu suggestions.
• Help paint inside and clean and landscape outside.

Other opportunities agency-wide

• Painting, cleaning, decorating, landscaping, clerical work, and more.
• Life Skills Volunteers: Our Job/Life Skills Resource Center needs volunteers to help teach life skills, such as a knitting class, explaining how to balance a checkbook, etc. These positions are flexible and may be easily worked into your schedule.
  Requirements: High School graduate with appropriate experience, training, and education.
• Pick up and drop off donations. Must have a valid drivers license and proof of insurance.

Volunteer Application

CLICK HERE FOR A DOWNLOADABLE VOLUNTEER APPLICATION

Who to Contact

To volunteer agency wide, please contact us at volunteer@mercyhousingct.org. To volunteer at Shepherd Home in Middletown, you may contact Damion Baker at (860) 344-0766 or dbaker@mercyhousingct.org. If you wish to fullfill COMMUNITY SERVICE hours, please contact Lynne Hendzel at (860) 808-2112 or lhendzel@mercyhousingct.org.

ALL VOLUNTEERS ARE INTERVIEWED AND MUST SIGN A CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT WHEN THEY ARE ACCEPTED.

Thank you!