Volunteer Opportunities

For general volunteering information, email Susan.Stanley@randysams.org. Once the applications are received, applicant information is forwarded to our Volunteer Coordinator who will contact you shortly regarding our current opportunities.
 

Get involved without ever leaving your desk! Consider hosting a donation drive! You have an amazing gift even if you can't make a huge monetary donation or commit to a long-term volunteer project. Organizing a donation drive is a rewarding way to get your family, friends, co-workers, church, or school involved in helping community residents in crisis! Choose one of the following themes and you have all you need to make a difference! Once you have chosen a drive and the dates you will organize it, please call the Shelter for collateral marketing materials for the RSOS and help arrange for the much appreciated pick up or delivery of your donation.

• (& 70% of residents are men)
• New underwear, all sizes, mostly need M, L, XL
• New socks
• Bras of all sizes
• Shaving razors & cream
• Deodorant
• Toothpaste/floss
• Shampoo/body wash
• Brushes/combs
• Flip flops (shower shoes)
• Cheater glasses for reading
• Toilet paper/paper towels
• Masks
• Hand sanitizer (regular & travel size)
• Plastic grocery bags
• Bottled water (preferably smaller size)

The RSOS operates a fully-functioning commercial kitchen 365 days a year. This kitchen allows us to offer nutritious meals 3 times a day to help residential clients reallocate their income to housing. In the donation drive, put together a "kitchen kit" from the following items:

• Plastic utensils
• Paper napkins
• Paper plates/Styrofoam plates
• Large pots or pans
• Disposable serving containers (aluminum or plastic)
• Large mixing spoons
• Pot holders
• Cutting boards
• 5qt. Stew pots with handles
• Butcher knives

The RSOS empowers residential clients to obtain life skills through the daily contribution of chores. Each client is assigned various tasks which adds to the daily maintenance of shelter housekeeping. The Shelter spends hundreds of dollars monthly to purchase the following supplies:

• Large trash bags
• Assorted bathroom cleaners
• Bleach
• Laundry detergents
• Towels
• Window cleaner
• Mops and mop heads
• Brooms
• Ziploc bags
• SOS steel wool cleaning pads

The RSOS depends on over 40 different church, civic, and philanthropic organizations to provide and serve our evening meal. This effort could not be accomplished without volunteers like you. If you are interested in helping us fill our opening evenings, or becoming a regular monthly serving organization, please contact Mike Bell at (903) 280-7549 or Lori Petit, Kitchen Manager, at 903-792-7024.