Service Opportunities
Here is a list of possibilities for direct, relational ministry in our area. Students working at any of these sites must contact the organization directly and fill-out the proposal (if serving during Summer) before they begin their service.
Organizations Asking for St. John's students:
Chuck Smith- Food Pantry Coodinator
St. Martin’s Roman Catholic Church
201 South Frederick Ave.
Gaithersburg, MD 20877
301 840-1830
http://www.stmartinsweb.com/socialconcerns.cfm
Volunteer Coordinator
Suburban Hospital
8600 Old Georgetown Road
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
301-896-3092 301-869-2108 (fax)
http://www.suburbanhospital.org/volunteering
Don Dixon- Volunteer Coordinator
So Others Might Eat
202-797-0701 x. 113 ddixon@some.org
www.some.org
71 “O” Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Red Cross Volunteer
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Red Cross Chapter
6900 Georgia Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20307-5001
202-782-6362
Montgomery General Hospital- Volunteer Services Department
http://www.montgomerygeneral.com/you_can_help/our_volunteers.asp
18101 Prince Phillip Drive
Olney, Maryland 20832
31-774-8629 (note: must be 15+)
Doctors Community Hospital 301-552-8118
8118 Good Luck Road
Lanham, MD 20706 (note: must be 16+)
http://www.dchweb.org
Debbie Ezrin- Development Director/Volunteer Coordinator
Treatment and Learning Center
9975 Medical Center Drive
Rockville, MD 20850
301-424-5200 x. 155 http://www.ttlc.org/help.htm
Healthy Babies Project (Healthy Babies, Inc.)
801 17th St. N.E. Washington, D.C. 20002-7200
http://www.healthybabiesproject.org/volunteers.htm
The Interfaith Clothing Center
751 Twinbrook Pwky
Rockville, MD 20853
301-424-3796 http://www.communityministrymc.org/IFCab.htm
(2nd location in Gaithersburg!!)
Food and Friends
219 Riggs Road, NE
Washington, D.C. 20011
202-269-2277 http://www.foodandfriends.org
Note to Juniors and Seniors: Unless you are doing deliveries, this service is PURELY extra-curricular.
Ms. Twitty- Volunteer Supervisor
SHARE http://www.sharedc.org
5170 Lawrence Ave.
Hyatsville, MD 20781
301-864-3115
Mr. Maurice Borde
Fisher House- Place for recovering soldiers
Water Reed Army Medical Center
6900 Georgia Avenue
Washington, DC 20307
202-545-3201
Lois Ellieff- Coordinator
Bethesda Cares http://www.bethesdacares.com
7611 Clarendon Rd
Bethesda, MD
301-652-3560
Amigos de las Americas
5618 Star Lane
Houston, Texas 77057
713-782-5290
(Paraguay, Mexico)
DC Chapter-
Sue Duncan
202-244-7736
Holy Cross Hospital http://www.holycrosshealth.org/giving_volunteers.htm
1500 Forest Glen Road
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(301) 754-7305
Ms. Theresa Knudson
Growing Together Tutoring
16th and Webster NW
Washington, D.C.
Growingtogethertutors.org
theresaknudson@starpower.net
Friendship Terrace Retirement Community
4201 Butterworth Place, N.W.
Washington, DC 20016 Phone: 202-244-7400 x.13
volunteer@ems.org http://www.ems.org/ft/volunteer.html
Older Links
Volunteer Match- http://www.volunteermatch.org
DC Cares- http://www.dc-cares.org/
Montgomery County Volunteers www.montgomerycountymd.gov click on volunteers
Interfaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington
http://www.ifcmw.org/efsd2000/efsd_full.htm - here you will find many organizations broken up by type of organization and location.
SERVE THE POOR!
S.O.M.E. - www.some.org/
Samaritan Inns - www.samaritaninns.org
Crossways Community for single mothers and their children (301) 949-2505 ext. 119
Elizabeth House -www.elizabethhouse.net/
Capital Area Food Bank- www.capitalareafoodbank.org
Martha's Closet for emergency food and clothing (301) 699-8001
Salvation Army- www.salvationarmyusa.org/www_usn.nsf
Martha's Table- www.marthastable.org/
Shepherd's Table- http://www.shepherdstable.org/
SHARE- http://www.sharedc.org/
Carroll House - http://www.catholiccharitiesdc.org
Catholic Charities - http://www.catholiccharitiesdc.org
Loaves and Fishes (202) 683-6914
Bread for the City- www.breadforthecity.org
The Sick and Elderly
Manor Care Nursing Home- www.hcr-manorcare.com
Knollwood- (202) 541-0158
Holy Cross Hospital- http://www.holycrosshealth.org/
Shady Grove Hospital- http://www.adventisthealthcare.com/SGAH/sgah.asp
GW Hospital- (202) 715-5310
NIH- http://www.nih.gov/
Washington Urban League Senior Centers- http://www.gwul.org/dcage.html
Food and Friends for people with HIV/AIDS- http://foodandfriends.org
American Red Cross 1-800-235-5075
Ronald McDonald House- http://www.rmhc.greaterdc.org/
Washington Home- www.thewashingtonhome.org
Support Women and Family Issues
My Sister's Place- http://www.mysistersplacedc.org/
Rachael's Women's Center- http://www.rachaels.org/
Montgomery Avenue Women's Center- http://www.geocities.com/fallgolf/mawc.html
House of Ruth for victims of domestic violence (202) 347-0390
Bethany's Women's Center (202) 298-7619
K.E.E.N.- (301) 770-3200
St. Ann’s Infant Home- (301) 559-5500
Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery County- www.habitat-mc.org