Opportunities From: Metro United Way's Volunteer Connection

As we approach the colder months, our scholars (big and little) will need gloves, hats and scarves to keep warm. We invite organizations to have a drive for these items. All sizes (adult and children) are needed. Keep our participants warm and safe this winter. 

Follow us on social media! We have a Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Linked In. By following us and spreading our mission we are able to reach as many people as possible to ensure that those in need have a chance to receive our supportive services.

Facebook: Family Scholar House

Instagram: familyscholarhouse

Twitter: @familyscholars

Linked In: Family Scholar House

You and your team can come to 1 of our 5 campuses to help clean up the community areas where our participants interact. Keeping everything clean and sanitized is a priority and this is super helpful now that we are doing more and more in-person activities! This can be indoors and outdoors. Activities might include: Sanitizing the play rooms and toys, cleaning the computer labs, sweeping/mopping the gym, etc.. We also have outdoor needs such as: Pulling weeds at the play ground, sanitizing play areas, washing windows, etc. 

Linda's Closet is our professional clothing closet that is open for our participants to shop for professional clothing before interviews, networking events, scholarship panels or internships. You can help us sort through new donations, sanitize and organize all of the clothing for our participants to come in and shop! 

We are currently accepting Jewelry, shoes, purses, and all other accessories for professional clothing. (Currently have a need for sizes 12-18 in professional clothing and size 8+ in shoes) 

 We are also in need of shelving, clothing racks, or mannequins for our clothing closet if you have these items for donations(:

Write encouraging notes to our single parents and Foster Alumni! As our participants juggle a lot of responsibilities, it’s always nice to be reminded you’re doing a good job! With mother’s day coming up, our mother’s could also use some kind words for all that they do! 

Put together activities for children. This could include creating flash cards (alphabet), sight word flash cards, current holiday children’s activity, etc. 

Create short 6-10 minute informational videos to increase our participants and their children’s skill-set. Some examples of needed videos include: -Fun Summer activities for young children (learning or to keep busy), How to keep the house clean (ways to do small things every day in order to keep the house in order, easy and healthy recipes, Academic (study habits, testing tips, how to get organized) Career (do/don’ts on a resume or in an interview), etc. The videos will only be accessible to our participants on our private YouTube channel. This is a big need right now! 

While our children are on spring break they don't have access to healthy, hot lunches everyday. We like to provide supplemental healthy snacks for our children ages 3-18. 

You can create snack bags for our children containing healthy, non-perishable, non-refrigerated snacks, such as applesauce packs, goldfish crackers, fruit snacks, granola bars, etc. You can even decorate the snack bags if you choose.   

We will deliver them directly to our families' doors.

The single parents at Family Scholar House are in need of diapers and wipes for their little ones, non-perishable pantry items, and household essentials. Organizing a donation drive really help us to collect diapers (even already opened packages, especially sizes 5 & 6, and all pull-up sizes), baby wipes, non-perishable food items such as peanut butter/ canned foods, toiletries and cleaning supplies for our families.