Ways to Get Involved in May!
All opportunities to volunteer and donate things we need, in one convenient place
Our monthly digest of all the ways to engage is here! Bring a dish to an emergency shelter, donate items that shelter and affordable housing residents need, help fill our shelter pantries, and more. We’d love you to work alongside us to support and build our community. It takes a village to house a city.
Volunteer Activities
Ongoing: Drive for Us!
Drive a regular shift between our shelters in Hazelwood and Rockwood, or sign up to be on call.
🚗 Sign Up!
May 14: Potluck Dinner at Lilac Meadows Family Shelter
Bring a homemade dish to our drop-off potluck dinner at Lilac Meadows family shelter.
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May 19: Volunteer Open House
Join us for our quarterly virtual open house for current and prospective volunteers.
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May 21: Potluck Dinner at The Chestnut Tree Inn
Prepare and deliver a dish (or two!) to our drop-off potluck dinner at The Chestnut Tree Inn shelter.
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May 29: Potluck Dinner at Gresham Women’s Shelter
Cook a dish for this drop-off potluck dinner at Gresham Women’s Shelter on Memorial Day weekend.
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Things We Need This Month
Affordable Housing Residents
Our resident services team is looking for cleaning supplies, personal hygiene items, and baby diapers for families living in affordable housing.
🧼 Shop Wish List!
Chestnut Tree Inn Shelter
Shelf-stable snacks, laundry supplies, and cotton underwear are on the top of our list this month for folks at Chestnut Tree Inn shelter.
🥨 Shop Wish List!
Lilac Meadows Family Shelter
We’re looking for laundry detergent, dryer sheets, bedding, and more at our shelter for families with children.
🧺 Shop Wish List!
Gresham Women’s Shelter
We need shelf-stable snacks and laundry supplies this month at our shelter for folks identifying as women, nonbinary, and genderqueer.
🍪 Shop Wish List!
Restock Shelter Pantries
Send us the ingredients we need for staff and volunteers to cook for residents at our three shelters.
🥣 Shop Wish List!
We protect the locations of our shelters as a matter of privacy and safety for residents, and we count on our volunteers to maintain this confidentiality. If you sign up to cook for a potluck, we’ll email you specific delivery instructions. Please do not share the location of our shelters with anyone who is not a Human Solutions volunteer.
Want to donate items offline or chat with us about volunteering? Email volunteer@humansolutions.org and we’ll get started.
