This virtual volunteer opportunity involves researching community resources. Students will help with finding information about organizations that provide housing, food, clothes, medical services, job training, financial services, and community support systems. We will have remote meetings to help students with their research, and so they can ask us any questions.
We have a list of organizations that provide these services in Montgomery County, Prince George's County, Washington D.C., and Baltimore. When we help people in need, we connect them with organizations that specialize in these industries by helping them to make calls, scheduling appointments, and guiding them through the application process.
It is vital that we provide up to date information about the programs and services that these organizations provide. We also have a list of COVID-19 testing and vaccine locations on our website, which was crucial to the community during quarantine. Now that the rates of infection have declined, several of these locations have closed down, so we need to update our data to give people accurate information.
Volunteers will play an important role in getting information about these services so we can help people with low incomes to become sustainable. All the information that we collect about community resources are used to help reduce poverty.
If you would like to volunteer or have any questions, please contact us at info@hungry4changenow.org.
In order to volunteer:
- The student's parent/guardian must provide us with written approval of the student's participation in the virtual platform prior to the event. We will provide you with a permission slip so parents can complete it and sign it.
- Students must also use personal/private accounts (not MCPS student accounts) to engage in the virtual platform.
- Students will only engage with others under the direct supervision of a nonprofit supervisor. The supervisor will be directly present in the virtual space (including any breakout sessions) at all times.
- The students will earn hour-for-hour the amount of time serving when they are directly supervised.
- The nonprofit supervisor will also initiate and host all virtual sessions. If the supervisor is not available to initiate and host the virtual session, the volunteer event will not occur. None of the virtual sessions will be recorded.
- Students should not share or upload any videos, pictures, or images of themselves, unless the nonprofit organization has obtained a signed form/waiver from the student's parent/guardian authorizing permission/release.
- Students' email addresses/home addresses or any personal identifying information will remain protected and not shared.
Student participation in this service project is at the discretion of the student’s parent/guardian. The nonprofit organization is responsible for maintaining student safety and privacy at any time the student is interacting with the nonprofit and its clients. The nonprofit organization will determine the number of SSL hours awarded based on the evidence submitted. Parents/guardians should contact the nonprofit directly with any questions and/or concerns. This service activity is designed to be completed within the safety of the student’s home.
