The Children’s Home Society makes a difference by redirecting troubled teenagers toward future real responsibilities, transforming addicted mothers and fathers into productive parents, and providing a safe harbor for abused toddlers.

Service Opportunities

Projects include reading to children, swinging toddlers on the playground, providing birthday parties for the children, and donating toys for the holidays. Other opportunities include fixing bicycles that have been used extensively and are in need of repair, washing windows, and pressure washing the patios of the Crisis Nursery.

New Hope’s purpose is to bring hope, healing and happiness to children and families suffering from grief, loss, or life-threatening illnesses.

Service Opportunities

Projects include office support, becoming a grief facilitator (working with child support groups at the Center for Grieving Children), a wish granting assistant, a grief center assistant, or a special family events helper.

Coalition for the Homeless addresses the needs of the homeless in the community and serves as a catalyst for community collaboration to end homelessness.

Service Opportunities

Projects include helping with the daycare during weekday mornings and planning weekend children’s activities.

Days and Times Available

Hours are usually during regular business hours. Register to volunteer by visiting their website http://www.centralfloridahomeless.org/volunteer.html

Orlando Day Nursery’s mission is to make a positive impact on the present and future downtown Orlando community by providing quality and affordable childcare and early childhood education services for the young children of low-income families.

Service Opportunities

Projects include building maintenance, such as pressure washing, washing windows and cleaning carpets. Other opportunities include praying and building relationships with children, acting out stories, and creating puppet shows.

Helping Hands is a branch of the OBT Development Board that does owner-occupied housing renovation projects for homeowners in the Holden Heights community.

Service Opportunities

Projects include interior or exterior painting, general construction, landscaping, and assistance with all the stages of a housing renovation.

Days and Times Available

Projects are generally held on Saturdays in the spring and fall; 3-5 hours per project.

Wycliffe Associates trains and sends thousands of volunteers where they will have the most impact in furthering the cause of bringing every verse of the Bible to every language of the world. From crunching numbers to pounding nails, Wycliffe Associates volunteers are making their mark on eternity through the advancement of Bible translation.

Service Opportunities

Projects include landscaping, painting, and general building maintenance.

Days and Times Available

Times and days vary. Usually, a four-hour commitment is most helpful.

The Harbor House empowers survivors of domestic violence to take control of their lives – rediscovering safety and self-esteem. They offer a 24-hour crisis hotline, shelter, counseling, legal advocacy, and other services to thousands of people. This organization is the leading authority on domestic violence in Central Florida.

Service Opportunities

Projects include becoming a shelter advocate, support group facilitator, court advocate or childcare helper. Also needed: help with clerical work, shelter maintenance, fundraising events, painting, landscaping or providing activities for children.

House of Hope’s mission is to rescue hurting teenagers from drugs, child abuse, and the exploitation of themselves and their families.

Service Opportunities

Projects include teaching home economics (invest your knowledge of household skills into the lives of teens who would benefit from this type of practical instruction); playing sports (basketball or volleyball with teenagers who want some friendly competition and need someone to share with them both friendship and the hope of the gospel).

Quest inspires and empowers individuals with disabilities by offering choices and opportunities to learn, live, work, and play. Through Quest’s comprehensive family of services, children and adults imagine and achieve their full capabilities.

Service Opportunities

Projects include home repairs, various construction projects, and computer lab teaching.

Days and Times Available

Hours vary according to project and availability.

Lemon Tree Gardens seeks to demonstrate God’s love and provision in His Creation by growing fruits and vegetables with our neighbors; To use LTCG houses and grounds for relationship building, worship, prayer, Bible study, training, kids clubs, reading, music, art, community meals, events and other outreach activities.

Service Opportunities

Projects include painting, construction, and gardening projects.

Days and Times Available

Days and times vary.