Serve Our City

PROJECT: Paint a classroom and offices for a new Teen Center // VOLUNTEERS: 15 (adults and children 8 and older) // LOCATION: 32nd St/Greenway

PROJECT: Paint a classroom and offices for a new Teen Center // VOLUNTEERS: 15 (adults and children 8 and older) // LOCATION: 32nd St/Greenway

PROJECT: Serve as a camp counselor or helper at foster children’s camp // VOLUNTEERS: 30 (adults) // LOCATION: Payson, AZ

PROJECT: Sort donations, prep lunches, perform admin tasks, and help in the Children’s Program at center // VOLUNTEERS: 8 (adult women) // LOCATION: 16th St/McDowell

PROJECT: Bag and distribute bagged lunches to men at a downtown homeless shelter // VOLUNTEERS: 8 (adults, children 10 and older with adult supervision) // LOCATION: 7th Ave/Jackson St

PROJECT: Sort, organize, tag donations // VOLUNTEERS: 8 (adults and children 14 and older) // LOCATION: 32nd St/Greenway

PROJECT: Attend a one-day training event that includes cross-cultural experiences that will help you discover refugees living in Phoenix // VOLUNTEERS: 7 (adults) // LOCATION: 19th Ave/Camelback

PROJECT: Event volunteer at Walk for Life 5K // VOLUNTEERS: 30 (family-friendly) // LOCATION: ASU, Tempe

PROJECT: Prep and serve dinner and interact with residents at the shelter // VOLUNTEERS: 8 (adults and children 14 and older) // LOCATION: 11th Ave/Jackson

PROJECT: Serve lunch and interact with women and children at the center // VOLUNTEERS: 4 (groups, married couples, women. 14 and older, under 18 requires adult supervision) // LOCATION: 15th Ave/Van Buren

PROJECT: Help with games, face painting, and bounce houses at neighborhood carnival // VOLUNTEERS: 20 (family-friendly) // LOCATION: 32nd St/Greenway

Project: Sort and organize hundreds of donated items, sew items for shoeboxes in November Volunteers: 20 (adults and children 10 and older) Location: SBC Shea Campus

PROJECT: Distribute clothes, shoes, and household items to resettled refugee families // VOLUNTEERS: 15 (adults and children 6 and older) // LOCATION: 19th Ave/Glendale

PROJECT: Pack weekend backpack meals for kids // VOLUNTEERS: 7 (adults and children 9 and older) // Location: McKellips Rd/Mesa Dr

PROJECT: Organize donations and gather requested items for foster care youth or families // VOLUNTEERS: 6 (adults and children with adult supervision) LOCATION: 32nd St/Thunderbird

PROJECT: Assemble crafts and cards for teachers, students, and volunteer events // VOLUNTEERS: 3 (adults and children 14 and older) // LOCATION: Pima Rd/Frank Lloyd Wright

PROJECT: Serve brunch and interact with residents at women and family shelters // VOLUNTEERS: 10 (adults and children 14 and older) // LOCATION: 32nd St/Van Buren

PROJECT: Painting project in a single-story home for men in need // VOLUNTEERS: 12 (family-friendly) // LOCATION: 24th St/McDowell

PROJECT: Clean classroom desks // VOLUNTEERS: 20 (family-friendly) // LOCATION: 32nd St/Thunderbird

PROJECT: Light yardwork, minimal cleaning up in residential girls foster home // VOLUNTEERS: 8 (adults and children 16 and older) // LOCATION: 15th Ave/Missouri

PROJECT: Assemble crafts and cards for teachers, students and volunteer events // VOLUNTEERS: 3 (adults and children 14 and older) // LOCATION: Pima Rd/Frank Lloyd Wright

PROJECT: Help with carnival games, bounce house, popcorn, cotton candy, snow cones at annual Refugee Cultural Festival // VOLUNTEERS: 20 (family-friendly) // LOCATION: 19th Ave/Camelback Rd /// The annual Cultural Festival will bring together 20+ cultures from Phoenix’s refugee community. Come enjoy cultural food, music, carnival games, concessions and fellowship with our refugee neighbors. At GoTEN we work hard to create an atmosphere where friendships can form, this annual event is by far the easiest way to connect. This is family-friendly and your children can experience a global perspective on the beautiful diversity that exists right in their city! Iraq, Congo, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Nepal, Afghanistan and Syria are just some of the nations represented!

PROJECT: Help families in need shop for items at a food and clothing bank // VOLUNTEERS: 10 (adults and children age 5-12 with adult supervision) // LOCATION: Tatum/Thunderbird

PROJECT: General cleaning, weeding, trimming, and light landscaping at the center and housing unit for residents // VOLUNTEERS: 20 (adults and children 6 and older with adult supervision) // LOCATION: 7th St/Mountainview Rd

PROJECT: Accept clothing and household donations and load into the trailer for thrift store // VOLUNTEERS: 10 (adults and teens who can move heavy/large items) // LOCATION: SBC, Shea Campus