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We would love your help in transforming lives and bringing hope to those in need. If that sounds good to you, here’s what you need to know about volunteering with us:

Commitment: We ask volunteers to commit to a weekly shift. With our small staff team, consistent support is invaluable. When you dedicate your time weekly to the same project, you make a significant impact and help us provide continuous, reliable support.
Age Requirements: Volunteers must be at least 13 years old. Those aged 13-15 need to be accompanied by an adult. We believe in fostering a spirit of service in young people.
Alternative Ways to Help: If on-site volunteering doesn’t fit your schedule, you can still make a huge difference! Consider organizing a supply drive for our programs. Gather essential items from our most-needed list and rally your community—whether it’s your office, place of worship, gym, scouting group, sports team, school, book club, or any other group.

Together, we can create a warmer, more compassionate community. Thank you for considering joining our mission!

Learn how our volunteers make a difference:

Soup Kitchen: Grocery Bagging

The Soup Kitchen receives a carload of grocery store donations each morning, mostly breads, desserts, breakfast pastries, deli meats, and frozen meats. This all needs to be sorted and packed into bags, which are offered to our Soup Kitchen guests when they are picking up their lunches.

Soup Kitchen: Transportation

We rely on volunteer drivers for our Food Rescue Project. Trinity does not own vehicles so volunteers play a big role in picking up donations of leftover food that stores set aside for us every day. Food is picked up every morning and volunteers commit to one shift per week.

Food Pantry: Packing Boxes

We feed over 200 families during our Thursday morning Food Pantry! Volunteers help to receive the delivery, stack cases of food, and pre-pack boxes of fruits and vegetables for each family.

Other Tasks

There is a lot of work to be done at the Center and many tasks that we would love assistance with. If you have special skills or are interested in other options for volunteering please get in touch with us!

Soup Kitchen: Food Prep

The Soup Kitchen serves over 100 lunches each day! Volunteers help with food preparation and plating meals.

Soup Kitchen + Day Shelter: Cleaning

Volunteers assist with washing dishes, sweeping and mopping floors, cleaning bathrooms, raking leaves, shoveling snow, and other cleaning and tidying projects.

Supply Drives

We welcome groups interested in holding fundraisers and supply drives for our programs! These are events that we simply don’t have the manpower to run on our own but they are an important source of donations and a great way to spread the word about Trinity. Please see our Donate Supplies page to find our biggest needs.

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Volunteer Application

Name(Required)

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Which program are you volunteering from?(Required)

Bates College

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Date of Birth:(Required)

The minimum age for volunteering is 13. Volunteers ages 13-15 must be accompanied by an adult whenever volunteering. The adult should fill out a separate volunteer sign-up form

Have you been arrested for, charged with, or convicted of a crime in the last 10 years?(Required)

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Emergency contact (name, phone number, and relationship)(Required)

Do you have any restrictions on the work you are able to do? For example lifting, food allergies, etc.(Required)

We do a short orientation training when you begin volunteering. Will you need a translator for this? If so, what language?(Required)

We rely on our volunteers, individuals who want to make a difference in the world and in their community, to help us complete our mission. In a short paragraph, please let us know why you would like to volunteer with us, which days you are available, and if there are any specific areas you would like to help with.(Required)