Gateway Community Services - How You Can Help
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As a local non-profit, resources are forever scarce. Gateway is always in need of volunteers, interns, monetary and tangible good donations, and community support. There are many ways you can support a youth serving organization like Gateway Community Services.
Donations | Volunteers | Internships
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There are several ways in which you can help Gateway. Donations are always appreciated, and because we are funded soley by grants and donations, you know that your money will be going to support a good cause. We also have an internship program for people interested in social work as a career, and college credit is available to those who qualify. Gateway is also always in need of volunteers for various projects which we are involved in. This can range from working with youth at the shelter to answering phones at our office. Here are a few ways in which you could volunteer at Gateway.
Here's how you can help:
Research homeless issues with your friends and family and help your friends and neighbors understand the problem as it relates to your community
Let struggling young people know about Gateway’s programs and services and help them connect with us through our Administrative Office @ 517-351-4000, or any time after hours and on weekends @ 517-882-7217
Assist as a co-instructor in the VIPP classroom and help prepare projects for artistic expression
Share a skill or hobby with youth in shelter. Come in and teach them how to sew, how to change a tire, how to care for a garden, etc
Be a mentor to youth who lack positive, supportive adult role models
Collect clothing, hygiene supplies, blankets, first aid supplies, children’s toys, baby items, etc. to give to our youth on the street and in shelter
Come into the shelter and work with youth on cooking and nutrition
Hold a non-perishable food drive in your neighborhood or community
Help tutor youth who are struggling in school or needing to improve their reading and math skills
Teach computer or other job building skills to youth
Grow a vegetable garden and donate some of the food to the shelter
Hold a winter coat drive and collect coats, boots, hats, gloves, and scarves for teens
Gather art and school supplies from your friends, neighbors, and local grocers
Put together hygiene baskets full of toiletries and linens
Sponsor a homeless youth for their birthday or during the holiday season
Have a meal or other benefit to raise money for runaway, homeless, and struggling youth
Bring your whole family to the shelter to help with yard work (raking, weeding, planting flowers)
Prepare a meal or some baked goods and drop them off at the shelter
Help out in the administrative office by answering phones, filing, sorting mail, preparing spreadsheets, and other office tasks
Hold a back pack drive in your community and help homeless teens return to school prepared
Join the Street Outreach Team as a volunteer and talk to homeless youth on the street, helping them transition from the street to shelter
Sponsor a youth for a hair cut or some free passes to the gym
Donate your gift certificates
Help baby-sit so teen parents can attend important counseling and case management appointments
OR, bring us your idea of a way to help.
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If you would like to support Gateway Community Services in our efforts to end youth homelessness in your community, please contact us by phone at 517-351-4000 or by email at info@gatewayservices.org.
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