Volunteers, Volunteers, Volunteers

What do you think of when you hear the name Timberlake Outreach Center? Many will say prevention, helping to keep the near homeless and people living in extreme crisis in their home. And that is very true, but we couldn’t do it with out the help of our volunteers who come to the Timberlake Outreach Center on a daily basis to help us prepare for the hundreds of shoppers who come through our doors for help.

We have regular volunteers like:

• Ruth has been volunteering here for over eight year. She comes in three times a week to help stock and replenish the house ware and bedding areas. Along with Ruth, many others help on a daily, weekly, monthly, or once a year basis.
• Louis and Steve help at the front desk and do a variety of other things for us. Louis has been volunteering for over 6 years and Steve has been volunteering three days a week for over two years now. Along with these two men we have Hester, Linda, Patty and Shirley, who come in weekly to help at the front desk.
• Our data entry ladies are faithful to come in each week and help us keep up with all our data entry. I am so grateful for all their help. Rose Marie has been volunteering for the Open Door Mission over six years and I don’t know what we would do without her. Along with Jean, Kathy, Karen, Shirley, who help us keep up on a daily basis, Steve helps when we fall behind.

The work at the Timberlake Outreach Center is unending. There is always area’s to clean, clothes to hang, books to put on the shelves, houseware and kitchen items to put on the shelves, and furniture to move. Replenishing our stock and keeping our place clean is a big job and we couldn’t do it without the help from people like you who volunteer. Whether you choose to volunteer by your self, with a friend, in a small group or large group for our big project we want you to know how much we appreciate your help. So we thank you for volunteering and partnering with us in helping prevent homelessness.

If you have been thinking about volunteering please go to our web page by clicking on Volunteer and sign up to have your orientation and tour today.

May God bless you for partnering with us to better serve the homeless and near homeless at the Open Door Mission.

Joyfully serving Jesus,

Judy Collins, Director of Timberlake Outreach Center