Service Opportunities

Here you can find information on various opportunities for community service with organizations outside of the Ravenscroft Community. When you go to these off campus locations, take your service hours form with you to be signed by a coordinator there.

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Gleaning for Food Shuttle - anytime, look for updates and sign up to get on their list of events here: http://foodshuttle.org/we-feed/how-do-we-get-our-food/field-gleaning/

Also, follow them on twitter: @foodshuttle - http://twitter.com/FoodShuttle

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Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina - Students 12 to 17 years of age are welcome to volunteer with a parent/guardian (could be one parent for a few kids) during normal volunteer hours. 18 years of age and older do not need a chaperone. Shift times are Tuesday - Saturday 9am-12pm, 1-4pm and Wednesday evening 6-8pm. Arrive with your permission slip 5 minutes before the shift begins. See these FAQs. 

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Goodwill Community Foundation (GCF) "We welcome middle school age (12) students through adults to GCF to volunteer year round. We have a variety of opportunities that fit every age and skill set. All of our volunteer opportunities are located in Durham on Chin Page Road at our Corporate Headquarters, just off I-40 and Miami Blvd., easy to get to from anywhere in the Triangle. We have opportunities on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings from 9 a.m. – noon and afternoons on Saturdays. If groups need to arrange a time other than on those days, we will work with them." For information on volunteering at GCF, see attached files and contact:

Becky Lytle, Volunteer Coordinator/Communications Specialist
Goodwill Industries of Eastern North Carolina
4808 Chin Page Road, Durham, NC 27703, 919-281-9192
www.gcfglobal.org

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Volunteer Match is a great database of service opportunities: http://www.volunteermatch.org/?l=Raleigh%2C+NC# You can search for a specific type of charity and contact the coordinators directly. #GetInvolved!

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