COMMUNITY INITIATIVES VOLUNTEER ASSIGNMENTS
Welcome to the Community Initiatives Volunteer Team Assignment Page!!
Our Community Initiatives Team works really hard to help the pets and people of our community! We have a few really amazing and special opportunities to share with you! Whether you are looking to go to our Friendship Cafes, help with Food Barrel, Events, or Remote Opportunities, you have found the right spot! Please scroll through this page to find more information on these assignments, we may ask you to fill out a short survey to learn more about what you are interested in, and this is our new process in finding volunteer opportunities that could match what our volunteers are looking to do!! Awesome! Are you ready to get started? Let's get scrolling!
FRIENDSHIP CAFE
Program Overview
Meals on Wheels’ Friendship Café program exists to provide seniors with daily meals at various congregate locations in the community; opportunities to participate in various activities included in the program, and, crucially, a place to experience robust social interactions and to form meaningful interpersonal connections.
SPCA Wake representatives bring pet food and supplies to several of these Friendship Café locations on a monthly basis. On “SPCA Days,” SPCA Wake volunteer site representatives bring pet food and other supplies for Meals on Wheels clients so their non-human family members can also stay happy, healthy, and home.