At our AHOPE Day Center, we strive to help clients meet their basic needs and connect them to vital services. Our goal is to end each client’s homelessness and help them as much as possible on their journey to permanent housing.
The AHOPE Day Center is open for clients 8am to 1pm on Mon, Tue, Thur, and Fri. It is open 8am to 11:30am for services on Wednesdays. AHOPE is not open on weekends or federal holidays. The center serves anywhere from 150 to upwards of 300 people per day, after which there is a lot of cleaning and resetting to do! Team up with Homeward Bound staff to help refresh the Day Center at closing time. Volunteers sanitize surfaces and walls, sweep, mop, take out trash, tidy outdoor spaces, and clean bathrooms.
Cleaning occurs between 12:30pm and 3pm Mon, Tue, Thur, and Fri and between 11am and 2pm on Wednesdays. Depending on the number of volunteers, there may be opportunity for more deep cleaning and organizational projects if the daily cleaning is complete.
**If you have a group of volunteers interested in helping with cleaning, please contact the assistant director to coordinate.**
New AHOPE volunteers will need to undergo a brief onboarding process and background check once they have volunteered more than 2 times. This is required by our insurance. The best way to sign up to volunteer at AHOPE is to fill out an application at homewardboundwnc.org/volunteer. The Assistant Director of Homeless Services will then reach out to you to walk you through onboarding and connect you to the most meaningful opportunities.
You can contact the Assistant Director of Homeless Services at volunteer@homewardboundwnc.org or 828-772-2849.
** Any volunteers under the age of 18 can not be on site until 1pm (11:30pm on Wed) and must be accompanied by an adult**
