GET INVOLVED

Volunteer At The Path

Volunteers play an important role in helping our clients improve job skills, reconnect with family, and transition to community life. Your time matters. And your presence makes a lasting difference.

Volunteer Application

Volunteer Roles

Opportunities For Serving

There’s a place for you at The Path. If you’re 18 or older and have a heart to serve, your time and desire to help can make a meaningful difference in the lives of others. With volunteer opportunities on weekdays and weekends, we’ll work with your schedule and availability.

All volunteers are required to complete an application, background check, and orientation before starting.

Teach a Life Skill or Bible Study

Our Christ-centered New Life Program classes teach men and women how to develop a lasting spiritual foundation, how to be better parents, resolve conflicts in healthier ways, maintain their recovery, and other important skills.

Teach a Craft You Enjoy

Share your passion for a hobby! Activities include quilting, crocheting, knitting or other needlework, baking, cooking, watercolor painting, and other arts and crafts.

Teach Home Repair or Job Skills

Good with tools or hands-on repair work? Help men and women build practical skills by teaching simple repairs, basic car maintenance, and other hands-on skills that can benefit at home plus open doors to job opportunities.

Facilities Maintenance

Something always needs attention around our property--small repairs, painting, general upkeep, and more. Good with your hands? Those skills are greatly appreciated. Even better, you can share what you know and help clients learn valuable skills, too!

Children & Youth

Spend time with the children at The Path through tutoring, reading, playing games, or other structured activities, whether educational or children's ministry-focused.

Thrift Store Help

Enjoy working with knick-knacks? Our thrift store is always looking for volunteers to help with sorting, pricing, and keeping the store neatly stocked.

How to Become a Volunteer

Your encouragement and presence makes a lasting difference! As you volunteer with us, we ask that you keep one goal at the heart of your time here: Guide and inspire others while helping uphold the integrity of our program. We encourage you to keep this purpose in mind throughout your volunteer experience and let it guide the way you interact and lead.

Ready to get started? Here’s what you need to do:

Apply First

Please download and complete both pages of the application-- including our Background Check Consent Form. Both pages are required to apply.

Background Check

Because we shelter women and children, a background check is required for every volunteer. No exceptions.

Attend Orientation

Orientation covers who we are, how the program operates, what clients are working through, and setting healthy boundaries while volunteering at our rescue mission.

Be a Steady Presence

Consistency matters. And remember, our staff is always here to support you, answer questions, and help when needed.

Ultimately, over time, the goal of this program is for that person to grow with familiarity to steps and routine, so that when they do leave, they can continue on their own.

Gregg M.

Volunteer
The most important portion of the “AA” class is seeing people who were in really hard situations, out on the streets and not doing well, be able to turn around, rise to the top and get back out there, so they can become sober and with hopes stay sober when they leave the class/program.

Lee G.

Volunteer
Sometimes Bible study is something that can intimidate people but my goal is that somebody should never be afraid to be a part of Bible Study. The women that come to Bible Study are really good women and always want to be positive and truly make a difference.

Gloria S.

Volunteer
The main goals of my class are to move men closer to God and build their relationship with Him. Some of these men have dealt with addiction and they continue to work on future planning. The focus is on what is important when you leave. The two most important components are going to church and being in a men’s group as it is stressed “You can’t do this on your own.”

Bob J.

Volunteer
I give and serve here because The Path is focused on helping broken people (as we all are) gain stability and structure based on the Word of God. It’s a great way to demonstrate the love of Christ in both financial and practical ways. I’m blessed by the little things clients there say and do that demonstrate their reliance on God as He works in their lives.

Ron R.

Monthly Partner

Get Started

Join Us! Apply to Become a Volunteer

Our volunteer application is two pages: basic information and a background-check consent. Once we receive your signed forms, we'll be in touch about next steps and scheduling orientation. Thank you for serving!

Have Questions about Volunteering? Contact 352-527-6500 ext. 1 or email [email protected]