Volunteer

Ready to make a difference?

You’ve come to the right place! Volunteers dedicated more than 17,000 hours to SAMMinistries in 2020, and we hope you can join the team! Every one of our volunteers is a valuable part of our work here, and we could not succeed in overcoming homelessness without you. For any volunteer questions, email volunteer@samm.org or call 210-321-5639

For individual volunteers, please complete a volunteer application with your legal name and information so a background check can be completed. You will then receive information on volunteer orientation dates within one week. Your application will not be verified for approval until attendance of an orientation. Volunteer opportunities are sent out weekly with an online sign-up sheet for all approved volunteers.

For group volunteers, please complete an inquiry form below. SAMMinistries Volunteer Services will contact you within one week to offer your group some options for volunteering.

Individuals

Groups

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SAMMinistries does not provide volunteer opportunities for adults with court-mandated community service hours. However, in lieu of community service hours, adults can pay SAMMinistries to certify court ordered service hours at a rate of $8 per hour. Please contact Human Resources at our administrative offices at (210) 340-0302 for additional information.

Due to COVID-19, SAMMinistries is taking measures to ensure the safety of staff, clients, and volunteers. New measures include, but are not limited to: temperature checks, health screenings, requiring masks, and capacity limits in accordance to the guidance provided by the City of San Antonio. Furthermore, SAMMinistries Volunteer Services is offering a variety of socially distant opportunities for small groups and individuals.

Volunteer FAQ’s

You’ll receive an email about orientation within one week of submitting your application. We offer orientations weekly. Some volunteers can complete the intake process in as little as two weeks, where others may wait longer if they choose.

We offer a few special events throughout the year, where an application and orientation aren’t needed. The volunteer slots for these events tend to fill up fast. We recommend going through the full intake process to get the most access to our volunteer opportunities.

Anyone aged 14 and up may volunteer independently; however, you must be at least 16 years old to volunteer independently in our opportunities involving children.

Yes! We offer volunteer opportunities most weeknights and Saturdays.

Families can volunteer together for most of our opportunities. Anyone aged 14 and up should have a volunteer application submitted and attend an orientation.

Once you have submitted your application, attended an orientation, and passed your background check, you will be admitted into our volunteer program! We send out an email to all volunteers every Monday with online sign up for all of our current opportunities.

At this time, we do not offer volunteer opportunities on Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, or Christmas Day.

While most of our volunteer opportunities are in-person, we are working towards adding more remote opportunities. Volunteers should still go through our intake process to sign up for these activities, and the entire process can be done virtually.

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