Patch Picks: Volunteering Opportunities

Northeast Cobb Patch does its best to highlight nonprofit organizations. Many churches hold food drives and fundraisers in support of charitable groups.

This week's Patch Picks offers five nonprofits with volunteering opportunities.

Choosing five nonprofits in Northeast Cobb wasn't easy. This list should by no measures be seen as a definitive list nor a comprehensive one. If you have other nonprofits we should feature ... let us know.

1. MUST Ministries, 1407 Cobb Parkway North. 770-427-9862. MUST Ministries formed in 1971 to provide services to individuals and families in need. A Christian-based charity, MUST Ministries allows volunteers to put their faith into action and minister to the poor, the brokenhearted and those who are in crisis.

MUST focuses on the needs of residents without judgment of the beliefs, background or circumstances of those who serve or of those being served.

MUST expanded its day services in our area, now serving about 32,000 people a year at three locations; expanded its emergency shelter at Elizabeth Inn, now at capacity with 68 beds; relocated its administrative offices with more room for clients, staff and volunteers and helped expand the Kennsesaw State University Community Health Clinic to six state-of-the-art treatment rooms.

2. The first Wednesday of each month volunteers are needed at Noonday Baptist Church to help distribute food to the hungry.

"This new ministry enables us to help many more families with their most basic needs every month. It also allows us time to talk to and pray with every family that comes for help," Pastor Jay Worthington said.

Over the four months that Noonday has been providing this service, over 100 families have received the blessing of prayers and a box of food.

If you would like to volunteer for There's Hope for the Hungry, send an email to ministry@thereshope.org.

Donate a box of food or explore ways your church or organization can become involved.

3. Volunteer to save lives of the impaired. Earn community service credit hours after work.SafeRide America needs your help to Keep Impaired Drivers Off The Streets.

4. Liberty Thrift Store, 2692 Sandy Plains Road, Suite 3. Please call Boquee Miller for scheduling your volunteer work 678-598-3665.

• Donation General Service Worker:: Clean parking lot, empty trash cans, collect shopping carts, replenish hanger racks, transport bins and clothing racks between store and donation center, and receive donations with a great attitude (some heavy lifting) and cleaning of received donations.
• Clothing Processor:: Separate good and bad clothing. Hang good clothing/discard bad clothing.
• Store Stocker:: Restock shelves, racks, and displays. Clean shelves, and displays. Process clothes and hang them on racks.

5. Pet Rescue Volunteers are needed at Angels Among Us Pet Rescue. The main need are foster families for rescued dogs and cats. Our second greatest need is for transporters to transport rescued dogs and cats from shelters to boarding and from boarding to vets offices and from boarding to adoptions. We need help for our Saturday adoptions, with fundraising, with grant writing, and with vet office coordination. Let us know how you'd like to help. 4475 Roswell Road.

What are some other nonprofit groups Northeast Cobb Patch should feature in the future?