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Tuesday, January 23, 2024
VITA Greeter Volunteer
Jan 23 all-day
Greer Relief & Resources Agency, Inc.

Could this be you?

*At least 18 years old, friendly, outgoing, flexible and a good problem solver.

*Have the ability to respond to neighbors in a supportive and empathic manner.

*Be able to respect the confidential nature of the paperwork involved.

If so, this may be your calling. Our VITA Greeters welcome the neighbors upon their arrival. During check-in, you will make sure they have the needed and completed documents for our tax preparers. You do NOT need to have any knowledge of taxes to participate in this activity.

We offer this assistance from the end of January to mid April. The weekly shifts are Tuesday and Thursday from 5pm to 8pm and Saturday from 8:30am to 1:30pm. We are asking that volunteers can do at least one shift most weeks.

For more information, contact Yvonne at 864.334.3493 or email her at [email protected] She will connect with you.

Thank you for the support and supporting the neighbors in the community!!

Volunteer w/ Mental Health America of Greenville County
Jan 23 all-day
Mental Health America of Greenville County

MHAGC’s dedicated and passionate volunteers can serve either in person at MHAGC facilities in Upstate South Carolina or remotely anywhere in the country from their homes, offices, and schools. Volunteers can use their commitment to fulfill school or services requirements or for internships and field practicums.


988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

The agency’s largest volunteer program involves serving on the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Volunteers for the Lifeline receive 65+ hours of classroom and live training including intensive active listening and crisis intervention training. Volunteers gain skills that are useful both in professional fields and everyday life, greatly expanding their knowledge about mental and behavioral health, resources across the state and country, and the agency’s programs. Training can be in-person or remote.

Serving on the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline means connecting with some of the tens of thousands of adults and youth who call, chat, and text the Lifeline each year. Volunteers can contribute their time in-person in MHAGC’s facilities or remotely in the comfort of their homes. Our volunteers will be part of a team of dedicated individuals who have chosen to make a difference in the lives of others.

If you are interested in supporting crisis operations, please click the application link below.


Other Volunteer Opportunities

There are a variety of ways volunteers and interns might offer their time and talent to MHAGC besides serving on the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. A few of those include:

  • helping update our database of resources
  • supporting communications and marketing
  • lending expertise with fund development
  • participating in volunteer recruitment and community education
  • serving on the MHAGC Board of Directors

If one of these opportunities sparks your interest or you have questions about these or other ways you might lend a hand, email [email protected] and we’ll reach out.

Thank you for considering giving your time and talent to MHAGC!

Packing meals volunteer opportunity
Jan 23 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 am
Meals on Wheels Greenville

Meal Pack as a Group

Packing meals in our kitchen is a great group volunteer opportunity. Every morning, we need 8-10 volunteers to help pack hot meals from 8-10 a.m.

Gather your coworkers, a group you’re involved in, or your family members and sign up to volunteer together!

Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Volunteer w/ Mental Health America of Greenville County
Jan 24 all-day
Mental Health America of Greenville County

MHAGC’s dedicated and passionate volunteers can serve either in person at MHAGC facilities in Upstate South Carolina or remotely anywhere in the country from their homes, offices, and schools. Volunteers can use their commitment to fulfill school or services requirements or for internships and field practicums.


988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

The agency’s largest volunteer program involves serving on the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Volunteers for the Lifeline receive 65+ hours of classroom and live training including intensive active listening and crisis intervention training. Volunteers gain skills that are useful both in professional fields and everyday life, greatly expanding their knowledge about mental and behavioral health, resources across the state and country, and the agency’s programs. Training can be in-person or remote.

Serving on the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline means connecting with some of the tens of thousands of adults and youth who call, chat, and text the Lifeline each year. Volunteers can contribute their time in-person in MHAGC’s facilities or remotely in the comfort of their homes. Our volunteers will be part of a team of dedicated individuals who have chosen to make a difference in the lives of others.

If you are interested in supporting crisis operations, please click the application link below.


Other Volunteer Opportunities

There are a variety of ways volunteers and interns might offer their time and talent to MHAGC besides serving on the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. A few of those include:

  • helping update our database of resources
  • supporting communications and marketing
  • lending expertise with fund development
  • participating in volunteer recruitment and community education
  • serving on the MHAGC Board of Directors

If one of these opportunities sparks your interest or you have questions about these or other ways you might lend a hand, email [email protected] and we’ll reach out.

Thank you for considering giving your time and talent to MHAGC!

Packing meals volunteer opportunity
Jan 24 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 am
Meals on Wheels Greenville

Meal Pack as a Group

Packing meals in our kitchen is a great group volunteer opportunity. Every morning, we need 8-10 volunteers to help pack hot meals from 8-10 a.m.

Gather your coworkers, a group you’re involved in, or your family members and sign up to volunteer together!

Historic Neighborhoods + Architecture Tour
Jan 24 @ 10:30 am
Greenville History Tours

Our city has great architectural examples of styles that span the last 200 years and charming neighborhoods that give them context.

Our downtown is blessed with a selection of historic neighborhoods that encircle our city center, providing a great mix of the progress surrounding the Main Street area with the stability of traditional domestic living. As the young village of Greenville formed in the late 1700s, homes were naturally scattered around the region with large tracts of land tied to them. This tour traces the development of Greenville’s neighborhoods on the North and West sides of the Reedy River, taking you on a pleasant drive to see the variety of architectural styles, hear stories of their home-owners, and understand the role in Greenville’s revitalization.

Tours will take place in a comfortable Ford Transit high-roof tour van. Digital photographs will be shown on a screen to provide insights into the information that you hear from the tour guide. Your tour guide, John Nolan, is a local historian and author of “A Guide to Historic Greenville, SC” and “The Lost Restaurants of Greenville, SC

Highlights include:

• Current downtown condos and apartments

• Pettigru Neighborhood

• Alta Vista / Crescent Ave.

• Augusta Road neighborhood

• Mills Mill village

• Hampton Pinkney neighborhood

“The Fifth Element” discussion
Jan 24 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Coffee Underground

Join us to discuss this fun sci-fi epic!

The Fifth Element is currently free to watch on YouTube (I assume with ads).

Thursday, January 25, 2024
VITA Greeter Volunteer
Jan 25 all-day
Greer Relief & Resources Agency, Inc.

Could this be you?

*At least 18 years old, friendly, outgoing, flexible and a good problem solver.

*Have the ability to respond to neighbors in a supportive and empathic manner.

*Be able to respect the confidential nature of the paperwork involved.

If so, this may be your calling. Our VITA Greeters welcome the neighbors upon their arrival. During check-in, you will make sure they have the needed and completed documents for our tax preparers. You do NOT need to have any knowledge of taxes to participate in this activity.

We offer this assistance from the end of January to mid April. The weekly shifts are Tuesday and Thursday from 5pm to 8pm and Saturday from 8:30am to 1:30pm. We are asking that volunteers can do at least one shift most weeks.

For more information, contact Yvonne at 864.334.3493 or email her at [email protected] She will connect with you.

Thank you for the support and supporting the neighbors in the community!!

Volunteer w/ Mental Health America of Greenville County
Jan 25 all-day
Mental Health America of Greenville County

MHAGC’s dedicated and passionate volunteers can serve either in person at MHAGC facilities in Upstate South Carolina or remotely anywhere in the country from their homes, offices, and schools. Volunteers can use their commitment to fulfill school or services requirements or for internships and field practicums.


988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

The agency’s largest volunteer program involves serving on the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Volunteers for the Lifeline receive 65+ hours of classroom and live training including intensive active listening and crisis intervention training. Volunteers gain skills that are useful both in professional fields and everyday life, greatly expanding their knowledge about mental and behavioral health, resources across the state and country, and the agency’s programs. Training can be in-person or remote.

Serving on the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline means connecting with some of the tens of thousands of adults and youth who call, chat, and text the Lifeline each year. Volunteers can contribute their time in-person in MHAGC’s facilities or remotely in the comfort of their homes. Our volunteers will be part of a team of dedicated individuals who have chosen to make a difference in the lives of others.

If you are interested in supporting crisis operations, please click the application link below.


Other Volunteer Opportunities

There are a variety of ways volunteers and interns might offer their time and talent to MHAGC besides serving on the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. A few of those include:

  • helping update our database of resources
  • supporting communications and marketing
  • lending expertise with fund development
  • participating in volunteer recruitment and community education
  • serving on the MHAGC Board of Directors

If one of these opportunities sparks your interest or you have questions about these or other ways you might lend a hand, email [email protected] and we’ll reach out.

Thank you for considering giving your time and talent to MHAGC!

Packing meals volunteer opportunity
Jan 25 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 am
Meals on Wheels Greenville

Meal Pack as a Group

Packing meals in our kitchen is a great group volunteer opportunity. Every morning, we need 8-10 volunteers to help pack hot meals from 8-10 a.m.

Gather your coworkers, a group you’re involved in, or your family members and sign up to volunteer together!

Friday, January 26, 2024
Volunteer w/ Mental Health America of Greenville County
Jan 26 all-day
Mental Health America of Greenville County

MHAGC’s dedicated and passionate volunteers can serve either in person at MHAGC facilities in Upstate South Carolina or remotely anywhere in the country from their homes, offices, and schools. Volunteers can use their commitment to fulfill school or services requirements or for internships and field practicums.


988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

The agency’s largest volunteer program involves serving on the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Volunteers for the Lifeline receive 65+ hours of classroom and live training including intensive active listening and crisis intervention training. Volunteers gain skills that are useful both in professional fields and everyday life, greatly expanding their knowledge about mental and behavioral health, resources across the state and country, and the agency’s programs. Training can be in-person or remote.

Serving on the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline means connecting with some of the tens of thousands of adults and youth who call, chat, and text the Lifeline each year. Volunteers can contribute their time in-person in MHAGC’s facilities or remotely in the comfort of their homes. Our volunteers will be part of a team of dedicated individuals who have chosen to make a difference in the lives of others.

If you are interested in supporting crisis operations, please click the application link below.


Other Volunteer Opportunities

There are a variety of ways volunteers and interns might offer their time and talent to MHAGC besides serving on the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. A few of those include:

  • helping update our database of resources
  • supporting communications and marketing
  • lending expertise with fund development
  • participating in volunteer recruitment and community education
  • serving on the MHAGC Board of Directors

If one of these opportunities sparks your interest or you have questions about these or other ways you might lend a hand, email [email protected] and we’ll reach out.

Thank you for considering giving your time and talent to MHAGC!

Packing meals volunteer opportunity
Jan 26 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 am
Meals on Wheels Greenville

Meal Pack as a Group

Packing meals in our kitchen is a great group volunteer opportunity. Every morning, we need 8-10 volunteers to help pack hot meals from 8-10 a.m.

Gather your coworkers, a group you’re involved in, or your family members and sign up to volunteer together!

Volunteer with Meals on Wheels
Jan 26 @ 9:00 am
Meals on Wheels- Greenville

Bring hope to the homebound.

DELIVERY VOLUNTEERS

INDIVIDUAL
VOLUNTEERS

No matter what your schedule is like, we can find a route for you—whether you want to deliver daily, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly or just occasionally. Ready to deliver? Fill out an application today!

FILL OUT AN APPLICATION

ROUTE
SUBSTITUTES

Sometimes our scheduled volunteers are unable to make their routes due to illness or other commitments. If you are interested in becoming a substitute, sign up for emails to get notifications on open routes!

SIGN UP FOR NOTIFICATIONS

ROUTE
PARTNERS

We have nearly 150 Route Partners who deliver meals regularly to our homebound clients. Learn more about this program now!

GET YOUR GROUP INVOLVED

OTHER VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Meal Packaging

MEAL PACKAGING

We need volunteers to pack nearly 1,500 meals every Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. until approximately 10:00 a.m. The food is prepared by our kitchen staff and set-up in an assembly line for packaging.

Pet Food Packaging

PET FOOD PACKAGING

Meals on Wheels also strives to help the pets of the homebound in Greenville. We need volunteers to package dog and cat food for monthly distribution and to organize pet food drives.

Greeting

MEAL DISTRIBUTION

Volunteers are needed Monday through Friday from 10:30 until 12 pm to greet in-coming volunteers, hand out route sheets and answer questions.

Special Events

SPECIAL EVENTS

Our annual events are great fundraising opportunities. They’re also a lot of fun, whether you get involved as a participant, committee member, volunteer or corporate sponsor.

Historic Neighborhoods + Architecture Tour
Jan 26 @ 10:30 am
Greenville History Tours

Our city has great architectural examples of styles that span the last 200 years and charming neighborhoods that give them context.

Our downtown is blessed with a selection of historic neighborhoods that encircle our city center, providing a great mix of the progress surrounding the Main Street area with the stability of traditional domestic living. As the young village of Greenville formed in the late 1700s, homes were naturally scattered around the region with large tracts of land tied to them. This tour traces the development of Greenville’s neighborhoods on the North and West sides of the Reedy River, taking you on a pleasant drive to see the variety of architectural styles, hear stories of their home-owners, and understand the role in Greenville’s revitalization.

Tours will take place in a comfortable Ford Transit high-roof tour van. Digital photographs will be shown on a screen to provide insights into the information that you hear from the tour guide. Your tour guide, John Nolan, is a local historian and author of “A Guide to Historic Greenville, SC” and “The Lost Restaurants of Greenville, SC

Highlights include:

• Current downtown condos and apartments

• Pettigru Neighborhood

• Alta Vista / Crescent Ave.

• Augusta Road neighborhood

• Mills Mill village

• Hampton Pinkney neighborhood

Saturday, January 27, 2024
Greenville BBQ Trail Tour
Jan 27 all-day
Various Locations Greenville SC

While Downtown Greenville’s familiar culinary scene has some great BBQ options, this tour will take you outside of the city center to the places locals know and love. These are the types of joints with smoke stacks sticking out of the rooftops and white smoke billowing out of the chimneys–smoking the meats right on the premises.

The Greenville BBQ Trail tour is your opportunity to try back-to-back tastings of what are considered by many to be among the top BBQ spots in the city.

Tours include:

• Insights into each restaurant’s cooking processes and techniques
• Information about each restaurant’s history and how they got started
• Interesting information about Greenville BBQ history
• A drive through old textile mill villages
• And, of course, a chance to try generous portions of smoked meats and delicious sides

Locations we visit:

• Bucky’s Bar-B-Q
• Henry’s Smokehouse
• Mike & Jeff’s BBQ

The Greenville BBQ Trail Tour
Jan 27 all-day
The Greenville BBQ Trail Tour
A plate of barbeque and side dishes.

Greenville’s BBQ scene has been gaining more and more national attention, and it was most notably ranked a Top 10 BBQ City in America by Yahoo.com.

While downtown Greenville’s familiar culinary scene has some great BBQ options, this tour will take you outside of the city center to the places locals know and love. These are the types of joints with smoke stacks sticking out of the rooftops and white smoke billowing out of the chimneys — smoking the meats right on the premises.

The Greenville BBQ Trail Tour, presented by Greenville History Tours, is your opportunity to try back-to-back tastings of what are considered by many to be among the top BBQ spots in the city.

The tours include insights into each restaurant’s cooking processes and techniques, information about each restaurant’s history, interesting information about the city’s BBQ history, a drive through old textile mill villages, and of course generous portions of smoked meats and delicious sides.

The tours usually take place on Saturdays from 10:30 am to 12:45 am and meet at City Hall. Tickets are $55 per person.

Visit greenvillehistorytours.com/greenville-culinary-tours/bbq-trail/ or call (864) 567-3940 for additional information.

VITA Greeter Volunteer
Jan 27 all-day
Greer Relief & Resources Agency, Inc.

Could this be you?

*At least 18 years old, friendly, outgoing, flexible and a good problem solver.

*Have the ability to respond to neighbors in a supportive and empathic manner.

*Be able to respect the confidential nature of the paperwork involved.

If so, this may be your calling. Our VITA Greeters welcome the neighbors upon their arrival. During check-in, you will make sure they have the needed and completed documents for our tax preparers. You do NOT need to have any knowledge of taxes to participate in this activity.

We offer this assistance from the end of January to mid April. The weekly shifts are Tuesday and Thursday from 5pm to 8pm and Saturday from 8:30am to 1:30pm. We are asking that volunteers can do at least one shift most weeks.

For more information, contact Yvonne at 864.334.3493 or email her at [email protected] She will connect with you.

Thank you for the support and supporting the neighbors in the community!!

Volunteer w/ Mental Health America of Greenville County
Jan 27 all-day
Mental Health America of Greenville County

MHAGC’s dedicated and passionate volunteers can serve either in person at MHAGC facilities in Upstate South Carolina or remotely anywhere in the country from their homes, offices, and schools. Volunteers can use their commitment to fulfill school or services requirements or for internships and field practicums.


988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

The agency’s largest volunteer program involves serving on the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Volunteers for the Lifeline receive 65+ hours of classroom and live training including intensive active listening and crisis intervention training. Volunteers gain skills that are useful both in professional fields and everyday life, greatly expanding their knowledge about mental and behavioral health, resources across the state and country, and the agency’s programs. Training can be in-person or remote.

Serving on the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline means connecting with some of the tens of thousands of adults and youth who call, chat, and text the Lifeline each year. Volunteers can contribute their time in-person in MHAGC’s facilities or remotely in the comfort of their homes. Our volunteers will be part of a team of dedicated individuals who have chosen to make a difference in the lives of others.

If you are interested in supporting crisis operations, please click the application link below.


Other Volunteer Opportunities

There are a variety of ways volunteers and interns might offer their time and talent to MHAGC besides serving on the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. A few of those include:

  • helping update our database of resources
  • supporting communications and marketing
  • lending expertise with fund development
  • participating in volunteer recruitment and community education
  • serving on the MHAGC Board of Directors

If one of these opportunities sparks your interest or you have questions about these or other ways you might lend a hand, email [email protected] and we’ll reach out.

Thank you for considering giving your time and talent to MHAGC!

Packing meals volunteer opportunity
Jan 27 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 am
Meals on Wheels Greenville

Meal Pack as a Group

Packing meals in our kitchen is a great group volunteer opportunity. Every morning, we need 8-10 volunteers to help pack hot meals from 8-10 a.m.

Gather your coworkers, a group you’re involved in, or your family members and sign up to volunteer together!

Volunteer with Meals on Wheels
Jan 27 @ 9:00 am
Meals on Wheels- Greenville

Bring hope to the homebound.

DELIVERY VOLUNTEERS

INDIVIDUAL
VOLUNTEERS

No matter what your schedule is like, we can find a route for you—whether you want to deliver daily, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly or just occasionally. Ready to deliver? Fill out an application today!

FILL OUT AN APPLICATION

ROUTE
SUBSTITUTES

Sometimes our scheduled volunteers are unable to make their routes due to illness or other commitments. If you are interested in becoming a substitute, sign up for emails to get notifications on open routes!

SIGN UP FOR NOTIFICATIONS

ROUTE
PARTNERS

We have nearly 150 Route Partners who deliver meals regularly to our homebound clients. Learn more about this program now!

GET YOUR GROUP INVOLVED

OTHER VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Meal Packaging

MEAL PACKAGING

We need volunteers to pack nearly 1,500 meals every Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. until approximately 10:00 a.m. The food is prepared by our kitchen staff and set-up in an assembly line for packaging.

Pet Food Packaging

PET FOOD PACKAGING

Meals on Wheels also strives to help the pets of the homebound in Greenville. We need volunteers to package dog and cat food for monthly distribution and to organize pet food drives.

Greeting

MEAL DISTRIBUTION

Volunteers are needed Monday through Friday from 10:30 until 12 pm to greet in-coming volunteers, hand out route sheets and answer questions.

Special Events

SPECIAL EVENTS

Our annual events are great fundraising opportunities. They’re also a lot of fun, whether you get involved as a participant, committee member, volunteer or corporate sponsor.