Your family, business, church, or small group can help the homeless by doing a one-time service project together. Past groups have set up and torn down for events, washed cars, planted gardens, played music, sorted donations, cleaned kitchens, raked leaves, built shelves, held donation drives, organized closets … you can get creative and add to this list!

Want to get your group involved?

In Spokane, call 509.535.8510. In Coeur d’Alene, call 208.665.4673.

A great first step in connecting with our residents is to help serve a meal. Please start by calling the shelter where you’d like to serve, and they’ll guide you through the process:

Men’s Shelter: Laurie Willson, 509.535.8510, ext. 109
Crisis Shelter for Women and Children: Karen Herford, 509.535.0486
Anna Ogden Hall: Lori Bradley, 509.532.3842
Center for Women and Children: Jill Wright, 208.536.4607

If you want to serve as a group, please have one person from the group coordinate with UGM staff and communicate with the group.

If you want to serve on a regular basis, the best way to start is to see firsthand what’s going on at UGM and where your talents are needed. Come to a volunteer orientation!

In Spokane: Second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at 6 p.m. Call 509.535.8510 to sign up.
In Coeur d’Alene: Second Tuesday of each month at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Call 208.665.4673 to sign up.

At the orientation, we’ll give you a volunteer application to submit. Then we’ll work with you to find the perfect place for you to serve as a high-impact volunteer.

If instructed to do so, click here to fill out the application online (Spokane locations only).

High-impact volunteers serve at least four hours a week on a regular basis. At every shelter, at UGM Camp, Motors and Thrift Stores, these faithful partners make UGM’s day-to-day operations possible.

Our high-impact volunteers are carefully placed, trained and empowered to undertake meaningful responsibilities on an ongoing basis.

Students: If you’re a student looking for a way to fulfill your school’s community service requirement, we want you here! Call Youth Outreach Director Ryan Brown at 509.532.3838 for more information.

Court-ordered community service: Court-ordered service hours can be completed in an uplifting environment at UGM Thrift Stores. Adult men also may serve at the Men’s Shelter. Call ahead to schedule your service at 509.535.8510 or at the Thrift Store location where you’d like to serve.