How you can get involved
Host a Welcome Home Party to support the CARITAS Community Sharehouse
Collect furniture and household items for individuals exiting Richmond area homeless shelters through your congregation, business, civic group or neighborhood.
Participate in a House Blessing for a CARITAS Community Sharehouse Participant
On the second Sunday of each month, Embrace hosts a mini-missions experience for groups of adults, youth and children over the age of 10. The events run from 1:30-5:30pm. During the event your group will help a family select and move their furniture into their new home.
Join a Community Sharehouse Hospitality Team
Hospitality teams serve as personal shoppers, coordinate community lunch, and facilitate prayer activities for their service week. These teams consist of 4-6 individuals and each team serves quarterly.
Become an Encourager
Encouragers are individuals who commit to serve for 6 months providing emotional, spiritual, and relational support to a family or individual, transitioning out of homelessness. Through the Unity-Works program Encouragers learn about the issues facing formerly homeless individuals. Encouragers work in three different capacities: Community Peer Mentors, Career Mentors, and Family Encourager Teams members.
Click here to request more information about Volunteer Opportunities