Serve

Woodside has a heart for mission! Where is God calling you to serve?

Here are a few service opportunities:

Time Sensitive Opportunities:

• The Bucks County Opportunity Council through their HELP Center is seeking volunteers to help deliver meals through the remainder of the year. Volunteers help #feedourcommunity by making deliveries of food to those who cannot do so on their own. Review the dates, times and locations of the opportunities HERE.

• Habitat for Humanity: There are about 2 and a half more weeks to FINISH OUR CURRENT BRISTOL PROJECT & bring Elaine and her children home! Several openings available: 3 spaces Wed Dec 1^st, 2 spaces Thurs Dec 2^nd, 4 spaces Wed Dec 8^th, 3 spaces Thurs Dec 9^th, 4 spaces Fri Dec 10^th Please email me back to secure your place. Every hand makes a difference! Paige Zalewski, Volunteer & Media Coordinator, 215-822-2812 x 313,

• Code Blue/AHTN: Woodside will be hosting Code Blue this winter (2021-2022). There are several volunteer opportunities including overnight shifts and kitchen help. An online orientation/video is required as well as registration for all volunteers. 
• Take these steps to become a volunteer: Create an account on the Volunteer HUB: https://ahtn.volunteerhub.com/, watch the orientation video (the link for the training will be emailed to you after creating your account), answer all video questions, sign the agreement and waiver and submit electronically. Then complete the background check. Once you have completed all steps and your background check is returned, you will receive an email that you are approved to volunteer. You then can sign up for shifts. Any questions, email Hilary Walp at . ­Thank you for your help with this critical mission!
• Food Donations
  We are collecting non perishable breakfast and pantry items through the end of January 2022 to provide to the Code Blue guests. Click HERE for a full list.

Ongoing Opportunities: 

• Adopt a Family: Join the Sower’s Club at Woodside and for as little as $10 per month, you can financially help a family for 1 year. Email Cynthia Montes at  .
• A Soldier’s Hands – Handwritten cards/letters needed: There are 50,000 Americans serving in bases in Germany. The goal is to send each of them a handwritten note and a star from a retired flag. Great service opportunity for families, scouts, schools, etc.! Drop off your letters/cards at Woodside. Questions? Email Trish Shallenberger at 
• Habitat Bucks - Restore Langhorne: Seeking volunteers for different store positions and many shifts available! Donation Dock: Be the first to see all the fun donations! Physical work... a free workout! Processing Center: Process new donations - Unpack donations, set up beautiful displays, organize the store! Sales Floor: Connect with others & help the customers, writing up slips & talking with them about their newest purchase! Build your own schedule! Sign up here: http://restorelanghorne.habitatbucks.volunteerhub.com/
• HELP Center – 194 Commerce Circle, Bristol, PA (all year round): Seeking volunteers to help unpack, inspect, and display donations in their “store” setting. Open Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays: 10am – 12pm and 1pm - 3pm. Extended hours on the first Tuesday (until 8pm) and Saturday (9-1). Sign up schedules are published at the following link:  Volunteer at the HELP Center (signupgenius.com) 
• Interfaith Food Alliance (IFA)/Backpack Center: Pantry Volunteers Needed: Serving children of the Morrisville School District, and their families. The pantry is open 4 days a month. 6 volunteers needed each open date.  Assistance is needed with distribution, stocking shelves, accepting donations etc.  The pandemic protocol requires pre-packaging bags of groceries which need to be brought downstairs as the families do not enter the building. A great way to boost your daily step count! If interested, please sign up here: SignUpGenius.   We also maintain a list of people who are willing to be "on call" to help with carrying in donations when received, on an as needed basis. If you wish to be added to that list, please provide us with your email address.  Questions? Diane Casey, President, Interfaith Food Alliance -   or 215-595-5623.
• Neighborhood Food Drive: Host your own food drive right in your own neighborhood and deliver to a pantry of your choice! Email Sue Harris-Miller at for a packet with instructions, tips/tools, and list of pantries!
• Red Cross: Donate at local drives! Find a blood drive here. Several held at Woodside throughout the year!
• Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK): Volunteers are needed during the weekdays – 6 positions open every Monday through Friday from 9:30 - 1. Please access the TASK registration calendar here to sign up for a shift: https://task.charityproud.org/VolunteerRegistration/Calendar/223
• Woodside Drivers: Food Pantry Delivery Volunteers Needed (all year round): Nonperishable food is donated each week and collected at Woodside where it supports 2 area food pantries - The Family Backpack Center, Morrisville and The Penndel Pantry, Penndel. Seeking volunteers to deliver the food. This can be once or as your schedule permits. A sign up email is generated every few months and you can pick your date(s). Deliveries to Penndel are Tuesday morning between 10am – 12pm.  Deliveries to The Backpack center are on Tuesday evenings between 4pm – 8pm.  You may pick up the food from Woodside on Tuesdays from 9am – 12pm. Please bring your own box/bin/bags to carry the food. Thank You! Food Pantry Delivery Sign Up
• Woodside’s Welcome Team: Seeking friendly, welcoming volunteers to greet folks on Sundays! Would you consider signing up one Sunday to help others feel welcome at Woodside? Email Rita at  for more info!

For any questions regarding any of the activities above call or email Sue Harris-Miller at 215-206-4890 or   Thank you!