Active Volunteer Opportunities
Park Road participates directly in the following programs:
Room In The Inn Volunteers
help host at Myers Park United Methodist Church
Park Road has supported Roof Above's RITI program for several decades. This is a great opportunity for your family, Sunday School class, coworkers, and neighbors to come together and help some of the unhoused people in our city. This year, we will host at Myers Park United Methodist Church on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays from December through March. They are sharing their beautiful new facility with us on the nights when we will be offering our 12 unhoused guests a warm bed, a hot shower, a delicious evening meal, a quick breakfast and a bag lunch. On the dates when we host, we need 10-12 volunteers each night. Our first opportunity to host at MPUMC is fast-approaching on December 14th. Please find a place where you can plug in to support this vital ministry.
Toiletries Request for Room in the Inn
We are fortunate to have a group of ladies who do an excellent job of creating a warm and welcoming environment for our Room in the Inn guests. One of the things they provide for our guests is a bag of toiletries. The contents of the bags are currently in short supply, and we will need 100 of each of the following items to get us through this Room in the Inn season: quart-sized zip-lock bags, individually wrapped toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo, hand cream, bath soap (e.g. hotel soap), hand sanitizers, small Kleenex packages, pencils and notepads, and disposable razors. Please donate small, travel-sized items in Helt Hall or bring them to the church office.
Lunches at Roof Above
Roof Above (formerly Charlotte Men's Shelter and Urban Ministry Center) has reinstated their Saturday hot lunch program at the Men's Shelter (1210 N. Tryon Street). Park Road volunteers will prepare and serve lunch to shelter guests on the 2nd Saturday of every other month. The meal will be served from 12 until approximately 1:00. Meal preparation will begin at the shelter kitchen at 10:30. Currently, up to 8 volunteers will be allowed to participate at each lunch. Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up. Thank you!
Dates for 2025: Coming Soon
Hours: 10:30am to 1pm
LOCATION: 1210 North Tryon Street
Book Drive Volunteers
Book-A-Palooza 2024-2025 School year
Park Road has been partnering with Starmount Academy of Excellence (PreK-5) for over a year. Starmount is a CMS Title I school with a Hispanic population of over 70%. One of the premier events PRBC sponsors is a Book-A-Palooza event where students at Starmount will be able to select 3 new or like new books from our inventory to keep for themselves for free. Volunteers are needed on Wednesday, December 18, to transport the books from Park Road to Starmount and unpack them; on Wednesday, December 19, to assist students in selecting books, and to pack up the remaining books, and to transport them back to church.
Park Road also has these volunteer opportunities at various times of the year. Please call the church office for more details on how you can become involved:
PRBC Needlers- A group of church members who share their knitting and sewing skills to create items for the needy, especially for babies and the elderly. Prayer shawls are presented to members of the church and the community who are experiencing difficult situations. Other projects include uniforms of for girls in Haiti, chemo hats, and lap quilts for Levine Children's Hospital and Hospice. Volunteers are needed to knit and sew. No prior experience is necessary – we can teach you.
Community Garden Team - Reach out to Laura Leach for more information - ParkRoadGarden@gmail.com
Caring Church Companions (formerly ICU) – Volunteer teams are created, as needed, to provide basic assistance to church members (from home maintenance to financial advice). Volunteers are placed on a list to be called when a need arises.
QC Family Tree - Periodically, we will assist with this Hospitality House in the Enderly Park area of Charlotte by providing and serving a community meal and/or helping with Household projects such as painting.
