Volunteer Opportunities
Thank you for your interest in volunteering! The Sisters of Saint Joseph of Rochester have a number of ministries that welcome volunteers. The following list contains a little information on each. This list is only a beginning. We have many more possibilities and encourage you to contact our Director of Volunteers, Lisa Hartmann, at (585) 641-8415 or lhartmann@ssjrochester.org to get started!
Bethany House
Bethany House, a Catholic Worker House of Hospitality in Rochester, NY provides emergency housing to women and their children. In addition they give assistance with food, formula, diapers, clothing, household items, personal hygiene products; a drop in center; weekly women’s group meetings; prayer groups; a daily lunch open to the community; on-site referrals to requested agencies; assistance with accessing services through the Department of Social Services; housing and job searching to women and their children. Volunteers can serve any amount of time they are able. Bethany also has slots for full time volunteer women who can be a part of this community too.
Any questions contact Donna Ecker at 585-454-4197
Cobblestone Springs
Cobblestone Springs is a non-denominational spirituality and renewal center where people can come to the beauty of nature to find space and quiet to meet their God.
Volunteer Opportunities: Gardening, carpentry, and painting
Location: Geneva, NY
Daystar
Daystar is a multi-service home for medically fragile infants.
Volunteer Opportunities: Childcare, gardening, and light office work
Location: Lochnavar Parkway in Pittsford, NY
Hope Hall
Hope Hall is a very special school that takes students who have not flourished in a conventional classroom and accepts them, educates them, and gives them- HOPE.
Volunteer Opportunities: Classroom aide, exam proctoring, mentoring, and light office work
Location: Buffalo Road in Rochester, NY
Morningstar
Morningstar is a foster care home that meets the needs of children with exceptional physical and/or emotional needs that would be difficult to place in other foster homes.
Volunteer Opportunities: Child care, gardening, housekeeping
Location: Clay Ave in Rochester, NY
Nazareth Elementary School
Providing the highest standards of educational excellence from pre-school through grade six, Nazareth Elementary challenges all students to develop their own individual gifts, to cooperate rather than compete, and to act with compassion rather than indifference.
Volunteer Opportunities: Tutoring, mentoring, lunch monitoring, and gardening
Location: Lake Ave in Rochester, NY
Saint Joseph's Neighborhood Center
Saint Joseph’s Neighborhood Center offers medical, dental and emotional care to people who are underinsured or uninsured.
Volunteer Opportunities: Tutoring, gardening, light office work, data entry, and housekeeping. SJNC also relies on volunteer medical professionals: doctors, nurses, and mental health therapists
Location: South Ave in Rochester, NY
St. Martin's Place
Saint Martin’s Place prepares and serves hot nutritious meals to those in need.
Volunteer Opportunities: General kitchen help
Location: Ontario Street in Rochester, NY
Sisters Care
A ministry of wholistic service where sisters and volunteers focus on providing
companionship to the elderly in our community.
Volunteer Opportunities: Visiting, preparing meals, sharing meals, light housekeeping and transportation.
Location: Homes in the Rochester area
Sisters of Saint Joseph Motherhouse
The Motherhouse serves as the central house of the Congregation; as a religious residence for Sisters and priests requiring various levels of care, as well as those living independently; as a center of study, prayer, discussion and action for peace and justice initiatives.
Volunteer Opportunities: Visiting with residents, light office work, and driving residents to appointments.
Location: French Road in Rochester, NY
Sisters of Saint Joseph Volunteer Corps/Notre Dame Mission Volunteers/AmeriCorps
The Sisters of Saint Joseph Volunteer Corps offers women and men the opportunity to work directly with the poor with the Sisters of St. Joseph of Rochester. Volunteers can participate through week long group programs for high school youth groups or college students through Campus Ministry. In addition we offer year long service opportunities through the SSJ/NDMV/AmeriCorps for women and men age 21 to 35 years old. Volunteers will live in community sharing meals, ministry and prayer. In addition, there will be daily reflections on the volunteer experience. This is a way to deepen one's faith and understanding of how God is speaking and working in one's life. It will be a challenging, life changing and fun-filled experience.
Any questions contact Sr. Donna Del Santo 585-529-5689 or ddelsanto@ssjrochester.org.
Visions Federal Credit Union; Progressive Neighborhood Branch
Visions Neighborhood Federal Credit Union is the first community development credit union to be chartered in Rochester. Visions enables a large segment of culturally diverse low-income people to cooperatively own and control a financial institution and investments.
Volunteer Opportunities: Light office work, data entry, housekeeping
Location: East Main Street in Rochester, NY