The giving of resources include the allocation of funds to the following organizations:
To visit an agency’s website, click on the agency name below.
John Baker - 652-6776
The mission of AIDS Delaware is to provide comprehensive social and support services to case management clients and families; advocate for compassionate public policy; and provide prevention/education programs addressing unsafe sexual and drug behaviors in order to halt the spread of HIV and other STD's.
Volunteer Opportunities?
Outreach Committee Liaison: Lu Johnston
Donna Strachan-Ledbetter - 651-0223
Brandywine Pastoral Institute is a non-profit interfaith center providing pastoral counseling, psychotherapy, and continuing education for ministry.
Volunteer Opportunities?
Outreach Committee Liaison: Lu Johnston
Anthony White - 654-6279
Brandywine Summer Camp (formerly Debnam House) benefits young children in the neighborhood surrounding the Cathedral Church of St. John, giving them the opportunity to excel academically.
Volunteer Opportunities?
Outreach Committee Liaison: Ben Osbun
Rufus Miller - 656-5441
Camp Arrowhead enriches young people's relationships with one another, nature, and God. Campers develop their sense of adventure and spirituality as they participate in the activities, outdoor life, and community of camp.
Volunteer Opportunities?
Outreach Committee Liaison: Mike Rushlow
Jeff Dietz - 563-9460
The mission of Camp Possibilities is to provide a safe, educational, and traditional camp experience for children with diabetes.
Volunteer Opportunities?
Outreach Committee Liaison: Mike Rushlow
Darryl Rowland - 654-6279
The Cathedral Choir School provides musical education to children and youth of Wilmington and the surrounding region. Choristers range in age from seven to eighteen and spend at least seven hours a week in choral training, free piano lessons, performances, and travel. Music is used as a positive intervention in the lives of youth.
Volunteer Opportunities?
Outreach Committee Liaison: Ben Osbun
Chester Consortium for Creative Community
Jean Arnold - (610) 497-1930
The Consortium's mission is to use creative strategies to maximize the effectiveness of individuals and organizations.
Volunteer Opportunities?
Outreach Committee Liaison: Margaret Higgs
Richard Garrett - 655-4288
Children's Beach House helps children with special needs reach their highest potential as functional members of their families and the community.
Volunteer Opportunities?
Outreach Committee Liaison: Mike Rushlow
Raye Jones Avery - 652-0101
This community school of the arts makes arts education affordable and accessible to youth from low-income families in a safe environment conducive to learning.
Volunteer Opportunities?
Outreach Committee Liaison: Tomoko Werbe
Laura Anderson - 656-2122
Creative Grandparenting connects experienced adults with youngsters in school mentoring programs.
Volunteer Opportunities?
Outreach Committee Liaison: Mike Rushlow
Patricia Tedford - 761-9800
The mission of ContactLifeline is to keep people alive and safe, to help them work through crises, and to connect them with relevant community resources.
Volunteer Opportunities?
Outreach Committee Liaison: Vicki Novak
The Delaware Adolescent Program, Inc.
Lucy O'Donnell - 764-9740
DAPI provides services to support the educational development of pregnant and parenting teens and their families.
Volunteer Opportunities?
Outreach Committee Liaison: Nan Naeve
Delaware Futures, Inc.
Denise Tolliver - 652-8609
Delaware Futures provides academic, social, motivational support, and cultural enrichment that empowers economically disadvantaged high school students to recognize and fulfill their unrealized potential to become matriculated college students.
Volunteer Opportunities?
Outreach Committee Liaison: Tom Scott
Bruce Kelsey - 652-3948
Delaware Guidance Services exists to provide quality mental health services for children, youth, and their families. We believe that all children have a right to good mental health and should have access to quality therapeutic care, regardless of their ability to pay for such services.
Volunteer Opportunities?
Outreach Committee Liaison: Margaret Higgs
Susan Lloyd - 478-5707
Delaware Hospice is committee to being the leader in providing high quality hospice and palliative care to individuals with a limited life expectancy, their families and caregivers, and to serve as a community resource for end-of-life care.
Volunteer Opportunities?
Outreach Committee Liaison: Lu Johnston
William Peterson - 894-1001
Exceptional Care for Children soothes the spirits of children and their families affected by life-threatening conditions. It is a haven for healing of broken bodies when improvement is possible and a refuge for nurturing broken spirits when a cure is unattainable.
Volunteer Opportunities?
Outreach Committee Liaison: Lu Johnston
Robert Laskowski- 428-5858
First State School offers medical, educational, and counseling services to children with chronic illnesses who cannot function in a traditional school setting.
Volunteer Opportunities?
Outreach Committee Liaison: Gary Jolly
William Perkins - 652-8133
Friendship House is a non-profit, Christian organization committed to making a difference in the lives of homeless and impoverished people in Wilmington.
Volunteer Opportunities?
Outreach Committee Liaison: Michele Cross
Linda Shwind - 654-4486
Gilpin Hall is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for their elderly residents by providing a secure and caring environment in a family setting within the context of the larger community.
Volunteer Opportunities?
Outreach Committee Liaison: Michele Cross
HIS Mission, Inc.
Margaret Valentine - (610) 444-2559
HIS Mission provides help and shelter for the needy population in the Kennett Square area. This includes providing food and clothing, helping homeless find permanent homes, helping jobless people find work, providing counsel and help for pregnant teens and AIDS patients, and providing transportation to and from hospitals and doctors.
Volunteer Opportunities?
Outreach Committee Liaison: Tomoko Werbe
Rob Gurnee - 655-3108
The ICBBW mission is to build solutions to better serve children, youth, and families in their neighborhoods.
Volunteer Opportunities?
Outreach Committee Liaison: Michele Cross
Gary Pollio - 652-3991
Interfaith Housing's mission is to make available safe, decent, sanitary, and affordable housing to low- and moderate-income citizens of Delaware.
Volunteer Opportunities?
Outreach Committee Liaison: Tom Scott
Maria Matos - 655-7338
The mission of the Latin American Community Center is to advocate for and assist the Latin community by offering resources and programs that promote empowerment and enhanced quality of life while celebrating diverse cultures.
Volunteer Opportunities?
Outreach Committee Liaison: Susan Sherk
Cynthia Shermeyer - 658-5624
Literacy Volunteers empowers adults and their families to function more effectively in their daily lives and communities by improving their literacy skills through free, student-oriented, one-to-one and group instruction in basic reading and conversational English.
Volunteer Opportunities?
Outreach Committee Liaison: Vicki Novak
Kim Fortunato - (610) 925-5700
Operation Warm provides new winter coats to children in need through strategic partnerships with donors and community organizations.
Volunteer Opportunities?
Outreach Committee Liaison: Tom Scott
Deborah Jastrebski - 562-9349
The mission of Practice Without Pressure is to help children and adults with disabilities receive quality medical, dental, and personal care with dignity and respect.
Volunteer Opportunities?
Outreach Committee Liaison: Adam Giansiracusa
Mary Schreiber - 425-4080
Reading ASSIST Institute helps the struggling reader learn how to read, write, and spell through an accredited, multisensory, research-based approach.
Volunteer Opportunities?
Outreach Committee Liaison: Brandon Elliott
Pamela Cornforth - 656-4847
Ronald McDonald House of Delaware provides a "home away from home" for families of seriously or chronically ill or injured children receiving treatment at area hospitals by offering nurturing and supportive environments where families can stay together and find comfort.
Volunteer Opportunities?
Outreach Committee Liaison: Margaret Higgs
Julie Topkis-Scanlan- 575-8322
St. Francis Foundation's mission is to seek charitable contributions from the public and private sectors in support of the programmatic and capital needs of St. Francis Hospital, with a special focus on the outreach and prevention programs that provide free medical service to economically disadvantaged populations.
Volunteer Opportunities?
Outreach Committee Liaison: Brandon Elliott
Helen Riley - 656-3389
St. Michael's School and Nursery is committed to the growth and support of children's development in mind, body, character, and spirit. They provide early education and child care in a nurturing, Christian environment.
Volunteer Opportunities?
Outreach Committee Liaison: Lynn Glaze
Valerie Marek - 655-3953
SOAR's mission is to provide professional psychotherapy services to survivors of sexual abuse and their families.
Volunteer Opportunities?
Outreach Committee Liaison: Susan Sherk
Cynthia Dwyer - 995-2850
The Wellness Community Delaware is dedicated to helping people affected by cancer enhance their health and well being through participation in a professional program of emotional support, education, and hope.
Volunteer Opportunities?
Outreach Committee Liaison: Adam Giansiracusa
West Center City Early Learning Center, Inc. Faith Boddy - 656-0485
West Center City Early Learning Center is an educational preschool facility that provides a nurturing environment that enhances children's intellectual, physical, and emotional development.
Volunteer Opportunities?
Outreach Committee Liaison: Adam Giansiracusa
Susan Getman - 651-3460
Wilmington Senior Center provides life-sustaining and life-enriching services, opportunities, and partnerships that have a positive impact on older adults' physical, mental, and social well-being.
Volunteer Opportunities?
Outreach Committee Liaison: Tomoko Werbe
Ginny Marino - 655-0039
The YWCA has a commitment to community service, focusing on the special needs of women and their families by providing services to help families become self-sufficient and more productive.
Volunteer Opportunities?
Outreach Committee Liaison: Susan Sherk
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