Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities for Students, Faculty, and Staff

Looking for ways to connect to the community? Check out these upcoming events in Give Pulse.

Click the link below for each event to register. Questions about an event? Reach out to the organizer through the link on their GivePulse page.

Don't forget to submit your impact on GivePulse when you're done!

FEATURED OPPORTUNITIES

Share the Warmth, a Totes of Hope Initiative (United Way)

Listed by Volunteer Odyssey

Date: Friday, Jan. 16 (Multiple Shifts)

Register: https://givepul.se/efa5b1

About the Event:

Help us turn kindness into comfort! We're inviting volunteers to collect warm essentials - coats, hats, gloves, socks, and more - to support our local warming centers. Your efforts will help those in need stay safe, cozy, and cared for during cold weather. It's an easy way to make a big impact and spread warmth throughout our community - one tote at a time!

Please donate only new, unused items. Items such as:

• blankets
• socks
• undergarments (male and female)
• scarves
• gloves
• hats
• hand and foot warmers
• sweatshirts
• sleeping bags
• long johns
• winter coats
• thermal blankets

Items may be donated at Memphis Union Mission between 8-11 a.m. and 1-4 p.m.

Neighborhood Breakfast

Listed by Memphis Street Health

Date: Sunday, Jan. 18 - Sunday, May 31 (Multiple Shifts)

Register: https://givepul.se/1nxv4h

About the Event:

Address: 102 N 2nd St. (Calvary Episcopal Church)

Sundays 6-8 a.m.

The purpose of this event is to provide food, clothing, and toiletries to people experiencing homelessness in Memphis. Volunteers will help set up for the event, serve breakfast, assist with clothing and toiletry distribution, and help clean up after the event. As always, this is a great way to meet new people in our community. Please go to the back of the church to park in the lot (free to park in). You'll then enter the double doors at the back of the church.

Requirements

Wondering if you should register to volunteer? Based on the CDC guidelines, we're asking you the following questions:

1. Have you been exposed to someone who has been diagnosed with COVID-19? See the CDC's risk assessment guidance.
2. Do you have symptoms consistent with COVID-19? Symptoms can include a cough or shortness of breath or at least two of the following: Fever, chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, new loss of taste or smell. See the CDC's symptom information.

If you answered "yes" to any of those questions, we ask you not to register. We're doing all we can to align with best practices and keep our community healthy.

Medical Student Volunteers

Listed by The Wellness and Stress Clinic of Memphis

Date: Monday, Jan. 19 (Multiple Shifts)

Register: https://givepul.se/u7ieu6

About the Event:

This is an opportunity for medical students of UT Health Sciences to obtain volunteer clinic hours in a free primary health care clinic.

Requirements

Wondering if you should register to volunteer? Based on the CDC guidelines, we're asking you the following questions:

1. Have you been exposed to someone who has been diagnosed with COVID-19? See the CDC's risk assessment guidance.
2. Do you have symptoms consistent with COVID-19? Symptoms can include a cough or shortness of breath or at least two of the following: Fever, chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, new loss of taste or smell. See the CDC's symptom information.

If you answered "yes" to any of those questions, we ask you not to register. We're doing all we can to align with best practices and keep our community healthy.

Mobile Food Pantry

Listed by Catholic Charities of West Tennessee

Date: Tuesday, Jan. 20 - Thursday, Dec. 10, 2026 (Multiple Shifts)

Register: https://givepul.se/a7nunu

About the Event:

Join us in this fun direct service event that helps those in need in our community!

The hours for this volunteer shift are 8:30-11 a.m. possibly ending sooner. Volunteer check-in will take place daily at 8:30 a.m. in the parking lot behind our main building and distribution will begin at 9 a.m. We'll be working outside serving boxes of food in a mobile food distribution.

Volunteer roles include collecting data, loading food boxes into cars, and directing traffic. This entire shift takes place out of doors! We ask volunteers to dress comfortably and for the weather.

Our work is needed now more than ever, and we hope you can join us!

The events highlighted are open to anyone but might require additional training or information after registration. If you have a volunteer activity that you would like to highlight on this digest, please email the Office of Leadership and Service at [email protected].

Did you know that community engagement and volunteer service are part of our strategic plan? Tell us about your community impact in GivePulse today! Find new opportunities, connect with community, and help us as we work toward Healthy Tennesseans, Thriving Communities!