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:

Serving with a Smile: BRUNCH

Listed by Room In The Inn - Memphis

Date: Saturday, January 24, 2026 - Sunday, January 25, 2026 (Multiple Shifts)

Register: https://givepul.se/vbq2bg

About the Event:

Join the kitchen staff in prepping, serving, cleaning, and offering up hospitality to our guests!

Please come prepared to work in our commercial kitchen or in the dining rooms with our guests. Closed toed shoes are REQUIRED for these shifts.

ICFGM Weekly Sandwich Making for the Homeless

Listed by Indian Community Fund for Greater Memphis (ICFGM)

Date: Sunday, January 25, 2026 - Sunday, February 22, 2026

Register: https://givepul.se/fqkll6

About the Event:

The weekly sandwich making effort has been going on since the summer of 2023. It has become integral in addressing food insecurity in the Memphis downtown area. The folks at Catholic Charities do a remarkable job in making sure that the hungry who show up at their mission are not turned away. The Indian Community has been inspirational by funding this effort and volunteering weekly to make and transport these sandwiches. The best part is that we have had so many non-Indian friends come and join in our effort. A lot of new friends have been made! Come join the movement!

Click here to view pictures from our weekly sandwich making sessions: Sandwich Making Volunteering Photos

Click here to view our volunteer appreciation video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zm80ZygUC0GRKh6ZyxsIuxXK9U9PJHJe/view?usp=drivesdk

Here's what Kiki Water, Director at Catholic Charities, had to say about the ongoing effort:

We continued to be blessed by ICFGM's generosity and commitment to our mission of helping our neighbors in need! We are a small staff with a limited budget and we cannot do this work without the support of individuals and groups like yours!

• This sandwich ministry has been the instrument by which our organization consistently lives out that gospel and humanitarian value to feed the hungry each and every day. We serve between 160-200 homeless and very poor individuals each day. The goal is to give these folks enough protein/calories to get them through a day. Therefore, we try to put 2 sandwiches in each bag. While we have a couple of other groups that also contribute sandwiches weekly, there are many days that more people come than what we have allotted. So, not only do your sandwiches ensure that we can serve all those that come, but also those additional hungry people that come after our daily allotment has run out. This is life-changing and for some, life-sustaining!
• These sandwiches are the frontline of our ministry. Not only do the sandwiches fulfill the basic survival need of food, but they enable us to build relationships and build trust with those experiencing homelessness. With the consistency of this sandwich ministry, we are able to be on our front porch every weekday, starting conversations and sharing solutions with people that would otherwise likely avoid us. As simple as a sandwich may seem, without it, all of our other ministries, all the way to housing, would be greatly diminished. We cannot overestimate the importance of this work from ICFGM.

Medical Student Volunteers

Listed by The Wellness and Stress Clinic of Memphis

Date: Monday, January 26, 2026 - Monday, December 21, 2026 (Multiple Shifts)

Register: https://givepul.se/u7ieu6

About the Event:

This is an opportunity for medical students of UTHSC 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.

Girls Inc | Operations & Campus Support

Listed by Girls Inc. of Memphis

Date: Friday, January 27, 2026 - Tuesday, May 19, 2026 (Multiple Shifts)

Register: https://givepul.se/nzcbhe

About the Event:

Volunteers will support Girls Inc. behind the scenes through operations, campus support, and light administrative tasks that help our programs run smoothly.

This opportunity is ideal for volunteers who enjoy organizing, preparing materials, and providing practical support to staff. Volunteers may assist with program prep, organizing files or supplies, and other light administrative tasks as needed.

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].

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