Getting Started as a Volunteer 

The first step in volunteering with Catholic Social Services programs is to find a current opening listed below. Our needs are constantly evolving, so please check back often if you don’t find an opening you’re looking for today. From there, we ask you to download and review the following resources:

  • Volunteer Handbook. We ask that you review the Volunteer Handbook. This will help you gain a better understanding of CSS and your volunteer work.
  • Media Release Form. We ask that all new volunteers complete this media release form when beginning their services with CSS. You can bring it with you on your first day or complete when you arrive.

When you’re ready, please complete our online volunteer application. You can also fill out the application if you’d like to volunteer in the future when a full or suspended position becomes available again.

Current Openings


Brother Francis Shelter

Meal Team Monthly Slots

This is a great group volunteer effort; 120 sack breakfast and lunches must be prepared and dropped off at the Brother Francis Shelter. We are looking for teams to fill up monthly slots.

Foot Care Clinic

Two evenings a month volunteers gather to support clients by tending to their feet and providing social and emotional wellbeing.

Listening Post

Sit one-on-one Zoom call with a guest and listen to him or her share their story. Learn more and apply online with The Listening Post.

Complex Care

Listening Post

Sit one-on-one Zoom call with a guest and listen to him or her share their story. Learn more and apply online with The Listening Post.

Refugee Assistance & Immigration Services

Youth Mentor

Interested in supporting refugee youth? This volunteer will be a mentor to refugees ages 15-24 who are looking to develop their academic skills and advance their career goals. This position requires weekly contact with the mentees.

Meal Team Volunteer

Meal Team volunteers help to fill new arrivals fridge with food for a week while our staff assists the family with signing up for SNAP benefits. Meal teams help provide families with items like potatoes, carrots, onions, eggs, milk and more.

Move-In Team Volunteer

New arrivals to Alaska will be placed in a furnished living space, but we need your help to get the space move-in ready!

Fresh International Gardens (FIG)

FIG Childcare

Volunteers provide childcare for children in the RAIS program while parents are in job readiness classes and working with FIG.