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Volunteer Opportunities
The Randy Sams' Outreach Shelter is one of the most innovative non-profit organizations in our community and we are dedicated to improving the lives of everyone in the Greater Texarkana Area! The RSOS positively impacts thousands of lives every year. We have outstanding diverse volunteers dedicated to community service and we are always looking for talented and caring individuals to join our team. Whether it's through counseling, teaching life skills and prevention programs, conducting drives, providing shelter, volunteers contribute to our vision of strengthening our community by helping people become self-sufficient.
For general volunteering information, please download a volunteer application, complete the application, fax, mail, or drop it off at the Shelter. Once the applications are received, applicant information is forwarded to our Volunteer Coordinator who will contact you shortly regarding our current opportunities.
How to Host a Donation Drive
Get involved without ever leaving your desk! Consider hosting a donation drive! You have an amazing gift even if you can't make a huge monetary donation or commit to a long-term volunteer project. Organizing a donation drive is a rewarding way to get your family, friends, co-workers, church, or school involved in helping community residents in crisis! Choose one of the following themes and you have all you need to make a difference! Once you have chosen a drive and the dates you will organize it, please call the Shelter for collateral marketing materials for the RSOS and help arrange for the much appreciated pick up or delivery of your donation.
Cooking up Success Drive
The RSOS operates a fully-functioning commercial kitchen 365 days a year. This kitchen allows us to offer nutritious meals 3 times a day to help residential clients reallocate their income to housing. In the donation drive, put together a "kitchen kit" from the following items:
-Paper plates
-Paper napkins
-Paper plates/Styrofoam plates
-Large pots or pans
-Disposable serving containers (aluminum or plastic)
-Large mixing spoons
-Pot holders
-Cutting boards
-5qt. Stew pots with handles
-Butcher knives
Clean Sweep Drive
The RSOS empowers residential clients to obtain life skills through the daily contribution of chores. Each client is assigned various tasks which adds to the daily maintenance of shelter housekeeping. The Shelter spends hundreds of dollars monthly to purchase the following supplies:
-Large trash bags
-Assorted bathroom cleaners
-Bleach
-Laundry detergents
-Towels
-Window cleaner
-Mops and mop heads
-Brooms
-Ziploc bags
-SOS steal wool cleaning pads
Evening Meals
The RSOS depends on over 40 different church, civic, and philanthropic organizations to provide and serve our evening meal. This effort could not be accomplished without volunteers like you. If you are interested in helping us fill our opening evenings, or becoming a regular monthly serving organization, please review the following document and contact Sheila Wilhite at (903) 792-7024 if you have any questions.
