Central Missouri Food Bank
Volunteers contributed more than 46,000 hours in 2008, equivalent to 23 full-time positions. At Missouri’s minimum wage, those combined hours were worth more than $307,000!
Click here to get volunteer scheduling information, or call (573) 474-1020, or (800) 764-3663.
Volunteer Hours
Groups and individuals are welcome all year:
Monday – Friday
9:00 am – Noon
1:00 – 5:00 pm
Additional group volunteer hours*:
Monday – Thursday
5:00 – 8:00 pm
Saturday
9:00 am – Noon
1:00 – 3:00 pm
*Individuals can join scheduled groups too!
Interfaith Day Center and Loaves & Fishes Soup Kitchen –
573-875-0826
Location:
616 Park Avenue/ 606 Park Ave.
Columbia, MO 65201
Hours:
Day Center: 8:30 a.m. – 3:45 p.m. (M-F)
Soup Kitchen: 5 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. daily
Services primarily for homeless persons; walk-in center
Little Bonne Femme Baptist Assoc / The Shepherd’s Basket Food Pantry –
573-874-2751
Location:
802 N. Ann Street
Columbia, MO 65201
Hours:
12:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. (M-F)
Eligibility: poverty level required for Shepherd’s Basket
Salvation Army (The)- Harbor House
Partner Type
Basic Needs
Homeless shelter, individuals and families. The Salvation Army Social Services Office offers a wide range of services to the needy people of Boone County. Services include, rent and utility assistance, a food pantry, clothing vouchers, prescription assistance, transportation assistance and assistance with various other items as funds allow.
Contact Information:
602 N. Ann Street
Columbia, MO 65201
Phone: (573) 442-1984
Fax:(573) 449-3604~
The Salvation Army – 442-1984
Location:
1108 W. Ash
Columbia, MO 65201
Hours:
9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (M-F)
Food pantry
Missouri Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP)
Contact Central Missouri Food Bank for more information: 573-874-7848
Services:
Provides a food package to eligible participants
Eligibility:
Pregnant women, postpartum women, infants, children at or below 185% of federal poverty level
Persons 60 and over with income at or below 130% of the federal poverty level
Individuals cannot receive both WIC and CSFP at the same time
Oakland Senior Center –
449-8000
Location:
1301 Vandiver Drive, Suite Q
Columbia, MO 65202
Services: Home-delivered meals (Central Missouri Area Agency on Aging Boone County Senior Nutrition Program)
Eligibility: Ages 60 and over
Fees: No fees, contributions accepted ($2 suggested for meals)
New Life Evangelistic Center –
875-0603
Location:
901 Wilkes Blvd.
Columbia, MO 65201
Hours:
10 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Food pantry; specialize in serving homeless men
Bethlehem Home
(573)449-5433
The Bethlehem Home is a Christian state-licensed maternity residence dedicated to helping girls in crisis pregnancies. They offer an alternative to abortion by offering a positive family-oriented atmosphere and a place to complete a healthy pregnancy.
Birthright
1504 E. Broadway Suite 216
Columbia, MO 65201
(573)442-8844
Birthright gives free comprehensive care to single and married women facing problem pregnancies.
Eldercare Center
137 Clark Hall UMC
Columbia, MO 65211
(573)882-7070
The Eldercare Center provides adult day health care for adults who have experienced physical, cognitive, and/or emotional change and need a supportive environment. www.muhealth.org/~shrp/docs/eldercar.html
Front Door / Boys and Girls Town of Missouri
(573)442-2834
Front Door is a residential treatment home for abused, abandoned or neglected youth between the ages of 12 and 21.
www.bgtm.org
Open Arms Crisis Pregnancy Center
806 North Providence
Columbia, MO 65203
(573)874-3561
Open Arms is a Christian ministry focused on promoting the sanctity of human life and dedicated to helping people make life-affirming decisions concerning unplanned pregnancy, abstinence and post-abortion stress recovery.
Seize the Day, Inc.
(573)446-2221
Seize the Day provides non-medical volunteer assistance to persons who are chronically or terminally ill or disabled.
www.columbiamissourian.com/seizeday/
SOAR Big Brothers Big Sisters
800 N. Providence Suite 210
Columbia, MO 65203
(573)874-3677
Big Brothers Big Sisters provides one-to-one role models for at-risk youth in order for them to become productive and healthy future citizens.
www.bbbsa.org
The Shelter
(573)875-1369
The Shelter provides quality services to battered women and their children, as well as to survivors of rape, sexual assault and incest.
Columbia Area Senior Center
1121 Business Loop 70 E
Columbia , MO 65201
(573) 874-2050
CRIBS, Community Resources, Infant Beds and Support
601 Business Loop 70 West
Columbia, MO 65201
(573)443-3050
St. Francis House
901 Rangeline Street
Columbia, MO 65201
(573)875-7874
The Wardrobe
715 Park
Columbia, MO 65201
(573)442-3260
Habitat For Humanity
Columbia, Missouri:
Show Me Central HFH
1906 Monroe St
Columbia, MO 65201-6359
http://www.showmehabitat.org/volunteer.php
Granny’s House
302 and 304 Trinity Place
Columbia, MO
http://www.grannyshouse.org/get-involved.html
Welcome Home
1206 Rangeline St
Columbia, MO 65201
(573)443-8001
Coyote Hill
http://coyotehill.org/get-involved/volunteer/
Rainbow House
To keep children safe and to support families in crisis
through prevention, assessment, and intervention in child abuse and neglect
1611 Towne Drive, Columbia, MO 65203
P: 573.474.6600
F: 573.474.5992
http://www.rainbowhousecolumbia.org/help/volunteering.html
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Mid-Missouri
http://www.rmhcmidmo.org/Volunteer.html
Attn.: Jennifer Miller, Volunteer Coordinator
1001 East Stadium Boulevard
Columbia, MO 65201
The Intersection
http://intersection.missouri.org/
The Intersection
7 E. Sexton Rd.
Columbia, MO 65203
Tele: 573-817-0089
Fax: 573-817-1177
Boys & Girls Club
http://www.bgc-columbia.org/
Boys & Girls Town
http://www.bgtm.org/employment/volunteer.htm
Life Network
Life Network provides life-affirming medical services, education and resources regarding unplanned pregnancies at no cost through My Life Clinic.
http://www.lifenetworkfriends.org/index_files/Volunteer.htm http://www.lifenetworkfriends.org/
Voluntary Action Center
800 N. Providence Suite 220
Columbia, MO 65203
(573)449-6959
The Voluntary Action Center serves as an agency of first and last resort. They provide social service information, referral and client advocacy, emergency assistance, and volunteer coordination.
www.vac.socket.net