Administrative Office

Mass Mailings: MCCH's administrative office in Rockville occasionally needs volunteers to help with our mass mailings.  This is a great project for groups ages 8 and up and for people with disabilities.  Duties include: folding, stapling, labeling and sorting.  SSL credit is available.

Collection Drives

Organize a collection drive in your neighborhood, school, congregation or workplace for items our programs need.  This is a daily, year-round need and items include canned food and non-perishables, new toys and books, board games, school supplies, bed sheets, etc.  Click here for more information on how to organize a collection drive. Please also click here to see our wish list. SSL credit is available. 

Home Builders Care Assessment Center (formerly known as the Men’s Emergency Shelter)

Hot Meals: Volunteers can make and deliver hot breakfasts, lunches or dinners to the HBCAC in Rockville.  Volunteers provide all necessary supplies.  Dinner and lunch are served 7 days a week (as available), and hot breakfasts are served on weekends only.  Meals must be able to be reheated in a microwave or conventional oven as there is no stove on the premises.  Serving of food may be arranged per special request.  This is a great project for groups, and SSL credit is available. Please click here for guidelines on the HBCAC meal program.

Bag Meals: Volunteers can make and deliver bag meals daily to the HBCAC in Rockville.  Volunteers provide all necessary supplies.  The bagged breakfast and lunches are given to residents as they leave the facility each day.  Breakfasts usually include a bagel, cream cheese packet, granola bar, fruit, and a juice drink. Lunches generally include a sandwich or two, juice drink, piece of fruit and another healthy snack.  No peanut butter and jelly please!  Another great project for groups, and SSL credit is available. Please click here for guidelines on the HBCAC meal program.

Vocational Mentoring: We are currently looking for friendly, dependable professionals with good communication skills to volunteer their time to the Back-to-Work project. This project provides vocational counseling and job skills training for homeless men to help them exit homelessness through employment and increased income. Mentors will meet regularly with their mentee to discuss topics essential to employment preparedness and retention.

Tutoring: HBCAC's Back-to-Work project will soon be offering GED and ESOL classes to residents. we are looking for adults who are willing to volunteer their time and provide one-on-one tutoring to men taking a GED or ESOL class. The level of education and language skills vary a great deal amongst HBCAC residents. Training will be provided and previous experience is preferred, but not required.

Seasonal Volunteer Opportunities

Organize a “Help the Homeless” Mini-walk- Held each fall by schools and congregations, these Fannie Mae sponsored walks are one of our biggest fundraisers. They combine volunteerism, physical activity and educational opportunities for children of all ages.

Cookie Kits for Families: This is a great way to help children and families experience a holiday ritual together that they might not be able to do otherwise. The kits should include everything to make cookies from scratch, including: baking sheets, cooking spray, sprinkles, batter ingredients, cookie cutters, colorful holiday cookie tins, and you may want to include your favorite family recipe.  You can even create your kit around a certain theme – like gingerbread or snowmen!

Holiday Gifts to Adults:  Safe Havens group homes serve single adults with mental illness who have been living on the street.  Upon request, we can provide you with a “wish list” that Safe Havens clients want and need. 

Gift Cards for Holiday Purchases: MCCH strongly believes that parents should be active participants in making the holiday special for their own children.  To that end, gift cards can be donated so that parents can purchase clothing and toys that they know their children need and want.  Using gift cards is also a great exercise in holiday budgeting for our clients. Gift cards from the following stores (all accessible to our families) are welcomed: Target, Toys R Us, and Kmart.

Please contact MCCH's Community Outreach Coordinator, Teri Brenits,
at or 301-217-0314 x120 if you are interested in volunteering or making an in-kind donation.