Opportunities From: Yakima Union Gospel Mission

Mission Thrift opened its doors in the summer of 2019 and took off running! Centrally located on 20th & Lincoln, this store has become a local hot spot for both shopping and donating.  With a large selection of name brand clothing, beautiful home decor, books, electronics, furniture and housewares, there's something for everyone! 

But there’s more… Everything that is donated and sold at a YUGM store helps us with our singular mission of bringing people from HOMELESSNESS TO WHOLENESS!  By shopping and volunteering with us, you are literally changing people’s lives by supporting and funding the incredible work and programs at the Yakima Union Gospel Mission!  So while you are curating great things and donating your time, you are also GIVING great things to those in need right here in our valley!

We invite YOU to become a part of the team that brings people from homelessness to wholeness!

Tasks could include: 

This opportunity is not eligible for court ordered community service. 

After you sign up, the volunteer department will call you to create a volunteer schedule at the location that works best for you!  Click “RESPOND” and “SUBMIT OPPORTUNITY RESPONSE” and we will be in touch! 

If you're unable to attend a shift or need help scheduling, call the volunteer department at 509-853-4318. 

We are implementing a new process and need help tagging our clothing. Come hang out and work with us! 

We are implementing a new process and need lots of help tagging our clothing items. Come hang out and work with us!

YUGM opened its largest Thrift store in June 2021. Located at the old Rite Aid location on 56th and Summitview, next to Safeway. Since opening, this store has become a bustling donation and shopping location that supplies our partners and community with everyday needs and one-of-a-kind goods. Open seven days a week, there are many opportunities to join the exciting team at Summit Thrift!

But there’s more…Everything that is donated and sold at a YUGM store helps us with our singular mission of bringing people from HOMELESSNESS TO WHOLENESS! By shopping and volunteering with us, you are literally changing people’s lives by supporting and funding the incredible work and programs at the Yakima Union Gospel Mission! So while you are curating great things and donating your time, you are also GIVING great things to those in need right here in our valley!

We invite YOU to become a part of the team that brings people from homelessness to wholeness!

Tasks could include: 

This opportunity is not eligible for court ordered community service. 

After you sign up, the volunteer department will call you to create a volunteer schedule at the location that works best for you!  Click “RESPOND” and “SUBMIT OPPORTUNITY RESPONSE” and we will be in touch! 

If you're unable to attend a shift or need help scheduling, call the volunteer department at 509-853-4318.

YUGM opened its largest Thrift store in June 2021. Located at the old Rite Aid location on 56th and Summitview, next to Safeway. Since opening, this store has become a bustling donation and shopping location that supplies our partners and community with everyday needs and one-of-a-kind goods. Open seven days a week, there are many opportunities to join the exciting team at Summit Thrift!

But there’s more…Everything that is donated and sold at a YUGM store helps us with our singular mission of bringing people from HOMELESSNESS TO WHOLENESS! By shopping and volunteering with us, you are literally changing people’s lives by supporting and funding the incredible work and programs at the Yakima Union Gospel Mission! So while you are curating great things and donating your time, you are also GIVING great things to those in need right here in our valley!

We invite YOU to become a part of the team that brings people from homelessness to wholeness!

Tasks could include: 

This opportunity is not eligible for court ordered community service. 

After you sign up, the volunteer department will call you to create a volunteer schedule at the location that works best for you!  Click “RESPOND” and “SUBMIT OPPORTUNITY RESPONSE” and we will be in touch! 

If you're unable to attend a shift or need help scheduling, call the volunteer department at 509-853-4318.

Come and help us sort donations in our main warehouse at 1300 N. 1st St!  This job is inside a warehouse.

We have a new gate at our south entrance on our main campus!  As you pull up to the gate, push the intercom button on the call box to tell a staff member your name.  If no one answers, use the Adult Shelter on-call phone number (509-853-4343) posted near the intercom.  It will take a moment to verify your volunteer account, and then you will be buzzed in. 

Please report to the second warehouse on the left, which is brown and has the large DONATIONS sign on the front. Thank you!

We are looking for people who would be willing to come help us sort and bale clothing and cardboard to be recycled or shipped to other countries. This position takes a fair amount of training and responsibility and so we need people who would be able to come consistently. 

We need volunteers who would be willing to write encouraging letters to our residents.  Our guests need to know someone is out there cheering them on and believing in them, as they do their best to walk into wholeness.  If you sign up for this opportunity, one of our staff will be in contact with you to give you more details.  Thank you so much for caring for our guests in this way!

Help show love to YUGM clients by providing them with the gift of clean laundry! We highly value cleanliness and hygiene, which means we have much clothing and bedding to launder. Would you like to be a part of the laundry team to help us maintain our cleanliness standards? It takes approximately one hour to wash and dry and load of bedding or clothing. 

When you click "Respond" and "Submit Response," a staff member will call you to arrange your shift day and time. 

We are looking for spiritually mature women from our community who will invest in mentoring relationships with our program participants.  Establishing healthy community and church relationships outside of the mission is vital to the success of our program graduates, so a pivotal person who is willing to help connect and nurture those relationships with our residents both on and off our campus is crucial. Whether it is a Bible study, financial class, music lesson, art class or individual mentoring. Please reach out to us for a meeting to discuss ideas and details. 

If you are needing to fulfill your court order community serve hours, we offer the opportunity to work in our kitchen. You will help prep and serve meals for our Adult Shelter guests, Family Shelter clients, and Recovery Services clients. Regularly scheduled meals provide a sense of security, essential nutrients, and an offer of friendship to our homeless neighbors. Meals are how we show our community that we care for their needs while offering an opportunity to enter a program that could provide inner healing and lasting solutions.

Prepping and serving breakfast doesn't require prior kitchen skills, and any necessary training is provided.

Tasks may include: 

As you pull up to the gate at the South entrance, push the intercom button on the call box to get ahold of a staff member. If you need help getting ahold of a staff member, call the Adult Shelter on-call phone number (509-853-4343) posted near the intercom. After the gate opens, you can pull through, park, and walk back through the pedestrian gate to get to the back kitchen entrance and use the kitchen doorbell (do not use the call box). After your shift, please exit through the double doors (west of the kitchen) to get back to your car. 

This is the picture of the pedestrian gate (on the right) a kitchen volunteer will walk back through after they have come through the entrance gate (on the left) and parked.

We need a volunteer with love for Jesus and His children to help lead Kids Klub in the Family Shelter. Kids Klub is a fun and safe place for kids to learn and play while their parents are away. At this time, classes are every Wednesday from 6-7 pm. We hope to expand classes to Monday-Thursday as we get more volunteers. Kids Klub leaders will work with staff and other volunteers to develop a schedule that works for everyone. Leaders may lead multiple times a month or once a month. 

A volunteer in this role should have some experience teaching, developing lesson plans, and classroom management. 

Responsibilities: 

If you are interested in leading Kids Klub, click the "Respond" button, and the Family Shelter manager contact you shortly. 

Come have fun and share the love of Jesus! This position is an opportunity to assist our Lead MidKids' teacher during a one-hour class, once a week, with kids 9 - 13 years old staying in our Family Shelter. MidKids' assistants may help multiple times a month or once a month. 

At this time, classes are every Wednesday @ 6-7 pm. 

We hope to expand classes to Monday-Thursday as we get more volunteers. 

Duties may include:

If you are interested in assisting in MidKids, click the "Respond" button, and the Family Shelter manager will contact you shortly. 

This position is an opportunity to assist our Lead Kid Klub teacher during a one-hour class, twice a week, with kids 3 - 8 years old staying in our Family Shelter. Kids Klub assistants may help multiple times a month or once a month. 

At this time, classes are every Wednesday 6-7 pm. 

We hope to expand classes to Monday-Thursday as we get more volunteers. 

Duties may include:

Help us get our students ahead! Come join our team, as we offer tutoring services to the children in our care, on Monday nights from 5:30- 6:30PM. 

We rely heavily on a team of volunteer case managers who help provide support and accountability to Bridge clients as they work to achieve their personal goals. A case manager is a person who listens well, loves people, is faithful and reliable, and enjoys helping people overcome significant personal challenges through lots of work and patience. We work together with clients to answer the questions: Where are you today? Where do you want to be tomorrow? How can we help you get there?

Join our team to help our clients get from here to there!

Adults, families or groups that want to share the joy and love of Jesus will host a game night for the families in our Family Shelter.  The purpose it to provide a non-threatening fun atmosphere for families to play together.  Volunteers will be good role models for our families to observe and learn how to have fun together.  As relationships are built the volunteers will look for opportunities to pray with our families and show them the love and goodness of God.  

The Kids Kloset Attendant will sort clothes into the proper area in the clothing room.  Will keep the area straightened and clean. Will assist Shelter families to pick the most appropriate clothes for their kids.  

We invite you to be a part of the special ministry of writing sympathy cards to donors who've had family members recently pass away. 

We invite community members to help the kitchen team prep and serve breakfast for our Adult Shelter guests, Family Shelter clients, and Recovery Service clients. Regularly scheduled meals provide a sense of security, essential nutrients, and an offer of friendship to our homeless neighbors. Meals are how we show our community that we care for their needs while offering an opportunity to enter a program that could provide inner healing and lasting solutions.

Prepping and serving breakfast doesn't require prior kitchen skills, and any necessary training is provided.

Tasks may include: 

This opportunity is not eligible for court ordered community service. 

As you pull up to the gate at the South entrance, push the intercom button on the call box to get ahold of a staff member. If you need help getting ahold of a staff member, call the Adult Shelter on-call phone number (509-853-4343) posted near the intercom. After the gate opens, you can pull through, park, and walk back through the pedestrian gate to get to the back kitchen entrance and use the kitchen doorbell (do not use the call box). After your shift, please exit through the double doors (west of the kitchen) to get back to your car. 

This is the picture of the pedestrian gate (on the right) a kitchen volunteer will walk back through after they have come through the entrance gate (on the left) and parked.

We need drivers to help us pick up and deliver the many donations we receive.  Come join our awesome team of drivers who help us with this important job!

We have a new gate at our south entrance on our main campus!  As you pull up to the gate, push the intercom button on the call box to tell a staff member your name.  If no one answers, use the Adult Shelter on-call phone number (509-853-4343) posted near the intercom.  It will take a moment to verify your volunteer account, and then you will be buzzed in. 

Please report to the second warehouse on the left, which is brown and has the large DONATIONS sign on the front. Thank you!

Do you have access to a vehicle?

Do you want to get to engage New Life clients in light and meaningful conversations?

Do you want to tangibly help New Life clients?

Our clients have many holistic needs which require transportation. We need people who are available and willing to help transport clients to church, doctor appointments, and other places within Yakima. If you answered "yes" to the above questions and want to drive clients, we would love YOU to join our New Life team! Click "Respond" and "Submit Response," and a staff member will contact you soon.

Valid Driver's License, proof of insurance, and a recent Driver's Abstract are required before driving YUGM clients. If you haven't already, please upload these forms to the Qualifications page OR bring them to the Volunteer Department in the main office on the YUGM main campus. You may also email the forms to volunteer@yugm.org. 

Do you have mechanical skills? We are looking for volunteers to help us vehicle maintenance. From things as simple as changing oil, or washing our cars, to more complex jobs such as rebuilding front ends. We could use help in all capacities with our vehicles.

Help us landscape and make the grounds of the Mission attractive.  We have bushes, shrubs, hedges and trees that need regular trimming and a sprinkler system that needs seasonal maintenance.  We will provide the necessary tools and training.  We also need some landscaping help at our Thrift Store on 20th and Lincoln.  Thank you!

The Mission's main campus has a variety of gardening needs, from tending to hanging flower baskets, assisting with the irrigation system to weeding and general garden care.  If you have a green thumb and want to come help us look our best, please sign up for this opportunity and we will contact you with more details.  Thank you!

Here at the mission we have many construction projects going. If you have experience in any of the following area, we could use you help!

1. Drywall

2. Finish Carpentry

3. Flooring

4. Concrete

5. Demolition

6. Framing

We are looking for caring, compassionate bilingual volunteers to help us interview patients during the intake process and assist in connecting them with outside resources. Every patient's needs are different, and it will be the case manager's duty to help identify needs and work with Care Center staff to connect people to community support/assistance.

If this sounds like a good volunteer position for you, please respond to this opportunity, and one of our medical clinic staff will get in touch with you. Thank you!

This volunteer opportunity is for volunteers who have an active license (MD, DO, PA, NP, RD, PT, OT, MA, Chiropractor) and will be seeing scheduled patients in our clinic setting. When you respond to this opportunity, a medical staff member will contact you regarding your skills, ability, and schedule. If you have any questions, please send an email to volunteer@yugm.org. 

This volunteer opportunity is for volunteers who have an active license (MD, DO, PA, NP, RD, PT, OT, MA, Chiropractor) and will be seeing scheduled patients in our clinic setting. When you respond to this opportunity, a medical staff member will contact you regarding your skills, ability, and schedule. If you have any questions, please send an email to volunteer@yugm.org.