SERVE: Your Gateway to Volunteering

  • Getting involved in the fight against HIV/AIDS has never been easier, thanks to DC CARE Consortium’s volunteer program, SERVE.
  • SERVE (Strategic Enhancement, Recruitment and Volunteerism Effort) gives you the basic training you need to volunteer with HIV/AIDS organizations and then helps you find the volunteer opportunity that best suits your interests and skills. We welcome volunteers, 18 or older, from all backgrounds and skill levels. All you need is a positive attitude and a desire to help.
    • You Choose Where and What
    • As a SERVE volunteer, you select the organization you want to work for from our list of more than 60 organizations throughout Washington, DC. You also get to decide what kind of work you do. Some of the jobs you’ll choose from as a SERVE volunteer include the following:
    Answering Phones Delivering Meals Driving Handyman
    Data Entry Legal Services Food Distribution Customer Service
    Outreach Medical Services Database Management Running Errands
    Receptionist Youth Counselor Case Management Childcare
      • Make Your Own Hours
      • Volunteering doesn’t have to take up a major chunk of your time. Most assignments through SERVE require a minimum of just two hours per week. Some assignments require a little more time, but the number of hours you work is completely up to you. Choose the assignment that best fits your schedule.
        • The Training
        • All SERVE volunteers must complete a two-hour HIV/AIDS volunteer orientation. The orientation covers HIV/AIDS facts, volunteer rights and responsibilities, privacy regulations, professionalism and more.*
          • The SERVE Advantage
          • SERVE makes volunteering easy. We give you the training you need to get started, and we provide placement assistance to help you find an assignment that fits your interests and your schedule. And you don’t have to be a Ph.D. to get involved. Join the fight against HIV/AIDS today! CLICK HERE to become a volunteer.
          • * The organization you choose to volunteer for may ask you to complete additional training.

          For more information:

          • Terry Handy, SERVE Coordinator
            DC CARE Consortium
            1156 15th Street NW, Suite 500
            Washington, DC 20005

            thandy@dccare.org
            202-223-9550

          SERVE is a project of the DC CARE Consortium. DC CARE works to advocate for and to assure the availability of appropriate HIV/AIDS services in the community, including ensuring the equitable distribution of funding for these services, and promoting quality assurance in their delivery.