Volunteer
by Program: Prison Outreach
Adult men and women are
encouraged to become involved in visiting persons in
prisons and detention centers. Volunteers can also help
with special programs including: prayer/pen
partner program, quilting program, alternatives to violence
programs, family programs or the storybook program in
which incarcerated parents read and record storybooks
to send home to their children to listen to.
Current volunteer opportunities with Prison Outreach include:
Volunteers are needed for the Journey to Peace program that will be presented in Hagerstown the evening of April 16 and all day on April 17. Program topics include: crime and its impact on victims, responsibility, accountability, Faith, admitting wrong-doing, repentance, and forgiveness. Volunteers are needed to be discussion leaders, co-presenters, and greeters. Contact Sr. Dolores Chepiga to volunteer or for more information at 410-662-0500, ext. 208 or dchepiga@vincentbaltimore.org.
Volunteers are needed to assist monthly in Exit Orientations that inform prisoners of help available to them when they return to society. Volunteer would accompany a staff member until she/he could minister independently with other service providers. Contact Sr. Dolores Chepiga to volunteer or for more information at 410-662-0500, ext. 208 or dchepiga@vincentbaltimore.org.
Veteran volunteers are needed to work with veterans groups at Western Correctional Institution and North Branch Correctional Institution, both in Cumberland, Maryland. Contact Sr. Dolores Chepiga to volunteer or for more information at 410-662-0500, ext. 208 or dchepiga@vincentbaltimore.org.
Click here for some pointers for Prison Ministry volunteers.
Contact Sr. Dolores Chepiga at 410-662-0500,ext. 208 or dchepiga@vincentbaltimore.org
to volunteer.
If you are interested in volunteering in one of our programs, please click here and fill out the form, and a representative of St. Vincent de Paul will contact you!
If you have already spoken to a volunteer coordinator and were asked to fill out the application, please click here.
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