Annapolis Immigration Justice Network (AIJN)

AIJN connects unaccompanied and separated children, families fleeing violence, and other indigent Anne Arundel County residents to legal counsel and related support services. Volunteers are needed to accompany clients to and from court hearings, legal appointments, and more; as well as to assist in grant writing and applications.

Arundel House of Hope

This non-profit ecumenical organization provides emergency, transitional, and permanent affordable housing for the poor and those experiencing homelessness in Anne Arundel County.  In addition, AHH provides transportation, meals, and shelter hospitality when we host Winter Relief guests at Woods. 

Backpack Buddies

Backpack Buddies is a food program that supports Annapolis Middle School students who are most in need of nutritious food. Sponsors and volunteers fill backpacks every Friday throughout the school year to ensure that students are provided healthy food on the weekends. On the first Friday of each month, sponsors and volunteers will get to know the students during a lunch party. Prior to Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter, grocery store gift cards are mailed to the students’ parents/guardians so the families can enjoy holiday meals. Each Backpack Buddies student will also receive a Target gift card for his or her birthday. At the end of each school year, the 8^th grade students in the program receive Under Armour backpacks filled with school supplies to prepare them for high school.

Good News Jail & Prison Ministry

Good News seeks to place Christian chaplains in jails and prisons to minister to the spiritual needs of inmates and staff. They believe the most effective tool for ministering to the needs of inmates and staff is the daily presence of a chaplain. The chaplain serves as pastor, counselor, mentor and friend to those who are incarcerated and the staff who guard and protect them. Good News seeks to have an impact on incarceration rates, recidivism rates, and subsequently families and communities affected by incarceration.

Volunteers can assist in bible study, as mentors, and re-entry advocates.

Gifts for Our Neighbors

Bring Christmas to an elderly or disabled low-income resident of Pinewood Village in Glen Burnie.  Sign up during Advent to provide a gift basket filled with needed items such as shampoo, towels, and soap.

Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake

This organization helps build decent, affordable homes for families in need.  Our partnership with Habitat has lasted over 37 years, and volunteer dates for Woods are scheduled and announced throughout the year. Through our partnership, we are able to host impactful and youth-led mission trips like WoodsWork. The mission of Habitat for Humanity is to build strength, stability and self-reliance through shelter.

Harundale Presbyterian Free Lunch Program

Harundale Presbyterian Church serves a hot lunch every Monday and Thursday from 12:30 to 1:30 in our Fellowship Hall or outside. Everyone is welcome to the meals. There are no restrictions or requirements. You can serve a hot lunch throughout the year to our neighbors who are hungry, homeless, disabled, or elderly with low incomes.  Volunteer for 1-2 hours the first Thursday, third Monday, or fourth Saturday of each month at a church in Glen Burnie.

Hope for All

Hope for All is a Christian ministry whose mission is to provide basic necessities (i.e. furniture, house wares, clothing, and personal items) through community donations to underserved individuals and families.

The Food Project

The Food Project provides direct support to the young people living in Southwest Baltimore through food access, job training, and mentorship. It provides multiple culinary, health, and self-sustaining skills to youth living in the 21223 zip code and beyond – the poorest zip code of Maryland. This program includes a social enterprise called SeedyNutty, where each bag sold creates jobs and helps train at-risk youth in food production, packaging, marketing, and entrepreneurship.

Youth are trained to prepare, package and deliver meals to the food insecure, and run the pop-up market. A number of volunteering positions are available.

The Light House, Inc.

Volunteer to help support this homelessness prevention support center and shelter in Annapolis as it provides food, housing, and services to empower individuals and families to move toward self-sufficiency.  Volunteers are needed to prepare meals, help adults prepare for GED Testing, provide guidance with money management and resume writing.

SPAN (Serving People Across Neighborhoods)

SPAN is a food pantry and emergency services provider helping families and individuals in the Anne Arundel County area with emergency situations such as hunger, utility turn-offs, court-ordered evictions, and prescription/medical needs. 

STAIR (Start the Adventure of Reading)

Winter Relief

Winter relief is a program hosted by different Anne Arundel County religious facilities each week from late October through April providing shelter for those experiencing homelessness throughout the coldest months of the year.  Numerous opportunities are available for adults and youth to volunteer during Woods winter relief week.  Volunteers are needed for meal prep, brown bag lunch prep, evening and overnight chaperones, drivers, shower escorts, Stephens Ministers, laundry support, and snack donations.   Volunteer dates will be announced.

The Baltimore Station

Volunteer to serve meals, arrange group activities and trips, and perform service projects. This is a therapeutic residential and outpatient treatment program supporting veterans who are overcoming obstacles to regain self-sufficiency.

Drink at the Well

The Well is a community of women being transformed through long-term relationships, practical programs, and the healing power of love. The Well also offers a social enterprise called Hon's Honey that is dedicated to giving dignity and purpose to women survivors of trauma — addiction, trafficking, generational poverty and abuse.

Serve as a mentor or teacher with this multi-denominational Christian organization located in Curtis Bay that provides for women in need by connecting them to resources, mentorship, counseling, and training sessions. Volunteer as a small group or a family for landscaping, fundraising, or food distribution events.

Marian House

Marian House is a holistic healing community for women and their children who are in need of housing and support services within the East Baltimore area.  Volunteers are needed with Benevolent Baskets, a workforce development program providing experience and business skills to Marian House women.  These women learn to design, produce and sell gifts baskets.  Serve as a mentor, assist with mock interviews, design and teach a craft, or assist in assembling baskets.

Shepherd's Clinic

This organization bridges gaps of healthcare access in Baltimore by providing free, comprehensive health care for those who cannot afford commercial health insurance, yet do not qualify for government assistance.  Shepherd’s Clinic is need of IT specialists, Yoga Instructors, medical professionals, and nutritionists.

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) is the emergency and refugee program of the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. Presbyterian Disaster Assistance enables congregations and mission partners of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to witness to the healing love of Christ through caring for communities adversely affected by crises and catastrophic events.

Comunidad Presbiteriana de la Trinidad

Comunidad Presbiteriana La Trinidad (The Presbyterian Community of the Trinity) is a New Worshipping Community of the PC(USA) tradition formed by the six Presbyterian USA churches in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, known as the Bay Area Disciples. The Hispanic population in Anne Arundel County is among the fastest growing, the poorest, and the most underserved in terms of social services of all groups in Anne Arundel County. 

This is a church founded in Jesus Christ, that is based in the community as a center of action. CPT proclaims the gospel, to bring the Good News to those who need it most, building the Kingdom of God through our missionary and spiritual (diaconal) work. 

Iglesia Presbiteriana Reformada in Sancti Spiritus, Cuba

 At Woods, we facilitate a partnership to visit and communicate with fellow Presbyterians in Cuba. We support programs to provide filters for clean drinking water. Other needs of this church include advocacy for fair treatment due to the U.S. blockade of the island, over the counter medicines; and donations of clothing and craft supplies.

Ministry of Hope in Malawi

As a nation, Malawi is faced with the great challenge of raising approximately 2 million orphans, most of them being AIDS orphans. Ministry of Hope provides opportunities for evangelism and discipleship, feeding centers for orphans, a mobile medical clinic, crisis nurseries, a widows program, and educational support.