Volunteers stay at St. Patrick s convent. Sharing and Caring Hands provide a host of services that include food, clothing, shelter and transportation assistance, medical and dental help. Volunteers stay at the Charles City convent. Work consists of meeting the needs of the elderly - cleaning homes, lawn work, visiting, washing windows, etc. Volunteers stay in the Brother Denny Center.
Work consists of landscaping, yardwork, painting, cemetery work and planting trees.
Bring sleeping bag, air mattress and personal hygiene necessities along with sunscreen and work gloves. Bring casual dress for time in classroom, otherwise work clothes. Also bring sunscreen and work gloves. Volunteers engage in work as ESL teachers aiding students in computer programming, manipulative activities and critical thinking skills. Afternoons are spent visiting the shut-ins.