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A volunteer companionship program between persons in mental health recovery and trained community volunteers. After training that is provided by compeer staff, adult volunteers are matched with adult friends who live with a mental illness. Volunteers are asked to spend one hour per week with their friend. Members of the match meet at mutually agreeable times and for activities they choose.

Providing the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program. This program offers assistance to community members with filing their local, state, and federal tax returns, and property/rent rebate forms.

Offers programming for older adults that includes daily activities, special speakers, health screenings, and trips. Provides lunch and transportation. Accepts volunteers who are needed to help with the center's daily operations and the home-delivered program.

Promotes community safety through volunteer-run neighborhood patrols. Works to decrease community-level violence by empowering community members to engage in cooperative conversations with their neighbors while on regular patrols during peak times for violence. Volunteers receive specialized mediation training where they learn simple de-escalation techniques. Philly Truce staff supports these volunteers as higher-level backup.

Offers a variety of ongoing, one-day, and event volunteer opportunities.

Invites all sportsmen and sportswomen to share their harvest. Seeks and offers deer, turkey, bear, and fish.

Provides freshly prepared meals at a reasonable cost to anyone in their specified geographic area who cannot reasonably provide meals for themselves.

Adopt-a-Family program matches donor groups with particularly needy families. Program focuses on working poor and special cases.

Operates Adopt-A-Highway, an effective way to reduce the overall cost of litter pick-up in Pennsylvania. Offers volunteer opportunity to clear a two-mile section of state highway two to four times a year. Works to reduce the overall cost of litter pick-up in Pennsylvania.

Provides volunteer opportunities to help older adults to stay in their homes and communities safely. Volunteers can provide errand running and shopping assistance, transportation to an appointment, help clients with minor projects around the house, or even just volunteer to visit or be a phone buddy.

Provides Volunteer opportunities.

Provides assistance navigating community resources and Workforce/employment services, including employment skills, career counseling, high school equivalency assistance and reentry assistance. Also provides a recovery support center with community based self help programming for individuals experiencing a substance abuse disorder. Recovery Cafe provides a safe, sober place to socialize.

Provides international humanitarian aid through programs that support children, build cultural appreciation, and promote the legacy of Pearl S. Buck.

Provides individualized and small group programming for youth and adults, help with emergency household cleaning and hygiene needs, diapers, a weekly soup kitchen, crime reduction efforts, neighborhood watch, referrals, housing improvement programs, community gardens, farmers market, mural art, streetscape improvements.

Offers a youth enrichment camp, cooking classes, food distribution, rebuilding of homes, and crisis aid. Volunteer opportunities available; donations accepted.

Offers recovery meetings, food distribution, Narcan, community events, a full-service kitchen, Certified Recovery Specialists, treatment and recovery housing referral, support for loved ones, and peer-to-peer recovery.

Provides childcare/afterschool care for children from the ages of 6 weeks through 13 years. Full time and part time care is available. Breakfast, lunch and afternoon snack are provided.

Provides food programs such as, Pop-up Pantries, in-school self-served pantry, student backpack program and summer feeding programs.

Offers glasses and hearing aids. Scures leader dogs. Provides assistance to the needy and physically handicapped. Operates several youth outreach programs. Works to improve the environment, build homes for the disabled, and provide disaster relief.

Provides information to help parents reach their goals. The diaper program provides a pack of diapers and wipes to those that are in need.

Provides assistance accessing benefits, and shelter to Veterans with limited or no access to care. Helps find shelter for Veterans who, due to health or means, are unable to find or keep shelter of their own, and Post Traumatic Stress resources to Veterans through our Veterans Unstoppable program. Provides assistance with nationwide integrated medical care in the future. Provides: A) Holiday Meals (Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas) B) Homelessness / Shelter C) Peer to Peer Support Groups and Companion / Service / Therapy Dogs D) Retreats (Fishing & Hunting) and Stand Downs (clothing, food, other items) E) Furniture, Household goods, and household repairs, and clothing and hygiene items F) Filing VA Benefits, SSA, Veterans Memorial Monument

Provides congregate meals, socialization, and enrichment/recreational activities including: arts and crafts, computers, bingo, cards, pool, puzzles, games, and exercise classes.

Provides a comprehensive assisted living facility, offering 24-hour nursing services, dietary services, and social services.

Provides gardening education, seedlings, and construction support to volunteer-run gardens. Harvests are gathered and distributed to local food cupboards where, along with non-perishable food items, residents who are hungry or food insecure can get the food they need.

Provides a senior center with weekday congregate meals, fitness classes, walking club, guest speakers, health screens, craft classes, bingo, cards, pool, puzzles, birthday and holiday celebrations, and volunteer opportunities.