Over a two week period this project needs a large group of volunteers to drop donation bags at homes in Kirkwood to collect items for Kirk Care, Nurses for Newborns, Brown Bag Cafe, and more. 

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Volunteer Goal: Unlimited

(Requires standing and walking)

A month before HOK, this team handles placement of banners, signage, and food donation boxes for HOK. This will include signage on the dumpsters days before HOK. Most of the help we need involves putting up HOK signs ahead of time and picking them back up after HOK.

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Volunteer Goal: 6 People 

(We need volunteers 30 days before the event, so if you are interested, sign up now!)

This project will take a group of volunteers going door-to-door throughout Kirkwood and collect items for Kirk Care and Nurses for Newborns. Teams will also take items to Kirk Care or back to Kirkwood Baptist Church.

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Volunteer Goal: Unlimited

This project is held at Kirkwood Baptist Church. Community members in need will be able to pick up much needed items for the winter as well as children's books, toys, .

We will need help with setup the last Saturday of September and with running the shop the first Saturday of October.

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You can also help by donating New & Gently Used items:

• coats, gloves, scarves, hats

• boots, socks

• shirts, sweaters

• pants, jeans, suits, dresses

• bicycles, toys, diapers, children's books

• NEW Pillows​

This project will take a group of volunteers to homes of Kirkwood residents who are in need of help in their yards. 

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Volunteer Goal: 100 People 

(General labor, trimming bushes, need for lawn care tools, etc)

This project will take a group willing to load, haul, and throw away trash and yard waste from different HOK Projects in Kirkwood. Drivers with trucks and trailers, and people willing to ride along and help with loading and unloading needed. 

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Volunteer Goal: 20 People & 5 Trucks 

This project will need a group of volunteers to travel to Friends of Father Dickson Cemetery, one of the first public cemeteries available to Black people in the St. Louis area, to repair, restore, and preserve the cemetery. 

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Volunteer Goal: 20 People

If you are unable to attend or physically unable to participate, you can still support HOK through our Amazon Store. The items purchased on the store go to organizations in our community like Nurses for Newborns and Kirk Care.

This group will be located at KBC inspecting cars and providing them with a car check list of items to follow up with their local mechanic. Windshield wiper fluid will be topped off, tires will be checked and batteries will be inspected. 

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Volunteer Goal: 5 People

This project needs a group of volunteers to sort through all the items collected from the Neighborhood Donation Pick-Up team and place in boxes for delivery to the appropriate resource centers. This sorting will be held at Webster Hills Methodist (Berry and Lockwood). 

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Volunteer Goal: 40 people 

(Must be able to lift, stand, and sort)