A Vital Role
Volunteers play a vital role at Hope’s Door New Beginning Center. Each year, hundreds of people donate thousands of hours to help us provide safety, shelter, healing, and hope to families affected by domestic abuse. COVID-19 has impacted how we are currently engaging our volunteers. Personal safety for our clients, staff and volunteers is a priority. We are limiting onsite volunteer opportunities at our outreach offices and emergency shelters in order to ensure this safety. Our resale store is fully open for volunteers. Please see the current opportunities we have for volunteers listed below.
Volunteer Opportunities
Special Events: HDNBC has annual events that are open to volunteers. Our Golf Classic is held in the spring, our Tapestry of Hope is held in the Fall and several other events take place at various times through the year. For information on upcoming events, email Beth Leos at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Virtual Volunteer Opportunities:
- Organize a donation drive of items from our urgent needs list
- Create craft project kits with instructions for children in our shelter
- Prepare a meal for our women and children in shelter
Volunteer opportunities at our Outreach Centers in Plano and Garland:
- Organizing donations (as needed)
- Administrative assistance (as needed)
Volunteer opportunities at our Resale Store in Plano :
- Assisting customers
- Organizing and sorting donations
- Maintaining the store appearance
How to get started
New volunteers complete the individual volunteer application, background check (if 18 years of age or older), and attend one new volunteer orientation session before volunteering. Orientation sessions last approximately 1 hour. To attend orientation, both the application and background check must be completed. Due to COVID 19, orientation sessions will be offered via Zoom meeting until further notice. The Zoom meeting link will be emailed prior to each session to those who have completed both the application and background check. Email Beth Leos, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information. Scroll down for links to the volunteer application and background check.
Upcoming 2021 Volunteer Orientation Dates: (Only one session is required)
November 12th, 11:30 am
Orientation is not offered in December.
Upcoming 2022 Volunteer Orientation Dates: (Only one session is required)
January 14th and 28th, 11:30am
February 11th and 25th, 11:30am
March 11th and 25th, 11:30am
April 15th and 29th, 11:30am
May 13th and 27th, 11:30am
June 10th and 24th, 11:30am
July 15th and 29th, 11:30am
August 12th and 26th, 11:30am
September 16th and 30th, 11:30am
October 14th and 28th, 11:30am
November 11th, 11:30am
Orientation is not offered in December and will resume in 2023. Date TBD.
Age requirement: Individuals must be at least 16 years of age to volunteer at our resale store accompanied by a parent or guardian. Shelter volunteers must be at least 18 years of age. We do have limited group volunteer projects.
The volunteer application should be completed and emailed to our Volunteer Program Manager Beth Leos at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The background check is completed online and the results are automatically sent to the Volunteer Program Manager. There is a $9.95 fee for the background check.
- Individual Volunteer Application (fillable PDF)
- Group Volunteer Application (fillable PDF)
- Background Check (link to VERIFYI)
More Information
For more information on becoming a volunteer, please call (972) 422-2911 and ask to speak to our Volunteer Program Manager or email Beth Leos at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. **Internship and practicum students please contact Christina Coultas at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
