How can you help?

Hands-On Help
Item Donations
Financial Donations

Hands-On Help

Who is needed?

DEAM needs volunteers to help as greeters, in the office and as pantry guides.

What are some things I might be expected to do?

  • Greeters will welcome pantry clients, determine a client’s needs if they walk up without an appointment and provide lunches to unhoused clients.
  • Pantry volunteers will guide clients through our client choice pantry and assist as needed.
  • Office volunteers answer the phone, assist clients with utility bills, update computer entries, and refer callers to other agencies if they are not in DEAM’s service area.
  • Our Wednesday volunteers stock the food pantry and prepare food and supplies for distribution to clients. This volunteer position also helps unload Atlanta Community Food Bank deliveries. 

Will l be trained?

Volunteers are carefully trained on job procedures and are always paired with at least one other volunteer while on duty.

How often will I be expected to help?

Volunteers are asked to work at least one morning a month.

Who can be a volunteer?

Volunteers come from several surrounding counties. You may fill out a volunteer application form below. A volunteer coordinator will contact you and provide many more details about the volunteer positions we currently have available. Must be at least 18 years old.

Volunteer Signup Form

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DEAM Volunteer Information Form

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    To ensure appropriate boundaries, at least two years must elapse between the time a client receives DEAM services and the time she or he becomes an active volunteer. Therefore, if you volunteer, you cannot accept aid from DEAM.

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    I certify that all of the information I have provided here is true and complete. I understand that any misrepresentation or omission of facts on this application may be cause for non-selection or later dismissal.

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    How DEAM Donations Fight Hunger and Homelessness

    DEAM donations fund food and financial contributions directly to Decatur-area residents to prevent homelessness and hunger.

    $1 will buy six cans of soup and vegetables, enough to feed one hungry senior citizen for 1.5 days
    $5 dollars will buy peanut butter, macaroni and cheese, milk and vegetables, enough to feed one mother and child for three days
    $15 will provide complete meals and basic toiletries for family of four for three to four days
    $25 will pay for three months' prescriptions for critical conditions such as diabetes, heart conditions
    $75 will pay a past-due gas or electric bill, so a family does not have heat cut off this winter