Get Involved

Be An Ally

As an Ally, you serve as a drop off location in your neighborhood. Our network of allies assures that community members have convenient ways to donate goods. Allies serve in leadership positions by influencing our planning of projects, having a heightened involvement in at least two projects, and helping spread the word of G4G’s mission and work with family, friends, neighbors, employment, local listserves, schools, etc. Join other wonderful community members and be a part of  a network of GOOD! Check the “Be an Ally” box on the Volunteer Engagement Form.

Requirements

• Minimum of 1 year commitment
• Serve as neighborhood contact and spokesperson for all G4G projects
• Participate in quarterly virtual meetings
• Engage in at least two projects/year (individually defined based on availability, interest, etc.)
• Serve as collection site with clearly displayed donation collection box, signage and sign-in sheets (all provided by G4G)

Be A Sponsor 

G4G offers many opportunities for local businesses and corporations to get involved and join G4G in doing GOOD. All donation are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

1. Be an Annual Sponsor of Goods For Good- $2000/year.  Your funds are directed to both general operations and projects, as needed throughout the calendar year.  Your name/logo is displayed on our Annual Sponsor webpage. Each Annual Sponsor is profiled in a “Why We Do Good” blog posted on the G4G website for a one-month period, as well as Facebook and Instagram. Annual Sponsors also are promoted through listservs and email outreach.

2. Be a Project Sponsor– $1500 per project.  Your funds are directed toward a specific  project of your choosing to cover costs associated with the project. Your name/business is displayed on our Project Sponsor webpage and you will receive acknowledgement on listservs, and email outreach. (For example: “XYZ presents G4G’s Soup For the Soul”.)

3.  Be a Community Sponsor.  Donations vary per project.  Your funds are directed toward a monthly project and costs associated with projects. Your name/business is displayed on our Community Sponsor webpage, and you will receive acknowledgement on listservs and email outreach.

4. Be an In-Kind Sponsor. Donations vary per project. Support G4G’s work by donating in-kind goods (at a Sponsorship level) related to a specific project Your name/business is displayed in alignment with the comparable sponsorship level above.

Contact Elizabeth@GoodsForGoodDC.org or check the “Be A Sponsor” box on the Volunteer Engagement Form and we can customize the right funding program for you.

Volunteer in Projects

Participate in any of our unique monthly or year-round projects. Participate once, monthly, or every few months.  You are welcome to help with multiple projects or just one – we appreciate your time!

And if you’d like to take a deeper dive and lend your coordinating, organizing and leadership skills to a project, then volunteer to be a Chair/Co-Chair for a project by seeing a project through from start to finish. This is a  great way to make a big impact over a short time. Check the “Lead a Project” box on the Volunteer Engagement Form and a G4G team member will be in touch.

Volunteer Your Skills

G4G is always looking for individuals with specific skills and talents to help us do more and do better. Whether it be with marketing and social media, grant writing, fundraising, in-kind donation solicitation, photography, community organizing…we value your talents! Check the “Volunteer Skills” box on the Volunteer Engagement Form and indicate the ways you can help and a GFG team member will be in touch.

Be a Driver For Good

Our monthly projects often result in hundreds, if not thousands, of items collected for those in need, in addition to volunteer-made meals and other goodies. Being a Driver For Good means you get notifications when driving help is needed to deliver items from one place to another and you can volunteer based on your availability.  Drivers must be at least 18 years old, have a car and a valid driver’s license. Check the “Be a Driver for Good” box on the Volunteer Engagement Form.

Be a Student Volunteer

G4G offers many opportunities for students to get involved individually or in groups, and earn community service hours for their schools:

• Join an current project
• Lead a G4G drive/collection in your community
• Be a “connector” and recruit  your school, class, club, neighbors, friend group, religious institution, or local/family business to participate in a G4G project.
• Help raise funds for G4G projects by conducting your own in-person or virtual shopping experience by selling your/friends’ unwanted clothes or jewelry, organizing a  bake sale, name GFG as a recipient of a walkathon/read-a-thon, or any other idea you can come up with!

Whatever you choose to do, you will have support from us here at G4G. Our goal is for your experience to be fun, educational, and rewarding for you, while supporting GFG’s mission.  Just fill out a Student Engagement Form to register as a Student Volunteer and get started.

To receive community service hours:

1. Fill out a Student Engagement Form to register as a Student Volunteer
2. Notify us in advance of participating in a project. Simply email Volunteer@GoodsForGoodDC.org and tell us what you plan to do. Not sure how to get involved? Send an email and we can help you think through options. 
3. For community service hours that are completed virtually, we ask that a a parent or guardian sign off on all service hours claimed. (they can initial on the school form or send an email confirming hours).
4. Send completed  school forms via email to Volunteer@GoodsForGoodDC.org. G4G will complete our portion.

**G4G can only grant service hours when all steps have been satisfied. Forms will then be completed by G4G within one week of receiving it. 

Looking for inspiration for community service hours? Here’s what some others have done:

• Lila (age 12) made 8 Birthday-In-A-Boxes for shelter children as her Bat Mitzvah community service project.
• Charlotte and Maya (ages 16) were Student Leaders for G4G’s “Bear Hug” (stuffed animal) drive to benefit children at area shelters and Children’s Hospital and helped collect over 400 stuffies!
• Rose (age 17) cooked numerous meals for women and families at a G4G partner shelter.
• Charlie, Aaron, DeAndre and Phillip (ages 16) collected lightly-worn sneakers from friends and sold them on Depop, raising $325 that  they donated to G4G to buy holiday gifts for families in shelters.
• Cynthia (age 15) led an effort in her neighborhood to gather winter accessories for G4G’s coat, scarf, gloves and hat drive. She collected 50 items to help keep people experiencing homelessness warm.