Begin Anew relies on more than 300 volunteers to accomplish our goals and serve our students. Volunteers can help in multiple ways – providing ongoing volunteer roles, volunteering for a one-time specific task or volunteering as a group or family to serve.

Location: Franklin & Nashville, TN

Serving: Adult Learners

Opportunity: Individuals, Groups

Join Brightcorps

Some volunteers spend time with our adults each week, while others take every opportunity to help BrightStone on weekends at fundraising benefits, sales, and student outings and events.

Location: Franklin, TN

Serving: Adults with Special Needs

Opportunity: Individuals, Groups

Guest Speakers Needed

Guest speakers who are subject matter experts in marketing, legal or accounting are needed for The Academy entrepreneurship program with Corner to Corner.

Location: Nashville, TN & Virtual

Serving: Minority Entrepreneurs

Opportunity: Individuals

Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities

GraceWorks Ministries is open Monday through Saturday from 9-4 and is looking for volunteers to help with several tasks including processing food donations, organizing home goods, tagging merchandise, testing electronics, and working in their thrift store.

Three shifts to choose from are 8:30AM-12:30PM, 12-4PM, or 8:30AM-4PM. If you are 15 years old or younger, you must have an adult with you while you volunteer. For more information, reach out via the link below.

Location: Franklin, TN

Serving: The ministries of GraceWorks

Opportunity: Individuals, Groups

Chef for the Night

One of our most popular year-round volunteer activities is called Chef for a Night, where individuals or groups sign up to bring a meal or cook a meal with residents. You can order a meal for 10 from a restaurant, pre-cook a meal at home or bring ingredients and cook in our beautiful, spacious kitchen. This is a great time to spend at My Friend’s House getting to know our residents and learning more about life at the house, and volunteers provide positive adult interactions for our youth and are an important component of our program.

Location: Franklin, TN

Serving: The foster boys of My Friend’s House

Opportunity: Individuals, Groups, Families

Multiple Opportunities

Mobile Food Distribution Volunteer:
Volunteers are invited to help distribute food and pray with our neighbors.
Distribution Calendar

Warehouse Volunteer:
Volunteers are consistently needed to pack food boxes and prepare for upcoming mobile distributions.

Location: Franklin, TN

Serving: Families & Individuals

Opportunity: Individuals, Groups, Families

Monday Night Volunteer

Each Monday night, volunteers of varying ages and backgrounds gather at PLN’s kitchen in East Nashville to assemble up to 200+ meals in to-go cartons for transport to downtown. Volunteers arrive to prep the food, assemble the meals and help clean up.

Location: Nashville, TN

Serving: People Experiencing Homelessness

Opportunity: Individuals, Groups, Families

Weekend & Daytime Volunteer Opportunities

In addition to their Monday street outreach, PLN also offers various ways to volunteer with their organization on other days of the week and weekend. Click the link below to view the current ways you can sign up to engage.

Location: Nashville, TN

Serving: People Experiencing Homelessness

Opportunity: Individuals, Groups, Families

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Mentors Needed

Preston Taylor Ministries operates after school programs all over Nashville, and they have a desire to see each student paired one on one with a mentor. There are multiple mentoring programs available including: Lunch Mates, Dinner & Devo, Snack Chat, and Breakfast and Bible Study.

Location: Nashville, TN

Serving: Students

Opportunity: Individuals, Groups

Medical Interpreters Needed

Arabic and Spanish interpreters facilitate communication between the patient and the provider during a visit or clinical examination at Siloam Health. Interpreters work closely with clinical staff and volunteers to assist with patient communication for their entire visit. They help overcome cultural and language barriers so that patients feel comfortable, ensuring patients’ needs are being met.

Location: Antioch & Nashville, TN

Serving: Individuals & Families

Opportunity: Individuals

Volunteer Nurses

Volunteer nurses work with staff nurses and providers to deliver comprehensive patient care at Siloam’s Primary Care Clinic. Volunteer nurses are responsible for welcoming patients to the clinic and performing all intake procedures, and they also provide assistance during appointments in order to provide excellent and compassionate care. Volunteer nurses are trained and supported by staff nurses.

Location: Antioch & Nashville, TN

Serving: Individuals & Families

Opportunity: Individuals

Mobile Food Distribution

There are multiple ways to engage with our partners at WNDC. Click the link below to sign up for one of their many mobile food distributions that take place at multiple sites in Nashville as they strive to address food insecurity in the city.

Location: West and North Nashville, TN

Serving: Communities in West and North Nashville

Opportunity: Individuals, Groups

Volunteer with YCAP

There are multiple ways to engage with YCAP including:

Reading Tutor (Elementary K-4th grades)
Group Mentor (Middle School 5-8th grades)
Middle School Program Support (Middle School 5-8th grades)
College/Career Exploration Guest Speaker (High School 9-12th grades)

Location: Nashville & Franklin, TN

Serving: Students

Opportunity: Individuals, Groups

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