Our needs are often changing along with the seasons. The primary tasks include: 

• Washing/sorting incoming donations
• Taking unused donations to Goodwill
• Helping at The Kindness Exchange during open hours (PA Clearances req'd)
• Assisting with seasonal transitions/organization at The Kindness Exchange
• Cleaning, landscape work
• Assisting at special events (several times each year)
• Administrative tasks (sending birthday cards/encouraging notes)
• Fundraising

We love to hear about children and teens in our community who are interested in helping! Because we are working with a delicate population of children in foster care, we must be careful about who is volunteering at The Kindness Exchange during open hours.

Here are some ways your children can help:

• Assist in organizing donation drives with their school, church, or other youth organization
• Paint 'Kindness Rocks' to place along our pathway at The Kindness Exchange 
• Make encouraging cards or artwork that we can pass along to the foster children who visit our shop
• Teens may be able to come during off-hours to help with sorting of donations, cleaning and outside maintenance. 

Please contact us with any specific questions!

For the safety of the children we serve, we follow the same policies as many schools and churches working with children. We ask that you provide current copies of the following PA Clearances. 

1. PA Criminal History Clearance
2. PA Child Abuse Clearance
3. FBI Clearance

Please use Volunteer Service Code 1KG6ZJ for the FBI / IdentoGo application to receive the discounted fee of $22.60.

If you have existing PA clearances, they should have been processed less than 5 years (60 months) ago.

We are thankful to all who inquire about getting involved with The Kindness Project! There is no expectation about how much or how little time a volunteer should offer. Every hour given, is an hour that supports our efforts to serve local children in foster care. 

We will work with you personally to decide the best way you can join our volunteer team and how much time you are comfortable giving to our cause.