Giving your time and energy to GLIDE programs is a great way to help those in need while forging personal connections within our community.
Contact Us COVID-19 Volunteer FAQJoin our community of volunteers and make a difference in your city.
GLIDE is a leading social services organization in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood as well as a social justice movement and spiritual community, dedicated to strengthening and transforming lives. GLIDE welcomes all in need of care and community. Our Daily Free Meals program serves a diverse cross-section of homeless and insecurely housed individuals and families as well as low-income working people, and senior citizens and differently abled folks on small fixed incomes.
During shelter-in-place orders due to the COVID-19 pandemic GLIDE has remained open as an essential service provider to our community. Our Meals program has provided up to 15,000+ meals a week both on-site distributed outdoors in to-go containers as well as delivered to individuals and community partners across the city.
Learn more about our COVID-19 Crisis Response
Gather a group of family, friends or colleagues and help GLIDE collect new items for care packages that will support our ongoing essential service efforts:
• Street Outreach Care Packages – soaps, hand sanitizers, bottled waters, face masks, etc.
• Shelter-In-Place Family Care Packages – diapers, baby wipes, baby and toddler toys, books for reading in English & Spanish, small family board games, etc.
• Distance Learning Care Packages – notebooks, pencils, art supplies, etc.
• Winter Essentials – socks, rain ponchos, gloves, jackets, umbrellas, backpacks, hand warmers, etc.
• Undergarments for all genders of varying sizes
• Furry Companion Care Packages – dog treats, leashes, muzzles, dog food, etc.
Contact the volunteer department for more information at volteam@glide.org
GLIDE is redesigning its holiday events to continue our tradition of providing critical resources to the community during the holiday season while keeping our staff, volunteers, and community members safe and healthy from COVID19. We understand that there are many safety and health considerations one must make when volunteering during these challenging times. There are a limited number of on-site holiday volunteer opportunities available. If you are interested in learning more, please contact us directly at volteam@glide.org or 415-674-6081.
Thank you for your interest in volunteering at GLIDE this Holiday Season! We appreciate your patience and understanding as we work to safely navigate holiday volunteerism a little differently this year. Please contact us at our general inquiries line volteam@glide.org or (415) 674-8081 for more information about Holiday Volunteer Shifts and Sign-ups.