Hope Center of Edmond Student Community Service Opportunity

Love working with a Clothing Closet and Food Pantry? This service project is for you!

Come join us as Epic Charter Schools heads to the HOPE CENTER of Edmond for a day of fun serving our community!  The Hope Center of Edmond's main mission is HOPE... Helping Our People in Emergencies! They are a nonprofit organization, comprised of volunteers like you that help out in various ways. They have a clothing room, food pantry, housing and utility assistance, health clinic, etc.  If you are a student looking for service hours or credit, this opportunity will help fulfill your hours. To find out more information about this location, please click the link at the bottom of this page.

Through this on-site volunteer experience, volunteers will be trained in our clothing and food pantry departments. Tasks could involve the following: receiving donations at the door, inspecting and sorting received clothing donations, food pantry restocking items, and prepping food bags. 

At your arrival time, a Warehouse Coordinator will welcome you and direct you on what the warehouse needs to do that day. Please make sure to sign in upon arrival and record your total number of hours.

“Somewhere along the way, we must learn that there is nothing greater than to do something for others.” - Martin Luther King Jr.

Important Information: This Community Service Opportunity is for Epic Charter School Students grades 9th -12th graders and FED staff only. No younger siblings at this event due to limited student volunteer spots available. We have morning and afternoon volunteer sessions to choose from. Students, please only sign up for either the morning or the afternoon session so that other students have an opportunity to participate in the service project. Parents are welcome to stay in the waiting area at the front of the room.

CHECK-IN PROCEDURE: Upon arrival, please check in with an Epic Family Engagement staff member who will be in Epic gear and located near the entrance. We’d also love to see you in your Epic gear!

Morning Volunteer Session: 

• 9:45 am Volunteer Check In
• 10-12:00 Volunteer Time
• 12:00 pm Conclusion

Afternoon Volunteer Session: 

• 1:45 Volunteer Check-in 
• 2:00-4:00 pm Volunteer Time
• 4:00 pm Conclusion

As a reminder, this is for High School students ONLY. Due to limited space, there will not be parent volunteers. A waiver and permission slip form is required in advance before the start of the event.  

You can access those here:  

Volunteer Agreement: Hope Center Volunteer Agreement

Release & Liability Waiver: Release & Liability Waiver

Both forms are required. Bring the forms signed on the service day. 

CLOTHING & SUPPLIES RECOMMENDED:           

• Highly recommended to wear closed-toe footwear
• Athletic or comfortable clothing that aligns with the weather forecast and a water bottle are recommended

POLICIES: You will register using Humanitix which will hold your spot for the community service as a reservation. Parents, please register each of your Epic students who will be participating. This enables the school and the location to staff and plan appropriately. Our community service opportunities do have a maximum capacity. Therefore, we ask that when registering your students, you only register Epic enrolled 9th through 12th-grade students so that the spots are filled by our students. Please note: Due to a food pantry, there are no service dogs allowed.

MEDIA POLICY: This is a public event and photographs and or video may be taken during the activity. If you prefer your student to not have a photograph or video taken please let our Epic Family Engagement staff know during check-in.

CANCELLATIONS: As a reminder, if you sign up to come but are unable to make it, please cancel your reservation using your Humanitix confirmation email. This will open up spots for other students/volunteers.

1. Go to Humanitix Confirmation Email
2. Click on "Manage Order"
3. Click "Refund/Cancel"
4. Select ALL or manually select the tickets you need to cancel
5. Click the "Review" button
6. Click the "Confirm" button

Inclement Weather Plan: If we have inclement weather, we will send out communication by email through Humantix to let you know if the community service has been canceled.

Please contact Sharla Conaway at sharla.conaway@epiccharterschools.org with any questions you have about this event or reply click contact organizer below.  We look forward to seeing you soon!

LOCATION/WEBSITE:

Hope Center of Edmond

1251 N Broadway, Suite A

Edmond, OK 73034

HOPE CENTER of Edmond Website