How I Can Help | Volunteer Opportunities

The Tillman House needs your help! We're looking for volunteers to help out in our main office during our normal service hours: Monday-Thursday, from 9am-1pm. Tasks include but are not limited to: assisting Community Services Coordinator with client intake, making meal bags or hygiene kits, folding grocery bags, organizing supplies, and more!

If interested, please reach out to Julia DeVane, our Community Services Coordinator at jdevane@smyrnafumc.org, or at 770-435-0851 during normal service hours.

We have clients who regularly have to decide if they can afford food OR diapers because they can’t afford both!  

So we developed programs to help relieve the stress families face.  The Tillman House offers the following programs to those in need:

• Homeless Meal Bags
• Hygiene Kits
• Diapers & Wipes
• Warming Kits (Seasonal)

We rely on the support of our volunteers to help meet the needs of our community through these programs.  Volunteers can form their own group to collect supplies and assemble items for any of these programs.  Groups can assemble from their own designated location or volunteers are welcome to assemble at the Tillman House. Is your schedule a challenge?  Volunteers can also provide support by simply donating supplies and have them delivered straight to the Tillman House!  Use the following Amazon links to make your donations today:

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• Toiletry List - https://amzn.to/3hCtekv
• Baby List - https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1H91PWAJ9H3N6?type=wishlist

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We welcome your support!

Do you have a passion for teaching and serving your community?  At the Tillman House we are seeking education volunteers for the Cliff Jordan Education program! Education volunteers serve the community by teaching practical tools for personal growth and development through free classes and programs designed to stimulate learning and instill independence.

These classes are held at the Tillman House and there is a place for you!  
To find out more about how you can get involved and help change lives in your community, please contact us at the Tillman House during office hours or click here for more details.

A new year of AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING will begin at the Tillman House, in partnership with Cliff Jordan Continuing Education, on September 5th. We are looking for volunteer tutors to work one-on-one with K through 3rd graders in reading and math curriculum. Spanish speaking tutors are also welcome but not required- many of our kids are bilingual. These three-day a week after school sessions will take place at the Tillman House Resource Center every Tuesday through Thursday from 2:30pm to 5:00pm.

If you are interested in signing up to volunteer with us for this program, please register here and we will reach out to you!

‍See below for additional details:

Days/Times: Tues, Wed, Thurs. 2:30pm – 5:00pm

Requirements: Easy online Safe Sanctuary background check

Training: August 16 at 3:00 p.m (more details coming soon)

Sample schedule: Tillman House Smart Kids After School Program

• 2:25pm: Students picked up from Green Acres Elementary and transported to Tillman House
• 2:25-2:30pm: Snack time in fellowship hall
• 2:30-2:45pm: Recess time outside
• 2:45-3:00pm: Bathroom Break & Hand Washing

Move to 2nd Floor

• 3:00 -3:30pm: Working on homework Table Time - individual pullouts table work
• 3:35-3:40pm: Bathroom Breaks
• 3:45-4:10pm: Literacy Language games; sight word checklist, Math Flash Cards
• 4:10-4:15pm: Stretching break “Go Noodle”
• 4:15-4:30pm: Read book and questions (setting, characters, problem/solution, fiction/non-fiction, relate to own life)
• 4:30-4:50pm: Math Learning Games-individual pullouts
• 4:50-5:00pm: Student’s pick last game/Recreation Time
• 5:00pm: Student Pick-Up

The Table at Tillman meets every third Saturday of the month at 6 pm and we welcome anyone looking for an unconventional way to draw closer to God.  This is a very casual gathering outdoors (weather permitting) or in the fellowship hall.

There is a message of HOPE followed by a delicious meal and fellowship.  If you would like to volunteer to serve at the Table at Tillman, please call the Tillman House during office hours.

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Contact Beverly Marshall: bevmarshallgoodell@yahoo.com