Local Community Service Opportunities
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See the list below or talk to the Director of Service-Learning cking@malone.edu for a listing of community needs and ways that you can help out. Serve and support our community! Contact these local community service agencies for great volunteer opportunities. Canton Calvary Mission1234 Gibbs Street NE
Canton, OH 330.454.8610 Volunteers for the following: every Wednesday 9:30a-12p and 1-2p food pantry. 2nd and 4th Wed. 12-1p hot meal. 2nd Wed. free haircut 10-2. Every Sat. 6:15p hot meal. Act On Disabilities Family Resource Center408 9th St., SW
Canton, OH 44707 330.455.8806 Matching the needs of children and adults with disabilities with service. Advice on rights, programs, and options available. Canton First Women’s Christian Temperance Union
1207 20th St. NE Canton, OH 44714 330.456.3479 To educate the public, especially the youth, about the serious dangers posed to one’s health by the use of beverage alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs, major goals are personal abstinence and abolition of liquor traffic, and of all narcotic drugs. The Catholic Community League of Canton
625 Cleveland Ave NW Canton, OH 44702 330.454.7917 Housing counseling, social ministry through works of charity and justice, counseling, therapy, and especially unplanned pregnancy counseling
Meals on Wheels of Stark and Wayne Counties
2363 Nave Street SE
Massillon, OH 44646
330.832.7220
Meals On Wheels of Stark & Wayne Counties is a non-profit agency that provides nutritional support to homebound individuals of all ages. Services include delivery of hot meals, sack suppers, breakfast meals, frozen meals and liquid supplements (pending a physician’s referral) Monday through Friday.
Child and Adolescent Service Center
1226 Market Avenue, NW Canton, OH 44714 330.454.7917 Programs for children with behavioral or emotional problems include: outpatient therapy, consultation, education and prevention, diagnostic services [treatment plan], day treatment, case management (assessment and referrals), intensive home based service plans (home visits to stabilize family), youth sex offender program (up to 21), and peer listening. Pregnancy Support Center Of Stark County
4500 22nd Street NW Canton, OH 44708 330.455.7500 (24-hour line staffed during business hours, message service otherwise) Ministering to women and men struggling with unplanned pregnancy and post abortion trauma through peer counseling and support groups. The Canton Urban league
1400 Sherrick Rd. SE Canton, OH 44707 330.456.3479 Serving through economic development/ employment, housing, community services, education, youth activities, recreation. Neighborhood Action Program203 Lincoln Ave NW
Canton, OH 44708 330.454.5454 To provide a safe environment for city children and senior citizens by committing to improving general neighborhood conditions for them through youth task force, mentoring, and education. Suburban Pregnancy Services Portage Lakes Arena Akron
3515 Manchester Rd. Akron, OH 44319 330.644.4490 Serves women through non-medical pregnancy testing, diapers/formula/baby clothes, parenting classes, and mentoring. Keep Our Babies Alive
Stark County Health Department 3951 Convenience Circle NW Canton, OH 44718 330.493.9928 Infant mortality reduction program through prenatal care. Open Door Chapel
300 Walnut Ave NE Canton, OH 44702 330.456.3213 Services include giving away clothing and soup kitchen. The Workshops
Whipple-Dale Center 2950 Whipple Ave NW Canton, OH 44708 330.477.5200 (Maureen McGloughan) Factory work for persons with mental retardation and developmental disabilities. St. Luke’s Nursing HomeNorth Canton, OH
330.499.8341 ext. 4664 Habitat For Humanity
PO Box 21234 Canton, OH 44701 330.456.4663 Family Services Inc
618 Second St. NW Canton, OH 44703 330.454.7066 Family Counseling, Support services for seniors (also HIV/AIDS). Homemaker program, deaf, small loans to help families get off welfare. Hospice of Stark County
1445 Harrison Avenue NW Suite 300 Canton, OH 44708 330.489.6885 Home care for terminally ill patients, counseling
Bethany Nursing Home
34 th St. Canton, OH 330.492.7171 Siffrin Residential Association
2912 Whipple Avenue NW Canton, OH 44708 330.478.0263 Thurman Munson Senior Center
Horace Mann School 1731 Grace Avenue NE Canton, OH 44705 330.455.5858 Canton Soup Kitchens Christ Presbyterian Church Samaritan’s Table
St. John’s Catholic Church 627 McKinley Ave. Canton, OH 44703 330.454.8044 330.455.0374 (George Fulton) 11:00 am – 1:30 pm, Thursday (weekly) Helping Hands Network
122 South Main St.., Waynesburg 330.866.2005 9:00 am – 3:00 pm, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday Food Sites St. Joan of Arc 130 Bordner Ave. SW
Canton, OH 330.477.6796 Tuesday mornings St. Mary’s Church
1602 Market Ave. S Canton, OH 330.453.2110 Last Tuesday of the Month only, 9:30-10:30 am Trinity Lutheran Church
415 W. Tuscarawas Street Canton, OH 44703 Tuesdays, number guests at 12:00 noon
Individuals can come once a month
St. Paul Episcopal Church
453 Cleveland Ave. SW Canton, OH Last Saturday of every month, 9:00 am Urban Ark
201 McKinley Ave. NW 330.456.5038 12:45 pm to pick up number 1-2:15 pm distribution Total Living Center
2221 9th Street SW 330.455.3663 Christ Presb. Church
530 West Tuscarawas 330.456.8113 Distribution 9:30-11:00 am, 2 nd and Last Wednesday of each month Calvary Presbyterian
330.453.8453 3 rd Saturday of the Month Before 10:00 am Canton Christian Fellowship
Broadmoor N. Canton 330.492.0295 3 rd Saturday of the Month Before 10:00 am American Rescue Workers
Every Day 5:30 - 6:30 pm 1311 Market Ave. N. Open Door Chapel
1:00 pm 300 Walnut Ave. N. 10:30 am -12:30 pm
Last Saturday of the Month 2207 3rd Street SE Crystal Park United Methodist Church
11:30 am -1:30 pm Last Saturday of the month 2219 Mahoning Rd. NE First United Church of Christ
330.453.1719 901 E. Tuscarawas Food and Clothing Distribution/Sale Fridays (except 1st), Twice a month 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Trinity Gospel
5 th and High Street SW 330.453.7155 9:00 am -12:00 noon 3 rd Tuesday of the month |