Greensboro Urban Ministry

Greensboro Urban Ministry's mission is to express the love of God to people in need through food, shelter and solutions. We have served the Greensboro community since 1967.

Our Program Directors, Case Managers, and volunteers help those in need to experience this love by helping them find paths to economic stability, personal fulfillment, and spiritual well-being.

Every day and night at Greensboro Urban Ministry, this is what we do because of your support:

• Serve over 180 households daily through our Client Choice Food Pantry.  Households can shop once every 14 days.
• Offer utility assistance for households at risk of becoming homeless.
• Serve lunch for over 400 hungry men, women and children in Potter’s House Community Kitchen; with congregational and community support, we provide breakfast and dinner in Potter's House Community Kitchen for our Weaver House shelter guests
• Shelter 100 homeless men/women in Weaver House and 16 homeless families at Pathways Center, 60 additional men/women from December through March at Congregational Weaver Extension (WE) sites
• Provide a warming/cooling station space in the Weaver House lobby for up to 25 additional men and women
• Provide safe, affordable housing at Partnership Village through ongoing rental assistance and supportive services to 68 households of formerly homeless men, women and families with children
• Meet our clients where they need us with case management, rehousing support and walk alongside them to self-sufficiency

Greensboro Urban Ministry meets men, women and families with children at their point of need. We offer food, shelter and long-term solutions. Each year more than 1,900 people volunteer to support our guests and help Urban Ministry accomplish its mission through our program areas. We offer opportunities for individuals and groups to volunteers.

Urban Ministry offers two primary volunteer tracks to those in the community who are called to respond to people living in poverty:

Program Volunteer: Our largest track is program volunteering and the opportunities include these types of volunteer jobs:

• Food Pantry: Sorting food and restocking shelves
• Emergency Assistance: Greeting guests and interviewing clients to determine need
• Potter's House Community Kitchen: Greeting and serving guests at lunch; helping to prepare and serve the meal
• Pathways Family Center: providing meals for the 16 families who reside at the Center; activities and childcare for children during adult programming
• Partnership Village: tutoring for elementary-age students after school; participating with middle and high-school students in Future Bound, a college and career preparation program; volunteering at events for families throughout the year

If you are interested in volunteering in our programs, please visit our website to learn more about current program volunteer opportunities and register online.  Someone from our staff will contact you concerning volunteering.  336.271.5959 ext. 305.

Event Volunteer: Greensboro Urban Ministry holds several special events each year to raise critical community awareness and support for our agency's mission and work.

• Please look for event volunteering opportunities here on our Volunteer Center page! Contact Cheryl Ledford, Director of Special Events at Ledford@guministry.org or 336.271.5959 ext. 304 to sign up for a specific event volunteer opportunity.

Thank you for your interest in Greensboro Urban Ministry!