Only great things to say about this place and the mission it accomplishes. We have to be God's…read morehands and feet & this place gets it right. Charity begins at the heart. Taking in ailing children and their families while they ensure the hardships of surgery and other medical procedures is BEYOND GREAT. The facility is GNORMOUS inside and out. So are the hearts of the staff and the residents. Love how everyone operates in compassion and respect; it's a big ole CO-OP of LOVE. Nice spacious TV viewing area. And the playroom for the children, just as expansive. Oooooooh, let's not talk about the kitchen... Ummmmm MASSIVE, it's like a kitchen from a cooking show, where are you hiding Rachael Ray? Great place. Great mission. Thanks Ronald McDonald founders for paying it forward and giving back in a so well underserved area.

Great place, nice staff, but if you don't like rules I wouldn't recommend‼ but if you care about…read moreyour child you wouldn't mind some small rules that grown people could follow

St Jude offers social services for those in need. They also provide free meals to the homeless…read moreevery Saturday morning. Their busiest weekend is the 2nd Saturday of each month when they get over 100 people coming in for a meal. Father Tony is a very generous and caring individual. He is down-to-earth as well as funny. He welcomes anyone to come in to volunteer whether daily or monthly. This is a great place to volunteer if you are looking for something to do on the weekend. I thoroughly enjoyed myself when I helped serve meals a few weeks ago.

Love volunteering here. Great organization, great people, very rewarding helping people who need it.read more

I had the honor of volunteering with New Orleans Mission while I was in town. This place does a…read morewonderful service for the city. The group I was with had set up our volunteer project beforehand. It's not that lengthy of a process to do. We showed up and were taken to where we were going to volunteer and we were on our way. Our mission was to help feed the people that came in for a meal. They had this down to a science, it moved so smoothly that it felt like a video game almost. Everything was done so efficiently that it was over so quickly that it felt like we were only there as decoration. I'm not complaining, they have been doing this longer than any of us that came to volunteer. After we were done with clean up we were give a tour of the building. We also had a sit down meeting where we were explained everything that they offer to the community. This is just one site that they oversee. Like I said, it was an honor.

Beautiful People helped me to start my life again after a mental break down and drug usage . Thanks…read moreso much for the love

Our son has been in a group home here for over 10 years..... he has learned how to be more…read moreindependent and staff in all departments have been solicitous for him and he feels safe. He is about to come home for a number of days also which he enjoys but returns happy also to his home at Magnolia

My son has been here for several years. I volunteered there for a couple of years. The staff is…read moregreat, very caring and empathetic. The Ex Director is great. They have good outings for clients.

put simply, camp hope is like an adult summer camp…read more remember this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LyRMYcHwf4 that's immediately what came to mind after day one at camp hope. it's actually pretty great. hot water showers, friendly staff, food is pretty good and varied (burgers one night, jambalaya another), and the entire building has wireless (but also a computer lab if you leave your laptop at home). they have board games, playing cards, and a pool table to pass the time. lights out at 10PM and may be turned back on at 6AM. though it was truly *home* for the week and i met amazing people from all over the nation, one star is taken off because someone stole my phone charger. not cool. having said that, i'm definitely going back to camp hope when i return to volunteer again. (camp hope will stay at this location for at least another six years.)

When I first arrived at Camp hope I thought the people and the staff members were decent people. I…read morethought the people that were there they were decent people but you know, there are some people there to have issues and yet they have good programs there that people that want to use the programs but I also realize that camp hope is not for African-American people. It's a very racist place. I also work for Michael Kay and he's a very racist person he pretends to like black people. I seen him mistreat a black man very bad and then he had me working for him. I don't know what it was about he let me go for no reason never explaining me what happened, but he's not fair. It's not African American friendly. It's not a place for African American for black people anybody of color. It's not a good place for them to go to that shelter. Unfortunately Yakima is not a place for African-American. It's a very racist Place black people will be better off going somewhere that accept black people without giving them difficulties because life itself is already difficult. And then you you and environment where you mistreated because of your color and Camp. Hope is basically, you know, a very racist place it really is. They only have one black guy that he's mixed with black and white and he's he's an Uncle Tom person and he's only one that's working there. But most of everybody there other than him is white and they have one native guy and a native girl working there. Other than that everybody else. There is Caucasian. It's a very racist place. I'm glad I'm not there anymore and life is hard enough and then you get around people that despise you because of the color and mistreat you camp. Hope is not a for a place if you occasion you get treated. Well, if you're African-American you get a treat awful, you know, I never had any write ups or anything and you know, I never got any kind of trouble but it's not a good place for African Americans. I would not recommend African-Americans to go there. I would recommend them to go to the Gospel Mission on 1st Street.

Amazing little gem of a store. Not large, but has a little bit of everything (fabric of all kinds…read moreand price points, notions, knickknacks, thrifted clothing) and is a beautiful space. They offer sewing classes in the back for all ages, you can rent the space too. Definitely stop in! Owner is extremely knowledgeable... have her do a "burn test" for you!

What a great shop! It offers a, little bit of everything... Fabric, notions, sewing machines,…read moreclasses, thrifted clothes and costumes. I'm sure I'm forgetting something. I stopped in today to donate bolts of upholstery fabric that had been given to me but weren't what I needed. Now someone else can get use of the fabric. They also do a once a month fabric recycling program - for a small monetary donation - for fabric /clothes that can't be reused. One less thing in a landfill! So if you need some quilting pieces or want to make a pillow or just talk sewing far from a corporate big box store, this might be the place for you.

Giving Hope is a New Orleans, Louisiana nonprofit dedicated to changing lives through love. Their…read moremission is simple: To give glory to God and to promote human dignity. Through the tireless efforts of their staff, volunteers, and partners, they feed, clothe, house, and provide fellowship to those in need in our community and around the world. I had a free Monday so I decided to volunteer my time for a great cause. I was told people have to register to come pick up but only once a month per household.

Don't want to sound ungrateful, but this place is horrible. I went looking for help during my time…read moreof need and was given molded and expired food. When I called to speak to someone about it, they directed me to their New Orleans East location for a replacement box. It was full of expired foods. The food that wasn't expired was junk - cookies, snickers, and chips - nothing to make a meal or feed my family.

This local free little pantry gets a lot traffic servicing families in our surrounding…read moreneighborhoods who might need an extra hand now and then or to supplement their food sources. We donate to it quite regularly, especially the last week of the month when families are struggling to keep tummies full. We always make sure we include fun stuff and treats not just the regular stuff. You raise yourself when your brother is lifted first.

We all want to give back to our community, but a lot of times we don't know where to start. Enter…read morethe Algiers Point Lil Free Pantry. When I first read about this unique little box in the paper, I was excited about the idea and I knew I had to check it out for myself. Located in the Community Garden in Algiers Point, this little box of blessings works in the same way a Lil Free Library does: you put in what you can and you take out what you need. It's meant to serve those in the community who might be having a tough time and may need some extras to eat or even basic toiletries. I headed out to the box and I was happy to add some cans of chicken noodle soup, baked beans and yams. I've made a commitment to add to the box weekly, to make sure that the pantry stays full. The box was started and is maintained by Becky Hicks who makes daily donations to the box. This is such an easy way to help others and do a little "feel good" type of thing. This is the first box of it's kind in New Orleans, but I'm hoping that the idea takes off because it's a simple way to take care of others in the community. Join the movement: https://www.facebook.com/groups/254333225017443/