Please provide your first name, last name and an email address; these fields are required.
Providing your middle name, gender, and birth date will help accelerate the application approval process if you’re requesting a volunteer position that requires a background clearance check.
Additional Information
This section asks questions about your work history, where you go to church, how you heard about us, and your talents and gifts.
Providing your education and current and past work experience helps us find a good match for your talents and abilities.
Providing information about your current skills and gifts helps us focus on the areas of our ministry that are a good match for you.
Previous Volunteer Experience
Tell us about your last volunteer experiences.
References
Tell us about your last volunteer experiences.
Personal History
In this section you will tell us about prior legal issues and current medical conditions that might affect what areas of our ministry we can assign you to volunteer. Please note: past legal issues don’t necessarily exclude you from volunteering with us.
Commitment
Please tell us your areas of interest for volunteering and what type of commitment you can make:
One-time
Once in a while
Ongoing
Mailing List
Would you like to be on the mailing list? Choose YES from the drop-down list.
Groups
Use this box if you are joinging as part of a group.
To get Group Join Code, you will need to ask your group leader.
The group join code is located in group profile inside volunteer tracker.
Emergency Contact Information
At least one emergency contact is needed when completing your online volunteer application.
To add an emergency contact:
Provide your contact’s information
First and Last Name (required)
Relationship
Address and phone information
Email information
Click the ADD EMERGENCY CONTACT button to save the information.
You may add more than one emergency contact. Add each emergency contact record using the steps above.
As each record is saved, your EMERGENCY CONTACTS list is updated.
If you need to update the information you provided for an emergency contact, click EDIT for the emergency contact you want to change.
If you no longer want to list an emergency contact you provided, click REMOVE for the emergency contact you want to delete.
Use the SCROLL TO buttons in the controller to quickly reach the TOP or BOTTOM of the form.
Click the SAVE & CONTINUE button to move to the SKILLS INVENTORY section of the application
Click the BACK button to return to VOUNTEER INFORMATION.
Skills Inventory
The Skills and Interest inventory chart helps us get to know you better. For each job/duty listed, tell us whether you have any training/knowledge and your interest level. We want to know what you have a high interest in, even if you have minimal skills, as well as those things you’re good at but have no interest in volunteering.
Please rate your SKILL on a scale of 1 to 10: 1=Novice, 5=Fair, 10=Expert.
Please rate your INTEREST on a scale of 1 to 10: 1=None, 5=Curious, 10=Excited.
Use the SCROLL TO buttons in the controller to quickly reach the TOP or BOTTOM of the form.
Click the SAVE & CONTINUE button to move to the AVAILABILITY section of the application.
Click the BACK button to return to EMERGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION.
Availability
The AVAILABILITY section provides a way for you to communicate when you’re available—if you plan to volunteer with us on an on-going basis.
Use the to open the Add Availability window.
Provide the DAY, START TIME, and END TIME of your availability. Make sure the denote AM or PM.
Click the SAVE button to save your entry. AVAILABILITY shifts must be added one at a time.
Repeat these steps as needed to denote your availability across multiple days and times.
To edit a previously saved entry, click the for the entry you want to change.
Update the record as needed.
Click the SAVE button.
To delete an availability entry, click the for the entry you want to delete.
Click the DELETE button to remove this entry.
Click the OK button in the pop-up window to confirm you want to delete this entry. Once you delete the record it cannot be retrieved. If you don’t want to delete the entry, click the CANCEL button.
Use the SCROLL TO buttons in the controller to quickly reach the TOP or BOTTOM of the form.
Click the SAVE & CONTINUE button to move to the DISCLAIMERS & LEGAL INFORMATION section of the application.
Click the BACK button to return to SKILLS INVENTORY.
Release Waivers
The RELEASE WAIVERS section contains important information for you to review before completing your application.
Click on the DISCLAIMER or its check box. A window will open for you to read/review the TERMS and CONDITIONS.
Scroll to the bottom of the window and ACCEPT or DECLINE the TERMS and CONDITIONS.
Scroll to the bottom of the window and ACCEPT or DECLINE the TERMS and CONDITIONS.
Use the SCROLL TO buttons in the controller to quickly reach the TOP or BOTTOM of the form.
Click the SAVE & CONTINUE button to move to the final section—REVIEW YOUR APPLICATION.
Click the BACK button to return to AVAILABILITY.
Review
The final section of the online application displays all the information you’ve provided for all 5 sections. If any section of your application is missing required information, you will see a MISSING DATA notation.
To return/edit a section of your application:
Click the EDIT link next to the MISSING FIELD notation or
Click the EDIT link next to the section header or
Click the STEP # in the navigation bar at the top of your screen.
Use the SCROLL TO buttons in the controller to quickly reach the TOP or BOTTOM of the form.
Click the SAVE & SUBMIT APPLICATION button to submit your application.
Click the BACK button to return to DISCLAIMERS & LEGAL INFORMATION.
On Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and the Saturday before Easter, Hope Ministries provides thousands of free holiday meals to neighbors in need — both delivered throughout the Des Moines area and served at our Hope Café at 1310 6th Ave. These special outreaches are some of our most popular volunteer opportunities, with hundreds of people helping assemble, pack, deliver, serve, decorate, and clean up.
Thank you for applying for a volunteer position with us. Our application is divided into 4 sections:
Your information
Your availability for volunteer shifts
A review of the important information to know before you commit to volunteering
The chance to review and submit your application.
Within each section of the application, the controller on the right-hand side of your screen, labeled FORM INFO, will allow you to move between sections of the page you’re viewing.
To quickly move to a new section, CLICK on the section label (e.g., REFERENCES) to which you’d like to navigate.
Use the SCROLL TO buttons in the controller to quickly reach the TOP or BOTTOM of the form.
