Looking for volunteer opportunities to serve Veterans and Service Members in your area? Soldiers’ Angels offers numerous volunteer opportunities within the community, serving Service Members and Veterans. We have volunteer teams serving across the country on Military installations, in National Guard Armories, and at Reserve bases. We’re also one of the few nonprofits with clearance to work directly within the VA Hospital system.

Volunteer activities include:

• Visiting patients at the VA Hospitals or base hospitals
• Handing out coffee and snacks at VA facilities and community sites
• Distributing donated items to Veteran patients at VA hospitals
• Supporting the Military & Veteran Food Distributions at select sites
• Supporting at-risk and homeless Veterans at Community Stand Downs
• Serving Veterans and Service Members during luncheons and dinners
• Reaching out to other volunteers, sponsors, and donors
• Coordinating Soldiers’ Angels events and programs

How to Become a Volunteer

Ready to get started as a community support volunteer? First, ensure that we have a community site in your area. This may be at a VA Hospital, Military base, or other installation, or even at a facility that works with at-risk and homeless Veterans. Next, fill out the volunteer registration form on our website here. During the online application process, you’ll need to select “Volunteer,” and then on the second page of the registration, select that you are interested in volunteering within your community and select your locations.

If we do not currently serve in your local community, that doesn’t mean you can’t serve. We have lots of virtual opportunities to serve Service Members, Veterans, and Military families.

Once you’ve completed the registration, someone will contact you about volunteer opportunities available in your area. Please be patient, as our coordinators are often juggling multiple tasks. During your chat, you will be sent a consent for a background check and an agreement to sign that corresponds to your position. You will also need to sign and return the signature page of the volunteer handbook. In addition to the opportunities that we have “within your community,” we have many virtual opportunities.

Volunteer Positions

There are many volunteer positions available, it all depends on your interest and time. Here’s a quick rundown of our various positions. 

Site Coordinator – The Site Coordinator provides oversight to the site VA Representative and Community Representative in all efforts surrounding the site.

VA Representative – VA Reps coordinate all efforts surrounding their specific VA Hospital. That means recruiting and training volunteers, planning and coordinating events, communications with donors, and reporting requirements.

VA Deputy Representative – Assists the VA Representative with all tasks related to the position.

Community Representative – Coordinates all efforts in non-VA areas such as Military installations, homeless facilities, and other community-based facilities that serve Active Duty, Guard, Reserve, and Veterans.

Community Deputy Representative – Assists the Community Representative with all tasks related to the position.

Coordinators 

We have several Coordinator positions within our sites. Their role is to coordinate specific aspects of their position. Coordinator positions include:

• Volunteer Coordinator – Responsible for the recruitment, onboarding, and training of volunteers for the assigned site.
• Outreach Coordinator – Develops relationships and partnerships with other organizations and businesses to bring in donations for events.
• Luncheon Coordinator – Responsible for organizing luncheons and dinners to support Service Members and Veterans at the assigned site locations.
• Coffee &Snacks Coordinator – Responsible for the overall coordination of the Donut and snack program at the assigned site location.
• Event Coordinator – Responsible for organizing events within the sites and overseeing the luncheon and coffee coordinators.  

Patient Visitor – Conducts patient visits at the VA Medical Center or base hospital, delivering care and comfort items to Service Members and Veterans. A Patient Visit Volunteer may also assist Veterans with tasks such as reading their mail or writing letters on their behalf. The volunteer may also have the opportunity to sit with patients, keep them company, or listen to a story.

Event Volunteer – An occasional volunteer who is willing to assist with special events organized by Soldiers’ Angels. These may include luncheons, pizza parties, BINGO events, movie nights, or other events organized to boost the morale of patients within the community.

Virtual Administrative Assistant – Responsible for working with the site lead to support their efforts and coordinate the efforts of Soldiers’ Angels in volunteer recruitment, onboarding, and training for the Veteran Support Program.

Military & Veteran Food Distributions (MVFDs)

Soldiers’ Angels hosts monthly Military & Veteran Food Distributions for low-income, at-risk, and homeless Veterans and low-income Service Members in eight cities across the country. The events provide much-needed food assistance to thousands of Service Members, Veterans, and their families. For volunteers who live near one of these locations, additional opportunities are available.

• MVFD Coordinator – Responsible for organizing and overseeing all operations for the monthly Military & Veteran Food Distribution at the designated site.
• MVFD Team Leads – Responsible for organizing and overseeing their assigned section during the local Military & Veteran  Food Distribution to include briefing all section volunteers, helping with offloading the food truck, overseeing the packing of the food items and clean up as well as helping with traffic flow, Veteran and volunteer registration areas.
• Regular MVFD Volunteer – Volunteers at the Mobile Food Distribution handing out food, packing bags, assisting with the event.

Our Mobile Food Distribution locations are

• Atlanta, Georgia
• Charleston, South Carolina
• Cincinnati, Ohio
• Denver, Colorado
• Detroit, Michigan
• Orlando, Florida
• San Antonio, Texas
• Washington DC (Starting June of 2025)

What if I don’t live near a VA Hospital?

For those who don’t live near a location Soldiers’ Angels serves, we are happy to discuss opening a Soldiers’ Angels Site in your area. Starting a site requires an interview process to ensure it is the right fit for both of us. The interview process has two steps. First, you will have an initial interview with Volunteer Services to ensure you have the right qualifications and understand the criteria for this role. The second interview would be with one of our Directors of Field Operations (this would be a video interview) to ensure it is a good fit for you as well as Soldiers’ Angels. Anyone interested can contact [email protected] to let us know they are a volunteer looking to get started as a Soldiers’ Angels Site Coordinator within their area.

For those who may not live near a VA Hospital, Military Base, or other Installation, we also have several virtual volunteer opportunities to support Service Members, Veterans, and/or military families remotely. It all depends on your time and interest. Learn more about our virtual volunteer opportunities here.

Ready to get started serving service members and Veterans in your community? 

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