Immanuel Volunteers puts on hands-on workdays for small Birmingham charities, churches, and schools — and makes it dead simple for you to show up and help. One Saturday at a time. No experience needed. No long-term commitment. Just real work for real neighbors.
Join the next workday Request a workdayThe small nonprofits doing the hardest work in our neighborhoods run on two or three people. They don't have time to recruit and manage volunteers — so we do it for them, free of charge.
We sit down with a neighborhood charity, church, or school and scope a project a crew can finish in a day — a build, a cleanup, a paint job, a food pack.
Every event goes on the calendar with a date, a job, and a headcount. You sign up for the ones that fit your life. Bring a friend — groups welcome.
A trained team leader meets you on site with the plan, the tools, and the tasks. You show up; everything else is handled. Done by early afternoon.
Join us and Hearts In Hands to build a new deck for a Birmingham neighbor. Cutting, carrying, screwing down boards, and cheering each other on — there's a job for every skill level, tools and materials provided. Morning start; exact time and address are texted to everyone who signs up.
Details & sign upMore workdays are being scheduled for September and October. Sign up once and we'll text you when each new event opens.
Text VOLUNTEER and your name to (205) 538-1061
That's the whole signup. We'll reply with the next workday's details, and text you first when new events open. A real person answers — no apps, no accounts, no spam.
Standard text rates apply. We only text about volunteer events, and you can text STOP anytime.
Immanuel means God with us. We think the plainest way to be with your neighbors is to show up on a Saturday and work beside them. Volunteers of every background and belief are welcome here — the only requirement is a pair of hands. And if the name makes you curious about its deeper roots, our friends at Immanuel Reformed Church would be glad to meet you.
Immanuel Volunteers is a program of the Northside Initiative. Our work is free to every charity we serve, funded by donors and event sponsors, never by the nonprofits themselves.