Chabad of Venice
Florida
The Volunteer Circle

Add more light today.

Often, it takes just minutes to change a person's entire week. The Volunteer Circle matches you with a senior who'd love a visit, a family we'd love to welcome with a Shabbat meal, or an event that needs your hands — with your help, no one in our community is left feeling alone.

A Volunteer Circle visit

Ways to help.

Smile on Seniors
Smile on Seniors

Our flagship program twins volunteers with a senior "buddy" for a weekly, monthly, or occasional visit. Many seniors living alone or in facilities simply need loving company — a visit, a story, a Torah thought, news of the upcoming holiday. We provide orientation, materials, and matching; you provide the smile.

  • Orientation at the facility before your first visit
  • Consistency is the magic — seniors look forward to you
  • Bring your kids! Seniors love the young company
  • One-time visits welcome too — like a community member in the hospital

Smile on Seniors is dedicated in loving memory of Phyllis Balmat — לזכר נשמת פריידא בת בת שבע ז"ל

Kitchen of Kindness
Kitchen of Kindness

Our community kitchen, dedicated to nourishing and supporting those in need with compassion. Volunteers and local partners cook together, and every meal that goes out the door carries warmth, dignity, and connection to someone going through a hard time. Cook. Connect. Give.

  • Join a cooking or challah-baking shift
  • Deliver a meal and stay for a visit
  • Sponsor meals for a neighbor in need
Loaves of Love
Loaves of Love

A knock at the door, a fresh challah, and a warm hello. Loaves of Love brings challah and home-cooked meals to neighbors all over town — a new family we want to welcome, someone celebrating a simcha, someone recovering, or someone who'd simply love to know we're thinking of them. Everything is baked and packed at Chabad; you get the best part — the delivery.

  • Once a week, once a month, or "ask me"
  • Routes near you — tell us your drive limit
  • Challahs, chicken soup, and care packages provided
  • A lovely one to do with the kids in the car
Events & Holidays

Chanukah at the park, the Purim Bash, the community Seder, Hebrew School, mailings, photography, setup crews — every gathering runs on volunteers. Tell us your strengths and we'll find your spot.

  • Setup, decorating, food prep & serving, greeting & check-in, children's activities, cleanup
  • Photography, office help, and mailings too
  • Seasonal — help once a year or all year round
  • Teens earn volunteer (SSL) hours

Join the Volunteer Circle.

Tell us how you'd like to help and how often — we'll match you with the right opportunity and walk you through everything.

Know someone who needs us?

The other side of every one of these programs is a neighbor who needs it — visits, Shabbat meals, a holiday knock on the door. Requests are confidential and always free.

Request care for yourself or someone else →