Make an Impact
If you are inspired by the mission & work of Soteria & would like to get involved, let us know!
We regularly schedule training sessions for our volunteers for individuals, organized groups, and churches. To get started, please submit a Volunteer Application.
Donate
Monetary Donations
Your financial support helps make our work possible. Click the button below to give in any amount.
Volunteer
YOUR TIME IS INVALUABLE
Soteria has a wide range of volunteer opportunities. Submit our Volunteer Application, and we will be in touch.
Employ
JOBS NOT JAILS
Stability starts with employment. Join us as we financially empower men and women to thirve. Become a Second Chance Employer.
Items to Donate
Individuals come to Soteria straight from prison, often with just the shirts on their backs. We welcome each program participant with a first day basket, full of toiletries and other essential items. Each Soteria House also has a clothing closet that men and women can visit when they arrive to find the clothes they need. Both First Day Baskets and our Clothing Closets are fueled by donations from the community. If you’re interested in helping meet these needs, here are a few lists of items that we are always in need of replenishing.
Donations
Items for Women:
First Day Kits (Bible, toothpaste, toothbrush, dental floss, soaps, deodorant, hair care, feminine products, socks, bottled water, washcloths)
Women’s Clothing (gently-used, S-XL)
Women’s shoes
Underwear, Bras & Gift Cards for special sizing
Coats, Jackets, Raincoats
Non-perishable food items
Items for Men:
First Day Kits (Bible, toothpaste, toothbrush, dental floss, soap, deodorant, shaving cream, socks, bottled water, washcloths)
Men’s clothing (gently-used, M-XL)
Men’s shoes
Boxer shorts
Non-perishable food items
Donation Drop-off:
Mentor
Mentors take the time to visit our previously incarcerated interns on a regular basis and spend time both getting to know them and also providing encouragement and support. Consistency is key here. Mentors can decide with their mentees how often to visit, but once set – their job is to be a source of stability and trust.
Correspondence Mentor
When people talk about what helped them decide to turn their lives around, they often credit a correspondence mentor. Someone from the outside community who cares and stays in touch with them can make all the difference.
Soteria CDC will match you with an incarcerated individual, and all letters to and from your mentee will be sent through Soteria and screened.
Professional Service
The guys that enter Soteria have spent years or even lifetimes engulfed in a world where trust, stability, and healthy relationships are foreign entities. They come to Soteria to start a new life, but that is not an easy task. We need professionals to help treat and guide these men, so we are always looking for:
Medical Care
Substance Abuse Counseling
Relationship Counseling
Financial Management
Board Member
We are looking for motivated individuals to support, lead, and represent Soteria’s work in the greater community. If you are interested, please review our Board Member Expectations & Responsibilities. Apply here >
Employ
Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!
We can’t say it enough. Employment may be the most critical component of what we do at Soteria. If men & women cannot find work, they will return to the streets. At Soteria, we not only find jobs for our program participants, but we help them build careers in their fields of interest.
We match those who want to own restaurants with jobs in hospitality. We help future barbers and truck drivers obtain certification. If a man or woman has a dream career, then Soteria looks for opportunities to build the experience required to turn that dream into a reality.
Work with us.
The men and women we serve complete life skills training, financial management classes, and have savings accounts, and would be great employees.
INTERESTED IN BECOMING A SECOND CHANCE EMPLOYER?
DID YOU KNOW?
Soteria was instrumental in getting “Ban the Box” passed in the City of Greenville - a measure that the city made in 2019 to encourage employers to get to know their applicants before inquiring about their criminal backgrounds.
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