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The Triangle Nonprofit & Volunteer Leadership Center

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Special Volunteer Programs

The Center is dedicated to addressing community needs. These needs can come in a variety of shapes and sizes, thus calling for unique solutions. 

Keep reading to check out some of our special volunteer programs and the impact they’ve made on the community!

The Triangle Nonprofit and Volunteer Leadership Center (TNVLC) has been working to organize our Digital Equity Leadership Program, a grant through North Carolina Central University (NCCU), that focuses on addressing digital literacy in the Durham community—especially in older adults. This program is looking to address challenges related to internet access, connectivity, and digital adoption, through student digital navigators guiding older adults on use of essential online resources. 
 
Our summer session dates are as follows:
 
When? Choose ONE session that fits your schedule:

1) Tuesdays (7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29)

2) Wednesdays (7/9, 7/16, 7/23, 7/30)

3) Thursdays (7/10, 7/17, 7/24, 7/31)

Choose either the Morning Session: 10am-12pm

OR the Afternoon Session 1:30pm-3:30pm

Where?

First Presbyterian Church

305 E Main St, Durham, NC 27701

Next to the Durham County Main Public Library

Seniors who attend all 4 sessions will receive a $75 stipend after training!

 
Student Volunteers:
We are still looking for high school student volunteers to be our Digital Navigators!
 
We also plan to continue the Digital Navigator program into the fall, so if you cannot volunteer this summer and are still interested in being a Digital Navigator, you have another opportunity in our second cohort!
 
 
Digital Navigator Intake Form
 
Please note we will have a mandatory, virtual training session before July 8th, and we will send out more information after you sign up.
 
Feel free to reach out with any questions to Audrey – intern@thevolunteercenter.org!
 
If you are a senior who is living in Durham, please call (919) 321 – 6875 to register for a spot to participate!
 

The Oral History program was originally created during the COVID-19 crisis as a collaboration between TNVLC and DPS. Through this project, high school students interview older adults in the community, giving them an opportunity to tell their stories/share their history. A finished “memory book”, including photos, is produced and given to the intervieweer.

Since the start of the pandemic TNVLC has been coordinating all the volunteers for Durham County’s Feeding Durham Initiative to ensure food distribution at county-wide food pantries. We do this by way of our online volunteer platform, HandsOn Triangle. To date, we have recruited 2,747 volunteers. 

The Feeding Durham Initiative connects with over 60 pantries, including but not limited to: 

  • Feed My Sheep 
  • Iglesia Presbitariana Emanuel 
  • Durham Food Pantry (Catholic Charities) 
  • Walltown Ministries 
  • St. John’s Ministries 
  • Hannah’s Kitchen @ Greater Orange Grove Baptist  
  • Root Causes 
  • Two fishes & 5 loaves 
  • Antioch Baptist Church 
  • Believers For Progress 
  • Bell Yeager Free Will Baptist 
  • CAARE 
  • Seed Time & Harvest Fellowship 
  • Southside Church of Christ 
  • St. Joseph AME Church 
  • Durham Spanish SDA Church 

The importance of neighborhood and local food pantries is undeniable. By connecting these pantries and their volunteers through our Feeding Durham Initiative we are able to source resources and ensure that efforts are not diminished by duplicating services.  

Want to get involved? Visit www.handsontriangle.org (Feeding Durham Together)