Portico Community Breakfast: Share a Meal. Build Community.
Impact: Every Sunday, volunteers help create a welcoming space where 150-200 neighbors experiencing hunger or homelessness are served with dignity, friendship, and belonging around shared tables.
What You'll Do
- Welcome and greet guests
- Help serve breakfast and beverages
- Sit with guests and share conversation
- Assist with setup and cleanup
Time Commitment
- Sundays, approximately 2-3 hours
- Serve weekly, monthly, or occasionally
Sign Up Join our Sunday Breakfast team and help create a space where everyone belongs.
Church & Spiritual Community
Help People Find Belonging
Impact: Create spaces where people can interact around tables to explore faith, create unexpected relationships, and experience church community and spiritual growth in a welcoming and inclusive community.
What You Could Do
- Welcome team for guests
- Assist with hospitality and coffee
- Serve in Worship (sound, music)
- Sing in Portico People’s Choir
- Support Portico Kids
Time Commitment
- Sundays or throughout the week
- Flexible based on your interests and availability
Sign Up Help create spaces where people feel seen, heard, and connected.
The Portico Cafe
Coffee That Fuels Community Change
Impact: Support a social enterprise that creates transformational employment opportunities, job training, pathways toward stability for individuals rebuilding their lives, and affordable spaces to rent. This impact supports the people who work there, are trained and sent out, and patrons who come to learn of our mission.
What You'll Do
- Greet customers and provide hospitality
- Barista Volunteer (training offered)
- Support special events and catering
- Help share the story and mission of the Cafe
Time Commitment
- Flexible weekday shifts
- One-time events or ongoing opportunities available
Sign Up Use your gifts to support a cafe where every purchase helps transform lives.
Justice Initiatives
Put Faith Into Action
Impact: Volunteers join efforts that address immediate needs while working toward lasting change, advocating for dignity, opportunity, and justice alongside our neighbors. Faith calls us to seek justice, show mercy, and actively work the systems that are impacting our neighbors. Our initiatives address issues such as housing, poverty, and community well-being. We have a Justice Team and also a partnership with Hillsborough Organization for Progress & Equality.
What You'll Do
- Participate in Justice Team Meetings.
- Advocate and engage in awareness efforts
- Help with educational events and forums
Time Commitment
- Monthly opportunities and special events
- Varies by project and interest
Sign Up Join others who are working to create a more compassionate and just community.
Cold Weather Shelter
Offer Warmth, Safety, and Hope
Impact: The Portico partners in a community-wide network that provides warm, secure overnight shelter during dangerously cold weather. Hillsborough County activates the shelter system at 9 a.m. Leaders and volunteers mobilize quickly in 3 hour shifts to help welcome neighbors experiencing homelessness, offering safety, hospitality, and dignity when it is needed most.
What You'll Do
- Welcome and check in guests
- Help set up sleeping spaces and hospitality areas
- Serve meals, snacks, or beverages
- Offer conversation, encouragement, and presence
- Assist with cleanup and reset
Time Commitment
- Seasonal opportunities during cold weather events
- Evening, overnight, and morning shifts available
- Volunteer for a single shelter activation or multiple events
Sign Up Help ensure that no one faces a cold night alone.
Court Ordered Community Service Program
Impact: Through partnerships with the probation system and local courts, The Portico provides meaningful community service opportunities that benefit the wider community while helping individuals fulfill required hours, develop responsibility, and contribute to something larger than themselves.
What You'll Do
- Clean, set up sleeping spaces and hospitality areas
- Other projects inside and outside.
- Assist with cleanup and reset
- Serve at Portico Breakfast
Time Commitment
- Seasonal opportunities during cold weather events
- Evening, overnight, and morning shifts available
- Volunteer for a single shelter activation or multiple events