Volunteer with MAP International
Ways to Volunteer
Individuals or Small Groups
You can attend a pre-organized packing event in your area or help set up for one.
Community Groups
You can host a packing event for your group. We’ll provide you with everything you need, including instructions and products, and you simply mail the Disaster Health Kits back to us when you’re done.
Business Organizations
Get involved by establishing a day of service and sponsoring a packing event for your team members. This is a great opportunity for schools, churches, corporate organizations, or anyone looking to make a difference in the world.
Our signature Disaster Health Kits (DHKs) are designed to support a person for an entire week after a disaster and cost just $10 each! Each kit includes health and hygiene supplies like first aid kits, soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste, and other essential items.
In fiscal year 2024, our volunteers packed over 85,000 Disaster Health Kits and contributed over 10,000 hours of their time. Join us in bringing hope and healing to people in desperate need.
Our Volunteer Team
C.G. Rosser
Volunteer & Donor Care Coordinator
Frequently Asked Questions
It’s easy! Click below to sign up as an individual or community organization.
There is no age requirement. Our oldest volunteer is 92 years old, and we have volunteers as young as elementary school students (with their parents). If you can follow basic instructions and get along well with other people, then you will be a fantastic volunteer!
(Parental consent is required for volunteers under 17 years of age and a parent or guardian must be present during the volunteer session.)
If you are volunteering at a DHK packing event, you will be building boxes, serving in the packing assembly line, bagging, boxing, and taping completed kits, putting together pallets of completed 30-pound boxes, taking out trash, restocking packing stations, wrapping pallets, folding towels, and more.
If you are volunteering for a medicine pack assembly event, you will also be sorting and packing medicines in a specific order and verifying medicine pack contents.
Front desk volunteers will be answering and directing incoming calls, welcoming guests into MAP, and helping with light administrative tasks.
Of course! When filling out the sign-up form, please register as a group rather than an individual, and a MAP team member will contact you with more information. Each member of your group will need to register prior to the volunteer event.
Volunteer shifts typically range between 2 to 3 hours, but there are some exceptions if we are packing DHKs that are immediately needed for an active disaster.
We host Disaster Health Kit (DHK) packing events at our distribution center in Brunswick, Georgia, on a weekly basis. Once you fill out our sign-up form, a MAP team member will contact you with upcoming dates that we need volunteers.
Please wear closed toe shoes and weather appropriate clothing that will allow you to comfortably stretch, bend, and kneel safely.
Detailed information will be shared during the briefing the day of your event, but we do ask all volunteers to follow 3 basic rules: think safety first, follow instructions, and communicate regularly.
On the sign-up form, simply select your group size and a MAP team member will contact you.
If you are running late, call the MAP staff member that has been communicating with you about your volunteer event. They will help you determine if adjustments can be made to accommodate you, or if you will need to reschedule your volunteer shift to help with another packing event.