Get Involved

There are a lot of ways to show up for this work.

Recovery All Ways is powered by community. Whether you want to volunteer, donate, partner with us, help meet urgent needs, or support the work behind the scenes, there is a place for you here.

We believe community care matters, and the support people offer, whether big or small, helps us keep showing up with dignity, compassion, and practical help.

Support a no-barrier, community-led organization

RAW is a no-barrier organization rooted in harm reduction, dignity, and meeting people where they are. The support we receive from volunteers, donors, and community partners helps us continue offering practical care without shame, judgment, or unnecessary obstacles.

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Ways to get involved

Volunteer

Volunteers help make our Sunday outreach and community work possible. Support can include setup, serving food and coffee, sorting clothing and supplies, cleanup, outreach support, and many other practical tasks.

Donate funds

Financial support helps us respond to immediate needs, purchase supplies, support outreach, and keep showing up consistently for the community.

Give needed items

Donations of clothing, hygiene items, seasonal gear, food, and other practical supplies can make a direct difference for people trying to get through the week.

Partner with RAW

We welcome collaboration with organizations, providers, businesses, schools, faith communities, and others who want to support practical community care, education, and harm reduction.

Host a drive or fundraiser

Community groups, schools, and workplaces can support RAW by organizing supply drives, donation efforts, or fundraisers that help us meet urgent needs.

Spread the word

Sharing our work, upcoming needs, trainings, events, and community resources helps more people find support and helps more neighbors learn how to show up.

Support Sunday outreach

These are some of the easiest, most practical ways to help right now. Whether you want to bring food, drinks, or purchase needed items, every bit of support helps us keep showing up for the community each Sunday.

Bring bagged lunch supplies

Help us keep simple, reliable food and drinks available during Sunday outreach. Through this signup link, you’ll find options to bring peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, bottled water and ice, juice boxes, or bananas.

Bring hot food

Shop our Amazon Wishlist

Purchase items directly from our wishlist to help us stock practical supplies and meet ongoing outreach needs.

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Volunteering with RAW

We welcome people who want to show up with respect, compassion, flexibility, and a willingness to help. Volunteers are part of creating a space that feels safe, human, and grounded in dignity.

This work can be powerful, meaningful, and sometimes emotionally heavy. We encourage volunteers to lead with patience, listen well, stay open, and remember that support does not have to look perfect to matter.

Whether you are brand new or have been doing this kind of work for years, we appreciate people who come ready to help and treat others with care.

Interested in volunteering with RAW?

Fill out the form below and we’ll follow up with you.

Want to connect with us?

If you want to volunteer, donate items, partner with us, or ask how you can help, reach out and we will point you in the right direction.

Call or text 585-310-0729 or email info@recoveryallways.org.

Mailing address

For checks, mailed donations, sponsorship payments, or other correspondence, please use our mailing address:

Recovery All Ways
PO Box 31233
Rochester, NY 14603

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Learn more about what we do, how we show up, and where to find support.

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Recovery All Ways Volunteer Code of Conduct
Why this exists
Recovery All Ways is a harm reduction, no-barrier, community-care organization. This Code of Conduct is here to help protect dignity, safety, and trust for participants, volunteers, board members, and community partners. Our goal is to create a space where people are treated with respect, where differences in lived experience and recovery pathways are honored, and where concerns are addressed with care and accountability.
What we expect
Everyone representing RAW is expected to:
- Treat participants, volunteers, neighbors, partners, and one another with dignity, patience, and respect.
- Help maintain a space that is welcoming, trauma-informed, and as safe as possible for everyone.
- Act honestly and responsibly while participating in RAW activities.
- Follow site expectations, safety guidelines, and applicable laws.
- Support RAW’s mission with a nonjudgmental, anti-stigma approach.
Not every situation will be easy. Volunteers may encounter people who are overwhelmed, in crisis, frustrated, grieving, or navigating very hard circumstances. We ask everyone to move through those moments with steadiness, compassion, and self-awareness. Harmful outbursts, intimidation, humiliation, or conduct that makes others feel unsafe is not acceptable.
Respect for all people
RAW welcomes people from many backgrounds, identities, and life experiences. Discrimination, degrading language, harassment, or hostile behavior is not permitted.
This includes conduct or language that is:
- racist
- sexist
- homophobic or transphobic
- ableist
- demeaning
- threatening
- violent
- discriminatory in any other way
We do not tolerate behavior that undermines another person’s dignity or safety.
Respect for all recovery pathways
Many people in RAW’s community are in different stages of recovery, active use, treatment, healing, or change. We support people where they are. Volunteers may share resources, encouragement, and lived experience in respectful ways, but RAW is not a place to shame, mock, or dismiss another person’s path.
Belittling any recovery pathway, treatment model, medication, therapy, or harm reduction practice is not acceptable. This includes negative or stigmatizing comments about MOUD/MAT, abstinence-based recovery, therapy, peer support, or other approaches people use to stay alive and move forward.
Substance use and volunteering
RAW is a no-barrier organization, and we do not require abstinence for people to be in community or to access support. At the same time, volunteering comes with responsibility.
No one may volunteer in a way that creates a safety risk to themselves or others. If someone appears impaired to the point that they cannot safely carry out volunteer duties, they may be asked to step back from volunteering for the day and instead receive support as a participant. This is about safety, not shame or punishment.
Depending on the situation, next steps may include:
- a conversation
- a temporary pause
- a support plan
- further review by the Board
RAW believes in accountability with care, and in responding to concerns on a case-by-case basis.
Harassment, exploitation, and boundaries
RAW is committed to protecting people from harassment, exploitation, and abuse of power.
Unwelcome sexual comments, sexual advances, inappropriate touching, coercive behavior, predatory behavior, or exploitation of another person’s vulnerability are not permitted. The same applies to manipulation, grooming behavior, or using RAW spaces to take advantage of people emotionally, sexually, financially, or otherwise.
Because many people in RAW spaces may be navigating crisis, grief, substance use, housing instability, trauma, or other vulnerabilities, we ask volunteers to keep strong boundaries. RAW spaces are not to be used to pursue romantic or sexual opportunities, especially where there is a power imbalance or a risk of exploitation.
When concerns come up
When possible, RAW will respond to concerns in a way that is calm, fair, and grounded in both safety and care. Depending on the situation, a response may include:
- a conversation about expectations and impact
- coaching or redirection
- being asked to step away for the day
- a pause in volunteer participation
- review by the Board
- removal from future participation when needed for safety
Some situations may require immediate removal, especially where there are concerns about violence, threats, harassment, exploitation, or serious safety risks.
Final note
RAW wants to be a place of second chances, accountability, and real community care. We believe people can be redirected, supported, and held accountable without shame. At the same time, we are responsible for protecting the safety and dignity of everyone in our space.
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