Local Volunteer Opportunities

 Looking for a volunteer opportunity? Many different groups in your community need and want your help. We suggest you try some of these organizations: 

  • Animal shelters
  • ARC
  • Blood bank and Red Cross
  • Boys and Girls Clubs
  • Children’s and Veteran’s hospitals
  • Church or faith communities and organizations – Catholic charities, Salvation Army, Lutheran Family Services
  • City governments
  • Community centers
  • Daycare and after-school programs
  • Environmental organizations
  • Events such as walks, fun runs, races, banquets
  • Family centers
  • Food banks, soup kitchens, and Meals-on-Wheels 
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • Health clinics
  • Homeless shelters
  • Libraries
  • Little league and other sports organizations
  • Nursing homes
  • Parks and recreation centers
  • Public and community radio and TV
  • Residential facilities for disabled persons
  • Schools
  • Senior and retirement homes
  • Shelters for women and children
  • Special Olympics
  • Theaters, ballets, operas and other arts centers
  • YMCA, YWCA
  • Youth organizations – 4-H, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, CampFireTribes
  • Zoos

 

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