Are you looking to make a difference in your community, to connect with other young leaders through networking events or for volunteer opportunities? Members of the Judson Center Young Leaders (YL) are proud, enthusiastic ambassadors for the agency, sharing its mission with their networks, soliciting financial support, and serving as champions for Judson Center’s vital…
United Way of Southwest Michigan can provide guidance to any corporation or group interested in holding a DIY kit packing. Items can be collected from your group for anything from dinner basket kits, soup kits, spice kits, or power packs for kids. UWSM can also identify organizations in need to receive the donations. We will…
Through the use of tailored activities and trained counselors, Camp Courage provides a safe environment for children and teens to express their thoughts and feelings and recognize that they are not alone in their grief. Teens age 15-19 may participate as a junior counselor, a program that promotes a healthy expression of feelings, focuses on…
During the harvest season, many farmers find themselves with extra fruits and vegetables on their hands. Instead of letting this nutritious produce go to waste, they call us. Every summer and fall, our volunteers pick — or “glean” — these fruits and vegetables for the food bank. Crops include tomatoes, cherries, and apples.
The majority of our volunteers are needed at the food bank itself. About 15% of the food we receive (over 5 million pounds) has special handling requirements. Typically, this involves processing food by sorting, labeling, or repacking it. Example: Repacking 800-pound bins of cereal into family-size portions.
As the need for food has drastically increased in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, Lighthouse has established a drive-thru, contactless food distribution system. Volunteers are needed to help distribute produce boxes to those in need. Volunteers activities will include: loading food box into vehicles, unloading food from truck, and inputting client data. In order…
As the need for food has drastically increased in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, we will need the help of healthy volunteers to help us pack healthy, shelf-stable food into emergency boxes for distribution to seniors and other vulnerable populations. Volunteers may be asked to help in other areas as well. Volunteers must be…
At our donation site in Huntington, we always need help sorting and putting away donations, assisting families taking items to their cars, and gathering items for deliveries. Time commitment: as little or as much as you like, whenever the Village Closet is open.
If you or your group would like to share your talents and time, together we can help families build strength, stability, and self-reliance through shelter. In addition to construction professionals, site supervisors, team leaders, and handyman/willing-to-learn volunteers, you can also be part of the lunch crews that feed our hungry volunteers! Volunteers are also needed…
Counselors-in-Training (CIT) are 13 – 17 year old volunteers in our ZooCrew program. The CIT program provides experience in camp programs, public speaking, education, teamwork, and conservation. CIT’s will: Get job experience while earning volunteer service hours, assist the counselors in all aspects of camp, help the Buttonwood Park Zoo achieve its mission of conservation…