Help to cultivate the many on-site gardens by planting, watering and weeding. (age: 18+; commitment: 4 hours/week seasonally)
HNC hosts numerous special events and fundraisers throughout the year. Volunteers assist with event planning, registration, parking, ticket sales, decorating, soliciting donations and donated items, and more! Many of these events are ideal for high school students seeking community service hours. (age: 16+; commitment: varies by event)
We will need volunteers to help at adoption events where we meet and greet dogs with potential adopters. Adults and kids ages 13-17 are needed. Groups, families, and individuals are all welcome. No training necessary, waiver required. Adoption events are held on weekends.
Foster families enable us to pull animals from shelters who are at risk of being euthanized and provide them with a safe, temporary home as they await their new forever home. Foster families play a critical role in helping companion animals recover from sickness and injury, get a much-needed break from the distress of the…
GMCLA welcomes both singing and non-singing members. Our non-singing section is known as the Fifth Section. If you are not a singer, or cannot make the time commitment, consider volunteering. There is always a need for people to assist at rehearsals, concerts (usher, sell tickets and merchandise), special events, and in the administrative office.
Working with and organizing archival materials, including indexing, arranging, describing, and re-housing materials. Scanning archival materials, creating descriptions, and organizing cataloging records.
Tasks range from being a “lavender ambassador” at the information booth to a “worker bee” helping to set up and break down before and after the event. Volunteers must be 14 years of age or older before festival day on July 10. Volunteers under the age of 18 must have an adult chaperone on site…
In addition to our prison-based programs, Defy offers our CEO of Your New Life programs for individuals residing in community-based transitional facilities (also known as half-way houses or work-release facilities). Defy EITs who enroll in CEO YNL while residing at these homes participate in a 6 – 9 month personal development, career readiness, and entrepreneurship…
Defy offers community-based entrepreneurship programs, including a 14-week Entrepreneurship Bootcamp, a Pre-Accelerator, and Business Accelerator that are open to anyone formerly incarcerated in the states where we serve. Through these programs, EITs can develop a business from concept to launch. Volunteers are integral to the success of the EITs and there are many ways to…
We will need volunteers for community outreach events, fundraising events, general office responsibilities throughout the year. We are looking for adults ages 18+ and have opportunities for year round involvement.