If you or a group are looking to engage with children of all ages, then look no further! During your time volunteering, you will be a role model and mentor for children in shelter while providing them an outlet to just be kids during this difficult time.You will have the opportunity to plan activities or…
Assist with sorting food in our warehouse. Food sorting opportunities are limited to 8 volunteers per shift, and available during the day Monday through Friday, 9 to 11:30 am and 1:30 to 3:30 pm. At this time, all volunteers should be ages 14 years and older.
Periodically staff the BGP table at local events and venues to create awareness about and support of the garden project by talking it up, disseminating literature, encouraging sign-ups for newsletters and donations to help build the garden, and reporting back results. Some set-up and take-down duties. Occasional weekends required. Must be reliable, outgoing and friendly,…
Volunteers assist in our therapy dog program, adaptive horseback riding program, and computer program. In addition, volunteers can participate in training sessions to learn to work directly with our children. We also have many volunteer opportunities that are critical to the programs success that include activities like gardening, mail processing, building and maintenance work and…
Your help in spreading the word of the Festival to friends and colleagues, especially those newly arrived in our community, is greatly appreciated. Word of mouth and the recommendations of friends are far more effective than any media promotions! In addition to help with publicity, we also seek volunteers to help usher at concerts, host…
Help small clusters or groups of ESL learners with speaking, listening, reading, writing, and cultural understanding.
Help an individual or small cluster of learners with reading, writing, math, or other basic life skills (computer literacy, financial literacy, etc).
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…
Whether you have an hour a week or an hour a day that you can contribute, we have something for you to work on. Some of the things our volunteers do include: writing articles for the newsletter, updating our database, writing grant applications, being a mentor for selected clients, speaking to one of our support…
Volunteers are what make North Star Reach events special. Throughout the year we host numerous events that help raise the money needed to provide children with serious health challenges and their families the opportunity to come to camp entirely cost-free.