We need friendly folks to hang out with in out shady booth at fairs to chat about HRWC with visitors. You can also join a great group of volunteers to help out at our annual fundraiser event.
Enjoy being outdoors while measuring the quality of local rivers and creeks in Livingston, Washtenaw, and Wayne counties! Learn how to collect water samples, measure stream flow, and record water chemistry measurements. No prior experience needed. During each sampling trip, volunteers spend two hours in the field on average.
Just-A-Start Corporation, a Cambridge-based nonprofit, is seeking volunteers to assist as tax return preparers at its Tax Assistance Clinic, part of the IRS’ Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. Volunteer Tax Preparers work with the clinic manager to prepare and review returns for clients. Tax Preparers must complete training on preparing basic income tax return…
Plan and/or staff family play events Help with marketing and social media Distribute information Solicit in-kind donations Write letters and grants Help with fundraising Set up computerized systems Help with administrative and clerical support Photograph and catalog toys Help with space design Help with renovations Set up vendors and purchase toys and books Clean toys,…
We appreciate naturalists who may lead hikes on special topics.
We need woodworkers to help maintain our play elements and folks to sew to replace cloth items on the playscape. We are always interested in working with artists to add to the creativity of the playscape.
Support staff in creating a safe and engaging experience for children visiting the playscape. Hours are weekday mornings from 9:00am until noon and Saturdays from 9:30 to 6:30pm. Training and background checks are required.
We are constantly improving our Training Center and Operation department and are grateful to those knowledgeable in repair and maintenance, cleaning, electronic software and applications experience, marketing and fundraising, grant writing, etc.
Volunteers may be social media experts or help with event tasks such as registration, set up and break down or serve on the fundraising event committee.
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.