Where to Find Volunteer Opportunities in Your Community!

Written By Michelle .

Volunteers are always in demand! In the US, over 60 million+ people volunteer every year and even with this, there is so much need. There are so many different types of volunteering from standard tasks like building and sorting to more specific skills-based volunteering such as helping with taxes or medical issues. Regardless, below are some of our favorite places to find volunteer opportunities. We are working on building our a volunteer database where local volunteers can share their experiences and answer your questions. Stay tuned as we continue to build that out and share amazing opporunities to volunteer in your community.

  • To find alll overraching volunteer opportunities that most nonprofits use, the gold standard is to look at Volunteer Match

  • Some other places to find volunteer opportunities, internships, or jobs could be Idealist ir general job seeking sites like Indeed

  • If you are looking for SKILLS-BASED volunteering (skills like IT, Finance, Social Media, Accounting, Law, etc) check out Catchafire or the Taproot Foundation

  • Consider checking out the websites of local nonprofits or asking friends or coworkers who volunteer if it may seem overwhelming to go by yourself

Michelle .
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