10 Volunteer Opportunities to Try This Week
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This week, we're rounding up 10 volunteer opportunities that are ✨ live ✨ on idealist.org and span the United States (with a couple remote opportunities that can be completed from anywhere)!
Help an older adult, military veteran, or neighbor in need with their lawn — volunteer anywhere in the USA with I Want To Mow Your Lawn ®
📍Anywhere in the U.S.
Somewhere in your community, an older adult may be looking out at a lawn they can no longer safely maintain. A military veteran may be managing a disability. A neighbor may be quietly choosing between groceries and paying someone to mow.
Hospice Volunteer with Peoples Hospice
📍Hybrid Opportunity Based in Pensacola, FL
We are searching for kind compassionate volunteers to sit with a Hospice patient for companionship, and to provide caregivers respite. Make a difference in the lives of others by visiting, reading and just simply being present makes a huge impact.
Friendly Visiting with Jewish Family Service of MetroWest
📍West Orange, NJ
Friendly Visitors are matched with a homebound older adult to meet with in their home weekly. Volunteers provide conversation, companionship, and socialization opportunities.
Volunteer Music Teachers Needed with MUSIC TO GROW BY
📍Denver, CO
Music to Grow By is seeking compassionate volunteer music teachers to provide guitar and basic music instruction to individuals in addiction recovery programs throughout the Denver Metro area.
Corruption Researcher and Analyst with Unruled Masses
📍Remote Opportunity Based in the U.S.
Unruled Masses is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public-interest intelligence organization focused on exposing corruption, abuse of power, and systemic exploitation—while helping communities peacefully reclaim agency, accountability, and civic life.
Corporate Volunteer Intern with Rescuing Leftover Cuisine
📍Hybrid Opportunity Based in New York, NY
As a Corporate Volunteer Intern at Rescuing Leftover Cuisine (RLC), you will play a hands-on role in the planning and execution of our impactful volunteer programs: Food Rescue Tours and Repack for Impact. This position is ideal for someone who is people-oriented, mission-driven, and eager to make a direct difference in addressing food insecurity and food waste.
Volunteers Needed for Bella's Voice Summer Festival! with Bella's Voice
📍Mountlake Terrace, WA
This is a free, family-friendly community event, and we're looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help make the day a success.
Volunteer Webmaster with Eno River Media
📍Remote Opportunity Based Anywhere in the World
Eno River Media is seeking an additional Volunteer Webmaster to join our website team. This position works alongside our existing webmaster(s) to help maintain, improve, and expand the organization's growing online presence.
Keeping up LinkedIn account with AIDSfreeAFRICA
📍Hybrid Opportunity Based in New York, NY
Keeping up LinkedIn account by posting events offered by the Westchester Chemical Society. You will be encouraged to attend these events. Love for Chemistry and a science education is a must. Meetings are held in Westchester - mostly Valhalla, WCC or Pace University in Pleasantville.
Companion Hospice Volunteer with Legacy Hospice
📍Staunton, VA
Companion Volunteers: Also known as Patient Care Volunteers, Companion Volunteers are part of a patient’s care team. They make home visits to offer companionship for patients and relief for caregivers. Examples of patient care volunteer opportunities include reading to the patient, assisting with a hobby, listening, running errands, or grocery shopping.
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