Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteer now!
Choose from hundreds of opportunities by visiting the Volunteer Center of Southern Arizona’s website, www.volunteersoaz.org, or by calling 881-3300.

Leadership Opportunities
In this pilot program you’ll find projects that are flexible, short-term and require executive, professional or management experience. These positions are designed to challenge the expertise of qualified volunteers in new and interesting ways. On the Volunteer Center website, click on Volunteer Here and look for Leadership Opportunities.

Bingo!
Call games for senior residents on Wednesday evenings at B'nai B'rith.

Experience. Share It.
Change a young person's life - and yours. Experience Corps volunteers, 55 and older, provide one-on-one tutoring to select Flowing Wells and TUSD students in grades K - 3. Volunteering 15 hours per week qualifies you for a $108 biweekly stipend. Extensive training and peer support enhances this national program. Call 881-3300.

Animal Foster Care
Provide care, in your home, for puppies or kittens too young for adoption. The animals may be from stressed environments or be sick, injured or abandoned. Food, supplies and medicine are provided.

Lead a Class
Junior Achievement gives you a full curriculum of lessons complete with kid-friendly activities and materials. You'll be so well-prepared that a class of 8 year-olds won't be able to intimidate you!

Customer Service
Enjoy direct contact with diverse people in a busy state office on West Irvington. Assist clients seeking social services, help complete applications, refer clients to outside agencies, and do basic office tasks.

Love Books?
Help with a May book sale. Stock shelves, greet customers, work the check out lanes, and rummage for books at great prices.

Customer Service
Enjoy direct contact with diverse people in a busy DES office on West Irvington. Assist clients seeking social services, help complete applications, refer clients to outside agencies, and do basic office work.

C'est Bon!
Alliance Francaise is developing community French classes. Skills such as human resources, fundraising, law, or general educational knowledge are important at this developmental, leadership point. Volunteers do not need to know French.

Talking About Art
Museum of Art volunteers combine a love of art with lively discussion. They present one-hour slide show programs about the museum's collections to adult groups such as assisted-living or nursing home residents. Teaching experience or an art background is a plus.

Board Members
The Hermitage Cat Shelter is considering applicants for board positions. Candidates are committed to our mission of providing sanctuary to special needs cats, re-homing adoptable cats, and educating our community about animal care.

Hope Hotline
A ministry runs a confidential call-line for callers in crisis. Volunteers need emotional maturity and the ability to offer support that fits within the caller's life and faith.

Our Home in the Desert
Enrich elementary school environmental programs by presenting a prepared 45 minute program complete with slides, handouts and "show and tell" items.

Keep a Food Bank Open
An interfaith agency needs help running the desk of a food bank. Volunteers must be comfortable with computers and enjoy helping those in need. Weekday mornings.

Youth Board Member
Enthusiastic, communicative middle and high school students are invited to serve as Board members at a children's museum. You'll make decisions about exhibits and participate in fundraising or marketing. Call 792-9985.

Our Nation's Veterans
Interested in volunteer opportunities at the VA? Adults can attend informational orientations on April 3 and 21. Students interested summer volunteering will have an orientation on June 2. RSVP at 629-1822.

Reduce Juvenile Crime
Community Justice Board holds juvenile offenders accountable, assigns consequences, and monitors their rehabilitation. Board members are needed with backgrounds in social services and rehab, grant proposals, and marketing.

Ronald McDonald House
Volunteer as a family -- assisting visitors or giving tours of the House, organizing rooms or supplies, helping with projects, answering phones, or preparing rooms for guest families.

Data Entry
Review health clinic data entries on Thursdays, 1 - 7 p.m. Knowledge of EXCEL is essential.