Volunteer Opportunities

Help Hurricane Victims

The organizations listed below are organizing locally and welcome volunteers of all backgrounds. Sign up directly with the organization working around the towns you most want to help!

• Fayetteville - Habitat for Humanity
• Carteret County - Ann Street United Methodist Church
• New Bern, Jacksonville, and Wilmington – Samaritan's Purse
• Bunn Level, Cape Carteret, Elizabethtown, Laurinburg, Lumberton, Morehead City, New Bern, Shallotte, Red Springs, Wallace/Warsaw, Wilmington- Baptists on Mission
• Wilmington, Jacksonville, New Bern, Lumberton, Rose Hill- Team Rubicon
• Lumberton, New Bern – Operation Blessing
• Brunswick County volunteers needed.
• Animal shelter needs volunteers in Pollocksville.
• Brunswick Family Center volunteers needed to assist with distribution of goods, loading and unloading.
• Help All Hands and Hearts with muck & gut, chain saw and mold sanitation in New Bern.
• Columbus County volunteers needed.
• Red Cross-Help at shelters and distribution.

REGISTER TO GET NOTICE OF VOLUNTEER NEEDS DO NOT self deploy. Current volunteer needs are posted below. Many Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters (VOAD) are mobilizing. Please contact the organizations directly about volunteering. Remember, Volunteer opportunities will be available months and years after a disaster. 

State Employees

State employees have and extra 16 hours of leave to help with disaster needs that must be used before December 31. This is in addition to the normal 24 community service hours for volunteering in their community. Certain restrictions are in place so reference the state policy if you have questions. 

Reoccuring Service Days

Taking place each year on the third Monday in January, the MLK Day of Service is the only federal holiday observed as a national day of service – a "day on, not a day off." Mark your calendars for National Volunteer Week on April 7-13, 2019. September 11th is officially designated as a National Day of Service and Remembrance.