Volunteer Opportunities
Urgent volunteer opportunities are listed in the tabs below, including Flood and 9/11 Volunteer Opportunities.
Connect with your local Volunteer Center for more opportunities.
Announcements
 Students 18 years of age and under may apply for funds between $250 and $1,000 to complete service projects in their communities. |
 AmeriCorps is hiring: Learn how you can help the environment, education, refugees, medical care and make a difference at a time when it is needed most. |
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Resources for Nonprofits are now available including training. Grant opportunities will be posted end of September/ early October. |
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Urgent Volunteer Opportunities
Western NC Flood Response
Volunteer now and for the months of recovery to come!
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| Faith Community Church | Text or call 828-734-4145. or Email office@faithcommunitychurch.cc 289 Industrial Park Dr, Waynesville, NC 28786 | collection and distribution and small construction projects. |
| First United Methodist Church | Call 828-508-3420 | Need volunteers to sort clothing |
| Grace Church in the Mountains | rector@gracewaynesville.com | short-term work crews |
| Hearts with Hands | https://www.heartswithhands.org/volunteer-opportunities. | sorting donations and distributing supplies |
| Helping Haywood | www.helpinghaywood.org/ | distribution and cleanup |
| New Covenant Church | 767 Lee Rd, Clyde, NC 28721 Phone: (828) 627-9000 |
cleanup and distribution |
| Pinnacle Church | Sign up to volunteer 101 Fibreville St, Canton, NC 28716 Phone: (828) 648-5301 |
clean up, providing meals, and donations |
| Samaritan's Purse | www.spvolunteer.org Woodland Baptist Church 828-262-1980 | Assist flood victims |
| Volunteer Center - Mountain Projects | Email us 828-356-2022 | Clean-Up and long term recovery |
| Baptists on Mission- Accepting all volunteers | Flood volunteer opportunities | Muck out and clean up |
9/11 Day of Service
Transform the anniversary of 9/11 into a a day of unity and "good deeds" to help those most in need. Volunteer opportunities are listed around the state. We are pleased to partner with NC State Employees Combined Campaign (SECC) to better connect state employees and others to the charities partnered with SECC. More information and resources are available: 911day.org, AmeriCorps 9/11 resources,
| Location | Slots | Organization | Description of Volunteer Opportunity | Link |
| *REMOTE | 4000 | Activate Good- Volunteer Center | Month of Service Opportunities -Remote and in-person opportunities. Sign up as an individual or group to help us improve our community and honor those lost on 9/11.
Some examples are - card writing, gardening/farming, litter pickups, sorting goods, stocking food the hungry, hosting drives for much needed items and more! |
Multiple Nonprofit Volunteer Opportunities |
| *REMOTE | 40 | Child Advocacy Center | Make a blanket for abused child: CAC served 876 children last year and each gets a blanket after the interview to comfort when they are left dealing with trauma following the abuse.
Materials: |
www.cacfaync.org |
| *REMOTE | 100 | Fragile Families NETWORK | Project 1) - Online-CPR Anytime® We want to demonstrate CPR and other lifesaving techniques, such as child CPR, choking relief, and AED awareness. We will train volunteers and provide them with the equipment they will need to provide this training to grandfamily members in their community. Project 2) - Online- Fragile Families NETWORK Ambassadors - An Ambassador helps the Fragile Families NETWORK connect to at least 10 organizations that may know of grandfamily members. Ambassador training is available for all who are willing to volunteer for this effort. A grandfamily is created when a grandparent or other family member raises the child of a relative unable or unwilling to parent. |
fragilefamiliesnetwork.com |
| *REMOTE | 6 | Inter-Faith Food Shuttle | Wake or Durham - If a remote opportunity is better for you a FOOD DRIVE is a great option! You can find lots of tips on how to have a successful food drive at https://www.foodshuttle.org/donate-food! | Food Shuttle Opportunities |
| *REMOTE | 25 | The Green Chair Project | HOST A DONATION DRIVE FOR THE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT! Due to COVID-19 limitations, we invite volunteers to work together to collect supplies for the families we serve at The Green Chair Project. Donation drives can vary from bedding or kitchen items to cleaning supplies. All items can be delivered to The Green Chair Project at 1853 Capital Boulevard, Raleigh | Green Chair Donation Drive |
| Brunswick, Duplin, New Hanover, Pender, and Onslow | 8 | Wilmington Area Rebuilding Ministry (WARM) | WARM provides urgent, safety-related repairs, hurricane recovery, and accessibility upgrades for low-income homeowners in Brunswick, Duplin, New Hanover, Pender, and Onslow Counties. Volunteers will make home repairs: Flooring, Wheelchair ramps, Landings and steps, Weatherization, Hurricane recovery | WarmNC.org |
| Buncombe | 10 | MANNA FoodBank |
Volunteer Projects could include, but are not limited to: sorting and packing food donations, packing housewares and hygiene products, culling and bagging produce, or packing MANNA Packs. |
MANNA FoodBank Opportunities |
| Catawba | 20 | Shining Hope Farms | Regular volunteer opportunities helping with lessons, stable work or special events. Help prepare for the salute trail run on September 11. | https://shininghopefarms.org/volunteer/ |
| Chatham | 100 | United Way of Chatham | September 15, 2021 - Each volunteer shift is 4 hours long for these nine opportunities: -Boys & Girls Club Wren Family Center – outdoor enrichment and facility beautification and playground updates; -Chatham CARES Pharmacy, Smith and Buckner Funeral Home and Siler City Police Department – food drive and drug take back event; -Chatham Education Foundation – book sort and distribution; -Chatham Trades – fence installation; -CORA Food Pantry – grounds maintenance, repairs and landscaping; -Chatham Habitat for Humanity – community build; -Salvation Army – Angel Tree preparation; -Primrose School of Chapel Hill at Briar Chapel – school supply drive for students of Chatham County Schools. |
Chatham Day of Service |
| Columbus | 25 | Boys & Girls Home of North Carolina | Project 1) Pressure washing buildings. We have the equipment. We just need the manpower. Project 2) Tear down Barn D Project 3) Build Horse challenge course obstacles Project 4) Paint Soccer Field Bathroom Project 5) Clear out various storage areas |
Email Lisa |
| Durham | 20 | Farmer Foodshare inc. | Food box volunteers: FARMER FOODSHARE INC Opportunity - VolunteerMatch | Farmer Foodshare box volunteers |
| Durham, Orange | 4000 | Activate Good- Volunteer Center | Month of Service Opportunities -Remote and in-person opportunities. Sign up as an individual or group to help us improve our community and honor those lost on 9/11.
Some examples are - card writing, gardening/farming, litter pickups, sorting goods, stocking food the hungry, hosting drives for much needed items and more! |
Multiple Nonprofit Volunteer Opportunities |
| Forsyth | 10 | Forsyth Senior Services | Fall Planting and Courtyard Beautification Project: We are asking for fully vaccinated volunteers to help clean and prepare the courtyard for fall. | Email Britnee |
| Forsyth | 300 | HandsOn NWNC | This initiative presents needs listed by agencies partnered with the Forsyth County Youth Engagement Coalition (YEC) for the upcoming 9/11 National Day of Service and Remembrance. The volunteer opportunities are open to all, with the tag serving to facilitate youth volunteers searching for and connecting to volunteer opportunities during the 9/11 Day of Service. | Youth 9/11 opportunities |
| Forsyth | 50 | Second Harvest Food Bank | Food Sorting-Non-perishables food inspection, Perishable Foods- Frozen Food inspection
Pallet Build- Build orders for our agencies by building the order on a pallet Community Meals- Prep and Prepare hot meals for Meals-on- Wheels and Children @ Risk Pop-Up Pantry- Contactless Distribution to the Public each Thursday |
Second Harvest Opportunities |
| Guilford | 30 | Horsepower Therapeutic Learning Center | Clearing limbs, cutting trees, making trails and obstacles for our Veterans trail course. Driving fence posts in the ground and running fencing around our 10 acres of woods. Trail work includes digging up stumps and leveling the ground for walking. Putting up logs to walk over, putting down sand for footing and making a bridge to walk on. | Horsepower Opportunities |
| NC | 50 | Food Bank of Central & Eastern NC | Volunteers will be working on multiple project at our warehouse in Raleigh. Sorting retail donations or produce. Building senior boxes or bagging cereal or rice. | Foodbank of CENC |
| New Hanover | 10 | Canines for Service | To honor 9/11, Canines for Service will host a morning of service on Friday, September 10th. From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Service work includes dog walking, kennel cleaning, kennel enrichment, pick up trash along dog walking route. | Email Us |
| Orange | 8 | Compass Center-Providing DV, Crisis Services, Self Sufficiency Services | Volunteers will complete cleaning and maintenance projects around our agency (old historic house). Tasks will include but are not limited to: Moving office furnishings weighing up to 50 lbs to a permanent home in the building Organizing supplies and labeling cabinets Light yard work Cleaning screened in porch area Light cleaning of downstairs storage room Setting up desk (all materials provided) |
https://www.compassctr.org/ |
| Orange | 10 | Habitat for Humanity of Orange | Volunteers will assist with a home build. Tasks may include hammering, cutting, the use of power tools (if comfortable), roofing/shingling (if comfortable with heights), and more. Whether your an experienced carpenter or have never held a hammer, all are welcome! Shifts- every Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday from 8am-4pm. Half-days are available mornings (8am-12pm)
Groups contact Volunteer Engagement Manager Ansel Prichard aprichard@orangehabitat.org in order to set-up a group shift. Individuals can go online to register. |
Habitat Volunteer |
| Orange | 100 | Meridian Community Foundation | Help clearing the land of small limbs and debris for a future park. | www.meridian-foundation.com or Email us |
| Pasquotank | 50 | Albemarle Area United Way | September 17, volunteers needed to powerwash, build, paint, organize, do yardwork or serve in remote opportunities. | Albemarle Area United Way |
| Rowan | 35 | Rowan Helping Ministries- Providing Crisis services and essential life needs | September 5 - 11, 2021 - Serve in Jeannie's Kitchen preparing and serving nutritious meals and deep cleaning the kitchen and dining room once the lunch meal is served. Meal service includes planning meals, often bringing food, preparing, serving, washing dishes, and cleaning up. Designee trained before meal on commercial dishwasher. Dates and times for meal service vary throughout the week.
September 11, 2021 State Employees Combined Campaign volunteers- from link, create a profile and register for available volunteer opportunities. They will need to create a unique username and password to sign up for events. |
Rowan Helping Ministries |
| Wake | 4000 | Activate Good- Volunteer Center | Month of Service Opportunities -Remote and in-person opportunities. Sign up as an individual or group to help us improve our community and honor those lost on 9/11.
Some examples are - card writing, gardening/farming, litter pickups, sorting goods, stocking food the hungry, hosting drives for much needed items and more! |
Multiple Nonprofit Volunteer Opportunities |
| Wake | 10 | Alliance of AIDS Services- Carolina | Creating family dignity kits for people living with HIV and their families. Kits consist of personal hygiene products, household supplies, PPE, feminine products, baby supplies… | www.aas-c.org |
| Wake | 25 | CORRAL Riding Academy | We need help working updating the aesthetics of the donated building. This work will include putting up walls, painting and some landscaping and garden outside. 2436 Neusehill Ln, Raleigh, NC, 27610 9 am-12 pm |
https://corralriding.org/ |
| Wake | 6 | Family Promise | Campus cleanup - trash and weeds | Familypromisewakenc.org |
| Wake | 4 | Prevent Child Abuse NC | Volunteers will write personal letters to each constituent, fold & stuff, and address each fundraising letter. Volunteers will receive a tour of our facility, overview and a copy of the book Upstream by Dan Heath. Beverages and light snacks will be provided. |
Email us |
| Wake | 25 | Special Olympics NC | We need volunteers to support our annual Plane Pull with service of boxed lunches, logistics and help with various booths. | Special Olympics NC |
| Wake | 4 | Urban Ministiries of Wake | Meal Donor for the women at the Helen Wright Center for Women- an opportunity to break the cycle of homelessness and achieve self-sufficiency through intensive case management services. Dinner opportunities are 7 days a week, or breakfast on Saturdays and Sundays. Prepare a meal for 30 women and then deliver it to the shelter on Bastion Lane in Raleigh NC. | https://mealtrain.com/9l77qv |
| Wake or Durham | 6 | Inter-Faith Food Shuttle | Volunteers help pack bags and boxes of food; to deliver it; to provide nutrition instruction; and to tend our garden and farm. Volunteer opportunities vary by day and are available every week for individuals and small groups. | Food Shuttle |
Feeding Assistance
FOOD BANKS
Seven regional Food Banks provide food to pantries all over the state. With the onset of the pandemic, the need for food for the hungry is greater than ever - 1 in 5 adults, 1 in 4 children are food insecure. Join us in Feeding the Carolinas!
Prepare, Pack & Deliver Food
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Chatham County |
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Craven County |
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Durham County |
Feeding Durham Together |
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Edgecombe County |
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Guilford County |
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Jones County |
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Orange County |
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Rowan County |
Jeannie's Kitchen - Prepare & Serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Please contact Cheryl Linder, Kitchen Manager 704-637-6838, ext. 108, if you can help. |
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Wake County |
Wake County Public School System Senior food and medicine delivery Urban Ministry packing food (13 yo with adult) |
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Yancey County |
Meals on Wheels
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| Chatham County | Meals on Wheels |
| Cherokee County | Deliver meals in Andrews. The route takes about an hour to complete. Contact 828-837-2467 with questions. |
| Cumberland County | Meals on Wheels & other services |
| Currituck County | Helping Hands delivering meals |
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Durham County |
Meals on Wheels |
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Edgecombe/ Nash County |
Meals on Wheels |
| Lee County | Meals on Wheels |
| Northampton County | Home Delivered Meals |
| Orange County | Meals on Wheels |
| Polk County | Meals on Wheels immediate need |
| Richmond County | Meals on Wheels 5-7 volunteers needed |
| Rockingham County | Meals on Wheels |
| Rowan County | Meals on Wheels |
| Stanly County | Contact DSS to volunteer |
| Stokes County | Immediate need in Walnut Cove and Danbury |
| Transylvania County | Contact Pam McCall 828-862-4466 or 828-553-7469 |
| Tyrrell County | Meals on Wheels |
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Union County |
Meals on Wheels |
| Wake County | Meals on Wheels - urgently needed |
| Washington County | Meals on Wheels |
| Wayne County | Meals on Wheels |
| Wilson County | Meals on Wheels |
| Yancey County | contact Teresa or Jackie at 828-682-6011 |
Education
NC Education Corps - mentors and tutors apply now
Moore County Literacy Council -Volunteer at outdoor reading stations. Email Heather for more information.
Virtual volunteer for Chapel Hill Carrboro Schools.
Volunteer for Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools.
Volunteer for Orange County Schools.
Hurricane Flood Assistance
Shelter and Reception Centers
Hurricane Shelters will need reception centers and shelter workers in greater numbers. Sign up to receive online training information.
To hear about pressing volunteer opportunties, sign up above.
Recovery Is Ongoing
Hurricane and Flood recovery is ongoing and VOAD organizations need volunteers from all backgrounds and levels of experience. Sign up directly with the organizations.
Get Trained Before the Next Disaster
ReserveCorps
Depending upon the disaster and individual abilities, volunteers could be preventing further damage to homes, running a volunteer center, supporting mass care, managing crisis calls etc. All willing residents, especially veterans and AmeriCorps alums, are encouraged to register and get trained before a natural disaster strikes. Register for updates about future trainings.
Background checks may be required prior to deployment as required by the ReserveCorps partnering organizations.
CERT
The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program educates volunteers about disaster preparedness for the hazards that may impact their area, and trains them in basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster medical operations. CERT offers a consistent, nationwide approach to volunteer training and organization the professional responders can rely on during disaster situations. CERT volunteers can also help with non-emergency projects that help make their communities safer and more resilient. CERT programs welcome individuals of all abilities. CERT Training takes a total of approximately 20-30 hours.
For more information, and to see a complete list of current CERT programs in NC, please visit: ReadyNC.org.
Attorney & Paralegal Training
Watch the recorded continuing legal education presentations at the North Carolina Pro Bono Resource Center’s Disaster Legal Services Bootcamp for attorneys and paralegals wanting to help following a natural disaster.
Volunteer at Home
Remote Volunteer Opportunities
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| Statewide | Attorney volunteers needed with Legal Aid of North Carolina |
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Write notes of encouragement to participants of substance abuse programs; letters can be sent via email or mailed to: Healing Transitions |
| Statewide | Healthcare navigator for insurance help |
| Statewide |
MasksNOW - needs donations of quilting cotton and t-shirt fabric to make mask kits for sewists, as well as other volunteer needs. |
| Various Locations |
Sew face masks for various organizations:
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| Chatham County |
Chatham opportunities from anywhere |
| Charlotte |
Share Charlotte opportunities from anywhere |
| Forsyth County | Hands On Northwest covid opportunities |
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| Guilford County | Wellness check calls to older adults in Guilford County |
| Haywood, Jackson counties | Wellness check calls in Haywood and Jackson counties; call 828-356-2833 |
| Hickory | Write cards to nursing homes |
| Wake County | Kindness calls to seniors in Wake County |
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