Days of Service
National Days of Service
National Days of Service is for commemoration, unite, and encourage individuals and organizations across the country to make volunteering a part of their lives. Volunteering during Days of Service makes an impact in local communities each year.
AmeriCorps Week- March 10-16
Celebrate the impact of the AmeriCorps programs and offer our thanks to each one for volunteering to serve others.
National Volunteer Week - April 20-26
National Volunteer Week is a weeklong celebration for inspiring individuals whose invaluable kindness is to volunteer to better serve their local community and country.
More information about National Volunteer Week
| Date | Group | Location | Project | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
April 21-24 | Charlotte Rescue Mission | Charlotte, NC | Projects are predominately hands-on, facilities improvement projects geared towards enhancing our facilities, providing much needed building refreshes improvements, beautifying and ensuring environmental sustainability across our campuses, and raising our facilities curb appeal. | |
April 21-24 | United Way of North Carolina | All NC | Volunteers will do numerous task to support the needs of the local community | |
April 21, 2025: 10:00am-11:30am | United Way of Greater Greensboro | Greensboro, NC | Volunteers are needed to sort donations and assemble weekend food bags for Guilford County students in need of food. | |
April 21, 2025: 9:00am-12:00pm | Note in the Pocket | Raleigh, NC | Volunteers serve as the first round quality check for donated clothes, ensuring that we are providing quality clothing to those that we serve. | |
April 22, 2025: 9:00am-12:00pm | Food Bank of Central and Eastern NC | Raleigh, NC | Package and sort food for the hungry. | |
April 22, 2025: 9:00am-12:00pm | Food Bank of Central and Eastern NC | Durham, NC | Package and sort food for the hungry. | |
April 22, 2025: 9:30am-12:30pm | Activate Good | Raleigh, NC | Volunteers, led by local muralist, will transform spaces into works of art. | |
April 22, 2025: 9:30am-11:30am | Diaper Bank of North Carolina | Hillsborough, NC | Volunteers will count and wrap hygiene products to be distributed out into the community. | |
April 23, 2025: 2:00pm-4:00pm | Piedmont Wildlife Center | Durham, NC | You will be scrubbing walls, perches, and interior enclosure structures. This will involve hauling water buckets and potentially using power-tool scrubbers. | |
April 24, 2025: 1:00pm-3:00pm | United Way of Greater Greensboro | Greensboro, NC | Assembling Summer Enrichment Packs for Children | |
April 25, 2025: 10:00am-12:00pm | Piedmont Wildlife Center | Durham, NC | You'll work alongside fellow volunteers and a team lead to clear out and reorganize one of our main storage areas. | |
April 25, 2025: 1:30pm-3:30pm | United Arts | Raleigh, NC | Volunteers will assist with writing thank you cards, calling supporters, preparing for festival season, archiving documents, and engaging stakeholders | |
April 26, 2025: 12:30pm-4:30pm | JC Raulston Arboretum at North Carolina State University | Raleigh, NC | Help guests fill out plant sale forms. Shuttle plants using provided carts from the Great Lawn area to the Brick Circle pick up area. | |
April 26, 2025: 1:30pm-4:00pm | Activate Good | Wendell, NC | Volunteers, led by local muralist, will transform spaces into works of art. | |
Ongoing | Amy's Rays of Sunshine | Writing notes or drawing on cards provided by card drive participants or Amy's Rays of Sunshine if needed with encouraging notes, jokes, or kind messages. |
September 11
September 11th is Patriot Day and a day of Remembrance. On this day individuals across the country volunteer in their local communities in memory to the individuals we lost or injured in the attacks, first responders, and other individuals in service.
MLK Day- January 20
Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service is a day each year when individuals across the country commit to volunteering in their communities on behalf of Dr. King’s dream. Each year an observance on the third Monday in January a federal holiday is designated as a National Day of Service.