Making a Difference: the World of Volunteering
Who Volunteers and Why?
VolunteeringInAmerica features the most comprehensive collection of information on volunteering, including statistical data and trends.
Did you know that volunteering in America has increased by more than 32% over the last 16 years? Read all about it in Volunteer Growth in America (PDF file).
Susan J. Ellis discusses a variety of benefits of volunteering at CharityGuide’s Why Volunteer.
So you think you would like to volunteer but you’re still not sure that you have the time? Take a look at 5 Tips to Help You Find Time to Volunteer.
The Coming of Age organization helps people, who are 50 and over, explore their future. If you’re considering volunteering, you’ll be interested in their How to Find the Volunteer Opportunity That’s Right for You.
We’ll bet you didn’t know that volunteering is good for your health. Check out the official report, The Health Benefits of Volunteering (PDF file).
Volunteering Opportunities: Baltimore City and County
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Your local American Red Cross unit could have some good opportunities for helping people – everything from training to responding to disasters to supporting a blood drive, delivering messages to our US service personnel or connecting families displaced by disasters or conflict.
Business Volunteers Unlimited (BVU) offers its Volunteer Central web site as the primary resource for recruiting, developing and organizing community and business volunteers in the Greater Baltimore area.
Partnering with the United Way and Volunteer Solutions, Baltimore County Volunteers provides a convenient database for finding volunteering opportunities.
Want to make your community a better place in which to live? Take a look at the "Getting Involved in My Neighborhood" section of our Baltimore Neighborhoods Research Guide.
Ever thought about volunteering at the library? Make a real contribution to your community by volunteering at the Enoch Pratt Free Library.
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Get information about helping our public schools and students from the Baltimore City Public Schools’ Volunteer to Support Our Schools resource.
The Living Classrooms Foundation is a Baltimore-Washington based non-profit educational organization that helps students learn by doing. Read all about it at Living Classrooms’ General Volunteer Information and Opportunities web site.
As a volunteer at the University of Maryland Medical Center, you’ll learn a great deal about public health and develop new skills.
Volunteering Opportunities: the State of Maryland
Maryland Volunteer Centers (MVC) is a state network that includes 14 Volunteer Centers throughout the state:
Interested in making a difference in a young person’s life? Consider the Maryland Mentoring Partnership.
How would you like to lend a helping hand to the Maryland State Police? Explore your options as a volunteer at Volunteers in Police Support.
Volunteers in Maryland's 65 state parks and five state forests donate thousands of hours of service each year. Find out how at Volunteer with the Maryland Park Service.
Volunteer Maryland is an AmeriCorps program sponsored by the Maryland State Governor’s Office. If you’re willing to serve for a year, you can help in a variety of areas including education, environment, homeland security, public health, and other human needs.
Volunteering Opportunities: National
Serve.gov is a nationwide online resource for not only finding volunteer opportunities in your community, but also creating your own.
The Citizen Corps is FEMA's grassroots strategy to bring together government and community leaders to involve citizens in all-hazards emergency preparedness and resilience.
Experience Corps provides people 55 and over with opportunities to assist teachers in the classroom, mentor elementary school students, and lead after-school enrichment activities.
Find volunteering opportunities by state or search by keyword, state/city, agency, and type of opportunity at America’s Natural and Cultural Resources Volunteer Portal.
VolunteerMatch strengthens communities by making it easier for good people and good causes to connect. Use the handy search interface to find opportunities by location and keyword.
Search for volunteer opportunities, events, and organizations at 1-800-Volunteer.org.
Volunteering Opportunities: International
Peace Corps volunteers work with local governments, communities, and schools in fields such as agriculture, business, education, health, information technology, youth development and the environment.
Cross-Cultural Solutions provides opportunities for volunteers to help out in a variety of countries including China, India, Thailand, Russia, Morocco, Ghana, Brazil, and Costa Rica.
Volunteers for Prosperity promotes international voluntary service and links experienced American professionals who wish to volunteer with partner organizations. You might want to read more about Volunteers for Prosperity's mission and objectives.
This year, your volunteer vacation could be teaching basic math to students in a rural African community struggling to modernize. Next year, you could volunteer abroad to help research scientists save endangered sea turtles from extinction. Read about the possibilities at Charity Guide: Volunteer Vacations.
Join Global Service Corps in Cambodia, Tanzania, or Thailand for a life changing overseas volunteer, international internship or fellowship experience.
The Global Volunteer Network offers volunteer service opportunities in community projects in 21 countries throughout South America, Africa and Asia.
Global Volunteers is a private, non-profit, non-sectarian, non-governmental organization providing volunteering opportunities in 19 countries on 5 continents.
Whether you're looking for current information on volunteer efforts around the world or in need of a list of organizations with international volunteer opportunities, you'll want to spend some time at the World Volunteer Web.
Virtual Volunteering
VolunteerMatch has a box within its database that you can check off to search for virtual opportunities.
Icouldbe.org gives you the opportunity to be part of an e-mentoring program within a secure online community where adults from hundreds of career paths support students from low-income communities.
Interested in the United Nations? The UNV Online Volunteering Service connects volunteers with organizations working for sustainable human development.
Nabuur.com is an online volunteering service that links online volunteers with local communities in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
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