Volunteers Feet Forward
Cake4kids
This nonprofit that provides birthday cakes to at-risk and foster youth needs creative, at-home bakers. Volunteers should have good baking and decorating skills. No minimum volunteer commitment is required. Volunteers must be 18 years old or older, but teens ages 16 or 17 can participate alongside a parent or guardian. Sign up for an orientation at cake4kids.org or email amy@cake4kids.org with any questions.
Circle of Care
Circle of Care was given Masterclass scholarships to provide low-income older adults in Boulder County with free access to over 180 online lifelong learning opportunities across areas of study taught by leaders in the field. Circle of Care is seeking two organized, dedicated volunteers to distribute these scholarships to those who will most benefit in the community. Each scholarship has a value of $200 to provide enrichment for a vulnerable older person for a year of access to discover their passions and learn something new. If interested, contact Joan Raderman at joan@ circleofcareproject.org. Details at circleofcareproject. org.
Cultivate
Volunteers are needed to support senior neighbors through programs such as rides to medical appointments for military veterans and their senior family members, grocery shopping and delivery, minor home repairs, snow shoveling and yard cleanup. Opportunities are available throughout Boulder and Broomfield counties. Visit cultivate.ngo/engage/volunteer, or call our office at 303-443-1933.
Flatirons Habitat for Humanity
We are currently working on two new home construction sites in Boulder that will provide affordable homes for 22 families. Come as an individual or as a group, and there is no need for prior construction experience. We will provide all necessary tools, training and instruction. For more information, including a list of available volunteer opportunities, visit our volunteer portal at flatironshabitat.volunteerhub. com. If you have specific questions or would like to schedule group builds, contact volunteer@flatironshabitat.org, or call Pam at 303-667-6474.
The all-inclusive, nonprofit organization in Boulder provides individuals experiencing homelessness with increased access to hot food, beverages, clothing and toiletries. These are available every Tuesday near the Bandshell between Broadway and Canyon from 2:30 to 4 p.m. For information on how to help or contribute, visit feetforward.org or email feetforward80303@gmail.com.
Harvest of Hope Food Pantry
This nonprofit provides healthy, supplemental food to people in need of food assistance within a safe, welcoming and non-judgmental environment. Its most-needed food items are cans of black beans, red beans, chicken, shelfstable alternative milks, dry pastas and travel-size toiletries, including shampoo, conditioner, bar soap, toothpaste, sunscreen and razors. Find out more about hosting a food drive at hopepantry.org/fooddrive. Donations are accepted between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Monday through Friday at the pantry’s new location, 4830 Pearl St., Boulder. Ring the bell at the loading dock on the east side of the building. Consider volunteering, hopepantry.org/volunteer. Volunteers work in small groups, greeting participants, packing bags, stocking, weighing donations and helping with other tasks. Donations can also be made at hopepantry.org/donate.
Homeahead
This Boulder County nonprofit furniture bank collects gently used home furnishings and distributes them to individuals and families transitioning from homelessness into housing. What is a home without a bed? Pots and pans to cook in? A table to eat at? Homeahead provides these things and more. The program supports success in housing while advancing equity and reducing landfill waste. Volunteers are the lifeblood of the operation. Homeahead needs movers and drivers for furniture pick-ups and deliveries in Boulder County. Most shifts are two hours (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, between 9-11 a.m. or 1-3 p.m.) The nonprofit needs 2-3 volunteers for each of the shifts on the days noted. For more information email Homeaheadboulder@gmail.com. Check www.homeahead.net to make a financial donation and/or see about current furniture/home goods donations needed.
H.O.P.E. Homeless Outreach
This nonprofit serving Longmont’s homeless community is in need of nonperishable lunch bags, size small and large surgical gloves, plastic forks, plastic bottles of water, trial-size shampoo and conditioner, large paper plates, disposable drinking cups, paper towels, toilet paper and hand sanitizer. Clothing donations that are washed and placed in a clean plastic bag include women’s pants in sizes 4, 5 and 8-10, men’s pants in sizes 30, 32, 34 and 36, all sizes of women’s tank tops and men’s shoes in sizes 5-11. Monetary donations are welcome to help meet the need for day services, which include showers, Internet access, meals, a place to rest and resources. Please contact us if you are a restaurant and would cook a daytime meal for the shelter for up to 25 people. To help, please contact Andy at andy@hopeforlongmont. org.
Impact on Education
Impact on Education supports Boulder Valley public schools with community funding and resources in order to meet critical needs and eliminate opportunity gaps. They have ongoing opportunities for volunteers to support their programs and events and also help recruit volunteers for school-based needs. Visit impactoneducation.org/ volunteer to learn more or sign-up for volunteer orientation.
Intercambio Uniting Communities
Volunteer teachers are needed to help adult English learners improve their English. There are students who live in Boulder County and all over the U.S. waiting to connect with volunteer teachers. Curriculum, training and ongoing support are provided to volunteer teachers. Volunteers commit to meeting with a student for 90 minutes twice a week. Volunteer from anywhere in the U.S.! Visit Intercambio. org/teach or contact volunteer@intercambio.org with any questions.
Jewish Family Service
Volunteers are sought to improve the lives of individuals and families in need by taking an integrated approach to delivering comprehensive support services. The Boulder office helps clients maintain a high quality of life through programs and services that support, connect and engage them. Volunteers are needed for the Friendly Visitor, JFS Ambassadors and Para-chaplains programs.
• Friendly Visitor volunteers will be paired with an older adult for weekly visits to reduce social isolation. The one-on-one relationship is meaningful to both the client and the volunteer and can lead to lifelong friendship. Volunteers for this program are interviewed, trained and supported to ensure a good match.
• JFS Ambassadors volunteers are paired with an older adult living facility. Volunteers, who should enjoy coordinating small events while reaching out to those who may be socially isolated, will liaise between JFS and the facility staff to support Jewish holidays and add enriching cultural programs.
• Para-chaplains volunteers will help provide Jewish holiday celebrations at older adult living facilities and may also work one-onone with unaffiliated Jews who are facing life challenges. Volunteers will be trained for this program.
Anyone interested in volunteering for any of these programs should contact Nicole Hosack at nhosack@jewishfamilyservice. org.
Longmont Meals on Wheels
This nonprofit at 910 Longs Peak Ave., Longmont is seeking weekly drivers, substitute drivers and kitchen helpers. Visit longmontmeals.org/volunteer or call 303-772-0540 to volunteer.
Meals on Wheels of Boulder
Volunteer drivers for weekday meal deliveries are sought, as are earlymorning packers. Volunteers also are sought for its Eat Well Café at the
Age Well Center West,
909 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. Servers are needed Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Volunteer cashiers in the Niche Market at the northeast Boulder location, 3701 Canfield St., Boulder, are also needed. Those interested should email volunteers@mowboulder.org or visit www.mowboulder. org/volunteer.
Mile High United Way’s Volunteer Connection
Part of the United Way movement founded in
1887 in Denver, Mile High United Way connects people and strengthens communities through volunteer engagement. Below are opportunities available in our communities in Boulder and Broomfield counties. Become a member at volunteer.unitedwaydenver.org/group/events/8945 to search our site for other opportunities, including those in the rest of Mile High United Way’s service area in the greater Denver area, or email the Mile High United Way Team at volunteer@unitedwaydenver.org with questions or to include your nonprofits’ volunteer needs here.
Moving to End Sexual Assault
Volunteer Hotline Advocates are needed to provide support for people that call and text our hotline and to accompany survivors to the hospital for medical attention and to the police department to file a report. A 40-hour training over a three-week period is offered 2-3 times each year. Training includes topics such as how to support and advocate for callers in crisis, the impacts of sexual violence and the local resources available to survivors. Contact Gabe at gbelzer@mhpcolorado.org or call 303-443-8500 x1462 for more information, or fill out an online application at movingtoendsexualassault.org.
OUR Center
Food donations, especially protein items and toiletries, in both family and travel size, are needed. Cash donations can be made at ourcenter.org/donate or mailed to 220 Collyer St., Longmont, CO, 80501. Contact Elaine at elaine@ourcenter.org for questions.
Performance Companion
This arts and aging nonprofit is seeking caring volunteers to help older adults attend concerts and events, build social connections, provide support and help end social isolation for people as they age. Circle of Care Volunteers provide door-to-door rides, caring support and help build community for all ages as they enjoy the arts, culture, community and concerts together at great local arts and cultural venues. Volunteers must be highly responsible, dependable, 21 years or older and have an excellent driving record.
Tickets are provided for free to Circle of Care volunteer driver/escorts. Sister Carmen Community Center This center needs volunteers for its food bank, thrift store, garden and front desk. Opportunities include weekly shifts in the food bank and office and drop-in shifts in the thrift store and garden. Scheduled trainings are required. • Volunteer tasks in the food bank include welcoming donors, receiving and weighing donations, sorting food donations, checking expiration dates, stocking shelves, repackaging bulk donations, assisting with coolers, carts and check-out, recycling and composting and assisting clients as they shop for food. Food bank volunteers are asked to make a threemonth commitment, with shifts available from 9-11:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. and 2-5 p.m. Monday-friday and 4:30-6 p.m. Wednesdays. • Volunteer tasks in the thrift store include sorting and hanging clothing, putting priced items on the sales floor and merchandising. Volunteers can drop in from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. • Front desk volunteers will be trained to work shifts on weekdays. Spanish speakers are encouraged to volunteer. COVID-19 vaccines are required for all volunteers. Please see our website sistercarmen.org and contact info@sistercarmen.org, or call 303-665-4342 ext. 142 to volunteer. St. Vrain Valley Storytellers Training Join the St. Vrain Valley Storytellers for their next volunteer trainings March 7,11,14 and 18 from 1-4 p.m. and learn the art of oral storytelling. By becoming a part of this community, volunteers can learn the tricks to becoming an amazing storyteller; receive ongoing training and support; and have fun while making a positive impact on the community. The organization tells stories in the elementary schools of the St. Vrain Valley School district, senior living venues, at summer camps and other community locations and events. To learn more or RSVP, contact Marianne Balin at 510-326-2398 or mbalinhome@gmail.com. All training sessions take place at Intercambio, 1715 Iron Horse Drive, Suite 130, Longmont. Tgthr Formerly called Attention Homes, this agency is in need of volunteers to donate hot dinners for youth residing at its facilities. Volunteers can visit the Tgthr website to learn more and sign-up to donate a meal: tgthr.org/meal-donations. It is also in need of in-kind donations of nonperishables, such as soups, Tasty Bites, rice, Chef Boyardee products, instant flavored oatmeal, Pop Tarts, tuna and other canned meats, ramen, mac-n-cheese cups, fruit cups, peanut butter and granola bars. It also can accept donations of shelf-stable fruit, such as bananas, clementines, oranges and apples, and donations of paper products, such as toilet paper and paper towels, cleaning supplies, like Lysol wipes and hand sanitizer, and cold-weather items, such as hand/toe warmers and gloves. Donated items can be dropped off from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at 1440 Pine St., Suite A, Boulder. For questions about other volunteer opportunities, contact TGTHR’S volunteer manager Allison Regoli at ajilek@tgthr.org or call 303-447-1206. TRU Thrift Shop Earnings support compassionate end-of-life care, grief support and education. The nonprofit thrift shop needs volunteers to sort donations in the following departments: clothing, electronics, furniture, household items, art, books and linens. All donations are processed for quality, pricing and displaying. Volunteers must be at least 18 years old unless accompanied by an adult, and shifts are typically for four hours. Contact Lynn Mccullough at lynnmccullough@trucare.org or 303-604-5353 for more information. University of Colorado Conference on World Affairs The annual University of Colorado Conference on World Affairs (CWA) is a true “town and gown” event where members of the Boulder community collaborate with students, faculty and staff from CU to plan, organize and produce this multi-day conference each April. The CWA is free and open to the public, and planning is currently underway for the event in April 2024. If you would like to contribute to the development of the program, further information can be found here: https:// www.colorado.edu/cwa/ get-involved. If you’d like to receive additional information or discuss how you might best fit into this dynamic and interesting planning process, please reach out to us at Cwainfo@colorado.edu. Virtual volunteer opportunities • The Boulder Seniors Foundation (BSF): Seeking volunteers to join the Board of Directors in supporting Boulder’s Older Adult Services and the Age Well Centers. BSF provides Boulder’s citizens with a way to make tax deductible donations specifically to benefit Boulder’s older adults. The group provides funds to assist low-income older adults with emergency expenses and, also sponsor programs of interest (nutrition classes, 55+ job fair, Chautauquan lecture series) for all older adults. Check out the website at boulderseniorsfoundation.org or call 720-267-6933. • Sister Carmen: Community members are invited to host virtual friends and family food drives. Information: sistercarmen. org/food-donations. To inquire about adding a listing, email Gayle Walker at gayle.walker@ unitedwaydenver.org.