Volunteer opportunities
A Precious Child
A Precious Child provides essential resources to children and families in need, empowering them to reach their full potential. Volunteers are needed to lend a hand in the Donation Center, where they’ll help process inkind goods, such as clothing, baby gear and hygiene products. Or, volunteers can contribute to the Empowerment Resource Center Store as a store merchandiser or check-out clerk, ensuring a dignified shopping experience for all clients. Attend a volunteer orientation to learn more or email volunteer@apreciouschild.org.
Boulder County Community Corrections
Board members needed. Make a difference for offenders and the Boulder County community: threeyear term, 20 hours per month with 7:30-9:30 a.m. meetings on second and fourth Tuesdays of each month. Must be at least 18 years old, a Boulder County resident and be able to read case materials and make recommendations for the bench on offender placement in halfway houses as alternatives to incarceration. For more information and application contact Monika Neal mneal@bouldercounty.org.
Boulder County Jail
Creative writing/communication instructor. Help inmates transition successfully back to society by teaching writing and communication skills in the Boulder County Jail Education & Transition (JET) program. Teach willing participants one class per week in an ongoing capacity. Instructors must be 21 or older. Background check and fingerprinting are required. 1 year commitment. Contact jsvp@ bouldercounty.gov for more information and application instructions.
Life skills instructor. Help clients transition back into the community by offering basic skills courses. If you have experience teaching life skills, consider this vital role for men and women clients in our Jail Education & Transition program (JET). The minimum age is 21. Background check and fingerprinting required. One year commitment. Contact jsvp@bouldercounty.gov for more information and application instructions.
Parenting class for jail clients. Many jail clients have children and seek help and skills in communicating with them and figuring out how to move forward when they are released. An interest in helping jailed parents learn and navigate parenting skills, and experience teaching, makes applicants a good candidate for instructing willing participants in the Jail Education & Transition (JET) program. Minimum age is 21. Background check and fingerprinting required. One year commitment. Contact jsvp@bouldercounty.gov for more information and application instructions.
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 gifted 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 and yard cleanup. Opportunities are available throughout Boulder and Broomfield counties. Visit cultivate.ngo/engage/volunteer, or call our office at 303-443-1933.
Homeahead
This Boulder County nonprofit furniture bank collects gently used home furnishings and distributes them to individuals and families transitioning from homelessness into housing. 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 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, trialsize 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. Contact us if you are a restaurant and would cook a daytime meal for the shelter for up to 25 people. To help, contact Andy at andy@hopeforlongmont.org.
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.
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.
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 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 apply 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 responsible, dependable, 21 years or older and have an excellent driving record. Tickets are provided for free to Circle of Care volunteer drivers/escorts.
Project Angel Heart
Project Angel Heart has an urgent need for volunteers to deliver medically tailored meals to severely ill neighbors in Boulder, Longmont and Brighton on Fridays, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Great opportunity to get the whole family involved. Children can participate with parents/guardians. This year, Project Angel Heart will prepare and deliver 755,000 nutritious meals to Coloradans living with cancer, kidney disease, congestive heart failure, HIV/AIDS and other severe illnesses. Visit projectangelheart.org for more information or contact volunteer@projectangelheart.org.