Volunteer opportunities

A Precious Child

This nonprofit, whose mission is to empower disadvantaged youth by providing them with opportunities and resources to reach their full potential, needs volunteers. Volunteers are the core of A Precious Child’s work — more than 6,700 volunteers who donate hundreds of hours of service is needed annually to fulfill its mission. Individuals, corporate groups, churches and community organizations are welcome. The nonprofit is in need of baby wipes, masks, cleaning supplies, hygiene items, spray bottles and diapers. For more information 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 AARP Tax Aide

Volunteers are needed to help low- to moderateincome taxpayers prepare their federal and State of Colorado tax returns. Extensive training is provided, and the program leads to IRS certification for tax preparation. Volunteers are also needed to help organize and support the tax preparers and to schedule appointments and greet clients. Over 35,000 volunteers in this national program help to prepare millions of returns, with an emphasis on helping those over age 50. For more information and to sign up to help, visit aarp.org/volunteer/ programs/tax-aide/ .

Boulder County Community Justice Services

This nonprofit is seeking volunteers or interns to connect clients required to perform community service with organizations in the community needing helping hands. Case management includes meeting with clients to match their skills with nonprofit community-based programs, monitoring the caseload and hours of clients, updating computer records, completing paperwork upon completion, working closely with CS staff, the courts, probation and getting to know community organizations. Background check and fingerprinting required. Volunteers must be 21 and commit to nine months of volunteering eight-24 hours per week,

Monday-friday in person at Boulder or Longmont court buildings. For more information, contact Mary Eldred, 303-441-3718 or jsvp@bouldercounty.org.

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

An arts and aging nonprofit that works to end isolation for older, vulnerable adults through arts, culture, lifelong learning accessibility and intergenerational social belonging is seeking volunteers who love the performing arts and older people to serve as performance companions who help older adults attend great concerts and events while building social connections. Volunteers provide door-to-door rides and caring support to clients. Tickets are provided for free to Circle of Care volunteer driver/escorts. Volunteers must wear a mask at all times with clients and must be highly responsible and dependable. Volunteers must be at least 21 years old or older with an excellent driving record. Volunteers must provide proof they are fully vaccinated with their current COVID vaccine card and show a driver’s license and auto insurance information. Volunteers also must attend an orientation. Details at circleofcareproject.org.

COVID Recovery Center Volunteers

Vaccinated volunteers needed to warm up meals and do laundry on-site as needed for those experiencing homelessness who are recovering from COVID. PPE supplied for each shift. No contact with clients. Staff on site. Food is delivered with contactless protocols. Four hour shifts, 24/7. Many hands are needed! Sign up at countmein.bouldercolorado.gov.

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.

Emergency Family Assistance Association

This Boulder-based nonprofit has an immediate need for truck unloaders, sorters and stockers. Volunteers in this role unload food donation delivery trucks, sort the donations and stock them. This position requires repeated heavy lifting of more than 40 pounds for the duration of the shift, which is 10 a.m. to noon, Tuesdays and/or Thursdays. Volunteers also are most needed weekly from 8:30-11:30 a.m. Monday-friday. Other shifts also available. Complete the online volunteer application at efaa.org and select a schedule, or contact sue@efaa.org.

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, trialsized 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.

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 Lisa at volunteers@mowboulder.org.

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 threeweek 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 dropin shifts in the thrift store and garden, after training and scheduled shifts at the front desk.

• 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 three-month 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 encouraged to volunteer.

COVID-19 vaccines are required for all volunteers. Please see our website sistercarmen.org and contact ann@sistercarmen.org, or call 303-665-4342 ext. 142 to volunteer.

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 the 10th annual Sleep Out or other volunteer opportunities, contact Tgthr’s Volunteer Manager Kathryn Quinn at kquinn@tgthr.org.

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.

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 provide 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 720-2676933.

• Sister Carmen: Community members are invited to host virtual friends and family food drive. Information: sistercarmen.org/food-donations.