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We would like to find a few Volunteers to help with our two major events each year. In early Spring, we hold our Annual Atai Orphanage Fund Trivia Night, and in the Fall, we hold the Annual Atai Orphanage Fund Dinner Auction. Volunteers will have a variety of projects to choose from, such as pre-event activities of soliciting businesses for gift cards/certificates, door prize items, etc. They may be building gift baskets for silent auctions, creating seating charts, and/or setting up and decorating event venues. We also need help at the events each year. Volunteers might be hosting the reception tables to collect tickets/payments and to cash out auction items, or they might be running raffle tickets, overseeing silent auctions, or selling Atai merch, among other activities. We would also like to add a few members to the Atai Orphanage Board of Directors. Thank you!
Visit WebsiteBBBSIL offers children who want and need a mentor a one-to-one, long-term friendship with a caring adult.
Bigs serve as friends, mentors and role models, helping children and teens gain greater self-confidence.
We are looking for adults 18+ who would like to mentor a child and start a new friendship! Our volunteer Bigs come from diverse backgrounds just like our youth Littles. They are regular people, just like you. You don’t need any special degrees or job skills. You just have to want to positively impact a young person. Role models come in all shapes and sizes, and YOU could be a perfect fit.
Learn more at bbbsil.org/beabig today!
Visit WebsiteVolunteers to sit, read, and visit with our patients. There is too many needs to list. Our families and patients need you for any kind of support thru their end-of-life journey!!! Please call and ask for Barb Davis our volunteer coordinator.
We used to do seasonal summer camp in Eastern part of Ukraine. Last year we did it here in Greenville IL for Russian speaking kids. We are planning to do same thing this summer from July 28 to August 3 and we are seeking people who can serve. Ideal candidates can speak Russian, but others welcome too.
Visit WebsiteVolunteers needed to gather food and other items that would go to waste or purchase items not often donated, and then distribute these to over 30 agencies in the city and county that deal directly with the unhoused, elderly, women and children, and many others. Variety of volunteer options depending on availability. Our mission is to “connect those who have with those who need.”
Visit WebsiteCASA of Mideast Missouri is seeking volunteers. CASA advocates for the best interest of children of abuse and neglect who are under the protection of the Franklin County, Gasconade County and Osage County Juvenile Courts. Through highly trained community Volunteer Advocates, the child’s needs are heard, researched and advocated for throughout the duration of the child’s time before the court, thus securing a safe and permanent home for all such children. Apply at casamideastmo.org.
Visit WebsiteOur Mission: To prepare youth in East St. Louis for successful futures: spiritually, academically, and physically.
CAC thrives on its robust volunteer program. We welcome individuals and groups for short and long-term service. Whether tutoring kids or organizing a weekly program, volunteers’ interaction with children is crucial to CAC’s providing holistic growth and nurturing opportunities to families in East St. Louis, Illinois.
Duo Dogs is looking for Volunteer Puppy Raisers to help us raise and train future assistance dogs. We also have many opportunities available at our facility from whelping puppies to playing with dogs in our advanced training program to helping with one time community events, annual events, fundraising, and office work.
Visit WebsiteWe are looking for house monitors. We are a transitional living program for homeless men. We need volunteers to come to the house and hang out. Be open to building relationships with the guys when they are around. Have conversations, watch tv, simply be available.
Visit WebsiteFeed My People’s mission is to show God’s love and compassion to all His people, but particularly to His people in need. We are a Christian Food Pantry and Thrift Store located in both South County, St. Louis and High Ridge Missouri.
Everyone needs help from time to time. No matter who you are, what background you come from – or your age, tough times can come. Feed My People, is here to help you weather the storm.
Volunteering isn’t just about giving. In fact, most volunteers will tell you they receive far more than they give. If you would like to join our volunteer family, but don’t know where to begin, we can help match your skills, passions, and schedule with a rewarding position at one of our locations.
Seeking volunteers to help with administrative needs (mailings, labels, etc.), retreat team members, welcome baby meals, more. See our website for more information.
Visit WebsiteYou can share the Gospel from your home on your time with Groundwire!
We are an online evangelical ministry with the mission to lead every young person to a meaningful encounter pointing each chatter to Jesus. Through well placed ads on social media, we invite people to chat with someone who cares. The person is then brought to our team of volunteers who are trained to listen, empathize, transition, and share (the Gospel) accordingly.
Our needs include the need for volunteer coaches (www.groundwire.net/coaching) or financial support (https://www.groundwire.net/donate)
To learn more please go to: https://www.groundwire.net/coaching
Visit WebsiteNavigating an unknown city’s traffic, streets, and highways can be daunting. Imagine spending most of your time driving on country roads and the streets of small towns. In contrast, St. Louis roads-like all major cities-can be confusing, stressful, and jam-packed with traffic. Patients visiting St. Louis for medical treatment may be overwhelmed simply by navigating to their appointments.
That’s why HavenHouse provides roundtrip shuttle service for patients and their families to and from local medical facilities seven days a week, on up to three routes a day.
Driving the HavenHouse Shuttle means you have the opportunity to change lives. Your help will alleviate our guests’ stress and worry on their medical journey. You can be their navigator in an unfamiliar place. If you’re looking for an interactive experience to meet and chat with wonderful people, this is the best opportunity for HavenHouse volunteers!
Shuttle Volunteers drive HavenHouse vehicles from our location to various medical facilities in and around St. Louis. Our volunteers can choose to drive a single route once a week or take as many routes multiple days a week as they are comfortable.
This opportunity lasts about an hour to an hour and a half per route, depending on the number of stops, traffic, and other conditions.
No special license is required, just a clean driving record and background check!
HavenHouse St. Louis is a hospital guest house that provides affordable accommodations, meals, and other services to patients of all ages, their families, and caregivers who travel to St. Louis for medical care.
Visit WebsiteHi friend at Joy FM! I am Jessica and I am The volunteer coordinator for Heartland Hospice. We cover St. Charles, Lincoln, Warren, Pike, Montgomery Counties! We also serve St. Louis Counties, Union, & Festus areas. We are always in need of compassionate friendly volunteers for our patients and their families. Our volunteers are a special part of our team. They help by giving support to our patients and their families. No medical experience is needed. You will not be providing any hands on care. You are strictly there as a friend. If you would like to know more about this, please don’t hesitate to text, email, or call with questions.
Visit WebsiteWe have a Faith Based Initiative at Children’s Division that works to connect churches in the area with families in the community to meet needs and build a sense of community. We would love to get more churches and volunteers to partner with our group to be able to meet more needs in our community. Our mission through Faith Based is to facilitate an interfaith collaboration between Missouri’s faith community, Children’s Division, non-profit, and local organizations towards improving the lives of children, families, and communities in need. Our vision is a community bringing hope, empowerment, encouragement, and resources to strengthen and support children and families.
We are a food and clothing pantry serving the community of Jefferson County since 1978. We help those in need with food, clothing and find emergency shelter. We are a non profit Christian agency that could use help with the following:
-put together baskets of food for clients.
-look through clothes make sure no rips/tears any inappropriate words in clothing.
-unload trucks when they arrive with food.
-stock the shelves with food.
-seasonal help Thanksgiving, Christmas, back to school drive.
10/28/23 – Tunes and Trivia benefit for Mary’s House of Hope (Domestic Violence Shelter) Needing sponsorship, raffle items, donations, volunteers
11/17/23 – Designer Bag and Bling Bingo benefit for Mary’s House of Hope – Needing sponsorships, raffle items, donations, volunteers
Sharing the love of Jesus Christ, Marygrove provides a safe home, compassionate care, and high-quality mental health services to children who have experienced significant trauma, to restore their childhood, and equip them for their future.
Established in 1849 by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, Marygrove has a long, rich history of caring for children, teens, and young adults – offering a compassionate, safe, and healing environment. The children and adolescents who come to Marygrove have endured multiple failed placements at other organizations, cycled through foster homes, or even survived failed adoptions. Many come from abusive, violent, and severely disruptive family situations; and, in a few instances, are discharged from psychiatric hospitals directly to Marygrove. The children at Marygrove live and grow in a safe, nurturing environment, and have opportunity to heal in a stable, family-like setting. Professional caregivers provide compassion, encouragement, and structure while therapists provide individualized treatment plans and counseling to help each child overcome personal obstacles and establish responsible, attainable goals for the short and long-term future.
As one of the largest therapeutic residential treatment programs in Missouri, Marygrove is a new beginning for the 140 children who call Marygrove their home each day. Marygrove enriches the lives of nearly 700 young people each year, ages birth-21, through a broad continuum of residential and community-based programming and wraparound services, including therapeutic residential treatment and foster care, transitional and independent living, special education and recreational therapy, family counseling, and parenting education.
As a Beyond School Academic Mentor, you will be trained to implement individualized literacy lessons, help scholars improve academic + organizational skills, + support Beyond School staff + scholars throughout daily program components. Academic Mentors have the opportunity to invest in meaningful relationships with our scholars + help them to realize their full potential.
ST. LOUIS LANGUAGE IMMERSION SCHOOLS (SLLIS)
MONDAY-THURSDAY, 3:45-5:30 PM, GRADES K-8
1881 Pine St. • St. Louis, MO 63103
LAFAYETTE PREPARATORY ACADEMY (LPA)
MONDAY-THURSDAY, 4:00-5:30 PM, GRADES 3-8
1900 Lafayette Ave. • St. Louis, MO 63104
KAIROS ACADEMIES
MONDAY-THURSDAY, 4:00-6:30 PM, GRADES 5-8
2315 Miami St. • St. Louis, MO 63118
MDWSA works with people of various (dis)abilities and help improve their lives through water ski. Our expert in adaptive equipment has come up with amazing ways to help people ski! We have people with no legs, people with limited hand use and so much more. At some of our locations we also offer tube rides or pontoon rides. It’s really amazing! We ski at Lake St. Louis, Wright City, Holiday Shores, & Creve Coeur Lakes. We would love for you to join us!
We have listed the positions we have available below. More information and full descriptions of the volunteer positions can be found on our website. If you don’t have experience, don’t worry, training will be provided to everyone on the day of the clinics. Visit our website http://www.mdwsa.org/ or email [email protected]
- Boat Drivers with boats
- Pin Puller, Spotter and Rope Handlers (experienced)
- Dry Fitting and Instruction, Equipment Marshals
- Food & Beverage / Registration
- Photography (stills & video)
- Wet Shore Assistance and Safety Jumpers in boats
Thank you in advance for your time and consideration.
Visit WebsiteThis is a no kill animal shelter that recently were blessed with 40ish puppies and need people to assist with loving them and the others they care for. They need hands on the puppies to socialize them, so kids would LOVE this, and maybe find a new friend. We recently adopted a LOVE BUG of a Rottweiler and are planning to volunteer as well.
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We need helpers for special events like our upcoming Banquets for Life, mailings to our supporters at the end of the year and our Walk for Life in the spring. Each day we welcome volunteers as our receptionists and misc helpers in the Baby Boutique, prayer partners and more. God is working in the PRCs!
Visit WebsiteOur Brothers’ Keepers of Southern Illinois is a reentry center for people who have completed their prison sentence and are returning to society (returning citizens). We have many volunteer openings! We need weekly office cleaners, drivers (we have a van), instructors for a job skills/computer skills class(we have the curriculum), trauma therapists/counselors, and office assistants. Please contact us for a tour of our building and to learn more! We are five minutes from downtown St. Louis.
Visit WebsiteWe are in need of someone to handle social media posts 1-3 times per week for our ministry. It can be completed at home. A laptop would be required.
Visit WebsiteSince its founding in 1985, Queen of Peace Center (QOPC) has been providing family-centered behavioral healthcare for women, children and families. As a member of the Federation of Catholic Charities, we serve the metropolitan and surrounding St. Louis area through four core programs: prevention, education, treatment and housing.
Our unique comprehensive model addresses the full continuum of needs for families impacted by substance use, co-occurring disorders and trauma. We are dedicated to providing services that give women and children the best chance for success by offering quality treatment; helping them meet their physical, psychological, emotional and social needs; and making our services as safe, convenient, and accessible as possible. Our prevention and education programs are our mechanism to stop substance use before it starts. We support our work through diverse partnerships with funders including public agencies, private foundations, donors and corporations—and we optimize reimbursement from insurance and other payers by promoting our model as best practice to encourage wide adoption and coverage.
Queen of Peace Center is accredited by The National Council on Accreditation and certified through the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and the Missouri Department of Mental Health, Division of Behavioral Health as a Women and Children’s Comprehensive Substance Treatment and Rehabilitation (CSTAR) program.
We are a food pantry that reaches at-risk communities in the St Ann area. We are ideally looking for a few solid volunteers to help with set-up and donation pick-ups on Tuesday mornings as well as being here to visit with our patrons and assist as needed on Wednesday mornings when our pantry is open. You don’t have to be available to do it all, but if you can help regularly during one of these times we would greatly appreciate it!
Visit WebsiteSafe Families for Children is a volunteer movement which surrounds families in crisis with a compassionate and caring community. Our volunteer Host Families are trained, vetted, and offer loving care to parents by providing respite care for children while parents/caregivers regain stability. We aim to facilitate a relationship between the Host Families and the parents, in which the host family becomes a kind of “extended family.” While the parents are working towards goals and stability, our case management team comes alongside both them and the children to ensure they have access to necessary resources. This is a voluntary program, which means the parents maintain all legal rights and can voluntarily end their child’s placement with a host family at any time. Some examples of families we have served include those in a medical crisis (i.e., recovering from a surgery and needing supervision for their children), homelessness and parents needing time to maintain stable housing, or any other overwhelming life circumstance in which a parent(s) need support.
Visit WebsiteIn addition to providing short-term emergency care for children, Saint Louis Crisis Nursery provides families with basic essentials, such as food and diapers, through our pantries. As a Volunteer Group, you’ll support our kids and families by getting supplies ready for them to take home! Activities include packing bags of groceries and diapers, replenishing supplies in our pantries, and organizing incoming supplies. Volunteer Groups might also help with sorting donations, organizing, deep cleaning a Nursery, or other larger projects if interested/able. Volunteer Groups are welcomed Monday – Friday with some evening and limited weekend availability.
If your Company, Church, Sorority/Fraternity, Friend Group, etc., are interested in volunteering or if you have any questions, please let us know. We look forward to welcoming you to the Nursery!
The Saint Louis Crisis Nursery is committed to the prevention of child abuse and neglect and provides trauma-informed emergency intervention, 24-hour respite care, and support to families in crisis through:
Short-term care for young children in a safe and nurturing environment
Empowering families to resolve crises and build resiliency through culturally responsive interventions
Equitable access to concrete support, crisis counseling, and parenting education
Grassroots community outreach and training to build child abuse prevention awareness
Advocacy for the safety and wellbeing of all children and families in our region
COVID Protocol: All of our on-site opportunities require covid vaccination. We are mask-optional.
Saint Martha’s helps abused women and their children break the cycle of violence in their lives. Saint Martha’s is guided by the social justice teachings of Jesus Christ.
In an attempt to accomplish its mission, Saint Martha’s offers:
- an immediate, confidential safe place for women who are abused and their children to live;
- a non-shelter drop-in center
- a supportive environment with a strong emphasis on peer support;
- a self-help philosophy to enhance self-esteem and decision-making skills;
- 24- hour crisis line;
- accurate information and referrals to women who are abused and their children and when appropriate to their abusers;
- advocacy services;
- individual crisis, group and family counseling;
- a program to help children cope with the far-reaching effects of woman battering;
- follow up support
- community education to increase public awareness and understanding of domestic violence.
Saint Martha’s provides services for abused women and their children regardless of religion, race, residency, disability, marital status, color, national origin, or ancestry.
Visit WebsiteThis is an organization that could use volunteers! It is an absolutely FREE store for people in need. The owner is a wonderful woman, that gives her all for this place.
We are interested in volunteers who would like to be a Dream Makers and/or volunteers who would like to attend events (3 or 4 a year)
You can go to our website for more information on what we are all about.
A Dream Maker is a volunteer who contacts a dream child to see what their dream would be. Free training will be available so you can make that happen. We have month meeting which you can attend and see what we are all about. If you like what you see we would love to have you. Thank You, Patty Moore, volunteer.
Visit WebsiteIt’s people just like you who make our programs possible by choosing to give your time. Volunteer opportunities vary depending on where you live, but all of our locations need volunteers throughout the year. When you join our team of volunteers, you’re helping us build communities where lives are changed and hope is found. Volunteers are one of our strongest resources in meeting the needs of a community.
Visit WebsiteVolunteering at JOY FM means having fun, making friends, attending great events, and helping St. Louis Choose JOY! New members are always welcome. Serve and have fun when it works for you and your schedule!
Become a volunteer today!
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