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Below you will find lots of opportunities organized by our volunteer partner, OnHand. 

Click the relevant links below to either sign up to opportunities directly or
sign up via the OnHand platform where you can collect points, help to plant trees and easily track your time!

Companionship for DOROT’s Caring Calls Program

Task Type: Group/Club Support

Charity: Dorot

Join DOROT’s Caring Calls Program so you can help. After an orientation, you will be matched with a DOROT older adult for an eight-week series of weekly friendly phone calls at a mutually convenient time that you will select with your match. This is a great opportunity to share wisdom and friendship with someone of your own or a different generation. To find out more, please accept this mission and follow the link below...

Write to senior citizens for Letters Against Isolation

Task Type: Support Causes Remotely

Charity: Letters Against Isolation

Hand-write personal, cheerful, heartfelt letters and cards to senior citizens in aged care facilities in the UK, Australia, Israel, Canada, and the US.

Donate Period Products to I Support The Girls

Task Type: Donations

Charity: I Support The Girls

I Support the Girls (ISTG) collects and distributes essential items, including bras, underwear, and menstrual hygiene products, allowing women and folx experiencing homelessness, impoverishment, or distress to stand tall with dignity.

Donate your old smartphone!

Task Type: Donations

Charity: Second Wave Recycling

Recycling your phone is a gesture of solidarity that also protects the environment.

Donate Blood Today!

Task Type: Blood Donation

Charity: American Red Cross

Every day, blood donors help patients of all ages: accident and burn victims, heart surgery and organ transplant patients, and those battling cancer. In fact, every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood.

Clothing Donation for The Salvation Army

Task Type: Clothing Donation

Charity: The Salvation Army

Your donations to Salvation Army family stores help fund rehabilitation programs that heal addictions, change lives and restore families. Because they do not have any resources to restore or repair donations, they are unable to accept some items due to their nature or condition. Items that are worn, stained, ripped, or broken often cannot be utilized and divert funding from their program toward disposal.

Create Cards for Kids!

Task Type: Support Causes Remotely

Charity: Kards for Kidz

Cardz For Kidz is dedicated to uplifting spirits across the globe by delivering inspiring handmade cards. Gather your art supplies and start making cards that will bring a smile to someone's face! These cards deliver support, smiles, and encouragement to children, families, seniors, and veterans in hospitals, schools, senior living facilities, and other nonprofits.

Back to School: Backpacks

Task Type: Donations

Charity: Helpline Centre

Each year thousands of kids start school without essential school supplies to aid in their learning. YOU CAN HELP! Put together a backpack full of supplies to help a child be successful in school.

Use the PalmOil Scan App

Task Type: Environment

Charity: Chester Zoo

This new mobile phone app is the latest initiative from Chester Zoo, produced in collaboration with the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) and led by palm oil experts from Chester Zoo in the UK, Auckland Zoo in New Zealand and Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in the USA. It aims to transform the palm oil industry by empowering shoppers to demand change from major manufacturers which are failing wildlife, and support those that are leading the way!

Join the blood stem cell donor registry for Be The Match

Task Type: Blood Donation

Charity: Be The Match

Swab your cheeks and you can help someone suffering with a life-threatening blood cancer or disease.

Become Park Run Volunteer!

Task Type: Event Support

Charity: Parkrun

All the roles are explained to you on the day, it’s super easy, fun and rewarding. Plus you get to feel a part of your local community. Fancy giving it a go?

Retail Support for MCC Thrift

Task Type: Supporting Animals

Charity: MCC

MCC Thrift has been helping people and the planet win all over the world since 1972. We could not keep our shops going without our amazing volunteers. Our volunteers form the foundation and culture of each shop, making each location unique and special to shop in. Through their work, our volunteers also get the chance to give back to their local communities, impact the world by supporting MCC’s programs, learn skills and develop new abilities and be part of a supportive, safe community.

Saturday Workshop Coach

Task Type: Mentoring (Remote)

Charity: America Needs You

Whether you give one hour, one day, or more; you’re creating transformative change for first-generation college students, their families, and the world. What advice do you wish you could give you college-aged self? Pay it forward at one of our monthly Saturday workshops where ANY staff lead Fellows and Mentor Coaches through our professional development curriculum.

Support the '1 Million Black Businesses' Program

Task Type: Mentoring (Remote)

Charity: Operation Hope

Operation HOPE currently engages partner volunteers across a variety of disciplines who are well positioned to support small business owners and entrepreneurs as part of our 1MBB (1 Million Black Businesses) program. These volunteers lead webinars, engage in informal discussions, and serve as mentors to our clients. It’s easy to apply to become a HOPE volunteer. You access our volunteer management system, complete a brief application telling us a little about yourself and the areas where you

Help with the 'Financial Disaster Recovery' Program

Task Type: Mentoring (Remote)

Charity: Operation Hope

Volunteering with Operation HOPE is a great way to give back to your community and to help spread awareness about the importance of financial dignity. Every year thousands of people experience economic hardship because of natural and man-made disasters. We have opportunities to support disaster financial preparedness and recovery. Some support will likely require a minimum of 2 hours per client. It’s easy to apply to become a HOPE volunteer.

Social Calls with Citymeals on Wheels

Task Type: Skills-based (Remote)

Charity: Citymeals On Wheels

Citymeals on Wheels has been serving homebound elderly New Yorkers since 1981. Life in the big city can be especially isolating for older people who live alone. Most Citymeals recipients have outlived friends and family; many are homebound due to health issues and often have nobody to talk with other than their meal deliverer.

Join a Soldiers' Angels collection campaign

Task Type: Other Donation

Charity: Soldiers' Angels

When you register as an Angel volunteer with Soldiers’ Angels, you gain access to a wide variety of ways you can support Service Members, Guardsmen, Reservists, Military Families, and Veterans of all eras. Volunteer virtually by participating in Soldiers' Angels' wide array of special collection campaigns throughout the year, including Warm Feet for Warriors, Treats for Troops, Holiday Stockings for Heroes, and more.

Become a Food Rescuer

Task Type: Food Drop

Charity: Food Rescue USA

Since our founding, we have provided 152 million meals and kept 183 million pounds of excess food out of landfills. Food Rescue US is now in 39 locations and constantly growing. Sign up as a Food Rescuer and find available rescues in your local area and pick one that fits your schedule. You'll then arrive at the local food donor at the date and time you selected and follow the directions outlined in the rescue information. The final step is to take the food to the social service agency.

Mentoring for iMentor

Task Type: Mentoring (Remote)

Charity: iMentor

iMentor matches every student in their partner high schools with a college-educated mentor—a personal champion to help them on their journey to college and career. You could be that champion! You will have to commit to connecting online once a week and meeting up once a month. Mentors undergo an extensive screening process before being accepted into the program.

Donate to your local Goodwill

Task Type: Charity Shop Donation

Charity: Goodwill

Goodwill works to enhance people’s dignity and quality of life by strengthening their communities, eliminating their barriers to opportunity, and helping them reach their full potential through learning and the power of work. When you donate your new and gently used items, local Goodwill organizations sell them in stores and online generating revenue to provide valuable employment training and job placement services for people in your community.

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