VOLUNTEER

AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Below are some links that will direct you to many volunteer opportunities in the Charlotte area.  Please take some time to look at the opportunities in the area, get some friends together, and have some fun.

Ada Jenkins Center http://www.adajenkins.org/volunteer/opportunities.cfm
Alexander Youth Network http://www.alexanderyouthnetwork.org/volunteer.html
Athletes United for Youth (Charlotte based) http://www.athletesforyouth.org/home.html
Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Charlotte http://www.bbbs.org/site/c.guLXJfMOKpH/b.1636895/k.BF30/Home.htm
Charlotte Emergency Housing http://www.socialserve.com/hsn/content/agencies/emergencyhousing.htm
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Parks and Recreation http://www.co.mecklenburg.nc.us/Departments/Park+and+Rec/
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools http://www.cms.k12.nc.us/departments/volunteersPartnerships/
Charlotte Rescue Mission http://www.charlotterescuemission.org/volop.htm
Classroom Central http://www.classroomcentral.org/volunteers.html
Community Blood Center of the Carolinas - Donate Blood http://www.cbcc.us/donate.html#appointment
Crisis Assistance Ministry http://www.crisisassistance.org/volunt.html
Florence Crittenton Services http://www.fcsnc.org/involved.html
Girls on the Run www.gotrcharlotte.org
Habitat for Humanity Charlotte: http://www.habitat.org/script/link.aspx?url=www.habitatcharlotte.org  

Concord: http://www.habitat.org/script/link.aspx?url=www.habitatcabarrus.org
Hope Haven http://www.hopehaveninc.org/volunteerwithus.php
Hospitality House of Charlotte http://www.hospitalityhouseofcharlotte.org/volunteer.htm
Humane Society - Charlotte http://www.clthumane.org/howyoucanhelpvolunteer.htm
InnerVision - Charlotte http://www.innervisionnc.org/site/default.asp?active_page_id=40
LifeSpan http://www.lifespanservices.org/index.php/section/?cgi-bin=0&session_id=76b95b00ee4b6970443c830bfbf713dd&id=16
Police Athletic League www.charmeck.org/Departments/Police/Community+Info/Youth+Programs/
Red Cross Blood - Donate Blood http://www.redcrosshelps.org/donation/blood.aspx
Red Cross Volunteer http://www.redcrosshelps.org/volunteer/current.aspx
Relay for Life (UNC Charlotte) each April Ben Muller 704-552-6147
Right Moves for Youth www.rightmovesforyouth.org
Salvation Army http://www.salvationarmycharlotte.org/VolunteerForm.html
Second Harvest Food Bank http://www.secondharvestcharlotte.org/ReadytoHelp/volunteer.cfm
Seigle Avenue Partners (Charlotte at-risk children) www.seigleavenuepartners.org
Serve Net - search for opportunities by zip code www.servenet.org
Special Olympics - North Carolina http://www.sonc.net/volunteers/default.asp
The Children's Theater of Charlotte http://www.ctcharlotte.org/VolunteerInfo.htm
The Family Center http://www.thefamilycenter.net/
The Urban Restoration www.urbanrestoration.org
United Family Services http://ufs.sitewizard.biz/volunteer.html
United Way of Central Carolinas http://www.uwcentralcarolinas.org/volunteer/
Urban League of Central Carolina http://www.urbanleaguecc.org/membership/volunteerOps.asp
USA Freedom Corps http://www.usafreedomcorps.gov/for_volunteers/find_opps/index.asp
Volunteer Match - search for opportunities by zip code http://www.volunteermatch.org/
YMCA of Greater Charlotte http://www.ymcacharlotte.org/assoc_volunteer/assoc_ways2vol.aspx

If you are interested in helping the community or simply "beefing" up your resume, community service is a great start.  Check out some of these websites, you just might surprise yourself.  These opportunities not only help those you are working with directly, they can help you to better understand yourself as a person and also help you to decide on a career or field of interest.  It is never too late or early to get involved.  Take some time and make a difference.

Remember to keep track and inform Mark Verburg at mverburg@email.uncc.edu of any volunteer or community service projects that you have done or help with on a regular basis.