Every day, ordinary people are accomplishing extraordinary things by volunteering. You do not have to have super-human talents to get involved in your community. From reading to children to leading financial literacy classes for hard-working families, to delivering meals to home-bound seniors there are hundreds of volunteer options around you.
Search our volunteer database of volunteer opportunities in Greater New Haven that suit your interests.
Save the Date! Days of Caring 2008 is Sept. 15-21.
United Way of Greater New Haven engaged thousands of local volunteers right here in New Haven, Bethany, Branford, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Madison, North Branford, North Haven, Orange , West Haven and Woodbridge through its week-long community service event called Days of Caring. From Sept. 9-15, Days of Caring volunteers logged over 3,300 hours worth approximately $100,000 to benefit the regions nonprofit agencies, schools and parks.
We spotlight interesting volunteer opportunities so you can seek the variety of options available. Like one of these opportunities? Click to volunteer or search for similar opportunities.
International Festival Of Arts And Ideas Takes Place June 14th-28th Volunteers Needed!
Tommy Fund's Annual Golf Tournament Takes Place Monday June 30th. Volunteers Needed!
Volunteers looking for child care opportunities can help conduct short child care/learning activities for toddlers whose parents are attending parenting education groups.
We Read For Those Who Can't and We Need Your Help
"When I was little my family did not have much money. We regularly received food from the Christian Community Action food bank, WHEAT, our church and caring friends. We were very familiar with food bank cuisine. My brothers and I would get home with the bags and tear into them looking for the good stuff.."
Julie Beck, a senior Quinnipiac University student from East Brunswick, NJ, returned to Lake Charles, LA for the second year on her Spring Break to help revamp a park. As the leader of her group, she motivated 8 other students to paint, mulch, and clean debris with the help of the Parks Department. After two Alternative Spring Breaks with United Way, she is proud to see so many young people, like herself, who truly care about the state of our country.
Volunteer in Greater New Haven 
Help sort gently used books!
Hundreds of books come into the Book Bank each day and need to find a new home. Can you help us sort them into categories like fiction and nonfiction? We also need help packing them up into boxes for distribution to various agencies through out the Greater New Haven area.
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Volunteer - Give the Gift of Time and Talent!
St. Martin de Porres Academy offers either tutoring or assisting one of extended program staff.
The tutoring program allows students who are struggling with a particular subject to benefit from one-on-one or small group learning outside of the classroom. Volunteers generally commit to either an hour in the morning or the afternoon for one day a week. Mornings from 8:30am to 11am, t ...
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Quinnipiac Meadows Eugene Fargeorge Preserve
We have an ongoing need for volunteers to help with invasive removal at QM. This is such a beautiful site and getting more beautiful with trail clearing for two loop trails to explore. sighting in our Bird Blind and overhead you may hear the Osprey screeching as they let you know they're there too! Visit our website or contact the office to sign up to volunteer.
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Food pantry and Diaper bank volunteers needed
Each month, JFS distributes more than 3,000 lbs. of supplemental food and 2,500 diapers to 170 people residing in New Haven(regardless of religion and ethnicity). We are looking for friendly and responsible volunteers to assist clients at food pantry located in New Haven.(1402 Whalley Ave, New Haven)
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Furniture Co-Op -- Organizing Furniture, Housewares, and Clothing
Furniture Co-Op is a project operated by New Haven Home Recovery and it is designed to assist families transitioning from homelessness, people living with disabilities or other insufferable hardships. They are currently looking for volunteers to help out with a variety of jobs such as unloading and moving furniture, unpacking assorted home goods and supplies, paperwork processing, c ...
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Harbor Health Services Clothing Bank
Harbor Health Services Clothing Bank collects donations throughout the year of clothing and small household products and distributes them free to shoreline residents. Volunteers are needed to help sort clothing and prepare them for distribution. Volunteers are accepted throughout the year.
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Sat. Elderly Food Delivery Volunteer
These volunteers deliver bags of groceries to homebound seniors who are no longer able to access our food pantry. In addition to delivering groceries, volunteers check after the general welfare of homebound guests and report any concerns to clergy at the Episcopal Church of St. Paul & St. James, who provide follow-up.The volunteer commitment is for one Saturday morning a month. Often ...
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Office Volunteer
We are looking for volunteers to help in the office with mailings, phone calling, letters, distribution and other clerical tasks.
This is a fun, relaxed and small office where we all work together on many projects.
Schedules are flexible.
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Drivers needed
The East Shore District Health Department Transportation Program is made up of non-medical volunteers in the community. They provide rides in their own vehicles to seniors in Branford, East Haven, and North Branford who are unable to obtain their own transportation to and from non-emergency medical
appointments.
Because our district is made up of rural and suburban areas, and public
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