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Volunteer Opportunities
This list contains a variety of volunteer opportunities with nonprofit organizations throughout Southern Maryland. The entries come from organizations that submitted opportunities and do not represent a comprehensive list of every opportunity available in Southern Maryland. Contact information is provided for each listing. Please contact the organization directly for more information.
(If your nonprofit has volunteer opportunities available for the public, please fill out this form for possible inclusion on this page.)
Available Opportunities
- Clerical tasks such as sorting documents into archival containers for future use and preparing an inventory of facility items.
- Household duties that maintain the Heritage House in an orderly way.
- Light yard work that beautifies the outdoor area around the Heritage House.
Contact Information
Dorothea Smith
Visit the organization's Facebook page for more information.
Available Opportunities
- Helping at the front desk.
- Maintaining the garden.
- Assisting with a program.
- Becoming a volunteer docent.
Volunteer opportunities are available for people of all ages and abilities.
Contact Information
Visit the organization's website for more information.
Available Opportunities
- Acting in a knowledge manager role, which the organization urgently needs to fill.
- Using a knowledge base to create and capture new knowledge.
- Monitoring progress by leveraging analytics to assess the impact, engagement, functionality, and effectiveness of the organization.
- Providing relevant coaching, training, and support to champion a knowledge management culture within the organization.
Contact Information
info@calvertconcept.onmicrosoft.com
Visit the organization's website for more information.
Available Opportunities
The organization needs volunteers to assemble care packages for youth.Contact Information
Visit the organization's website for more information.
Available Opportunities
- Tutoring adult literacy learners at least one hour per week in public locations.
- Routinely updating the organization's website using WordPress.
- Completing various marketing and media tasks.
- Assisting with grant writing and fundraising assistance.
- Planning and assisting with the annual Adult Team Spelling Bee fundraiser.
Tutoring is held for at least one hour once per week in a public location. The time and location are scheduled by both the tutor and the adult learner. All materials are provided for free, and all tutors must attend a two-session tutor workshop.
Contact Information
Linda Heimpel
charlescountyliteracy@comcast.net
Visit the organization's website for more information.
Available Opportunities
- Gathering crafts and materials during program preparation.
- Setting up the library's programs.
- Shelving materials and maintaining book displays.
- Assisting with other library-related activities.
Contact Information
Visit the organization's website for more information.
Available Opportunities
- Learning more about the archaeology and paleontology of the Chesapeake Bay to assist with large educational events.
- Working day projects, participating in beach clean ups, and retrieving fossils and artifacts during scientific outings.
Volunteers must have a willingness to learn and an interest in these topics as well as the environment and health of the Chesapeake Bay.
Contact Information
Paul Murdoch
Visit the organization's website for more information.
Available Opportunities
- Filling a treasurer position.
- Assisting with grant writing.
- Helping with fundraising.
- Managing the box office at the organization's shows.
- Advising on the organization's policies (a Maryland-licensed attorney is needed for this position).
- Filling a charitable events coordinator position.
- Assisting with vendor events.
- Participating in various advisory council positions.
Contact Information
Visit the organization's website for more information.
Available Opportunities
- Entering data into the organization's system.
- Registering clients for the organization's services.
- Receiving and packaging food items.
- Distributing food to clients.
Volunteers can assist at two food pantries; one is located in Baden, Maryland, and the other is located in Accokeek, Maryland.
Contact Information
info@communitysupportsystems.org
Visit the organization's website for more information.
Available Opportunities
- Participating in a feeding shift once per week.
- Cleaning / mucking horse stalls and paddocks.
- Giving food, hay, and water to horses.
- Grooming the horses.
- Assisting with routine maintenance tasks such as fence painting, week whacking, and doing minor repairs.
Contact Information
Visit the organization's website for more information.
Available Opportunities
- Working in the barn, equestrian arenas, fishing piers, kayak launch, office, and/or with the animals
- Supporting the organization's many programs, including field trips for school-age children, equestrian programs, camps, and marketing and veteran advisory teams
- Potentially being placed on the organization's board of trustees
Background checks are required for all volunteers and specific training is provided by the organization.
Contact Information
Visit the organization's website for more information.
Available Opportunities
- Assisting with manual labor tasks
- Moving and sorting bags of clothing donations
- Recycling items
- Helping the organization's shop run smoothly
The organization's thrift shop seeks volunteers for Monday, Thursday, Friday, and/or Saturday from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. The thrift shop also needs volunteers for every other Sunday of each month. Individuals, families, youth groups, clubs, students who need service learning hours to graduate, and all other people are welcome to volunteer.
Contact Information
Visit North Beach's website for more information.
Available Opportunities
- Outdoor cleanup
- Cleaning out old mulch from the outdoor runs and replacing it with new mulch
- Several events are scheduled for the remainder of 2024. We could use help at our Dickinson Jewelers, Vintage By the Bay, Adopt a Pet at the Farm, Rock, Rescue & Roll, and Holiday Bingo.
- Daily cleaning and chores at the rescue including laundry, sorting and organizing things, etc.
Contact Information
Visit the organization's website for more information.
Available Opportunities
- Assisting with monthly community outreach activities.
- Helping with biweekly food outreach activities at local schools and churches.
- Helping with a monthly young leaders institute for middle school students.
The organization offers many workshops and training sessions for volunteers.
Contact Information
Visit the organization's website for more information.
Available Opportunities
- Greeting food pantry clients and taking their curbside orders.
- Assembling and placing food in a wagon before taking it to the clients' vehicles.
- Developing a comprehensive plan for a grand opening ceremony for the new food pantry, which will open in summer 2025.
- Designing a template for a client satisfaction survey, which will be used after the new food pantry opens.
- Reviewing a nascent communications and marketing plan and providing detailed recommendations for improving the content's breadth and quality.
- Researching new corporate and private foundation grants that the organization is eligible for and preparing grant applications.
The food pantry has volunteer opportunities available every Tuesday from 9 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., on the second Wednesday evening of each month from 4:15 - 7 p.m., and on the last Saturday of each month from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Contact Information
Peggy McKelly
Visit the organization's website for more information.
Available Opportunities
- Helping with the food pantry program by organizing food, distributing food to clients, stocking shelves, packing food bags, and providing support to clients while they navigate the food pantry.
- Participating in the distribution center by stocking items and helping families secure clothing, furniture, and household items.
- Supporting the main office by assisting with marketing efforts, entering data into a system, and coordinating resources.
- Assisting with community outreach initiatives by participating in fundraising events, organizing donation drives, or assisting with community workshops and educational programs.
Contact Information
Visit the organization's website for more information.
Available Opportunities
- Tutoring adults who have not yet completed their education and may need assistance with foundational academic skills.
- Tutoring people who need to learn high school and GED academics.
- Tutoring new United States residents who need to learn English as a new language.
- Assisting with citizenship classes for new United States residents.
Volunteers are able to choose the times they tutor and the subjects they teach. Each volunteer is placed with a student who wants to learn what they want to teach.
Contact Information
Susan Brookbank
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Available Opportunities
The organization needs volunteer attorneys to take cases in Southern Maryland. Volunteer attorneys must be in good standing, and the organization provides training and malpractice insurance for all volunteers.
Contact Information
Travis Jennings
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Available Opportunities
- Assisting with the organization's annual events.
- Being trained to facilitate monthly peer-to-peer support meetings.
- Helping carry out education and advocacy projects such as training specific groups, leading equity-focused workshops, attending meetings with partner organizations, and more.
Contact Information
Paul Quade
Visit the organization's website for more information.
Available Opportunities
The organization needs volunteers to assist with administrative, marketing, graphics, communications, social media, or other behind the scenes tasks.
Contact Information
Visit the organization's website for more information.
Available Opportunities
- Manning the shelter building's front desk.
- Helping with light clerical duties.
- Handling donation intakes given to the shelter building.
- Setting up for evening meal times.
Contact Information
Visit the organization's website for more information.
Available Opportunities
- Handling donations that have been submitted by the public.
- Sorting donations to determine whether they are acceptable to sell in the thrift shop.
- Pricing items received in donation intakes.
- Stocking the thrift shop's shelves.
- Operating the cash register.
While the thrift shop is open to the public on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, volunteer opportunities are available every day. The organization would like to open the thrift shop on Thursdays, but it needs more volunteers to help. The thrift shop is staffed from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. and open from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Volunteers can work full shifts or give any amount of time and effort they can.
Contact Information
Visit the organization's website for more information.
Available Opportunities
- Preparing for, setting up, facilitating, and cleaning up after events and workshops.
- Organizing, labeling, and refreshing workroom materials and sorting workroom donations.
- Picking up, organizing, sorting, and labeling donation items in the donation sorting area.
- Assisting in the office by organizing files, entering data into a system, and possibly taking phone calls.
- Identifying and drafting grant applications for the organization's programs.
- Organizing, planning, and executing fundraisers at any stage of the process; this may include sending invitations, sitting at a table during an event, and helping with marketing and advertising tasks.
Contact Information
Visit the organization's website for more information.
Available Opportunities
The organization needs volunteers to sand, drill, assemble, stain, and/or deliver beds for kids ages 3 to 17 who do not have beds of their own.
Contact Information
Deborah Faller
Visit the organization's website for more information.
Available Opportunities
The organization needs volunteers to help in its food pantry and clothing bank by working in the kitchen, assisting in the garden, sorting and stocking items, and handling customer service tasks.
Both physically demanding and seated volunteer opportunities are available. The organization can adjust opportunities to the specific needs of volunteers.
Contact Information
solomonsmissioncenter@gmail.com
Visit the organization's website for more information.
Available Opportunities
- Setting up before and cleaning up after gallery events, greeting people, and assisting with sales tasks during First Fridays.
- Cleaning, dusting, straightening artwork, and taking inventory.
- Setting up before and cleaning up after community events, assisting with simple crafts activities, and greeting people at events; community event locations vary throughout St. Mary's County.
- Filing, scanning, and copying documents in the office.
Other tasks are available and can be adjusted according to volunteer availability and interests.
Contact Information
Visit the organization's website for more information.
Available Opportunities
The organization needs volunteers to join its committee and assist with events.
Contact Information
Christine Bergmark
Visit the organization's website for more information.
Available Opportunities
- Power-washing residential house exteriors, cleaning out house gutters, painting porches and fences, building grills and sheds, and other maintenance tasks.
- Joining the organization's podcast as a guest speaker.
- Advocating for people with disabilities by sharing what is important to their community, reaching out to legislators, and attending legislative sessions.
- Creating social media and marketing pieces for upcoming campaigns and events.
- Teaching classes during the organization's virtual day program or sharing your hobbies, skills, and creative talents with people with disabilities.
- Writing grant applications to raise funds for the organization's programs.
- Hosting in-person recreational activities such as exercise, sports, and artistic events.
Contact Information
Visit the organization's website for more information.
Available Opportunities
The organization needs volunteers to care and socialize with animals, walk and train dogs, help with customer services and donation support, assist with humane education programs and volunteer orientation, and more.Contact Information
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Available Opportunities
- Serving as the site leader for a hosting church
- Volunteering as a monitor at a host site (monitors are needed for various shifts from 5:30 p.m. - 7 a.m.)
- Providing meals for up to 18 guests (breakfast and dinner are served daily)
- Registering guests in the evenings from around 5 - 6 p.m.
- Driving a county van to transport guests from Lexington Park to a hosting church and returning guests in the morning
- Transporting laundry
- Doing other possible administrative tasks
Contact Information
Visit the organization's Facebook page for more information.
Available Opportunities
- Monitoring and assisting with registration check-ins during annual summits
- Acting as administrative support during event planning
- Helping with vendor opportunities
Contact Information
Visit the organization's website for more information.