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Looking to get involved in your community? Check out the options below or contact the Clearinghouse for individual help.
Clearinghouse for Volunteers
If you have a specific question or need more information than what you find online here, stop by and visit Roosevelt Hall Room 135 or contact us at urivolunteers@gmail.com or 401-874-2568!
Highlighted Upcoming Volunteer Events & Opportunities
Save the Bay Volunteer Needs!
There are MULTIPLE volunteer opportunities coming up this month including beach clean-ups, festivals and other events! Click here for a full list!
Red Cross Volunteer Opportunities!
Here are the two common types of volunteer services in the area of health and mental health. The volunteer coordinator for Providence is Jason Campagnone Jason.Campagnone@redcross.org. If anyone is interested, they should contact him directly.
Disaster Health Services (HS)
Provides health-related services and secures resources to meet the health needs of people affected by disaster. It provides emergency and preventive health services to disaster victims and to Red Cross Disaster Services staff assigned to provide disaster relief services. The role of Disaster Health Services is to provide support to persons who have disaster-related or disaster-aggravated health needs; help clients find resources to meet health-related financial obligations and provide Red Cross financial assistance to clients for medical expenses, as necessary. All Disaster Health Services personnel must have a current license or certificate in their field.
Disaster Mental Health (DMH)
Provides crisis interventions, mental health screening and assessment, emotional care and support, referrals, advocacy, mediation, consultation, psychosocial education and mobilization and psychological triage. On critical incidents spiritual care and child care will provide services as a component of disaster mental health.
Volunteer at Roger Williams Park Zoo!
Here is a great opportunity this upcoming summer to volunteer as a Play Partner in our new “Our Big Backyard” exhibit. Play Partners work with children and their adult caregivers, helping to facilitate play and learning in the exhibit. It is a great way for students to gain some hands-on experience in an informal education while learning about early childhood education and the importance of play in children’s lives. In addition, students will be gaining hands-on experience in interacting with a variety of different people in a customer service role.
Play Partners are required to volunteer at least four hours a week either weekly or biweekly for a total of 80 hours a year. In addition, they must be able to commit to a three week training before they begin volunteering in April (Wednesdays 4/4, 4/11, 4/25 or Saturdays 4/7, 4/14, 4/28).
Click HERE to learn more about the “Our Big Backyard” Children’s Zoo.
If you would like to know more about our volunteer program please don’t hesitate to contact the Volunteer Manager, Susannah Brooks, at volunteer@rwpzoo.orgLazicki's Bird House & Rescue, Inc.
40 Charles Street E-2, Wakefield, RI 02879, (401) 284-4374. Volunteers are needed who are animal lovers and would be reliable. The Lazicki's Bird House & Rescue will be doing so many things and our volunteers will be a part of our decision making. They need the obvious bird care ie: feeding, watering, cage cleaning and interaction with the birds, but also need PR help, computer help, and public appearance volunteers. They offer hands on training for volunteers and our needs will be ongoing.
WaterFire Providence needs volunteers!
This iconic RI tradition needs over 100 volunteers to run smoothly! Click HERE to read about the volunteer opportunities and needs!
Artists’ Exchange is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Operating as an annex of parent organization Gateways to Change, Artists’ Exchange has the unique mission of creating an atmosphere of natural integration of adults with developmental disabilities through integrated art and theater programs, as well as classes, workshops, events and a gallery and café/boutique, all of which are open to the public. Through fostering a community environment with an arts focus, the mission of Artists’ Exchange is to educate, engage and enhance the community, creating a shared celebration of individuality, creativity and love of the arts. Learn more at www.artists-exchange.org. CLICK HERE for a list of current opportunities!
Summer Opportunities:
Camp AmeriKids, a summer camp for children living with HIV/AIDS, is looking for caring, responsible, energetic and fun counselors for our 2012 season. A volunteer counselor team is responsible for the 24-hour supervision of a cabin and maintains a camper to counselor ratio of about 2 to1. Counselors spend each day of the one week camp session with their cabin group as they rotate through a schedule of activities and participate in new and exciting workshops provided by the program staff. The cabin counselor's enthusiastic participation in all aspects of camp, from meals and activities to nightly special events and cabin chats, is crucial in creating a memorable camp experience for our campers. Counselors are expected to be role models, sources of energy and ideas, and are a key part of the Camp AmeriKids community. Room & board at our site in Warwick, NY provided. Volunteers can apply for one or both of the following sessions:
Session One: July 31st – August 7th
Session Two: August 11th – August 18th
Applications are available on our website www.campamerikids.org. Please contact us if you are interested in more information.
Find Your Own Volunteer Opportunity! Check out the links below to find an opportunity that really fits your personal interests, skills and needs!
An online software system licensed to the University of Rhode Island and administered by Career Services for the exclusive use of URI students and URI alumni seeking volunteer positions, internships, part-time and full- time job and career opportunities and employers wishing to interview and hire URI students. As an URI student you already have access to this great resource!
All for Good's mission is to facilitate volunteerism and community service. To meet that goal, we have developed a custom volunteer opportunity oriented search engine that is powered by the largest database of volunteer opportunities on the Internet. Our database of volunteer opportunities includes those from our many prominent non-profit partners as well as those provided directly to us by smaller, grass roots based organizations.
Google -
Not all community agencies post available volunteer opportunities. You might be able to find a placement by doing a simple Google search. For example, try "service agencies related to homelessless, RI" and see what pops up!
Idealist -
Idealist connects people, organizations, and resources to help build a world where all people can live free and dignified lives. Idealist is independent of any government, political ideology, or religious creed. Our work is guided by the common desire of our members and supporters to find practical solutions to social and environmental problems, in a spirit of generosity and mutual respect.
You know you want to do something good, but have no idea where or how to start. Search for volunteer opportunities, events, and other concrete ways to get involved. Make sense of your options using our resource centers. Connect with organizations you support, and see what they're up to.
Rhode Island Community Jobs (RICOMJOB) is a public e-mail announcement list that seeks to connect non-profit and public interest employers in the state with individuals seeking paid work that makes a difference in our communities. Anyone can join the list or post a paid position to the list. Rhode Island Community Jobs is a free service supported by the Rhode Island Campus Compact and the Swearer Center for Public Service at Brown University.
The Volunteer Center at Serve Rhode Island is available to help volunteers, organizations and volunteer managers with your volunteer needs - FREE. Or just start searching opportunities NOW! For individual volunteers the Volunteer Center provides helpful hints for creating a specific profile and effectively searching our database.
Being part of a community also means giving back. That’s why we make it easy for volunteers to connect with local organizations and provide our own support through the Patch Give 5 program.
Southern Rhode Island Volunteers shall provide a supportive foundation to volunteers in service throughout the southern geographic 1/3 of the State of Rhode Island by offering quality, meaningful, and appropriate opportunities through active recruitment, orientation & credentialing, training & placement, follow-up management, and recognition to volunteers and by assisting community partner sites with varied missions addressing community issues in part through volunteers and ultimately improving the quality of life for the whole community.
VolunteerMatch strengthens communities by making it easier for good people and good causes to connect. The organization offers a variety of online services to support a community of nonprofit, volunteer and business leaders committed to civic engagement. Our popular service welcomes millions of visitors a year and has become the preferred internet recruiting tool for more than 79,000 nonprofit organizations.
Feinstein Civic Engagement Program
90 Lower College Road, Suite 12
Kingston, Rhode Island 02881
Sarah Miller, Coordinator
Roosevelt Hall Room 135
401-874-7422
Email: sgmiller@uri.edu
Clearinghouse for Volunteers
401-874-2568
Email: urivolunteers@gmail.com
Jumpstart URI
Catherine Cutlip, Site ManagerRoosevelt Hall Room 133
401-874-5539
jstartpv@etal.uri.edu
401-874-2090
jstart@etal.uri.edu
