Opportunity Details

How can you help?

Provide fun, educational, creative, and safe experiences for the children.
Minimum six-month commitment to ensure support during the duration of a parent’s cancer treatment and recovery.
Four (4) hours of childcare service per week to the same family
Make a Difference in a child's life, Become a Nanny Angel!

Imagine a world where every family with cancer receives the care needed for their children – so they have enough time to care for themselves. Now, also imagine a world where every child receives the support they need to cope with their parent’s illness or death.

The Nanny Angel Network (NAN) offers rewarding volunteer positions for skilled childcare providers who are looking to make a difference in the lives of families.
Nanny Angels provide free, specialized in-home relief childcare support for parents who have been diagnosed with cancer, for those requiring palliative care, and for families requiring additional relief during the bereavement period.

Nanny Angels lessen the impact of cancer on families, by engaging children in enjoyable, age-appropriate activities to help reduce any stress or anxiety they may be experiencing due to their parent’s illness or death.
By visiting weekly, building trust, and having fun, Nanny Angels help parents gain the confidence and peace of mind to rest or attend appointments, knowing their children are cared for and supported by knowledgeable and compassionate volunteers.
Nanny Angels receive specialized training including children’s grief and bereavement and receive the support of NAN’s Child Life Specialist throughout their volunteering time.

Kindly note, that the role is not that of a babysitter, housekeeper, or personal assistant – a Nanny Angel’s primary focus is engaging and supporting the children.

How to apply
1. Please apply by visiting https://nannyangelnetwork.com/apply/
2. Select: “BE A NANNY ANGEL”
3. Create an MY IMPACT ACCOUNT to complete the application

Qualifications:
- Individuals with one year of recent (within three years) paid or volunteer experience with children
- Must be willing to get a valid Vulnerable Sector Screening clearance and current First Aid/CPR-Level C
- Must be able to engage children and adapt engagement approach based on age and ability.
- Experience supporting children requiring special learning accommodations (an asset).
- Be physically able to care for children, including standing, lifting, bending, and kneeling as required.
- Must be a minimum of 18 years of age.

There’s a family in your community waiting for their very own Nanny Angel!

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
4 hours a week / 6 months	20	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

How can you help?

- Two (2) hours of virtual childcare service per week to the same family.
- Provide fun, educational, creative, and safe experiences for the children.
- Minimum six-month commitment to ensure support during the duration of a parent’s cancer treatment and recovery.


Make a Difference in a child's life, Become a Homework or Activity Angel!

The Nanny Angel Network (NAN) offers rewarding volunteer positions for those who are looking to make a difference in the lives of families.

Homework and Activity Angels provide virtual childcare support for parents who have been diagnosed with cancer, for those requiring palliative care, and for families requiring additional relief during the bereavement period.
Homework and Activity Angels lessen the impact of cancer on families, by engaging children in homework-aid and/or age-appropriate activities to help reduce any stress or anxiety they may be experiencing due to their parent’s illness or death.
By meeting weekly, building trust, and having fun, our Angels help parents gain the confidence and peace of mind to rest or attend appointments, knowing their children are cared for and supported by knowledgeable and compassionate volunteers.

Our Angels receive specialized training and the support of NAN’s Child Life Specialist throughout their volunteering time.

How to apply:
1. Please apply by visiting https://nannyangelnetwork.com/apply/
2. Select: "BE A HOMEWORK ANGEL" OR "BE AN ACTIVITY ANGEL"
3. Create an MY IMPACT ACCOUNT and complete the application


Qualifications:
- Must be able willing to undergo an Enhanced Police Information Check
- Must be able to engage children and adapt engagement approach based on age and ability.
- Experience supporting children requiring special learning accommodations (an asset).
- Must be a minimum of 16 years of age.

There’s a family in your community waiting for their very own Angel!

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
2 hours a week - 6 months	20	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

KEEN LA provides fun, fitness and friendship opportunities for children with disabilities in Los Angeles at no cost to them or their families. You can be a coach and a friend to a child in a group environment playing basketball, tennis, swimming, dance or a variety of other sports. Come join us and work with an incredible group of caring adults! KEEN offers weekend opportunities and a flexible schedule. You must register on our website to begin.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	no limit	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Onward Hope will be hosting a Trunk or Treat and Fall Festival for foster children living in foster and group homes in Maricopa county. We currently have over 50 children signed up and need volunteers to bring and decorate their vehicles, pass out candy, and/or tend to an activity table.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	10	n/a	n/a
Decorating & Bringing a Trunk	15	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

We’re looking for a webmaster to optimize and enhance our digital presence, ensuring our website is engaging, functional, and aligned with our organisation purpose and aspiration.

🔹 What You’ll Do:
✔️ Maintain and optimize our website for top performance.
✔️ Improve structure, speed, and user experience (UI/UX).
✔️ Implement updates, new features, and SEO strategies.
✔️ Manage security and troubleshoot technical issues.
✔️ Work closely with our marketing team to align content with business goals.

🔹 What We’re Looking For:
✅ Experience with web development and CMS platforms (WordPress).
✅ Knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and SEO optimization.
✅ Strong problem-solving skills and a passion for improving user experience.
✅ Ability to collaborate and meet deadlines.

Opportunity Details

2 or 3 hour shifts in our store helping customers find items or helping in our stock room preparing secondhand items to be displayed in the store. Our store is run by volunteers and one store manager so that we can keep costs extremely low to help families who cannot afford new items for their children. Any profits made go to local nonprofits that also help local families. Thank you for your support!

Opportunity Details

Please join us! We will be putting up our Christmas tree and decorations in the store. We will also be bringing out our holiday clothing and items and creating fun displays. The store will be closed so we can enjoy holiday music and easily work together to create a wonderful environment for our shoppers! By supporting Tiny Treasures, you are supporting local families who cannot afford to purchase new items and are helping us create a positive shopping experience for our customers while keeping items out of the landfill. Thank you for your help!

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	no limit	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

With the high cost of food, accessing adequate food and other essentials continues to be a significant issue for thousands of ALICE families and those in poverty. Despite working hard, ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) struggles to afford life's basics.

Through our Foodstock project, United Way of Northern New Jersey and our volunteers are collecting and providing much-needed items for food pantries throughout our region.

Volunteers can join or start a food drive to collect needed items for distribution to local food pantries. To learn more, email Lisa.Galonardo@UnitedWayNNJ.org, or call 973.993.1160, x503.

Opportunity Details

United Way of Northern New Jersey seeks help from volunteers for its annual United Way Tools for School drive, which provides students with the basic tools needed to succeed in the classroom.

As students return to school in the fall, children will need basic school supplies. The drive typically seeks to benefit nearly 10,000 elementary and middle school children of ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) workers and those in poverty throughout the northern New Jersey region. 

United Way Tools for School aims to alleviate the budget strains on families struggling to afford the basics and who are now impacted by rising inflation.

You can help make a difference by holding a United Way Tools for School drive or volunteering with sorting supplies.

Based on the needs expressed by local educators, United Way is collecting packed backpacks and the following school supplies: hand sanitizer, masks, backpacks, lunch boxes, binders, three-ring notebooks, book covers, filler paper, pocket folders, composition and spiral notebooks, index cards, calculators, pencils, pencil cases, pencil sharpeners, erasers, pens, highlighters, crayons, markers, colored pencils, construction paper, glue, tape, rulers, and scissors.

Volunteers can also hold a drive to collect individual supplies and new, age-appropriate backpacks. In addition, school nurses have asked for personal care items such as toothbrushes, deodorant, and kindergarten and first grade-aged children’s underwear and socks. Gift cards that can be used to purchase items such as shoes and clothing are also appreciated.   

Last year, with the help of 65 volunteers, hundreds of backpacks and supplies valued at $54,000 were collected and distributed to 40 local schools and 10 nonprofit agencies throughout the northern New Jersey region.  

For more information, visit uwnnj.org/school, email Sean.Hyland@UnitedWayNNJ.org, or call 973.993.1160 x405.

 

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	no limit	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Each year, United Way of Northern New Jersey seeks help from the community to purchase (and sometimes sort) holiday gifts for individuals in need during its annual United Way Gifts of the Season program.

United Way, in partnership with area nonprofits, annually identifies area children, families, senior citizens and adults with disabilities who are struggling to afford basic needs and seeks to bring them holiday cheer.

ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) and households in poverty are struggling to afford life’s basics. The holidays and winter months bring additional financial stress, which United Way is seeking to alleviate with community support.

Residents and businesses can support United Way Gifts of the Season by fulfilling a specific gift request or purchasing a general gift. United Way also accepts store gifts cards and donations.

You can also make a difference by giving of your time. Opportunities include conducting a virtual gift collection drive, holding a gift card drive, and making ornaments. There are also opportunities for businesses to help sort gifts.

For more information about United Way Gifts of the Season, email Lisa.Galonardo@UnitedWayNNJ.org or call 973.993.1160 x503.