Opportunity Details

Are you ready to change a life from the comfort of home?

Join ENGin as a conversation partner! This is a flexible and unique opportunity to make a direct impact on someone’s life while discovering a new culture and meeting a new friend.

We’ll pair you up with a buddy in Ukraine for weekly videochats at times that are convenient for you. During your conversations, you’ll practice English with your partner, learn about each other’s cultures, and offer an empathetic, authentic space for connection.

No teaching experience or knowledge of Ukrainian is required to volunteer with us. All of our participants can understand and hold a basic conversation in English. We offer ample training resources, session materials and total flexibility to customize your sessions to fit your/your partner’s goals and preferences. You’ll also have access to online communities to share ideas and ask questions.

Our only requirements for volunteers are English fluency, a strong internet connection, and the ability to commit to one hour a week for a minimum of 10-12 weeks.

Here's what three ENGin volunteers say about their experience.
- "I'm so glad that I got this experience and was able to make a new friend. By putting in a small amount of time, I'm able to make a huge impact on my student."
- "This program has been, I think, life-changing for both of us. I really consider her more like my daughter right now. That's how close we have become!"
- "I made a friend in Ukraine and we are teaching each other about our culture, our language, and our humor. We're even trading dad jokes! Both of us look forward to our chats and have a hard time wrapping it up."

To learn more about ENGin and become a volunteer, please visit www.enginprogram.org/volunteer or register to attend one of our weekly Zoom info sessions here. Info sessions are an opportunity to meet one of our team members, learn more about ENGin, and ask questions.

If you have any questions before signing up, please contact our team at info@enginprogram.org.

Opportunity Details

In more than 40+ countries around the world, Mercy Corps works side by side with families experiencing poverty, disaster, violent conflict, and the acute impacts of climate change.
It is easy to lose sight of what is possible for communities across the globe.
Over the course of this year, we have seen what we can do—together. Every day, we witness that collective action has the power to help people cope, adapt, and even thrive.
This holiday season we are inviting you to write a message of hope and gratitude to the families forging new paths to prosperity.
Though a small act, each message is a reminder that a more inclusive, resilient tomorrow is possible.

When we take action, our world transforms.

- Participants: This activity does not have a minimum or maximum participation requirement.
- Location: Virtual
- Facilitation: Non-facilitated; Please use the following link to send a message of support: https://web.mercycorps.org/survey/send-a-message-of-support-to-families/
- Duration:15 minutes
- Geographic reach: Mercy Corps has headquarters and offices around the world with a global team of humanitarians working across 40+ countries. To learn where we work, please visit, https://www.mercycorps.org/where-we-work
- Funding required: No

Opportunity Details

Our team volunteer days are incredible opportunities for your company to engage with the community, support the mission of the food bank and connect with one another!

During a Team Day, a group of 5-10 people will assist us in managing and preparing for our service days by receiving donations, organizing the warehouse, bagging food, sorting items, and setting up our grocery area. This role is perfect for those looking to make a tangible difference in their community.

Budget Request

Leading up to your volunteer day, we ask that your team support the food bank by making a contribution to our essential work in Parkdale. This can look like:

1) Your team can coordinate a food drive! Coordinate a food drive at your office - we will provide you with a list of the food bank’s most needed items and the resources you need to get started. Then, bring the food donations with you on your volunteer day. (Suggested donation: $700 value in food)

2) We can generate a custom fundraising page for your team! Use this page to fundraise for the food bank leading up to your volunteer day. We can customize your page with all of your company’s branding, photos, colours etc. (Suggested fundraising goal: $700)

3) We can invoice your company for a contribution to the Parkdale Community Food Bank. (Suggested donation: $700)

The suggested donation helps support our mission and essential work. Right now, the need is greater than ever. We provide food, free of barriers, to over 8,000 families every month. This support allows us to continue to support community members who are food insecure and need barrier-free access to high-quality, nutritious food with dignity and respect.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Parkdale Community Food Bank Team Day	10	n/a	n/a

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• Early Learners Graduation: Our Early Learners Graduation is a celebration for our youngest learners of all their hard work as they exit pre-K and enter kindergarten! This year, we’re hosting it at the Mall of America and will have an exclusive Early Learner book fair, games, and cap and gown graduation ceremony in the Overlook room at the Mall of America. Afterwards, families can come down to the rotunda to participate in the Mall of America and Way to Grow Literacy Event that is open to all Way to Grow families.

• Literacy Event: This event is open to ALL Way to Grow families. It will feature a book fair in the rotunda, a variety of activities for families (Way to Grow families and mallgoers) to participate in (face painting, character meet and greets, children’s authors, crafts). The rotunda activities will be available starting at 10:00, with majority of the activities and crowd expected to begin around 1:00. The book fair is exclusive to Way to Grow families, but any passerby can join in on the activities happening.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
AM - Flexible	no limit	n/a	n/a
PM - Flexible	no limit	n/a	n/a

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We need fundraising help and we also need support with our first educational programs in Florida. These programs are critical to helping children who have lost their connection to each other, and their communities. Read about our mission and our projects. We have projects planned in Florida this Fall and early next year. Our fiscal sponsor is 501(c)(3) nonprofit Institute for Education, Research, and Scholarships (IFERS). Federal Tax ID number (EIN): 72-1585854.

Available Shifts

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

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Judeo-Christian Outreach Center (JCOC) invites the Capital Group team to apply to serve on its Board of Directors.

Description:
JCOC seeks dedicated individuals to serve on our Board of Directors. As a member of our Board, you will play a vital role in guiding our organization's mission to provide hunger relief and housing support to families, individuals, and veterans experiencing homelessness and hunger in Virginia Beach and the surrounding area.

Overview of Responsibilities:
Provide strategic leadership and oversight as a unified group
Ensure financial sustainability and accountability as a unified group
Represent JCOC in the community
Participate in fundraising and outreach efforts
Attend board meetings (6 times per year)
Serve on one board led committee - governance, finance, or development

To Apply:
Please contact Kristin Ward, Development Director at (757) 491-2846, or kward@jcoc.org.

For more information about JCOC, please visit jcoc.org.

Opportunity Details

FRIDAY- We will offer guests a pulled pork dinner in the Festival tent. We need help serving the dinner & clearing tables.
SATURDAY is Kids Day! You will run a Carnival game with the kids!!
SUNDAY is Pancake breakfast!

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Food Server	6	n/a	n/a
Food Prep	5	n/a	n/a
Kids Day activities	10	n/a	n/a
Pancake Breakfast	4	n/a	n/a
Kids Day Activities	10	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Drive Out Cancer (DOC) is our annual Golf Tournament at the beautiful and historic Bethesda Country Club, and is our second-largest fundraiser. The 2024 tournament will be the seventeenth year for this annual event raising more than $1,000,000 over the years for Hope Connections’ mission to ensure that no one faces cancer alone.

Committee Volunteer Roles & Responsibilities:
Assist with the identification and solicitation of potential corporate and individual sponsorships and foursomes
Participate in approximately 10 virtual committee meetings leading up to the event

Benefits:
Support an organization providing free services and hope to people with cancer and their loved ones.
Interact with a community of mission-driven individuals.
Expand and enrich professional and social networks.
Develop new capabilities in leadership, fundraising, and communication that can enhance professional skills and personal interactions.

If you have volunteered on a fundraising committee previously, or are interested in learning more, please reach out to Elena at elena@hopeconnectionsforcancer.org.

Opportunity Details

Play Mercy Corps' match game to unlock $2 to support Mercy Corps and learn how families in a remote region of Nepal are surviving and thriving in the face of climate-driven disruptions.
Your donation will go where it is needed most, helping us mobilise our teams in response to humanitarian crises around the world. Mercy Corps teams are already on the ground where help is most needed. We work in more than 40 countries alongside communities as they prepare for, protect against, and recover from crisis.

Opportunity Details

OUSD staff have limited time to prepare campuses and classrooms for the first day of school. Volunteers will help create a welcoming environment for students and staff returning to school by decorating bulletin boards, arranging classrooms, helping in the front office and organizing the library. We hope you can join!

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Oakland Academy of Knowledge	5	n/a	n/a
Claremont Middle School	10	n/a	n/a
Highland Community School	4	n/a	n/a
Manzanita SEED Elementary	8	n/a	n/a
Sankofa United	10	n/a	n/a
Brookfield Elementary	10	n/a	n/a
Castlemont High School	10	n/a	n/a
MetWest	10	n/a	n/a
Bridges Academy at Melrose	10	n/a	n/a
Melrose Leadership Academy	10	n/a	n/a
United for Success	15	n/a	n/a
Lockwood STEAM Academy	15	n/a	n/a