Volunteer Opportunities From: United Way of Delaware

Serve Virtually. Impact Globally. 18+ / 5 days a week

Our Virtual Impact Program connects volunteers from across the globe with students throughout Latin America, who attend our after-school Virtual English Academy on a full scholarship. Together, volunteers and students bridge cultures digitally and inspire and empower each other to reach their potential.

Gain online international leadership and English teaching experience

while making a lifetime impact on young students throughout Latin America. You’ll provide students with quality English instruction and inspire them to create opportunities for their futures. Join us and make learning fun!

 

LEARN MORE & APPLY TODAY:  https://www.outreach360.org/english-teacher

Do you want to support students who have fallen behind because of pandemic learning losses? 

Teachers and educational professionals are needed to provide tutoring to K-8th grade students who are experiencing unfinished grade-level learning. Many kids, especially those who are disadvantaged, are facing a learning gap. We want to support students in accelerating their learning and getting back on track for a successful future. 

 

Location Stubbs Early Education Program and The Bancroft School

Contact Person Ken Livingston klivingston@uwde.org

Start date: July 12th – August 5th

 

If you love to cook and have been looking for a way to help those who are struggling as a result of the pandemic, join our growing group of Lasagna Love volunteers in DE. Lasagna Love is a national movement, with thousands of people all cooking and delivering meals to families in their communities.

Our mission is not only to help address the incredible rise in food insecurity among families but also to provide a simple act of love and kindness during a time full of uncertainty and stress. You control the frequency with which you participate.

Volunteering with Delaware SCORE is a way for you to give back to your community, connect with area professionals with similar interests, expand your business awareness, and pass on your knowledge and expertise to entrepreneurs in our community.

Delaware SCORE volunteers provide confidential business mentoring services, both in-person and online, throughout the State. We lead seminars and workshops to help small business owners meet their goals and achieve success. We help expand outreach of SCORE through marketing and alliance building in our local communities. We provide subject matter expertise by industries and professional skills to educational institutions and other non-profit agencies. 

Volunteering as a Delaware SCORE mentor, workshop facilitator, or on the Delaware SCORE Leadership team  means you are joining a national organization of over 300 Chapters and 11,000 diverse volunteers. All of whom are all committed to helping small business owners succeed. Whether you have owned your own small business, come from a Fortune 500 company, are still employed, retired, or are a student, if you  have a sincere commitment for helping small businesses or volunteering, there is a place for you as a SCORE Delaware volunteer.

As a Delaware SCORE Volunteer You Can:

Share your success and expertise through mentoring locally or nationally Lead and develop workshops and seminars Provide online or telephone mentoring directly from your home or office Serve in a leadership capacity with SCORE Serve within other capacity at SCORE (Marketing, IT, administration, finance, fundraising, HR, etc.) Have flexibility with your volunteering time

Benefits of Volunteering:

SCORE volunteers enjoy a variety of personal, local and national rewards.  As a Delaware SCORE Volunteer, you: Enjoy the satisfaction of contributing to the success of others Share great experience with other SCORE volunteers Provide leadership in the business community Gain recognition and respect as a business mentor Grow professionally and personally Participate in lifelong learning Make new friends

Join Delaware SCORE Today

Share your experience. Register today by completing the application link below.

If you have questions about the SCORE Delaware Chapter, your role, your commitment, or other information please contact Bob Jarvis (302-824-8780) or by email at robert.jarvis@scorevolunteer.org.

Greeters:

You welcome, greet, and thank the donors and make sure they are looking well and not having an adverse reaction to donation (fainting or other) and call for help if something does happen. You help donors feel comfortable, cared for, and eager to return again. You serve donors prepackaged food options and cold, assorted drinks from the cooler. Donors need to have liquid and food intake after donation to stay well and healthy and remain in the area for 15 minutes for health and safety reasons. Your job is to ensure that this happens.

Qualifications: Positive attitude, compassion, interest in maintaining the health of others, customer service skills.

Time Commitment: Shifts are available 7 days a week, with varying shift times. The shifts vary by day and location.

BCC’s Community Garden Volunteers

Description: BCC’s community garden needs volunteers to do basic gardening activities:  weeding, watering, planting and harvesting. Knowledge of gardening is helpful but not necessary. Basic gardening skills will be taught for those interesting in learning.

The Bellevue Community Garden is located behind the Bellevue Community Center, 510 Duncan Road, Wilmington, DE 19809.

Volunteer are needed Monday – Friday, 9am – 8pm, and on Saturdays 9am – 1pm.

Number of volunteers needed: As many as possible.

1 in 3 young people will grow up without an adult mentor of any kind

Gamma Mu Nu Ques is in the business of changing and shaping lives. The work we do is aimed at providing a holistic approach to solving some of our society’s biggest challenges. We make sure our partners are empowered by creating opportunities for individuals and communities.

Our mentoring program matches the Brothers of Gamma Mu Nu Chapter's volunteers with youth who need support through our mentoring program:  1-to-1 Mentoring and Group Mentoring.  Mentors are matched with local youth who are facing significant challenges in their young lives.  By simply doing fun and interesting activities together, mentors can help mentees improve academics, improve their behavioral and emotional health, and positively change the course of a youth's life.

A Day in the Life of a Food Bank of Delaware Volunteer

Every day in the volunteer room is a little bit different than the day before. Volunteers could be asked to do a number of different activities. These activities are determined by the Volunteer Coordinator/Manager as well as the current and future needs of the Food Bank of Delaware. On a normal day in the volunteer room we could be making senior meal boxes, USDA boxes, helping out in the healthy pantry center, creating backpacks for our Backpack Program, sorting or boxing frozen foods (we will always tell you if we’re sorting freezer product so that you can come dressed and ready to be in the fridge!), creating donated meal boxes, or sorting through donations!

Before you get here, here are some short explanations of the majority of our daily volunteer activities! (Just to clarify, we do not do all of these every single day. Most volunteer shifts are 1 or 2 of these activities!)

Food Sorting: Volunteers sort food into different food categories, check expiration dates, discard damaged product or products otherwise unfit for human consumption and check recalled items. USDA Boxes: Volunteers will package USDA items in an assembly line. The Volunteer room is responsible for the creation and supply of USDA boxes. Healthy Pantry Center: Volunteers will help stock one of our newest additions to the Food Bank of Delaware, our Healthy Pantry Center! These volunteers will work with not only the Volunteer Coordinator but also with the Family Meal Coordinator. This includes stocking, working with pantry participants, pulling files for the next day, and whatever tasks the Family Meal Coordinator deems appropriate. Senior Meal Boxes: These boxes are designed and designated for the Seniors of the State of Delaware only. The boxes are lighter than the USDA boxes, making them much easier to handle. Volunteers will work in an assembly line to package these boxes. Donated Meal Boxes: We create boxes with all 10 of our donation sorting categories. Backpack Program: Volunteers are responsible for helping put together the bags we use for our Backpack Program. Similarly to our Senior Meal Boxes, the backpack program is designed and designated for students from lower income households. Volunteers will work in an assembly line to pack these bags. Frozen Sorting: On occasion the volunteer room will be used to sort frozen donated product in our open refrigerated area. This product is sorted into 8 different categories.

While corporate volunteer groups remain suspended due to COVID-19, we are currently seeking individuals who can commit to a minimum of 2 hours per week for at least one month – to volunteer in our ReStores. Our hope is to develop a core group of “regular” volunteers to assist in our ReStores located in Price’s Corner and Middletown.  

Volunteers have been and will continue to be an integral part of Habitat achieving its mission here in New Castle County. Initially, all volunteer activities were suspended due to COVID-19. Since that time, we welcomed back some of our regular volunteers who offer 8 hours or more each month to Habitat NCC. We are also looking at how we can safely accommodate prospective homeowners on site, so they can achieve their sweat equity hours, and successfully complete our homeownership program.

Community volunteer groups are an essential part of providing meals for families staying at RMHDE. However, due to COVID-19 restrictions in place volunteer groups are not able to provide this valuable resource, but the need for meals is still ongoing.

At this time, we are planning to prepare meals for 50 guests each day.

Here’s how you can help:

Coordinate a catered meal to be delivered to our families. This is our highest-priority meal-related initiative. Meals must be prepared by a restaurant or facility with a commercial catering license.

Volunteers needed to deliver Meals on Wheels throughout Elsmere/Stanton/Newport (19804, 19805). Do you have an hour and a half at lunchtime once or twice per month??? Give it a try - we promise - you will love it! Nourish your neighborhood and reduce isolation for the home bound elderly.

We provide training, directions from home to home and flexible schedules. Enjoy a lunch that's good for your heart!!!

Do you enjoy talking to people on the phone? Do you have natural customer service skills and compassion for others? We are looking for volunteers to make Circle of Care calls from home on Wednesdays or Thursdays.

Circle of Care calls are check-in phone calls that volunteers make to our patients and their caregivers. You will be calling and checking in to see if our patients have any needs such as medicine or supplies that must be addressed before each weekend by our hospice team. 

HCR ManorCare provides a range of services, including skilled nursing care, assisted living, post-acute medical and rehabilitation care, hospice care, home health care and rehabilitation therapy.

Looking for more out of life Become a Hospice Volunteer:

You can:

Throw birthday parties for patients  Help in the office Read or write letters with patients  Knit a blanket  Bring a gentle pet Play music Bake cookies  Simply Reminisce

 

Community Heart & Soul is an approach designed to help small cities and towns succeed by identifying and strengthening those characteristics that matter most to the people who live there. Community members must be deeply involved in this effort, which lets them connect with each other and the places and customs they care about. Community Heart & Soul begins with a partnership between local government and residents in a process that casts a wide net of engagement that works to identify and articulate what matters most to residents.

Story Gathering Sub-Team:

The Story Gathering uses the Community Network Analysis and the Story Gathering strategy tools to ensure that all demographics are reached in story gathering. They also ensure that Story Gathering events are designed to adequately capture people’s stories and participant data, as well as to promote relationship-building and connections. Additionally, they participate in coordinating the process of gathering ideas for action related to the Heart & Soul Statements.

Story-gathering team members that commit 5 hours or more per month receive:

A $50 gift card Heart & Soul swag & gear Special recognition in promotional videos Featured on the Salem City Heart & Soul website

Volunteer training will be provided. Tasks include, but are not limited to:

Strategizes with the Project Coordinator(s) to create a Story Gathering plan using the Community Network Analysis (Provided in during volunteer training in The Story Gathering Strategy Worksheet.) Establishes and manages interview and small group storytelling schedules as part of events or individual outreach efforts

Calls and confirms appointments for thick stories and interviews, if needed:

Collects interview sheets and ensures the proper identification (story identification number) is on each sheet Follows up with fellow team members to ensure completion of interviews/storytelling sessions With Data Management Sub-team, establishes system for tracking participant counts and demographics and progress toward meeting outreach and engagement targets set in project plan and based on Community Network Analysis Works with Story Listening Sub-team to ensure that there is a consistent flow of stories for story listening groups Using the Community Network Analysis and the Heart & Soul Statements, develops a strategy for gathering ideas for action

It is the goal of UrbanPromise to provide a mentor for every child and teen in our program during the school year.

Mentoring involves:

Meeting one hour per week with a child or teen Encouraging the child to reach their potential in academics and life skills. Attending a two-hour training session Commitment to the end of the school year

Remember: Mentoring not only helps the child you mentor, but it gives you a great experience. Volunteering as a mentor requires a commitment of time and energy, but it is a fun and enjoyable way to spend your time, with the added benefit of helping others.  

 

Packing a new mom tote with information around literacy and the importance of developmental milestones.  This pages goes to the hospitals and clients for new moms.  Inside there is a book, bibs, keys, and many items to help educated the parent as well as a Vroom card so that parents and return to receive another book.  

 

 

The Employment Support Network is a volunteer run program within Jewish Family Services to address the public health consequences of the unemployment crisis in Delaware due to COVID 19. Over 130,000 Delawareans have lost their jobs due to the pandemic and are suffering not only financial loss but also from the emotional stress that occurs when one must reorganize and restructure their life.

We are looking for caring volunteers to provide weekly virtual peer to peer support to the affected individuals seeking assistance. These volunteers, Wellness Team Leads, are tasked with supporting individuals’ mental health and overall emotional wellbeing in a variety of non-clinical ways: providing personal connection with the client, setting wellness goals, while also motivating them through stress relieving practices. 

The Wellness Team Lead is essential to the care planning process and will require the following skills:

Ability to collaborate and coordinate with the assisted individual’s larger ESN team; communication and accountability Desire to listen and connect with those in vulnerable places  Creatively expand on the motivational coaching resources available through ESN As needed, connect client to Jewish Family Services mental health clinician Proactive in approaching and connecting clients with professional resources Comfortability with Zoom and Google Drive technology

Expectations:

Volunteering with ESN requires 6 month to one year of commitment. Our mission is to serve clients holistically—honoring the dedication and time it takes to build a relationship of support and trust.

Complete Training: Complete training regarding ESN’s mission, Mental health sensitivity training, motivational coaching, and Delaware Social Service Navigation. 5 hours total
Weekly: The Wellness Team Lead is expected to connect with each client at least one hour and log all progress.  Biweekly: Organize a 30 minute check-in meeting with all members of the clients’ ESN  team and the Community Manager 

 If you have any questions regarding training, application process, or volunteer experience contact egriff@jfsdelaware.org We hope you will make this step in assisting your community during these unprecedented times

 Google Form Application

People's Place need's you! Are you looking for volunteer options that may best suit you? Look no further. 

Monday-Thursday 9am-2pm 

Duties: Help unload donations, answer phones, make copies filing and other opportunities. 

Requirements: able to lift 25 pounds, background check, phone and copier knowledge. 

Contact: 302-422-8033

We look forward to hearing from you! 

City Fare Meals on Wheels, a program of Saint Anthony’s Community Center, has operated in Wilmington since 1986. We provide hot, nourishing meals to homebound elderly and disabled persons in New Castle County who are unable to prepare meals for themselves and who have no one to do so for them. We also provide professional case management to every client. The meals, daily contact by caring volunteers, and staff who coordinate other services as needed allow frail, otherwise forgotten, homebound persons to remain living independently in their own homes.

 

We NEED volunteers now.

Complete your volunteer application NOW!

Or call Mary Kate at 302-421-3734

ACLU is working to register 400 new voters before October 10th. 

DO YOU THINK YOU CAN HELP? 

Contact Dubard McGriff dmcgriff@aclu-de.org to see how you can get involved.

Get involved in registering your community to vote!

NAACP Central Delaware is on a mission to register individuals to vote before the 2020 election.

YOU can help. 

The PRIDE Council’s mission is to organize community resources including corporate, education, health, government and religious organizations to improve the lives of Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgender, and Questioning LGBTQ youth and adults in Delaware. Join our Facebook Group today.

 

The group is addressing the unique challenges facing the LGBTQ community with respect to equity and inclusion in our schools, healthcare system and the workplace.

LGBTQ youth are almost twice as likely as non-LGBTQ youth to report that they do not have an adult to talk to about personal problems Parents, teachers, friends and community stakeholders often feel unprepared to support LGBTQ youth LGBTQ adults can face unique health risks, but their needs are not always met by the medical community LGBTQ adults can face discrimination in the workplace and need to be able to bring their whole self to work

Join the PRIDE councils mission today! 

Create engaging community based videos on various health and wellness topics that can be shared on social media and the Virtual Y website. These videos are relevant to members and the community.  For example:  Healthy Snacks for children and families, posture for children while going to virtual school, mental health activities, crafts, etc. Expert should identify themselves at a Nemours Employee. Using a smartphone/smart device, camera or what is available to them is preferred.  We would like to be able to use the content now on our Virtual Y website and social media. (Able to produce 2 to 3 videos a week).   Requirements: ·       Previous experience working as a Social Media Coordinator or in a similar role (videos) ·       Experience developing content, editing videos, and posting on social media platforms ·       Knowledge and expertise with multiple social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Instagram ·       Previous experience doing audience research and buyer persona research ·       In-depth knowledge of Google Analytics, keyword research ·       Ability to deliver creative text, image, and video content ·       Familiar with marketing channels and online marketing strategies ·       Familiar with web design and publishing ·       Ability to grasp future digital technology trends and act on them proactively ·       Ability to multitask ·       Strong analytical skills ·       Excellent communication skills ·       Additional tasks and projects assigned by site managers   Duration of Assignment: ·       April 27, 2020 – TBD   Days: ·       Monday – Friday    Hours:  ·       20 hours per week   Where to report for assignment: ·       Remote work   Additional Instructions: Thank you for your interest in this redeployment opportunity. Associates eligible for community redeployment must be part-time or full-time (causal employees are not eligible for redeployment). We will do our best to honor the schedule, but all positions are subject to change based on need.  Nemours Health System needs are a priority over community needs should a conflict arise.    If you have the required background and experience please email Communityengagement@nemours.org your name, current position, FTE and contact information

The Village Volunteers are at work helping older adults to get to their medical appointments, shopping for their groceries, making friendly phone calls, writing cards to brighten spirits, letting them know that this will pass as long as we are following the guidance the CDC in order to limit exposure and passing on of the COVID-19 Virus.   Many older adults have lived through Polio, Whooping Cough, WW2, and so much more, yet they are anxiety ridden about this virus.  Having someone to talk to and laugh with is valuable gift in times of stress.   If you are interested in helping older adults in our community, please call the Village Volunteers at 302-703-2568 or email at LewesVillage@gmail.com

We need volunteers to assist in delivering food from local food pantries to community members in vulnerable populations that must shelter in place. 

Volunteers should be sure to take the self assessment and must have transportation. 

 

We need volunteers to help us in our food pantries across the county. 

Our food pantries are typically open, but because of COVID-19 precautions, we must prepackage all of our food.

We are asking for volunteers to help us pack items. 

We are also looking for volunteers to help us navigate our drive up food pantry. 

 

MUST CALL TO BE SCREENED BEFORE SHOWING UP FOR DUTY.

Call Lynn Budd at 302-654-8886 ext 107 or email info@lcsde.org

 

Join the Delaware Medical Reserve Corps (DMRC) today!

 

For more information:

www. DelawareMRC.org

 

To register as a volunteer visit:

www.SERVDE.org/agreement.php

 

 

(Note: When registering, please click “+ Add Organization”, then “Delaware Medical Reserve Corps” and select one county for membership)