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Museum Program and Event Volunteers help the History Museum on the Square on a wide variety of offerings throughout the year. Volunteers are needed to help represent the museum at community events and museum programs and even lead programs like walking tours and presentations. This volunteer opportunity is flexible and works around your schedule. It’s a great way to get Read more...
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Skills Requested: Must wear closed-toe & heal shoes and be able to stand for up to three hours. Coaches will guide everyone through each project.Requirements & Commitment: Three hour sessions. Please cancel at least 12 hours in advance to allow us time to fill your spot. You can go to https://ozarksfoodharvest.org/how-to-help/volunteer/ to register.to www.Volunteers assist with a variety of projects related to packing food that will be distributed to our partner community agencies. Projects may include sorting and repacking donated product, assembling Weekend Backpack bags or Senior Boxes, labeling and boxing food items, and other projects as needed. Projects may involve checking food safety guidelines and expiration dates, sorting like items and repacking Read more...
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Skills Requested: Fundraising and event planning preferred, but not required.Requirements & Commitment: Committee will meet once a month except for the 5 months leading up to the tournament when touch points will be more regular to ensure everything is in place for the event.The On Course For A Cause Golf Tournament directly benefits families in the Springfield community by providing funding to the Y’s School Age Services department’s Financial Assistance Program which lowers childcare fees for those in need. We are seeking dedicated individuals who are willing to solicit sponsorships, teams, and donated auction items. These positions would within a special committee on Read more...
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Skills Requested: Light cooking. Ability to lift at least 5 lbs.Requirements & Commitment: We are looking for people to commit to a few hours at a time, Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:oo p.m.1. Prepare light meal to hand out to residents 2. Sort clothing, toys, and household items 3. Help assemble furniture and move small furnishings into rooms Read more...
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Requirements & Commitment: Volunteers must bring 40 meals on the day they sign up for.Volunteers prepare and deliver 40 individually packaged brown bag or grab-n-go meals for Rare Breed youth. Volunteers can sign up for a single day or a reoccurring schedule. Meals are needed Monday-Friday. To ensure the health and safety of youth, staff, and volunteers, volunteers are not staying to serve meals at this time. Instead, volunteers drop the meals off, and Read more...
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We’re looking for generous people to make and donate masks for kids and teens in SW MO. We would like to provide a washable cloth mask for students in our 10-county area when we distribute school supplies to income-eligible families in August. If you’re a mask maker who would be willing to donate some, thank you. We’ll be serving kids Read more...
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Watershed Committee of the Ozarks is dedicated to providing hands on, place-based learning opportunities for those of all ages. Annually we host nearly 10,000 field trip participants at Valley Water Mill Park, a 100-acre nature park located just north of Springfield. From guided hiking tours to student field trips focused on water chemistry and ecology, as an Education Volunteer you’ll Read more...
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As a Watershed Natives Volunteer with the Watershed Committee of the Ozarks, you’ll have the opportunity to help us grow native plants at Valley Water Mill Park, a 100-acre nature park located just north of Springfield. You can be a part of each step in the process- harvesting seeds from wildflowers at our park, sowing and propagating seeds from all Read more...
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The Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation (OACAC) Foster Grandparent Program is looking for volunteers, age 55+, who would enjoy making a positive difference in the life of a child. Foster Grandparent volunteers work with children in schools, daycares, Head Start Centers, and youth centers. They are role models, mentors, and friends to children with exceptional needs. Volunteer openings are available Read more...
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Skills Requested: Presenting your profession, and volunteer your skills to teach,Requirements & Commitment: Missouri background checks and family care and safety registrationLaunching in April, Awaken360 youth will need your help. We hope that you can share your stories, your skills and professional knowledge, and pour into our youth broadening their horizons and showing them how much their community cares about them and their futures. Come by and give a presentation on different career paths they may have never thought. Come facilitate Read more...