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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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Skills Requested: SewingAs Springfield and Greene County begin to re-open for business, our nonprofit community expects to see an increase in demand for services. Hundreds of nonprofit staff, volunteers, and clients, including our own, will need to continue taking precautions to stay healthy. This includes frequent hand-washing, physical distancing, and using cloth face covers when around others. We need your help to Read more...
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Skills Requested: Bring your skills and we will find a place for you!Requirements & Commitment: Most areas require some lifting. Flexibility, a pleasant personality & a willingness to work as part of a team.All areas including donation pick-up, receiving, sorting, processing, stocking, cleaning and register. 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 health of our waters is the principle measure of how we live on the land.” – Luna Leopold Everything we do on the land affects our waterways. As a resource management volunteer, you will have the opportunity to protect our local water resources by helping us to effectively manage Valley Water Mill Park, a 100-acre nature park located just 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...
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Skills Requested: A background in computer programming is not required. Knowledge of developing curriculum is desired, but not required. An interest in STEM and/or computer programming and tech is strongly desired. Must be able to work with children or adults .The Geek Foundation is a local non-profit that teaches free computer programming and maker tech classes like web development, robotics, and video game development with a focus on increasing diversity in the tech industry. Our organization is growing and has several opportunities available for volunteer positions including volunteer educators for our kids and adult classes, as well as marketing and Read more...
