Group Volunteering Opportunities.

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What we do

Through expert education, youth development, and health care programs, we help high need kids and families break cycles of abuse, neglect, or poverty so they can achieve their greatest potential. We serve 24,000 per year of all ages at 45+ sites throughout the city. We've been in business since 1831 thanks to supporters like you.

Programs

Group Volunteer Projects

Career Exploration Day

• 2-3 hours at your office

• Office tour/scavenger hunt

• Career panel• Case study and/or

product demo• A short activity

where students work with volunteers to come up with their own mini campaign, product, or strategy depending on your key business processes

Project 1

Career Exploration DayProject 1

Learn more and see CAREER DAY in action HERE.

Hackathon-Style Idea Competition

• 3 hours, 15-50+ volunteers

• Small groups of students and volunteers compete to come up with the best idea for a hypothetical cell phone app, city plan, or ad campaign.

• Our staff guide the groups through each activity which requires no prior knowledge of the content, just entrepreneurial thinking and mentorship.

• Students present their ideas for prizes.

Project 2

Hackathon-Style Idea Competition

Project 2

Learn more and see IDEA COMPETITION in action HERE & HERE.

Pre-K Learning Buddy Day

• 1-2 hours at one of our Learning Centers

• 15-20 volunteers per site max

• Read a book to a 3 or 4 year-old and do an educational craft.

• Improve children’s literacy and provide rare 1-1 guidance

Project 3

Pre-K Learning Buddy Day

Project 3

Learn more and see PRE-K LEARNING BUDDIES in action HERE.

Ready to volunteer with your group? Complete the interest form HERE and we’ll get you started.