1. Community-Based Mentoring: The Community-Based setting allows for Bigs to spend time Littles exploring parks, visiting museums, taking in sporting events, catching a movie together – any place that sounds like fun to you and your Little Brother or Sister. The times and possibilities are up to you. 2. Site-Based Mentoring: The Site-Based model allows for the Read more about Big Brothers Big Sisters[…]
1. National opportunities at American Red Cross: helping people in emergencies, providing half the nation’s blood supply, teaching first aid and CPR courses, delivering emergency messages to members of the military, organizing programs for the elderly and for youth. 2. Local opportunities (at Heartland): office support, working with youth initiatives, disaster and blood services. Interested Read more about American Red Cross[…]
Alternative Fall Break: Chicago Thursday, October 9th (departing campus at 4:00pm) through Saturday, October 11th, 2014 Interested in the religious and cultural diversity of Chicago? Want to learn more about interfaith engagement and service? We will be spending two nights and two days in Chicago visiting Christian, Jewish, Baha’i and Muslim faith communities, and learning Read more about Alternative Break Information[…]
The Downtown Bloomington Association is looking for volunteers to assist with their weekly Farmers’ Markets starting in May and going though October! Duties include: – assist with financial transactions – sharing information – subbing for vendors when breaks are needed – setting up and tearing down on a monthly or bi-monthly basis Contact Read more about Volunteers Needed for DBA Farmers’ Market![…]
The YWCA McLean County is looking for students to volunteer with their monthly food bank! Volunteers would work once a month for 2-4 hours helping set up, load and unload boxes of food, and help monitor the food bank. Dates include: March 5 April 2 May 7 Interested? Contact Liz German at lgerman@ywcamclean.org or call 309-662-7826 Read more about YWCA Needs Volunteers for a Food Bank![…]
The Office of Alumni Relations invites you to join in their Thank a Giver Day on Monday, February 17th! As you may or may not know, tuition only covers 70% of IWU’s operating expenses. On February 17th, we will be 70% through the school year. On this date we celebrate Thank a Giver Day (TAG Day) Read more about Thank a Giver Day[…]
YWCA Stepping Stones Sexual Assault Program is offering 40-hour volunteer training for those who wish to provide crisis intervention to sexual assault survivors. Winter Training Schedule Every Tuesday & Thursday: January 28 – February 20, 6 pm – 9 pm Saturdays: February 1 & February 22, 9 am – 5 pm All trainings will be held Read more about Winter Training for YWCA Stepping Stones Program![…]
The Festival of Trees is a family centered holiday event for the community hosted by The Baby Fold. Proceeds from the Festival go toward serving the children and families of The Baby Fold. Visitors enjoy a venue of custom-designed trees, a large selection of celebrity items, a gingerbread village, unique centerpieces, wreaths, and holiday Read more about The Baby Fold Volunteer Opportunity: Festival of Trees[…]
IWU Junior Dave McGrath is looking for volunteers to help collect surveys for Mid Central Community Action! The survey is collecting information on residential experience living in West Bloomington. We have 130 surveys and just need 70 more by December 31st. We are looking for volunteers for November 23rd from about 12-4 pm. Lunch will be provided! Read more about Volunteers Needed for Mid Central Community Action![…]
Labyrinth Outreach Services to Women is a not-for-profit, 501 ( c ) (3), organization that provides long term supportive services to women from McLean County who have been incarcerated or on probation. Our goal is to collaborate with all available local social service agencies to assist the women to remain free of future court involvement. Read more about Volunteer at Labyrinth Outreach![…]
Do you know Dora? We need a student to wear the Dora the Explorer costume (a big costume – like the Tommy Titan mascot) for an event with the West Bloomington Revitalization Project Book Bike. The event will be held on Friday night, Dec 6 from 5-8pm at Commerce Bank in downtown Bloomington. Be Dora, hand out books, play Read more about Book Bike Needs a Volunteer to be Dora![…]
Assist a local business with social media! Many small business owners need help in organizing and managing a Facebook page and a marketing campaign. Using photos, videos, promoting posts, building fans – your expertise can help a small business to reach new audiences. This is a great opportunity to make a big impact that can Read more about Social Media Marketing Opportunity![…]
The Bloomington Public Library needs you! Business is great and we want to make you a partner in the excitement. We are looking for detail-oriented, friendly individuals to volunteer in our used Book Shoppe. If you want retail experience, you can help price and re-stock our shelves once or twice a week; if you want Read more about Volunteer at the BPL Book Shoppe![…]
We couldn’t build homes without your help at our ReStore! We receive donated goods and sell them to the general public. We always need help — from material handling to electronics testing to customer service. Volunteer Opportunities are often available Tuesday – Saturday from 9am – 5pm. For questions, please contact the ReStore Manager. Marcus Hayes (309) 454-6047 Read more about Volunteer at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore![…]