Category: Volunteer Opportunities

Shepherd’s Center Central‘s mission is to empower mid-life and older adults to live healthy, engaged and independent lives. They do this through offering classes, Medicare Counseling, a senior companion program and by providing home delivered meals. The latter of which they could use your help with!

They are in need of drivers for their Home Delivered Meals Program. They need both back-up and weekly volunteers. Opportunities are flexible!

Contact  Rhonda Smarro for any questions about how you can get involved.

Happy volunteering!

Bridging the Gap is a non-profit organization with a mission to make the Kansas City region sustainable by connecting environment, economy, and community. Bridging the Gap is the premier organization in the area providing environmental education and volunteer action with more than 1,800 volunteers annually.

There are multiple opportunities to get involved with the array of programs and events held in the greater Kansas City area.

Volunteer at Red Bridge Recycling Center!

Wednesday – Friday, 9:30am-2:00pm; Saturday, 9:30am-1:00pm or 1:00pm-5:00pm. This volunteer opportunity is open through December 31, 2019.

Tree Giveaway Event: Saturday, September 28

Volunteer 8:30am-1:00pm. Help give away 600 trees through the Energy-Saving Tree Program! Volunteers will direct traffic, check people in, and load trees into vehicles. Trees will be under 4 ft. tall and weigh less than 10 lbs.

National Public Lands Day: Saturday, September 28

Volunteer 9:00am-12:00pm. Enjoy the early fall beauty and remove invasive honeysuckle in the remnant wild lands of Kansas City. BONUS! REI will supply awesome t-shirts and prizes for a post-workday drawing!

Street Tree Planting: Saturday, October 5

Volunteer 9:00am-12:00pm. Help plant street trees in KCMO and provide numerous benefits to the community of North Brook! No prior planting experience is necessary. Tools and equipment provided.

More details of these events and others can be found here.

Happy Volunteering!

The mission of El Centro is to strengthen communities and improve lives of Latinos and others through educational, social, and economic opportunities. They operate from three locations in Kansas City, Kansas and Olathe.

El Centro offers services to the community through hosting workshops and classes on money-management and home ownership, health education and healthy living through Promotoras de Salud (Health Promoters), health navigation and intervention, in addition to advocating for issues of special interest in the community. They also run a dual-language early education academy for Pre-K students and participate in the Kansas Statewide Farm Worker Health Program, which provides medical services to farmers and their families throughout Kansas.

And of course they need volunteers! Whether you are with a school group, church group, civic organization, part of a family, or an individual looking to make a positive difference, your skills and knowledge can always be put to good use. Currently, there are events being held every weekend during September in which volunteers play an important role.

Contact El Centro today at 913-677-0100 to find your role in serving your community.

You can also visit their website to find out more information on ways to get involved.

Happy Volunteering!

Volunteer for the Overland Park Recycling Extravaganza

Join Goodwill at Black and Veatch (11401 Lamar Ave Overland Park, KS 66211) on Saturday September 7th for the recycling event of the year! They’re looking for 15 volunteers for each shift; 7:30am-11am or 10:30am-2pm. Volunteers will:

• Accept donations of household items and clothing
• Load and sort items into trucks
• Thank donors and distribute donation receipts
• Need to be able to lift 20 pounds, bend and stand as necessary

Donation drives fund Goodwill’s employment services and help the environment. You will empower local job seekers and keep items out of the landfill. Sign up here!

For questions contact gvolunteer@mokangoodwill.org.

Happy Volunteering!

Uplift is a homeless outreach program in Kansas City, MO.  It was founded in 1990 and is volunteer-run. Their mission is as follows:

“We who acknowledge God’s providence and fidelity to his people, especially those in poverty, do dedicate our efforts toward the support of those who are homeless. Our goal is to deliver those basic human needs, care and compassion that are not usually received from other organizations.”

If you’re interested in providing aid to the homeless, you can help by preparing meals, delivering meals, or by helping in their distribution center. Check out their volunteer webpage for more information.

For questions, reach out to Tammi Jehle.

Happy Volunteering!

Ability KC‘s mission is to build brighter futures for children and adults with disabilities by providing educational, vocational, and therapeutic services.

One way that they achieve their mission is through aquatic therapy. Ability KC incorporates aquatic therapy services into the therapy schedules of children and adults participating in Ability KC Outpatient Medical Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Preschool programs.  In addition they offer adaptive swim sessions for children ages 3-6 and ages 6-10.

The adaptive swim sessions are an eight week program held at the Ability KC Children’s Center Campus. Each session is designed for children with special needs at all levels of ability. Children’s goals include gaining confidence in the water, water safety and swim strokes.  All sessions are led by a therapist with each participant having a one-on-one “buddy”.

They currently need help from volunteers in these classes! There are sessions on Wednesdays from 4:15pm-5:30pm and on Thursdays from 2:45pm-5pm. The swim season runs from September 4th through October 24th.

If you’re interested, reach out to Jazzmin Hill for more information!

Happy volunteering!

The mission of Cross-Lines is to provide people in the Kansas City area affected by poverty with services and opportunities that encourage self-confidence, meet the needs of today, and provide tools for future self-sufficiency.

They have a few opportunities each month to serve lunch in their Community Kitchen! They are looking for groups of about 8-15 to prep, serve, and clean up from 10:30AM-1:30PM.

Here is a list of available dates for the rest of the year:

September 11, 16, 26

October 31

November 18, 21

December 19, 26

If you’re interested, check out their volunteer web page to see how to get started.

Happy Volunteering!

The mission of Operation Breakthrough is to provide a safe, loving and educational environment for children in poverty and to empower their families through advocacy, emergency aid and education.

They have an exciting opportunity this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 11AM-3PM each day at Office Depot (4201 Main Street, KCMO). Maliek Collins grew up in KC and is a player for the Dallas Cowboys. He is spear-heading a school supply collection for Operation Breakthrough this week! We are looking for volunteers to help at Operation Breakthrough’s table at the store. Shifts can be 2 hours if needed.

If you’re interested, reach out to Lindsay Stodden at volunteer@operationbreakthrough.org with the time/date you are available! This would be a great opportunity for families and friends to help out as well!

Below is a flyer with information about the event.

Happy Volunteering!

The Cherith Brook Catholic Worker monthly workday is coming up on Saturday, August 10, from 9-12.  They will put you to work cooking lunch, sorting food and clothing donations, cleaning, working outside (weather permitting) etc.  Afterward, everyone will enjoy lunch and table fellowship together.

Please RSVP by August 6th .    You can call (816) 241-8047 or email at cherithbrookkcmo@gmail.com.  They are located at 3308 E. 12th  KC, MO  64127.

Happy volunteering!

ScrapsKC’s mission is to care for Kansas City’s environment, education and homeless through creative reuse. With the mantra ‘reuse, repurpose, renew,’ ScrapsKC takes your old stuff and creates new possibilities for creation. Their store not only diverts  tons of trash from the landfill, but it also provides resources for artists, teachers, makers, churches, scouts, and more. So make sure to check them out if you need supplies for your next craft or if you have some stuff you think they could sell!

In addition, here are two volunteer opportunities coming up:

Sip and Sort – August 8

Do you love fabric, notions, yarn and everything textile? Join them for our first Sip and Sort as they go through thousands of pounds of donated fabric and get it prepared for the floor. 5:30-9:00pm at ScrapsKC, light food and beverages (including beer and wine) will be served.

Super Organizers Needed – August 14

Do you love when everything has a place and everything is in it’s place? Do you love organizing other people’s stuff? ScrapsKC needs 18 volunteers to help August 14 from 8:30am-12pm. They’ll be organizing the merchandise bins/shelves, labeling and spiffying up the store. General organizers are needed as well as organizers who are very experienced in art supplies, craft materials and scrapbooking. Sign up here.

Happy Volunteering!