Volunteer Opportunities From: United Way of the Blue Mountains

Volunteers will participate in various tasks at the museum, including digitizing historic images/materials, vacuuming, and light grounds work (raking, trimming, and cleaning glass). 

Make sure to wear clothes you can work in and bring a water bottle! Volunteers should be at least 18 years of age. 

Volunteers will assist with a variety of outdoor tasks, including watering ad servicing tree plantings, maintaining trails, and cleaning up litter. Jobs will be provided for all physical fitness levels. 

Make sure to wear comfortable outdoor work clothing such as closed toe shoes, a long sleeve shirt, and long pants to help protect against ticks and insects. Don't forget to bring a water bottle! 

Volunteers will be using Project Sidewalk to identify sidewalk and accessibility gaps for future infrastructure projects. 

1st hour – community walk audit with regular stops to discuss the built environment, how we interact with it, and how it informs our travel decisions

2nd hour – classroom/computer lab – overview of the Project Sidewalk online data collection tool, Q&A, student signups for PS (creating logins), and starting work w/ PS

3rd hour – students working on Project Sidewalk missions, with guidance and support from event/project leaders

Physical requirements for participation: Walking, standing, and/or sitting – a mix of these will aim to alleviate any extended periods of any one physical requirement. The walk audit portion would be located along an accessible route to the greatest degree possible. Part of this work includes covering features that limit accessibility (what we are trying to identify for fixing) – we see navigation around these as additional learning opportunities and not barriers to participation. The event meeting location will be located near a parking area with handicap parking spots, and the route from the outside location to a classroom will also be accessible.

Volunteers will assist with painting and beautifying the exterior of a client’s home to help create a clean, welcoming, and well-maintained living environment. Tasks may include light cleaning, prepping surfaces for paint, painting exterior areas, and general outdoor tidying such as picking up debris and organizing materials. This project helps support individuals with developmental disabilities by improving the appearance and comfort of their home while fostering community connection and pride.

Volunteers are encouraged to wear comfortable clothing suitable for outdoor work and painting, including items that can get dirty or stained. Closed-toe shoes for safety. Depending on weather conditions, please consider bringing sunscreen, a hat, and a reusable water bottle. Volunteers should be at least 15 years of age.

Volunteers will join the Berney Garden Weed Crew with reclaiming the outer fence at the Berney Elementary School garden from weeds. Participants will weed along the outer fence of the garden to create a border between the grass and the garden space. 

This volunteer opportunity will require bending, knelling, and sitting to weed in an outdoor space. Make sure to wear clothing that can get dirty, wear sunscreen/a hat if applicable, and bring a water bottle! 

This project would require walking, outdoor work, cleaning, and preservation of bronze and other materials. No lifting but occasional bending would be required. If families want to join this project, children should be at least 10 years of age.

Volunteers will organize the clothing and the display materials at St. Cabrini's. Clothing will either be bagged or boxed, and the racks and hangers will be organized in the back room.

Make sure to wear closed toe shoes and bring a water bottle! 

Volunteers will help out Gesa Power House Theatre with cleaning out tables and chairs, organizing storage rooms, and painting the stairs! 

This opportunity will require lifting up to 50lbs, walking, potentially walking up and down stairs and uneven outside ground (gravel, rocks, etc.). Any children volunteering for this project must have close adult supervision. Make sure to bring a water bottle and wear clothes that you don't mind getting dirty or stained!

Teams will be loading recyclable materials and trash into the delivery truck, cleaning and organizing merchandise outside, trimming the perimeter fenceline, pulling weeds, applying gravel to the paths, building a carport cover structure, reclaiming metal, and other tasks as determined necessary.

This is a mostly outdoor, physical, and interactive project that requires the ability to lift, or team lift, up to 50 pounds, walk and carry items over uneven surfaces, and work with dirty and dusty materials. No families with young kids should sign up for this project. Make sure to wear closed toe, closed heel footwear, clothes that can get dirty, and bring a water bottle.

Don't let the description deter you from joining a super fun project that will leave you feeling accomplished!

For this volunteer opportunity, you will assist with putting away donations and organizing for Hope Heals! 

Make sure to bring a water bottle. 

Help get Kirkman House Museum ready for the tourist season! Volunteers will assist with clean-up doing tasks like raking, weeding, trimming, light digging, waxing the hallway, and cleaning up the basement. 

Make sure to bring a water bottle and wear clothes you don't mind getting dirty!