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Center for Community Engagement and Service 4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20016 United StatesName | Location | In Person No Contact or Virtual | Description |
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Amnesty International | National | Virtual | Amnesty Decoders is an innovative platform for volunteers around the world to use their computers or phones to help researchers sift through pictures, information and documents and expose human rights violations. |
Be My Eyes | National | Virtual | Be My Eyes is a free app that connects blind and low-vision people with sighted volunteers and company representatives for visual assistance through a live video call. |
Book Share | National | Virtual | Scan or proofread books added to an online digital collection for individuals with reading disabilities. |
CARECEN | Washington D.C. | No Contact/Virtual | CARECEN’s citizenship and civic engagement program prepares permanent residents to pass the naturalization exam and become active and engaged US citizens. Interpreters, interviewers, and teachers needed. |
Calvary Women's Services | Washington D.C. | No Contact/Virtual | Calvary's programs are designed for women who are survivors of violence and trauma, are living with mental illness, or are in recovery from substance abuse. They have asked for support providing meals, working on social media, and fundraising. |
Capital Area Foodbank | Washington D.C. and Virginia | In Person/No Contact | Food Bank Volunteer: Pack and sort food at the warehouse and assist in off site distributions. Food donations also welcomed. |
Career Village | National | Virtual | Offer career advice to students interested in learning from professionals. All you need is a LinkedIn to get started. |
Citizen Archivist | National | Virtual | Help make records of the National Archives more searchable and discoverable. |
CovEducation | National | Virtual | CovEd is a matchmaking platform that connects K-12 students seeking tutoring with volunteer college students offering to mentor students during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
Crisis Text Line | National | Virtual | Get trained and staff a free 24/7 national crisis-intervention and counseling service conducted exclusively through SMS text. Volunteers are screened and complete self-paced training, afterwards staffing one four-hour shift each week for a year. |
DC Reading Clinic | Washington D.C. | Virtual | The DC Reading Clinic (a project of DCPS) offers training and tutoring in reading to DCPS children. Apply to be a mentor and use structured literacy to help change children's lives. |
Do Something | National | Virtual | Do something promotes a variety of virtual campaigns for a global movement of good. Work on database entry or other projects. |
Free Minds Bookclub | Washington D.C. | Virtual | Read and respond to our members' poetry, join our volunteer letter writing circle, or create educational worksheets. |
Hopecam | Virginia | Virtual | Video chat with children undergoing cancer treatment and help them overcome the challenges of social isolation. |
Horton's Kids | Washington D.C. | Virtual | Help tutor or brainstorm ideas and tricks for videos that can be sent to students across the DMV area. |
Latino Student Fund | Washington D.C. | Virtual | Provide academic support by tutoring, assisting with college prep, or mentoring a graduating high school senior. Video tutoring via Zoom will take place every weekday from 3-6 pm. |
Malta Pen Pal Program | National | Virtual | The Malta Pen Pal Program is a two-way correspondence between you and an inmate. It is an anonymous relationship enhances inmates' self esteem and translates into a lower recidivism rate upon release. |
Martha's Table | Washington D.C. | In Person/No Contact | Help with food preparation, the mini market, grocery bagging, food delivery services, or clothing support. |
Miriam's Kitchen | Washington D.C. | Virtual | Help us end chronic homelessness in D.C by supporting our kitchen, social services, or advocacy groups. All volunteers need to commit to at least one shift per month on an ongoing basis. |
Missing Maps | National | Virtual | Missing Maps is an open, collaborative project in which you can help to map areas where humanitarian organizations are trying to meet the needs of vulnerable people. |
National Park Service | National | Virtual | Volunteers needed to help shape the future of the National Park Service’s digital presence. |
Omprakash | International | Virtual/In Person | Connect with vetted NGOs worldwide who are looking for volunteers, virtually and in person. |
Salvation Army Capital Area Command | DMV Area | Virtual/In Person | Short-term and long-term volunteer opportunities throughout D.C., Maryland, and Northern Virginia, including Emergency Disaster Services. |
SCOTUS Notes | National | Virtual | Help transcribe handwritten conference notes left by Supreme Court justices. Your transcriptions will provide unprecedented access to the justices' conversations in thousands of Court decisions. |
Smithsonian Institute | National | Virtual | Become a Smithsonian Digital Volunteer and help transcribe historic documents, archive images, and more. |
So Others Might Eat | Washington D.C. | In Person/No Contact | Volunteers are needed to assist preparing food containers to be given to guests and clean after their shift. No contact with guests. |
SOUL | Washington D.C. | Virtual | Volunteer as a tutor, mentor, or coach. Help design an interactive virtual tutoring approach or help with fundraising and development. |
Thrive DC | Washington D.C. | In Person/No Contact | Serve meals, help with employment services, and provide administrative support. |
Rosie The Seamstress | National | Virtual | Sew hospital face masks as part of Rosie the Seamstress, a national effort to bring sewists and hospital facilities together to provide much needed masks. |
Translators Without Borders | National | Virtual | Are you fluent in more than one language? Help Translators Without Borders translate materials for crisis relief, health, and education projects around the world. |
United Way of Central Maryland | Maryland | Virtual/In Person | There are many volunteer opportunities here for those in central MD. Some are remote (such as tutoring students online), and others are in person. |
U.S. Digital Response | National | Virtual | Join the U.S. Digital Response Team for COVID-19 Volunteers, and provide assistance with data, digital, and operational capacities for the government. |
Virtual Student Federal Service | National | Virtual | Through the Virtual Student Federal Service (VSFS) program, students work on projects that advance the work of government on multiple fronts. Projects include helping counter violent extremism, strengthening human rights monitoring, developing virtual programs, engaging in digital communications, mapping, economic and political reporting, data analysis, graphic design, and app building. |
Volunteer Match | National | Virtual/In Person | This site allows registered users to submit and find volunteer opportunities to aid communities impacted by COVID-19. |
Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps DC | Washington D.C. | Virtual/In Person | Support the DC Department of Health by assisting with medical screenings, patient tracking, and other public health activities. |
Community Bridges | Maryland | Virtual | Community Bridges empowers girls from diverse backgrounds to become exceptional students, positive leaders, and healthy young women. Volunteers assist in the planning, development and implementation of lesson plans in Community Bridges' afterschool program. |
Virginia Volunteer Health System | Virginia | Virtual/In Person | The Virginia Volunteer Health System (VVHS) is a web-based information, alerting and credentialing system used by local Medical Reserve Corps Coordinators and health districts for the management of medical and support volunteers who desire to support public health emergencies and daily public health activities in Virginia. |
Washington Legal Clinic | Washington D.C. | Virtual | The Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless has created a COVID-19 Resource Guide and is looking for volunteers. |
We Are Family | Washington D.C. | In Person/No Contact | We Are Family is looking for volunteers to help suport inner-city seniors with grocery deliveries (specifically in the Columbia Heights, Parkview, and North Capitol neighborhoods), reassurance phone calls, and shopping assistance. In kind donations and direct donations are also greatly appreciated. |
Friendship Place | Washington D.C. | Virtual | Friendship Place volunteers provide invaluable support to the men, women, and children experiencing homelessness in the DC community. They also occassionally host online webinars for volunteers and their clients. |
HIAS | Washington D.C. | Virtual | Become a virtual mentor, English language tutor, or pen pal for/with asylum seekers in the DMV area. You can also find a collection of online offerings to keep you engaged and up-to-date on the issues facing refugees and asylum seekers. |
Food & Friends | Washington D.C. | In Person/No Contact | Food and Friends has opportunities in their kitchen, delivery, and grocery opperations, as well as administrative support, to ensure people with life-challenging illnesses have food. |
LSSNCA | DMV | Virtual | Volunteers serve as a mentor or tutor to help a refugee family learn English and navigate their new community. |
Safest Drug | National | Virtual | Create education campaigns, conduct research, identify partners, compile data and statistics, develop operational strategy, develop graphics, and assist with events. All work can be done remotely from the safety of volunteers' homes. |
The Young Center | National | Virtual | Currently providing virtual training for new volunteers as it relates to child immigrant rights and advocacy. |
UAID | National | Virtual | United Against Inequities in Disease (UAID) is a national non-profit organization that empowers students to eliminate health inequities locally. Their internship opens May 2021. |
Be the Change | National | Virtual | This free virtual program is a yearly event that helps young people connect with peers from around the country who are passionate leaders of change in their schools and communities. |
Nature Conservancy | DMV | Virtual | The Nature Conservancy is offering the public the opportunity to submit photos and videos to be utilized in the Maryland/DC chapters' publications. |
JGI | Virgina | Virtual | Communications and marketing interns with the Jane Goodall Institute work on a wide variety of projects across a number of departments to help advance and manage the Institute’s messaging and public identity. |
United Planning Organization | Washington D.C. | In Person/No Contact | UPO is looking for volunteers in many capacities. Help distribute hot meals and groceries or volunteer with their income tax preparation program. |
YMCA | Washington D.C. | Virtual/No contact | YMCA is looking for people to assist in virtual child care, food distributions, advocacy messages, and charitable outreach efforts within the District. Volunteer opportunities range from care-package deliveries to online education and advocacy. |
RAINN | National | Virtual | RAINN is looking for volunteers to help run the online, secure National Sexual Assault Hotline. |
NOVA Parks | Virgina | In Person/No Contact | NOVA Parks is looking for volunteers to assist in the upkeep of their parks. For more opportunities, call the number listed on their site. |
ONETrack International | National | Virtual | ONETrack is looking for ambassadors to help spread awareness of their orphan care mission and implement effective fundraising practices. |
Food For All DC | Washington D.C. | In Person/No Contact | Food For All DC is looking for drivers in the DC area to help drop food off to the local community. |
Serve DC | Washington D.C. | Virtual/In Person/No Contact | Serve DC is looking for volunteers to help support the District's COVID-19 response efforts. |
Meals for Metro House | Washington D.C. | No Contact | National United Methodist Church Congregation is looking for people to drop off meals at this specific location. |
Meals for St. Luke's House | Washington D.C. | No Contact | National United Methodist Church Congregation is looking for people to drop off meals at this specific location. |
Hughes Memorial Church | Washington D.C. | In person | Hughes Memorial Church is offering many opportunities from meal prep. to participating in running their anti-violence after school program. |
Food Rescue US | Washington D.C. | No Contact | Food Rescue is looking for people to deliver food to prominent locations thoughout DC. Download their app today to make sure surplus food doesn't go to waste. |
Grace Episcopal Church | Washington D.C. | In Person | Grace’s Table is a ministry of Grace Church that provides and shares a meal and an interfaith Bible study on Saturdays for persons experiencing homelessness. Volunteer hosts purchase and prepare food, mingling with guests if they choose. |
Capitol Hill United Methodist Church | Washington D.C. | In Person | The church can always use the help of volunteers – assisting with cooking, serving meals, or simply being friendly to guests. Currently, food is delivered to those who need it to limit gathering. |
SHARE Food Network | Washington D.C. | In Person/No Contact | Assist with food distribution by bagging and delivering family meals across the city. Shifts are fridays and saturdays. |
Central Union Mission | Washington D.C. | Virtual/No Contact | Central is looking for volunteers to help host fundraising drives virtually or to drop off imperative supplies. |
Jewish Social Service Agency | DMV | Virtual/No Contact | JSSA matches your interests and skills with the needs of their clients, patients, and staff. They welcome the involvement of individuals of all denominations who want to volunteer. Opportunities include meal delivery, technology tutoring, and senior support. |
Friendship Place | Washington D.C. | In Person/No Contact | Friendship Place is focused on alleviating homelessness in DC. Volunteers are needed to help with donation pickups and running office tasks/duties. |
Sanctuary DMV Food Iniative | DMV | No Contact | Sanctuary DMV stands in solidarity with immigrants and other marginalized communities in the DC metro area. They are looking for people to help with food distribution. A vehicle would be recommended. |
Al Otro Lado | National | Virtual | Al Otro Lado provides free legal and humanitarian support to migrants at the US-Mexico border. They are seeking volunteers who are passionate about immigrant rights to assist with legal work and translating services. |
Teens Run DC | Washington D.C. | Virtual | TRDC has crafted virtual running buddy program to keep adult volunteers and youth engaged and active. Fill out the form linked to the page to volunteer. |
DC Dream Center | Washington D.C. | In Person | The Dream Center serves daily free hot meals and provides non-perishable and hygiene products, welcoming volunteers seven days a week. |
Ayuda | DMV | In Person | Ayuda provides legal, social, and language services to support low-income immigrants in our neighborhoods. Immigration Legal Internships, Domestic Violence & Family Law Internships, and Adminstrative Internships are available. |
N Street Village | Washington D.C. | Virtual/No Contact | N Street Village is a shelter for women experiencing homelessness. While their usual volunteer capacities are limited due to the pandemic, they are hosting virtual days of service, community dinners, and client classes where you can get involved. |
Skyland Workforce Center | Washington D.C. | Virtual | Skyland is a workforce development program in Ward 8. They are in search of volunteers to help participants facing challenges related to literacy skills, computer skills, work readiness, transportation, housing, and other barriers to employment. |
The Trevor Project | National | Virtual | The Trevor Project recruits volunteers to staff crisis intervention services to provide life-saving support to LGBTQ youth. Get involved through digital messaging or telephone counseling. |
Washington English Center | Washington D.C. | Virtual | The Washington English Center provides English language instruction and employment assistance to immigrants. They are recruiting volunteer English teachers and one-on-one conversation and writing tutors for spring virtual classes. Classes run from April 12th - June 24th, however they accept volunteers on a rolling basis. |
FRESHFARM | DMV | In Person | Freshfarm promotes sustainable agriculture and improves food access and equity through producer-only farmers markets, food distribution programs, and community food education. Volunteers can help with any and all of these initiatives. |
Housing Up | Washington D.C. | In Person | Housing Up builds thriving communities in Washington DC through affordable housing and support services to homeless and low-income families. Volunteers can help facilitate youth enrichment, health & wellness, and community building activities at 3 affordable housing locations. |
Miriam's Kitchen | Washington D.C. | In person/No Contact | Miriam's Kitchen provides food and housing support to individuals experiencing homelessness. Volunteers can distribute breakfast and dinner meals from their outdoor tent. |
Sheperd's Table | In Person/No Contact | Support Sheperd's Table's mission of inspiring hope in those experiencing food insecurity, homelessness, and poverty through meal prep, food distribution, and administrative tasks. | |
Jubilee Housing | Washington D.C. | Virtual | Jubilee Housing Teen Center provides services for 6th-12th grade students, college students, and young adults. These services are garnered around college and career readiness, social-emotional learning, enrichment, and tutoring/mentoring. Jubilee Housing is seeking AU students to provide virtual job readiness workshops and tutoring. |
Community Bridges | Maryland | Virtual/No Contact | Community Bridges empowers girls from diverse backgrounds. Assist with the development of lesson plans and connect with CB girls online, or help secure groceries, school supplies, & household goods. |
Takoma Park Mobilization Groups | Maryland | Virtual | Join any one of Takoma Park Mobilization's groups to address specific social justice issues, including climate change, immigration, and economic equity. |
Building Bridges Across the River | Washington D.C. | No Contact | Building Bridges Across the River is partnering with Capital Area Food Bank to distribute food to families in our community. Volunteers are needed for safe, socially-distanced grocery packing every Wed 9am-12:30pm. Contact tojchevis@thearcdc.org to learn more. |