Service Opportunities

Where small commitments make big differences.

Service work provides opportunities to gain experience in an area you are considering as a career. You may choose to help out a a local candidate for political office, assist the elderly in preparing their taxes, or work with children in the schools. Whatever your career interests are, you can find great experience in a service opportunity.

Here is a very limited list of organizations providing service opportunities—the possibilities are limitless!

• 4-H Clubs - Volunnteer as an adult in your local community club.
• American Cancer Society - Work as a volunteer in any community to help further the fight against cancer.
• American Red Cross - A national organization with local chapters.
• Americorps - Your chance to put your ideas into action while learning new skills, making new connections, and earning money to pay for college.
• Camp Staff - A resource for summer camp jobs across North America.
• Connect-123 - Volunteer and internship programs in five international cities: Buenos Aires, Barcelona, Cape Town, Shanghai, and Dublin.
• Cross-Cultural Solutions - A resource for international volunteer opportunities.
• Global Volunteer Network - A non profit organiziation which places volunteers in community projects worldwide.
• Global Volunteers - Live and work with local people on life-affirming service programs.
• GoAbroad.com - Directory of over 27,000 opportunites abroad updated daily.
• Habitat for Humanity - Building projects across the nation and world change lives and communities.
• Idealist.org - Thousands of volunteer opportunities in the nonprofit sector.
• Innisfree - Provide live-in caregiving to residents with intellictually disabilities.
• Make-A-Wish Foundation - Fulfilling the wishes of children with life-threatening illnesses - opportunities available at chapters across the country.
• Michigan Community Service Commission - Provides vision and resources to strengthen communities through volunteerism.
• Michigan Nonprofit Association - Committed to promoting and strengthening a life-long ethic of service and civic engagment through the support of community-building initiatives.
• Peace Corps - Work across the globe to train people for better lives.
• Rotary International - Service club providing volunteer opportunities locally, regionally, and internationally.
• Student Conservation Association - Providing hands-on conservation service opportunities.
• Teach for America - Teaching children in underserved areas.
• UN Volunteers Program - The United Nations Volunteer Program (UNV) is the UN organization that contributes to peace and development through volunteerism worldwide.
• United Way - Volunteer in one of countless ways across America through the United Way.
• Volunteer Centers of Michigan - Statewide network of over 30 volunteer centers serving 59 Michigan counties.
• Volunteer Match - Find opportunities around the country to volunteer.
• World Volunteer Web - A resource of networking and dissemination of information, to develop an inclusive and global volunteer network.

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