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  • Experience Corps Tutor

    Ongoing | Experience Corp

    Volunteers provide 1:1 literacy tutoring to 1st through 3rd grade children at risk of reading below grade level. Tutoring/Mentoring sessions are held virtually and in-person at Achieve Pinal schools.. Read More »

  • AARP Nurse Volunteer/Patient and Family Advisory Council member (PFAC)

    Ongoing | AARP Nationwide

    PFACs provide a mechanism for involving patients and families in policymaking, facility design, and hospital care planning, delivery, and evaluation. These councils are generally composed of between 5 and 20 patients and family members who use their…. Read More »

  • Ethel Gathering Organizer

    Ongoing | AARP Nationwide

    As The Ethel Gathering Organizer, you will be pivotal in fostering connections and creating memorable experiences within The Ethel community. You can bring women together, organize events in your community, and contribute to a vibrant and growing…. Read More »

  • Wish of a Lifetime Wish Discovery Volunteer

    Ongoing | Wish of a Lifetime

    Help support Wish of a Lifetime’s mission to shift the way society views and values our oldest generations by fulfilling seniors’ dreams and sharing their stories to inspire those of all ages through discovering wishes in your community. Wish…. Read More »

  • Driver Safety Instructor

    Ongoing | Driver Safety

    Teach Smart Driver courses in your assigned state. Read More »

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  • IT Team Leader

    Ongoing | Campaign: Children Need Parents, Inc.

    Can kids raise themselves? Preposterous isnメt it. Itメs worse than that because there are more than 1,000,000 kids in this country who are doing exactly that. Theyメre displaced from family and... Read More »

  • Become a Big Brother!

    Ongoing | Bigs & Littles NYC

    Hundreds of families seek mentoring services through Bigs & Littles NYC Mentoring each year - we canメt serve them without volunteers like you! While we work with of volunteers of... Read More »

  • Volunteer Public Benefits Counselor

    Ongoing | ACES Project - CSS

    The Advocacy, Counseling, and Entitlement Services (ACES) Project of the Community Service Society of New York (CSS) is seeking retired individuals, age 55 years or older, to serve as volunteer public... Read More »

  • Empower Through Language: Flexible Language Volunteering

    Ongoing | The Educational Equality Institute

    Empower Ukrainian refugees by sharing your language and culture as a volunteer teacher with Language Connect for Ukraine. We're seeking compassionate individuals fluent in any language to join our... Read More »

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