Category: Volunteering

Two Great Ways to Find Volunteer Opportunities

Categories: Administration, Art, Children, Community, Education, Mentoring, Science, Tutoring, Volunteering

Try scoping out some of the Volunteer Opportunities from Coming of Age partner, United Way! What interests you? Education? Financial literacy? Health? Community-building? The United Way’s Action Center is the ticket—the ticket to some great volunteer opportunities. Click on "Read More" below.
You want more volunteer opportunities? Then check out this great listing from Serve Philadelphia.

Categories: Administration, Communications, Volunteering

North Light Community Center in Manayunk seeks a volunteer to assist with telephone answering, data entry, other clerical tasks (updating of bulletin boards, agency-wide calendar, etc.) and act as receptionist for visitors as needed. They'd like someone who is a "people person," has some data entry/computer keyboard skills and can commit to 10 to 15 hours per week.

Seeking the Wise

Categories: Children, Communications, Volunteering

Type: Unpaid

Have wisdom to share? Are you 60 or older, feeling generative and would like to offer guidance to younger folks? Members of the Elder Wisdom Circle share their wisdom with advice seekers from across the world. Via the Net, you answer advice requests at your convenience, offering personalized and free advice on a wide range of topics - love and relationships, family and child-rearing, career and self-improvement, and more. If it takes a village to raise a child, why not be one of the wise villagers to help do that? For more info, go here.

More from the Mayor-- This Time a Stipended Volunteer Role!

Categories: Children, Volunteering

Type: Stipended

The Mayor’s Office of Community Empowerment and Opportunity seeks those 55 or older to be role models, mentors and tutors for the city’s youth through the Community Empowerment and Opportunity's Foster Grandparent Program. Foster Grandparents will work with young people at local schools, hospitals, shelters, daycare centers, and Head Start programs. Participants receive a tax-free stipend, free transportation, and sick, vacation and personal leave days. If interested, call 215-685-3724.

More about Books-- Read 'Em with Kids!

Categories: Older Adults, Tutoring, Volunteering