Account Ability Minnesota
Volunteer Title: Volunteer tax preparer, Volunteer Financial advocate, Tax site specialist
Type of Volunteer: Consulting & Professional Services; Other
Web Site: www.accountabilitymn.org
Description: AccountAbility Minnesota is a community based nonprofit that provides free tax preparation and financial services to low- and moderate-income individuals and families. AccountAbility Minnesota taps into our community's strength and generosity to assist our low- and moderate-income individuals and families to move from "getting by" to "getting ahead." We do so with a dedicated team of nearly 600 trained volunteer accountants, tax practitioners, accounting students and other individuals. Collectively, they provide more than 10,000 hours of tax prep and financial education that ultimately puts more money into the hands of our community members and local economies.
ACES
Type of Volunteer: Mentoring/Youth Development; Tutoring
Web Site: www.aces4kids.org
Description: ACES is an after-school tutor/mentor program with a mission to close the academic achievement gap for at-risk urban students in grades four through eight.
AEON
Type of Volunteer: Cleaning; Collecting, Sorting & Packaging; Food Preparation & Meal Services; Tutoring, Other
Web Site: www.aeonmn.org
Description: Aeon is a nonprofit developer of high-quality affordable apartments and town homes which serve more than 3,000 people annually in the Twin Cities.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Great Twin Cities
Volunteer Title: Big Brother, Big Sister
Type of Volunteer: Mentoring/Youth Development
Web Site: www.bigstwincities.org
Description: Big Brothers Big Sisters makes meaningful, monitored matches between adult volunteers called Bigs and children called Little's who are between the ages of 7 and 12. Volunteers meet with children just two to four times a month for fun and simple activities they decide upon.
Commuter Connection
Type of Volunteer: Other
Web Site: www.Commuter-Connection.org
Description: Commuter Connection is the Downtown Minneapolis Transportation Management Organization whose whole mission is to bring forward transportation options to Downtown Commuters.
Grassroots Solutions
Volunteer Title: Grassroots organizing, strategy, training and evaluation. Focus on engaging people in causes, elections, communities and businesses.
Type of Volunteer: Consulting & Professional Services; Fundraising & Campaigning; Other
Web Site: www.grassrootssolutions.com
Description: Grassroots Solutions is a consulting firm based in Minnesota that specializes in grassroots organizing, strategy, training, and evaluation. Since 1999, Grassroots Solutions has worked across the country with nonprofit and labor organizations and their funders, political campaigns, corporations, and government entities to expand their grassroots capacity, win elections or legislative victories, address community concerns, or position brands on the market.
Hennepin County Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Volunteer Services
Volunteer Title: Mentor, Project Aide, Activities and Outreach Aide, Probation Officer Aide, Correctional Officer Aide, Victim Services Aide, Greeter, Court Caller, Chaplain
Type of Volunteer: Administrative Support/Clerical; Event Organizing; Food Preparation & Meal Services; Fundraising & Campaigning; Mentoring/Youth Development; Public Relations/Marketing; Sports & Recreation; Tutoring
Web Site: hennepin.us/jpvolunteers
Description: For more than 40 years, Hennepin County's Department of Community Corrections and Rehabilitation has offered rewarding internship and volunteer opportunities in a variety of community and institutional settings. Volunteers work with offenders and their families in neighborhood settings, urban or suburban correctional facilities, or adult and juvenile court rooms. Whether tutoring, mentoring, or simply listening to an offender, volunteers provide a meaningful and highly valued community service. In 2010, 726 men and women donated more than 42,700 hours in the community and correctional facilities.
Minnesota AIDS Project
Volunteer Title: Driver, HIV Educator, IDU Outreach, Office and Clerical Support, Prevention Program Recruiter, PrideAlive, SHIELD Peer Educator, Special Events, Tuesday Nighter
Type of Volunteer: Administrative Support/Clerical; Event Organizing; Fundraising & Campaigning; Public Relations/Marketing; Other.
Web Site: www.mnaidsproject.org
Description: Founded in 1983 as a statewide nonprofit agency, the Minnesota AIDS Project envisions a world free of AIDS. Our mission is to lead Minnesota's fight to stop HIV through prevention, advocacy, awareness and services. In partnership with over 1,000 volunteers, we provide compassionate, confidential and non–discriminatory services, including practical, emotional and social support. In 2010, the organization provided services to more than half of the over 6,800 Minnesotans living with HIV. The Minnesota AIDS Project also reaches thousands of people with HIV prevention messages through community and outreach efforts.
Minnesota Children's Museum
Volunteer Title: Internships; Playologist, Special Event
Type of Volunteer: Administrative Support/Clerical; Consulting & Professional Services; Event Organizing; Mentoring/Youth Development; Public Relations/Marketing; Sports & Recreation; Other
Web Site: www.mcm.org
Description: Spark Children's learning through play!
Neighborhood Involvement Program
Volunteer Title: Youth Programs Volunteer
Type of Volunteer: Administrative Support/Clerical; Caring for People; Collecting, Sorting & Packaging; Event Organizing; Mentoring/Youth Development; Tutoring
Web Site: www.neighborhoodinvolve.org
Description: For almost 40 years, NIP youth programs have been offered to at-risk children in Minneapolis. The Majority of these children and youth come from low-income, single-parent families, are children of color, and qualify for free and reduced lunches. NIP engaged youth by empowering them with skills succeed academically and socially to prevent school dropout and to help youth become responsible, productive adults. We do this by creating healthy relationships and social support to youth, as well as providing integrative information and referral services to their families.
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Type of Volunteer: Administrative Support/Clerical; Event Organizing; Mentoring/Youth Development
Web Site: www.mssociety.org
Description: We mobilize people and resources to drive research for a cure and to address the challenges of everyone affected by MS.
Neighborhood Health Source
Volunteer Title: Community Relations, Graphic Designer, Content Reviewer, Event Planner, Development Intern, Fundraising Support
Type of Volunteer: Administrative Support/Clerical; Consulting & Professional Services; Fundraising & Campaigning; Mentoring/Youth Development; Public Relations/Marketing
Web Site: www.neighborhoodhealthsource.org
Description: Neighborhood Health Source (NHS) is a federally qualified health center (FQHC) providing primary and preventive health services to low-income and uninsured women, men and children of all ages since 1971. Sites include: Fremont Clinic and Heritage Seniors clinic in North Minneapolis, and Central Clinic and Sheridan Clinic in Northeast Minneapolis.
Playworks
Volunteer Title: The Player, After school Rock star, Referee, Assistant coach
Type of Volunteer: Mentoring/Youth Development; Sports & Recreation
Web Site: www.playworks.org
Description: Playworks is a national nonprofit organization that supports learning by providing safe, healthy and inclusive play and physical activity to low-income schools at recess and throughout the entire school day.
Project Footsteps
Volunteer Title: Community Volunteers, Local Volunteers, Youth Volunteers
Type of Volunteer: Fundraising & Campaigning; Event Organizing; Mentoring/Youth Development; Public Relations/Marketing
Web Site: www.projectfootsteps.org
Description: Project Footsteps is a nonprofit organization based in Minneapolis that strives to inspire, empower, and prepare youth and community to be agents of change, social leaders, and volunteers.
Project for Pride in Living (PPL)
Type of Volunteer: Caring for People; Gardening /Planting; Mentoring/Youth Development; Painting; Sports & Recreation; Tutoring
Web Site: www.ppl-inc.org
Description: Project for Pride in Living (PPL) is celebrating our 40th anniversary as a local community organization dedicated to helping people help themselves! Our mission is to work with individuals and families with lower incomes to achieve greater self-sufficiency through housing, employment training, family support and education.
Ronald McDonald House Charities- Upper Midwest
Volunteer Title: House warmers, Receptionists, Office, Cooks for Kids groups, Lend a Hand groups
Type of Volunteer: Administrative Support/Clerical; Cleaning; Collecting, Sorting & Packaging; Food Preparation & Meal Services
Web Site: www.rmhc-um.org
Description: Ronald McDonald House Charities, Upper Midwest (RMHC-UM) creates, finds and supports programs that provide a caring community for families with seriously ill children while increasing children's access to health care services. RMHC-UM provides a home-away-from-home for families with seriously ill children through its cornerstone program, the Ronald McDonald House, and most recently, the Ronald McDonald Family Room at Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare, and the Ronald McDonald House inside Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota.
Twin Cities Rotaract
Web Site: www.tcrotaract.org
Description: Rotaract, a program of Rotary International, is a group of 18-35 year old young professional volunteers, dedicated to Professional and Leadership development through community and international service and fellowship.
Vision Loss Resources
Volunteer Title: Shopper, Reader, Walker, Videographer, Recreation Buddy
Type of Volunteer: Administrative Support/Clerical; Caring for People; Event Organizing; Sports & Recreation
Web Site: www.VisionLossResources.org
Description: The mission of Vision Loss Resources is to create a community of service, skills and support for people with vision loss. We work with clients who are blind or visually impaired in the 9 county metro regions. Our volunteers are vital to our mission. Volunteers visit client's homes and help read their mail get groceries, go biking, walking, skiing etc. All volunteer opportunities are flexible most taking place on a weekly, bi-weekly or monthly basis.
Y Mentoring Program
Type of Volunteer: Mentoring/Youth Development
Web Site: www.ymcatwincities.org
Description: YMCA Mentoring Program: Mentor to Inspire Winning Futures. The Y's Mentoring Program serves adjudicated youth 13 - 17 years old. Mentors work to reconnect youth to positive behaviors through one-on-one mentoring. Great opportunity for students studying criminal justice, human services, law enforcement, community development and caring professions.
