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Recurring Service Opportunities
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Keep Charleston Beautiful is a local organization that aims to preserve the natural beauty of Charleston by picking up human-made waste and to educate volunteers about underlying social issues that are impacted by litter. Join us on 03/30 and 04/20 from 9am-12pm and 10/20 from 12pm-2pm. We will meet in the Lightsey Lobby. Please make sure to register using Appointment Manager.
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MUSC Urban Farm is a community garden that provides participants with new knowledge on the process of urban gardening as well as the opportunity to try out some best practices. Join us for a Work and Learn on 03/28, 04/11. We will meet in Lightsey Suite 203 at 3:20 pm. Please make sure to register using Appointment Manager.
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Neighborhood House is a soup kitchen and development office that serves lunch to people experiencing food insecurity in the Charleston community, with a produce "market" that provides access to healthy fruits and vegetables. Join us 04/15 to help distribute fresh produce to the food insecure population, we will be meeting at 11:00 am in Lightsey Suite 203. Please make sure to register using Appointment Manager.
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Lowcountry Food Bank is the primary distributor of donated food in the Charleston area. They collect, inspect, and distribute donations all over the South Carolina Coast. We will be packing, cleaning, and sorting food while learning about food insecurity in our local community. Pickup will be at 8:30 am on 04/06 between the McAllister and Berry dormitories. Participants will be back to campus no later than 12:30. Please make sure to register using Appointment Manager
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Farmers' Market Gleaning is this held on select Saturdays from 1-3pm and consists of collecting food from select farmers’ booths, sorting through the produce to see what will keep over the weekend, and transport it to Neighborhood House where it will later be distributed. Gleanings will take place 04/13 from 1-3pm. We will meet Outside of Lightsey. Please sign up through Appointment Manager via MyCharleston
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On-going Volunteer Opportunities
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Here is a list of upcoming volunteer opportunities with Charleston County Parks.
Cooper River Bridge Run 2019-April 6
- Volunteers needed to help with the Mt. Pleasant side/Starting Line. You will be giving participants directions and helping them put their belongings into cargo cans. Shift is 6am-8:30am
Lowcountry Cajun Festival-April 7
· Amusement Area. Assist Palmetto Amusements. Responsible for line control, taking tickets or checking for wrist bands and ensuring all participants are adhering to safety protocols. Shifts 11am-2:30pm & 2pm-6pm
· Green Team Ambassadors. Recycling Ambassadors will be stationed at or in close proximity to recycling and compost bins throughout the festival, serving as a guide to assist attendees with proper disposal of materials and helping them get their materials into the appropriate bins. Shift 2pm-6pm
Charleston Outdoor Festival-April 13-14
- Try It Zones for Archery, Bike Obstacle Course, Challenge Zone & Climbing Wall. No experience is required. Shift April 14 12:15pm-5pm.
- Cardboard Canoe Race. Assist children with creating and building cardboard canoes. Cheer on your team during the race. Shift April 14 11am-1pm
- Mountain Bike Short Track Race. Assist with set up and take down, direct participants and helping race monitors and directors with various duties such as, on course safety tables, registration Shift April 14 9:30am-2pm
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Camp Rise Above provides life-changing camp experiences for children with serious illnesses, disabilities, and life challenges. During eight two-day camp sessions each summer at James Island County Park, children are able to forget about their illnesses and just enjoy being a kid at camp.
Camp Rise Above is seeking students to serve as one-on-one counselors at our 2019 summer camp sessions. Camp begins June 10 and ends July 12 (with a weeklong break for July 4). Volunteers can come to as many sessions as they'd like. More information about CRA as well as volunteer applications can be found at www.campriseabove.org. Please email erinu@campriseabove.org with any questions.
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National Park Service will be hosting Park Day, a volunteer event, at Fort Moultrie from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm on Saturday, April 6. Projects will include general clean up of the interior of the fort and dead debris removal around the grounds. Following the event, there will be a ranger-led interpretive tour of the fort.
More information can be found here.
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The City of Charleston PD are seeking volunteers to help them complete their in-service training, which occurs twice a month on Thursdays. This year the City of Charleston Fire Department will also be participating in the training. The training is focused on teaching the tactics needed by the police and fire departments to get lifesaving medical treatment to victims after a mass casualty event, such as an active shooter scenario. Each training day, they will need eight (8) volunteers to help them complete the training. The volunteers are critical to add realism to the scenarios, and will help the police and fire departments increase their operational readiness and ability to effectively respond to a mass casualty event. Here is the signup genius link:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d4fa4ad29a0fb6-active
If you have any questions please contact Sergeant Cromer at cromert@charleston-sc.gov
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The Charleston Miracle League is a non-profit organization that makes available the game of baseball for children and adults with special needs. One important aspect of their group's success are the contributions of the good people that volunteer and help them get through game days. Volunteer opportunities include; Buddies on the Field, Fans in the stands, Concession Stand, and Game Announcers.
Those that are interested in helping out can go to their website: charlestonmiracleleague.org, and sign up for specific dates and positions via the "Volunteer Registration" button. Also, volunteers are welcome to just show up on game days, without signing up at all.
Their seasons consist of two 8 week periods, once in the Fall which just concluded, and once in the Spring which should start in the first Saturday in March. During the season, game are on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Volunteers are not obligated to stay the entire day. Show up when you want, leave when you want. However, the longer they can keep volunteers during the day, the more helpful.
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Charleston Animal Society is a local animal shelter is currently looking for volunteers to walk dogs, socialize cats, help in their spay/neuter clinic, and much more. For more information please contact Santanna Williams at swilliams@charlestonanimalsociety.org or 843-329-1566. Website: www.charlestonanimalsociety.org/volunteer
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The National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center at MUSC is looking for volunteers to provide clinic- and telephone-based follow-up mental health services to adult rape victims in the tri-county area. This volunteer opportunity would be great for students interested in psychology, nursing, ob/gyn, or have an interest in helping individuals with the following problems under the supervision of a licensed psychologist: sexual assault, substance misuse, suicidal ideation, post traumatic stress disorder, general mental health and case management. They also have research opportunities for volunteers so they can get both clinical and research opportunities with this volunteer project. If interested, please send a letter of interest outlining areas of interest and any related experience along with a CV to Dr. Amanda Gilmore (project director) at gilmoram@musc.edu.
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Meals on Wheels! The Charleston Area Senior Citizens and their Meals on Wheels (MOW) program are looking for volunteers to come in between 7:30/8 am until 2pm. There is no time requirement nor would someone need to stay all day, we would be very glad to work around someone’s schedule. There are also hours available in the afternoon from about 11-2 during lunchtime. Another option is to help out with a volunteer route of about 10-15 clients in the downtown area.
We are conveniently based out of the Charleston Area Senior Center at 259 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29401. For more information please contact, Samantha Cannon (843)722-4217 or VolunteerCord@CharlestonAreaSeniors.com. For more information: charlestonareaseniors.com.
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We are very excited about this year’s panel discussion, “Redefining Leadership,” with a focus on women and innovative leadership positions, featuring panelists Vanessa Brown of Charleston County School District and the Shared Future Project; Kris De Welde, Director of the Women’s and Gender Studies program at CofC; Julie Hussey of the League of Women Voters; Ke’Von Singleton, a young filmmaker and civil rights activist; and Adelaide Bates, founder and director of the McClellanville Land and Sea Market.
The event also includes project liaison presentations on service and community building over lunch (provided by CofC), as well as more intimate breakout discussions with attendees. Please see the full schedule of events below:
LCS Schedule:
10:00-10:45: Arrival and Registration
10:45-11:00: Opening Remarks
11:00-12:30: Panel
12:30-2:00: Lunch and Poster Session
2:00-3:30: Breakout Conversations
3:30-3:45: Closing Remarks
4:00-6:00: Social (Optional)
This is a great opportunity to network with other community-based-organizations, and to meet and talk to students in honors and from the broader campus. If you are interested in attending, please register here.
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