Many Broward County agencies offer opportunities for residents to volunteer their services to benefit their local community. Whether you are a retiree with extra time on your hands, a student looking to fulfill service hours, or an individual or group interested in being involved in your community, this Web site offers opportunities for you to consider.
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Wanted: Kayakers to Help Clean Up the Shoreline
Posted: Thursday, May 3, 2012
BYOK (bring your own kayak) to Deerfield Island Park, from 8:30 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 12, to help clean up the shoreline around the park. To make things interesting, pretend you’re on a Kayak Treasure Hunt, complete with “treasure-hunting supplies” you’ll retrieve when you arrive at the park’s marina. Prizes will be awarded for the most unusual finds. Treasure hunters ages 18 and up are encouraged to bring a hat, gloves and plenty of drinking water. Preregistration is required by calling Quiet Waters Park at 954-357-5100. Deerfield Island is accessible via Broward County Transit Routes #48 and #50.
Volunteers Needed for Yearlong Exhibit at AARLCC
Updated: Monday, April 16, 2011
The African-American Research Library and Cultural Center (AARLCC) is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a tribute to an iconic stretch of road that was the commerce hub of the African-American community in the 1940s ― Northwest Fifth Avenue in Fort Lauderdale. AARLCC is seeking volunteers to serve as museum attendants for this yearlong exhibit. Volunteer will welcome visitors to the Center and provide information regarding Fabulous Forties on the Avenue exhibit. To volunteer, visit the Libraries Division website and complete an application form. For more information, contact Larry Holland at 954-357-5950, or email LibraryVolunteers@browardlibrary.org.
Get Involved! Animal Care and Adoption Needs Volunteers
Updated: Friday, April 13, 2012
Pet Foster Parents Needed!
Orphaned kittens and puppies need your help. Residents with extra time can volunteer to foster very young kittens and puppies that have come into the shelter without their mother. Animal Care will provide training. Volunteers must be able to commit the time and care to ensure the health and survival of the foster pet. More…
Greeters Needed!
For residents who enjoy working with the public and/or on a computer, Animal Care and Adoption needs you! We are looking for Volunteer Greeters to work in our front desk area with our Customer Service team. Greeters welcome customers and give them basic information regarding shelter programs and services.
Calling All Groomers!
Do you love working with animals? Do you enjoy making them look their very best? Then we need you! We are looking for caring volunteers with grooming skills who are interested in assisting at our Fort Lauderdale Adoption Center. The responsibility of a groomer is simply making our adoptable pets look and feel their very best so they can find a home.
Get Started!
All interested volunteers can visit www.broward.org/animal and click VOLUNTEER to print and complete a Volunteer Application form. For more information, contact the Animal Care and Adoption Volunteer Coordinator at 954-359-1313, ext. 9239.
Find the Volunteer Spirit at Your Favorite Nature Center
Updated: Monday, April 23, 2011
Help the environment by volunteering to clean natural areas of garbage and invasive plants. Broward County Parks and Recreation Division has scheduled EcoAction Days running through May 2012. The workdays are held on the first Saturday of the month at Fern Forest Nature Center in Coconut Creek and Long Key Natural Area & Nature Center in Davie, the second Saturday of the month at Secret Woods Nature Center in Dania Beach, and the third Saturday of the month at the Anne Kolb Nature Center in Hollywood and Deerfield Island Park in Deerfield Beach. Volunteers are asked to bring gloves, a hat, sunscreen, insect repellent and drinking water, and to dress appropriately with long pants, closed-toe shoes and long sleeves. Preregistration is required, and all participants must fill out a workday form before participating. For volunteers under 18, parental signatures are required. More…
Find Fulfillment – Broward County Parks Wants YOU!
Updated: Monday, November 14, 2011
Broward County Parks and Recreation Division’s Volunteers Improving Parks (VIP) program offers a variety of volunteer projects for students, families and groups of all sizes to share their time and talents with the community. VIP opportunities are available throughout the park system with schedules that are convenient for just about everyone. No experience is required – training and assistance will be provided. Take the first step today and fill out a volunteer application. Call the Volunteer Coordinator at 954-357-8153. More…
Monthly Beach Sweeps Rely on Volunteers
Updated: Friday, April 13, 2012
Beach Sweeps are year round volunteer opportunity offered in conjunction with local community partner agencies. They are normally scheduled for the second Saturday of the month from 9 a.m. to noon.
All volunteers must wear closed-toe shoes, no lip-flops. It is recommended that they wear a hat and sunscreen, and bring their own water. To learn more, call the Litter Hotline at 954-474-1835 or email Litterprevention@broward.org.
Upcoming Opportunities:
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June 9
July 14
August 11
County Food Drive Nets More Than 18,000
Pounds of Food
Updated: February 10, 2012
Broward County’s 365 Food Drive has resulted in 20,174 pounds of food that has been donated to area food banks. The drive was launched in January 2010, and continues in 2012 due to the increase in demand for assistance caused by the economic downturn. All non-perishable food items, such as canned meat, vegetables and fruit, peanut butter, jelly or jam, soups, pasta and toiletries, are welcome at any time. Collection boxes are available at the Governmental Center, 115 S. Andrews Ave., Fort Lauderdale; Government Center West, 1 N. University Drive, Plantation; all Broward County libraries, and the Main and regional County Courthouses. For a complete list of collection box locations and food items needed, visit www.broward.org/FoodDrive.
Volunteers Make Libraries’ Storybook Festival a “Winner”
Posted: February 10, 2012
The Storybook Festival, November 19, 2011, at Southwest Regional Library was a winner where 600 volunteer hours were contributed by 140 volunteers. The more than 700 festival attendees were guided through a “Fantasy Forest,” where volunteers dressed in costumes brought characters to life. Volunteer’s assisted festival attendees in helping Little Red Riding Hood find her grandmother, escaping Hansel and Gretel’s witch, calling Rapunzel down from her tower and tried to convince the Big Bad Wolf to try a carry-out meal instead of eating the Three Little Pigs. This wonderful program would not be a success without the generosity and hard work of our volunteers.
Volunteers Remove 2 Tons of Trash from Broward County Beaches
Posted: Monday, November 7, 2011
The 26th Annual International Coastal Cleanup, sponsored by Ocean Conservancy and coordinated by Broward County Natural Resources Planning and Management Division, was successful in removing more than 4,500 pound of trash from Broward County beaches. More than 2,300 volunteers, which included school groups, local businesses, cities and Broward County employees, helped to remove more than 72,000 individual pieces of trash from County beaches stretching from Deerfield Beach to Hallandale Beach. The International Coastal Cleanup is typically held on the third Saturday of September. For more information, visit www.oceanconservancy.org.