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Special Events

Saturday, February 11: The Boys & Girls Clubs of South Valley is looking for event volunteers for our annual gala. There are many opportunities and shifts available: set up, ushering, silent auction "sales." It is a great night to make a difference to in lives of thousands of children. Contact Cherity for more information. cphillips@bgcsv.org or 801-284-4263.

Saturday, February 25: Take the Challenge and participate or volunteer in the American Lung Association's Annual Fight For Air Climb. Race, run or walk up the 598 steps of the Wells Fargo Center Tower. Whether you do it in honor of a loved one with lung disease, or just to take the challenge, you will walk away with a new-found respect for your lungs. More information and registration available online at www.fightforairclimb.org.

Saturday, February 25, 2012: The American Diabetes Association needs your help with the largest health fair of its kind in Utah dedicated to diabetes, healthy eating and active living.  There are volunteer opportunities in all areas of the event, for example:  admission, bookstore, information booth, registration, volunteer check in and Youthzone.  Volunteers will receive lunch and an event t-shirt.  Please contact us to volunteer or get more information. The Diabetes Expo will be on Saturday, February 25, 2012 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm at the South Towne Exposition Center. Ages 14 – 16 are welcome, but must be accompanied by a volunteering adult. For more information or to volunteer, please contact Ashlee 1-801-363-3024 x7069, abrown@diabetes.org.

Saturday, February 25: Help people with Multiple sclerosis (MS) by volunteering at the National MS Society’s Women on the Move Luncheon! Volunteer with check-in, greeting, and raffle ticket sales on Saturday, February 25 from 10am-12:30pm at the Grand America Hotel. Email GetInvolved@nmss.orgto sign up!

March 12-18: Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week. Please contact Juliann Fritz for more information:Juliann.Fritz@nmss.org.

Saturday, March 31: REI is pleased to sponsor the Bend-in-the-River Spring Clean-Up which will take place on March 31, 2012.  The Bend-in-the-River is an urban greenspace located in the heart of Salt Lake City along the Jordan River parkway.  This greenspace serves as a central location for community education on native vegetation and ecology, while simultaneously providing a venue to keep Salt Lake’s urban community connected to its environment.  The Bennion Community Service Center at the University of Utah partners year-round with Parks and Public Lands Division and REI in stewardship  of the site, and we invite you out for a fun and educational day of giving back to our environment in celebration of this national holiday.  We need your on March 31st to prepare the site for the spring planting season! Volunteers simply show up, Saturday, March 31, 2012 from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm at Bend-in-the-River (1030 W Fremont Ave, SLC).

Saturday, April 28: Help people with MS by volunteering at the National MS Society’s annual Walk MS event on Saturday, April 28 at Gateway Mall! Volunteer to hang décor, check-in participants, serve food, run prizes, cheerlead, organize team photos, and more! Email GetInvolved@nmss.org!

June 30 -July 7: Bennion Center Costa Rica Service Trip. This program aims to give participants the chance to serve in a rural area in Costa Rica. Participants will be exposed to eco-tourism, agro-ecology, community development, women in development, fair trade agriculture and lots of fun! Family and friends are invited. There is no age limit. Program Cost is $1,000 per person + Air Fare. Application and more information is available online http://bennioncenter.org/alumni/index.htm.

Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities

Want to make a difference in someone’s life?  Please share your language skills as an interpreter for the Maliheh Free Clinic. The Clinic provides free medical care to the uninsured and working poor in the greater Salt Lake area. Our patients are living below 150% of federal poverty guidelines, and do not qualify for Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, or other health care resources. Our patient population includes 45% Hispanic, 20% Pacific Islander, 20% Caucasian, and 15% representing other ethnic groups. Interpreters are always in demand, and perform a valuable service in insuring that our patients are receiving accurate and understandable information about their health care needs and concerns.  Interested volunteers may contact the Clinic at 801-266-3700 opt. 2, or via email atkcase@malihehfreeclinic.org. A commitment of at least 4 hours twice a month is preferred. 

2012 Utah Pride Festival Leadership Volunteers are the backbone of the Utah Pride Festival. It will take over 1,000 volunteers to staff this year's festival, including over 100 volunteer leaders to complete our 2012 Festival planning committee. We are currently seeking volunteers to assist in a number of leadership roles which are instrumental in coordinating all aspects of the Utah Pride Festival, including food, logistics, entertainment and more. Applicants should have previous volunteer, management or logistical experience. Leadership positions require the attendance of two Wednesday evenings a month (February to June) and full-time participation during the Festival (June 1 - 3, 2012). This is a great way to make new friends and a great opportunity to get hands-on festival coordinating experience. 21 years old and above preferred but 18 and above with previous management and volunteer experience will be considered. If interested, fill out an application athttp://utahpridefestival.org/participate/volunteer.

Millcreek Community Center is seeking volunteers to teach classes in your expertise or just help out around the center.  I am looking to build upon a “community of caring.”  Please attend one or more of the following public meetings for more information.
February 7th       Millcreek Activity Center             Millcreek community council (20 minutes)                        7:00 p.m.

February 8, 29 – Millcreek Community Center – Information gathering public meetings         7:00 p.m. (1.5 hours)

February 9, 13 – Millcreek Community Center – Information gathering public meetings         2:00 p.m. (1.5 hours)

North Star Elementary is looking for individuals that would like to come read with students. The volunteers will participate in the S.T.A.R.S. program (Student Tutoring Achievement for Reading). We are willing to work around schedules, provided it is during school hours 8:00am-2:45pm M-Th. Please contact Jordy Slade (ejordys@gmail.com) for more information.

Make your 2012 New Year’s resolution to help the children of Guadalupe School!Reading tutors are needed for Tuesdays and/or Thursdays from 3:15-4:15 for the remainder of the school year. Volunteers will have the opportunity to tutor and read one-on-one with our 3rd grade struggling readers. Each volunteer session will consist of two ½ hour sessions with two different children for a total of one hour per visit. Volunteering once per week would be fantastic, and twice a week – even better! A two hour training will be provided by Guadalupe School. An hour of your time will make a world of difference in the lives of these children! For more details, please contact Brandon at 801-860-5670 or by email at brandon@guadalupe.k12.ut.us.

Family home help. Young couple with two teen-age boys who have Muscular Dystrophy need some regular help at least an hour once or twice a week getting the boys out of their motorized wheel chairs and into bed - just to take some of the pressure off this young couple. There is a ceiling track system to help the process. Last year two young men helped them on a regular basis (trading off) and really almost became a part of the family. The boys liked having a couple of big brothers and the parents appreciated the assistance and a little bit of a break. Contact: Corey and Lisha Roberts 3372 W. 10200 South, South Jordan, UT 84095 Phone # 801-4199-4184

The Community Food Co-op needs volunteers to help with a number of different activities/initiatives. We need help taking monthly co-op orders or other office work, handing out flyers or door hangers, warehouse work, helping us set up and run our weekly market sales, delivering food to homebound individuals, doing outreach at events and helping on distribution day. Call Katherine at (801) 746-7878 to volunteer! We’re a non-profit project of Crossroads Urban Center.

Head Start and Early Head Start are looking for volunteers to help with classroom volunteering, group projects, Parent Engagement evenings,  medical volunteers, and administration. Please contact Katie Smith for more information at 801-977-1122 or ksmith@slcap.org.

The University of Utah Women’s Club is a nonprofit organization operated exclusively for charitable, cultural and educational purposes. Its programs and activities bring together women with diverse interests and diverse roles in the University community to promote interest in and support for the University of Utah. The club offers scholarships to full-time upper-level undergraduate women studying at the University. The UUWC is the oldest organization on campus-it began in 1909, Jane Kingsbury as president. We celebrated 100 years in 2009. Since 1983, approximately 220 scholarships have been awarded to women. We have been doing an oral history project on our past presidents, board members and current members-most are 90 years old. Each member was videotaped, we have still pictures and “fact sheets” from their interviews. We are looking for volunteers to help transcribe the interviews and possibly editing video. Please contact Pamela Morrison for more information. 801.581.2203 or Pamela.morrison@hsc.utah.edu.

Salt Lake Art Center is a non-profit contemporary art museum looking for volunteers to attend the galleries as information sources and to make sure that the art is safe from curious hands. No experience in the arts is necessary, and there are no minimum or maximum hours needed. Shifts are very flexible. Art-loving or art-curious individuals are encourqaged to participate. For more information, please contact Maggie Willis at 801-328-4201 or maggiew@slartcenter.org.

Backman Elementary is looking for volunteers to help with a homework club. Hours are M-Th from 2:50 to 4:00 pm. Contact Debora Cluff for more information: Debora.Cluff@slcschools.org

Fight poverty and empower people this summer through HELP International’s programs in Tanzania, Uganda, India, Thailand, Fiji, Peru, Belize, or El Salvador. Stay 6-18 weeks working with local community members to identify needs and develop projects for social change. Go online for more information: www.help-international.org. HELP-International is a 501(c)3 focused on empowering people to fight global poverty through sustainable, life changing development programs. The unique program enables college-aged volunteers, interns, and working young professionals to contribute and catalyze the efforts of local partners on the ground. HELP-International hopes to assist relatively inexperienced and mostly academically trained participants to become social entrepreneurs who understand the complexity of poverty. Please contact Heidi at utes@www.help-internation.org for more information.

Huntsman Cancer Hospital is beginning a music volunteer program. Schedule is flexible, but would need a year of commitment. Participants need to go through the entire Huntsman Cancer Hospital volunteer process and as part of their interview do an audition to make sure they are a good fit.Please contact Polina at polina.vyazovkina@gmail.com. Describe your schedule/availability, instrument, or other details relevant to your participation in the program.

The ABLE-differently program serves school-age and preschool children with special health care needs such as: social-emotional and behavioral consequences of medical, physical challenges, learning disabilities (including Writing, Reading, Math),and developmental and attention delays. Volunteers are needed for a variety of purposes, such as working one on one with youth, office assistance, volunteer coordination, and other. Please contact ABLE-differently for more information on determining the right volunteer experience for you. Contact person: Louis Allen at 801-520-7376 or info@able-differently.org.

The American Heart Association seeks a spanish-speaking volunteer to be involved with a health intervention project called Conozca Su Corazon, which helps the Hispanic community to make heart-healthy behavioral changes. Contact Victor Arredondo for more information and requirementsvictor.arredondo@heart.org.


Jobs/Internships

Utahns Against Homelessness seeks an Outreach Coordinator to coordinate UAH’s community outreach, which is primarily focused on federal nutrition programs. This will include working with partnering state and non-profit agencies to write and submit a state-wide food stamp outreach plan, as well as forging relationships with Salt Lake School District’s Community Learning Centers, working with emergency food pantries on mobile food stamp screening and enrollment; training community partner agencies and volunteers on food stamp eligibility, screening, and enrollment.  The Outreach Coordinator will also share duties with the Executive Director and Associate Director for facilitating presentations in the community about poverty and federal nutrition programs. To review the complete job description, click here:  http://www.uah.org/help-fight-hunger/job-opening-outreach-coordinator/ 

Camp Hobé, Utah's summer camp for children with cancer and their siblings, is currently recruiting forvolunteers for the summer 2012 camp. Application forms and job descriptions are available online at www.camphobekids.org/volunteers.html. Volunteering for Camp Hobé is a great experience for anyone, but especially for students and professionals in Recreation, Outdoor Programs, Health Sciences, Child Life, Social Work, and Nursing programs. Students can also receive college credit if their degree program has a program in place for this.

Kids Play Int'l, founded by Olympian Tracy Evans, uses sport to educate, empower and play!  KPI organizes short-term volunteer trips as well as internship abroad opportunities.  For more information, visit www.kidsplayintl.org or contact us at 435-645-8163 or info@kidsplayintl.org.

The Research Center for Leadership in Action (RCLA) at New York University's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service is calling for applications for the Global Social Change Leadership Institute being held July 8-20, 2012, in New York City. The Global Social Change Leadership Institute offers an opportunity for university and graduate students and recent college graduates to strengthen their leadership ability and skills, learn about cutting-edge research on leadership and social change, and see firsthand what makes organizations at the forefront of advancing social justice successful. The deadline to be considered for Early Admission is Friday, February 24, 2012. The deadline to apply for Regular Admission is Thursday, March 15, 2012. More information is available at http://wagner.nyu.edu/leadership/teaching/GlobalSocialChangeLeadershipInstitute.pdfContact leadership.institute@nyu.edu with questions.

Above and Beyond Childcare Center Needs DIRECTOR. Basic Function:  To plan, implement and administer and the School's Child Care program operations and activities to meet the established requirements of the district and the Utah Day Care Licensure Board.   The applicant must be at least 21 years of age and one or more of the following credentials: Valid proof of level 8, 9 or 10 Utah Early Childhood Career Ladder certification issued by the Utah office of Child Care Professional Development Institute. A current  valid National Administrator Credential(NAC) issued by the National Child Care Association, plus one of the following. Valid proof of successful completion of 12 semester credit hours of Early Childhood Development Courses from an accredited college. Valid proof of the completion of 12 semester credit hours of Early Childhood developmental courses from accredited college. Contact Ali Ali (801-577-3420) or Mohamed  (801-688-0036) for more information.

Since 1977, Splore has been helping people with disabilities or disadvantages overcome barriers to outdoor recreation.  Splore’s goal is to create more inclusive communities by introducing people to the healing powers of outdoor recreation while fostering a connection with Utah’s wildlands. Splore needs volunteers to assist on trips, at special events and during summer camps.  Trip Volunteers assist on activities including white water river rafting in Moab, canoeing along the Jordan River, rock climbing and nature interpretation up Big Cottonwood Canyon, and nordic skiing in the Wasatch.  Special Event Volunteers assist at fundraising and outreach events.  Summer Camp Volunteers act as counselors and activity leaders for week long summer camps for children with disabilities. For more information on opportunities, please visit www.splore.org or e-mail info@splore.org.

The Urban Prep Fellows Program recruits graduating college seniors to serve for one year as full-time mentors and tutors to students at Urban Prep Academies, a small network of all-boys charter public high schools serving low-income African American communities in Chicago. Our recruitment for Fellows for the upcoming school year is currently underway. Please visit the website for more information and to apply:  http://www.UrbanPrep.org/fellows.

Are you passionate about helping protect Utah from nuclear and toxic waste and promoting a renewable energy future? Do you want to support this work by helping grow one of Utah’s premier grassroots advocacy organizations? Are you interested in getting hands-on experience in non-profit fundraising, marketing, policy, outreach and more? HEAL Utah is seeking a spring intern to help with this cause. Please contact Stephanie at stephanie@healutah.org.

Teach For America is a national corps of outstanding recent college graduates of all academic majors who commit two years to teach in public schools and become leaders in the effort to expand educational equality in the U.S.  During these two years you are paid full time with benefits and can be placed in one of 42 regions across the U.S. Teach For America is a renowned program among graduate schools, law schools, and major companies across the nation. If you are thinking about what to do after graduating, you should definitely consider applying for this. It will help you in any future endeavor, and it is a unique opportunity to get a full time job right out of college where you can make a difference immediately.  If you are interested at all, please email emily.dunn@utah.edu. You can also visit teachforamerica.org and set up an account/ look up the application.

Canyons School District seeks third- and fourth-year college students, graduate students,and college graduates to be paid tutor. AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) is a national college preparatory program whose mission is “to close the achievement gap by preparing allstudents for college readiness and success in a global society” (www.avid.org). AVID Tutors will facilitate group tutorials that help middle and high school students think critically, ask probing questions, comprehend rigorous curriculum, and develop study and organizational skills. Tutors are paid $12.00 an hour. See the official posting and apply at www.canyonsdistrict.org.