Updated April 28, 2019 | Youth & Adult Volunteer Opportunities from the Volunteer Center of the Lehigh Valley



 

ARTSQUEST, Bethlehem is looking for volunteers (14+ years with adult) to join the best music festival in North America – Musikfest! Join your friends, family, and coworkers and support your community. ArtsQuest has a job for everyone from beer tapping to keeping the festival grounds clean, and much more! Sign up at www.artsquest.org/volunteer or call Courtney at 610-332-1354 for a paper application.
FLINT HILL FARM EDUCATIONAL CENTER, Coopersburg is having an Open House from 8:30am-4pm on Saturday, May 18. Many volunteers (11+ years with adult) are needed to make this a successful event. Join us to help with pony rides, horse drawn hayrides, food, tours, games, special educational programs, woods walk, face painting, horseshoe painting, and much more. Call Kathy Fields, 610-838-2928, kathy@flinthill-farm.org.
LEHIGH COUNTY SPECIAL OLYMPICS, Whitehall is seeking a DJ to play music within the stadium area for a Track and Field Event from 9am-2pm on Thursday, May 9 at Whitehall High School. Call Patty Feninez, 484-274-8544, lcsopa.publicrelations@gmail.com.
NEW BETHANY MINISTRIES, Bethlehem needs volunteer gardeners to help maintain their community garden on premises. Seeking regular volunteers to plant, water, weed, and harvest the garden throughout the growing season. Days and times are flexible. Call Marc Rittle, 610-694-5602 x205, jmrittle@newbethanyministries.org.
SIXTH STREET SHELTER, Allentown Please join us for a picnic and spring-cleaning day at the Shelter on May 18th, beginning at 10:00 AM. Some of the projects include: Painting, Cleaning, Organizing and Gardening- we’ll organize into teams when you arrive on site. Please let us know if you have a special skill or area of interest. We are also in need of some supplies for the picnic. If you’d like to sign up to donate food, paper supplies or other, let us know. Call Heather Pritchard, 610-435-1490, hpritchard@caclv.org.
THE SALVATION ARMY CHILDREN’S SERVICES, Allentown needs energetic individuals and groups of all sizes to volunteer to help with their 2019 Rock N’ Run 4 Kids from 7am-12pm on Saturday, May 11. They have many volunteer opportunities that are appropriate for various ages and abilities; see www.rocknrun4kids.com/. For questions, call Jessica Jacobs, 610-821-7706, Jessica.jacobs@use.salvationarmy.org.
THE SANCTUARY AT HAAFSVILLE, Breinigsville needs help to maintain the animal shelter grounds and buildings.  Tasks would include lawn mowing, weed and hedge trimming, grounds and parking lot maintenance, general repair of fencing/building, etc.  Please join us in giving back to these wonderful animals by helping with facility’s needs. Call Linda Green, 484-285-5445, volunteer@thesanctuarypa.org.
WESTMINSTER VILLAGE, Allentown needs Grocery Shopping Helpers every Wednesday from 9:00am-11:30am or every Friday 12:30pm-2:30pm. The Grocery Shopping Helper would help a resident shop for items at the store and would be able to go on the transportation bus with the residents. Some residents do have hearing and visual impairments. Required: Background Check, Volunteer Application, and 2 Step PPD. Call Heather Reaser, 610-782-8333, hreaser@psl.org.
Visit our website www.volunteerlv.org for a larger listing of volunteer opportunities.