Nonprofit Fair Volunteer Opportunities
1. A Place for Hope: Recovery and Wellness Center, Inc.
Facilitate Cooking classes, craft classes and/or other structure activities
Data entry to assist in transitioning to a paperless environment
2. Altrusa International of Fargo Inc.
We have several fundraisers and service projects coming up including an All American Girl Tea
Party, Share-a-Story and Reading at Nokomis. We need help in planning these events and then
volunteering the day of the events.
3. Alzheimer’s Association
Event volunteers help in the planning and day-of event execution;
Advocacy volunteers help organize letter-writing campaigns, speak to legislators and phone
interested individuals;
Young Champions increase awareness of Alzheimer’s and related dementias, advocating for
change at state and federal levels, and raising funds to provide hope for people affected
4. American Red Cross
We are always in need of volunteers for our response team, Fire Prevention, preparation,
special events, Service to the Armed Forces.
5. Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Village Family Service Center
School-Based volunteers: Meet 1 hour per week during the school year with a child at either
Madison or Jefferson Elementary.
Community-Based volunteers: Meet with their "Little" at least every other week for 2-4 hours.
They have the flexibility to go out in the community to do a variety of activities together.
Both opportunities require a one year commitment.
6. Birthright of Fargo-Moorhead
Partnering with one of our volunteers in the office (we are open during the day on Monday,
Tuesday and Thursday) by answering the phone, visiting with clients, sorting baby clothes, etc.
Assisting with our website and Giving Hearts Day promotions.
Delivering baby layettes to local hospitals.
Distributing information on campuses.
Assisting with projects such as baby clothes drives.
7. CassClayAlive! (Dakota Medical Foundation)
Internship opportunities
AmeriCorps VISTA positions
Alive! Team (grassroots, community engagement effort)
-Snacktivist group (creating a healthy snacking culture for kids)
-Active-ist group (weaving movement into children's daily lives)
-Building Cities for People (ensuring health is considered in the built environment)
8. CHARISM
We offer internships in several different areas with our many, many youth programs.
All Star tutoring program, our Check & Connect program, after school programs to assist with
homework.
STEM programs at several schools and our FACES (for girls) and STRENGTH (for boys) programs
9. Child Evangelism Fellowship of Fargo/Moorhead
Good News Clubs - meets once a week after school in Fargo-Moorhead area schools. Good News
Clubs features action packed songs, fun games, life changing memory verses, dynamic Bible
stories, and much more. Students are needed to teach and assist with club.
Christian Youth in Action (CYIA) - A summer program where college/high school students share
the message of the gospel by either being a counselor at Camp Good News (day camp) or a Bible
teacher at a 5 Day Club (traveling VBS).
10. Churches United for the Homeless
Individuals:
Sort through food, clothing, and household donations.
Help prepare and serve lunch time meals to community members and residents.
Help residents pick up furniture and move into their new homes.
Decorate the shelter for holidays and seasons.
Assist in filing documents and data entry.
Assist with residents with Clothing Store appointments.
Groups:
Lunch Serving Groups– help prepare and serve lunch.
Participate in weekly adult and family activities.
Clean and tidy the facility and grounds.
Host a “drive” for items needed by residents or at the shelter.
Sort and organize donations.
11. Dress for Success Red River Valley
Help with sorting clothing and boutique design as a merchandiser
Help decorate the boutique as a display artist
Work directly with women as personal shoppers or during special events
12. Emergency Food Pantry
Volunteers are welcome Monday – Friday from 8am – noon and 1pm - 4pm.
Volunteer jobs include assisting the front desk with welcoming clients or answering phones,
filling food baskets in the warehouse, or doing various other jobs.
13. Essentia Health Volunteer Services
Hospitality Desk (Main)
ER Support
Hospitality Desk 6th floor security
Physical Therapy support
Cancer center support
Wig Room attendant
14. Eventide
You can help with big group activities or just visit with residents who don't have anybody to visit
with
15. Family HealthCare
Greeter for lobby of main clinic to assist with patient flow
Health Coaches for our patient fitness center
Other opportunities available per volunteer's interest!
16. Family Voices of North Dakota
Help with Trunk or Treat and Santa Meet and Greets! As a non-profit, it would also be of great
assistance for students to adopt us to assist with fundraising.
Help with yoga classes for parents and children and other family events
17. Fargo Cass Public Health
Medical Reserve Corp provides volunteers, both medical and non-medical, to help with public
health emergencies such as point of dispensing units during pandemics. They are also called
upon to help with first responder training exercises.
Walk This Way and Streets Alive offers community health students a chance to help with
walking and outdoor activity events to encourage the public to get out and exercise.
18. Fargo Park District
Variety of special events throughout the year, adopt a park and a variety of other opportunities.
19. FirstChoice Clinic
We have volunteers that help at our many fundraising events throughout the year.
Help with our baby boutique by helping clients shop, or organizing and folding baby items.
Office work and cleaning projects are available throughout different times of the year as well.
20. FirstLink
Internships, Marketing, Organizing
21. Girl Scouts - Dakota Horizons
We have Troop Leader, Troop Co-leader, Troop Support and various Program/Event Volunteer
openings to serve on a regular to occasional basis
We also have Service Unit Position openings that include Manager, Secretary, Fall Sale
Coordinator, Cookie Sale Coordinator and Registrar
22. Great Plains Food Bank
The Great Plains Food Bank regularly needs volunteers to help process about twenty percent of
the food we distribute to our 275+ partner agencies each year.
Our volunteers sort, label, and repack donated and bulk foods and assemble boxes and bags for
special programs. Our goal is to provide the best possible volunteer experience for each of our
volunteers.
23. HeartSprings Community Healing Center
We would really like to partner with students to do research and help with marketing ideas and
implementation!
24. HERO, Healthcare Equipment Recycling Organization
HERO Volunteers can help with organizing medical donations, helping the retail store, writing
thank you cards to donors, and helping HERO be as efficient and effective as possible.
25. Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County
We have weekly 4-hour shifts at admissions, as a tour guide, and in the gift shop.
We also need extra help for the festivals in June, Sept., and Nov.
We also offer unpaid internships in events coordinating, exhibit work, archival research, and
artifact collections as well as a general museum assist experience.
26. Jeremiah Program
Childcare and meal providing opportunities for our Empowerment classes
Check back when our campus is complete for many more opportunities!
27. Lakes & Prairies Community Action
Head Start Classroom
VITA Tax Site
MAC/NAPS Program
28. Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota
Volunteer opportunities would include working with our Senior Services impact areas,
infrastructure (Human Resources, Accounting, CEO), and New American Services.
29. March of Dimes Foundation
We have two internship opportunities every semester and summer for student. They are in our
programming department and communications.
We also have volunteer opportunities at our Bowls for Babies event, Signature Chef's Auctions,
and March for Babies.
Student could also create a fundraising team for our March for Babies event.
30. Minnesota Reading Corps
Volunteer opportunities to read with small groups of students or one on one in grades 1 - 3. One
hour/one day a week minimum commitment for at least 3 months.
31. ND Reading Corps
ND Reading Corps places literacy tutors in elementary schools and PreK sites in Fargo and West
Fargo during the academic school year.
Individuals commit to serving with ND Reading Corps throughout the year on a 15 or 20 hour per
week basis. ND Reading Corps is a national service program funded through AmeriCorps.
32. New Life Center
Volunteers can assist with Kitchen duties, facilities maintenance, thrift store, gardening, and
teaching
33. North Dakota Autism Center, Inc.
Direct care with children (8 week commitment)
Administrative
Marketing/Communications/PR
Fundraising & Event Planning
34. Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota
We have volunteer opportunities in our Public Affairs department and our Education and
Outreach department.
35. Project Linus: Eastern ND/Fargo Chapter
Project Linus will come and assist campus organizations to make blankets. Usually the event will
take 1-2 hours. Those blankets are identified as to which organization makes them.
36. Rape & Abuse Crisis Center
Assist victims of abuse by providing support and referrals. Training is provided.
Childcare: We are seeking caring individuals who are willing to offer fun and activities for a few
hours at a time to a child or groups of children of varying ages.
Front Desk/Clerical: Provide clerical support; such as filing, typing, and answering phones.
Fundraising: Assist with planning, promotion and coordination of events.
Professional Skills: Public Relations, Public Speaking, Videographer, etc.
Men’s Action Network: A network of men promoting healthy and accountable relationships
through communication, awareness, and mutual respect.
Special Projects: Pinwheels for Peace, Partners in Peace Bracelet creation, organizing donations,
general handy work.
37. Rebuilding Together
Volunteers can help with construction projects or administrative projects
We also have volunteer internships in marketing, communications, and business
38. reGROUP
reGROUP is Peer advocates for addiction recovery-we provide recovery coaches, telephone
support, community education, presentations, community events and fundraisers, and fun
sober activities.
Community volunteers can help in all the items listed above, students that are in recovery
themselves can take the training to be a recovery coach or do telephone support for others that
are wanting or are in recovery.
39. Red River Youth for Christ
Red River Alternative Learning Center Volunteer: Serve as a spiritual leader and role model to atrisk teens alongside RRYFC staff on Fridays.
Red River Alternative Learning Center Math Tutor: Serve as a role model and math tutor to atrisk teens alongside RRYFC staff on Fridays.
Woodrow Wilson HS Volunteer: Prepare and serve meals to teens during school lunch periods
on Wednesdays.
English Tutor (Female volunteers only): Working with and teaching young women who need
extra help understanding the English language.
Peach Fundraiser Volunteer (Mid-July through August): Assist RRYFC staff with moving and
selling boxes of fruit at our summer peach stand.
Comedy Cafe Volunteer (October): Assist with event setup, serving desserts and coffee,
ushering, and event teardown.
Hype Team: Act as RRYFC cheerleaders on social media to promote events, volunteer
opportunities, and fundraisers.
40. Red River Zoo
Help with cleaning, maintenance, Special Events, and fundraising
41. Riding On Angels' Wings
Developing marketing, training, or promotional materials for ROAW: pamphlets, posters, videos,
etc.
Compiling, addressing, and disbursing of newsletters
Completing a scrapbook of ROAW memories
Begin preparation for upcoming fundraising events
Barn assistance: grooming, cleaning, etc.
42. River Keepers
T-shirt to Tote project
Storm Drain Marking Program
Tree planting
water quality monitoring
Event assistant
Scanning/labeling documents
Springtime riverside trail cleanups
43. Ronald McDonald House
Share A Meal
Raking/Yard Work/Small housekeeping projects
Seasonal assistance
Special Event volunteers
44. SENDCAA HEAD START
Be a part of the classroom team! Volunteering with children ages Birth to Five.
Assisted Family Service staff with parent engagement activities
Assisted with daily operations of the Head Start sites
45. Special Olympics North Dakota
They can volunteer for one day events or, if they are interested in something more, we need
coaches and partners (they play on the team with the athletes).
46. The Arc of Cass County
We have several special events through the year that require the assistance of volunteers and
we have two thrift stores rely on volunteers to help maintain the sales floor
47. The GOD'S CHILD Project
The GOD’S CHILD Project organizes ServiceTeams for church, school, and community groups
Individual Volunteer opportunities in Antigua, Guatemala.
ServiceTeams build homes and serve in our Casa Jackson Malnutrition Center, The Dreamer
Center School, The Scheel International Technical Training Center, Mothers Club, and the
Albergue Santa Madre homeless shelter
Individual Volunteers can create their unique service opportunity based on their skills and
interests. These opportunities are organized year-round.
48. The Salvation Army
We need volunteers in various areas including our hot meal program, emergency disaster
services, marketing, social media, social services, etc.
For our hot meal program, we need volunteers to help prepare the noon meals, serve meals,
and clean our dining room after meals.
49. Unseen Ministries
Our volunteers do a large variety of tasks here at Unseen. From simple things such as writing
thank yous, calling donors, stuffing envelopes, to bigger tasks like representing Unseen at
booths, or leading fundraisers.
In February we participate in Giving Hearts Day, which is a huge fundraising opportunity for us.
We will be in need of a lot of volunteer help around the time of that event.
50. Valley Senior Services
The Meals on Wheels program in the Fargo and West Fargo
We are actively seeking volunteers to assist with the delivery of meals to homebound seniors.
Meals are delivered Monday thru Friday for the noon meal.
Great need especially on Mondays & Fridays
5 ways YOU can help Meals on Wheels
1. Deliver once a week
2. Become a substitute delivery person
3. Sign up your office or business, taking turns delivering
4. Deliver with a friend, catch up with delivering
5. Promote delivery of Meals on Wheels for us at; school, church, and other
organizations.
51. YMCA – AmeriCorps
Volunteering opportunities range from single day events to long term volunteering in our
childcare facilities.
Single day events that we have participated in before include: Run or Dye, Fargo Marathon, Burn
the Bird Race, StreetsAlive!, and much more.