VolunteerNC
NC Commission on Volunteerism & Community Service
Volunteer Opportunities
Tab/Accordion Items
| Date/Time (EST) | Organization/Event | Location | Info on Event/Opportunity | Contact/Signup |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STATEWIDE | ||||
| Ongoing | Amy's Rays of Sunshine | All NC | Write notes of encouragement and/or organize a card drive for young adult patients (age 18-50) who are starting the bone marrow transplant process. | Sign up |
| Ongoing | NC Wildlife Resources Commission | All NC | Volunteer opportunities across the state to support wildlife and habitats. | Sign up |
| Ongoing | Points of Light | All NC | Search thousands of in-person and remote volunteer opportunities covering a broad range of interests across the state. | Sign up |
| CHARLOTTE METRO AREA | ||||
| April 19 -26, 2026 | Share Charlotte - a multitude of volunteer opportunities throughout the region | Charlotte Metro Area | Opportunities range from organizing a diaper drive with the Diaper Bank, repairing homes with Habitat, community gardening, donation distribution and so much more. | Sign up |
| Ongoing | The Bulb | Charlotte Metro Area | Ongoing opportunities to volunteer at mobile food markets, assist with food rescue, pick up and deliver produce, and support farm operations. | Sign up |
| Ongoing | United Way of Iredell County | Iredell County, NC | Using the Helping Iredell Volunteers Engage (HIVE) search engine, learn about a broad range of volunteer opportunities across the county. | Sign up |
| EASTERN NC | ||||
| Ongoing | Cape Fear Volunteer Center | Wilmington, NC | Ongoing opportunities including tutoring, mentoring, and housing construction. | Sign up |
| Ongoing | ECU Health | Areas across the region | Volunteer opportunities at ECU Health hospitals across the region including interacting with patients and helping families find their way around the hospital. | Sign up |
| Ongoing | Food Bank of Central and Eastern NC | Areas across the region | Package and sort food for the hungry. | Sign up |
| PIEDMONT TRIAD AREA | ||||
| April 19-25, 2026 and Ongoing | United Way of Greater Greensboro | Greensboro, NC | National Volunteer Week and ongoing opportunities throughout the area including mentoring, meal drives, food pantry assistance, park clean ups, and more. | Sign up |
| Ongoing | United Way of Forsyth County | Winston-Salem, NC | Ongoing opportunities throughout the area including writing letters to seniors, mentoring, tutoring, and food pantry assistance. | Sign up |
| Ongoing | United Way of Greater High Point | High Point, NC | Ongoing opportunities throughout the area including meal drives, packing backpacks with food for local school children, and collecting and refilling Little Free Library boxes. | Sign up |
| TRIANGLE AREA | ||||
| April 18, 2026: 11:00am-1:00pm | Piedmont Wildlife Center | Durham, NC | Help maintain the shoulders of Leigh Farm Road and NC 54 by picking up litter. Participants between the ages of 12-17 years must be with a guardian over 21. | Sign up |
| April 19-25, 2026 | Activate Good | Triangle Area, NC | Range of volunteer opportunities throughout the area including book drive assistance, park clean ups, and supporting Note in the Pocket's Raleigh 5K. | Sign up |
| April 22, 2026: 10:00am-12:00pm | Activate Good / Umstead State Park | Raleigh, NC | Team work will be required to place the stabilizing rocks on the side slope of the forested rain garden. This project will help provide shade and stormwater treatment in a large parking lot within Umstead State Park. | Sign up |
| April 24, 2026: 3:30pm-7:00pm | JC Raulston Arboretum at North Carolina State University | Raleigh, NC | Help move customers' purchased plants using our wagons and carts. | Sign up |
| Ongoing | The Triangle Nonprofit & Volunteer Leadership Center | Triangle Area, NC | Using the HandsOn Triangle search engine, learn about a broad range of volunteer opportunities across the Triangle. | Sign up |
| WESTERN NC | ||||
| Ongoing | Big Brothers Big Sisters of Western North Carolina | Areas across the region | Volunteer opportunities across the region to serve as a Big Brother or Big Sister to a child or teen. | Sign up |
| Ongoing | MANNA FoodBank | Areas across the region | Volunteer opportunities to support food bank operations across the region. | Sign up |
| Ongoing | United Way of Asheville & Buncombe County | Buncombe County, NC | Using the HandsOn Asheville-Buncombe search engine, learn about a broad range of volunteer opportunities across the county. | Sign up |
Organization | Event | Location/s | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Emergency Child Care Network | You will be deployed to help families with emergency child care. | Asheville, NC | Sign up |
| United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County | Volunteers to help with evolving daily operations of our offices. | Asheville, NC | Sign up |
| Energy Savers Network | Volunteers join our team at client homes to complete energy efficiency repairs and upgrades, from swapping in LED light bulbs to insulating attic hatches and more. No prior experience necessary. | Asheville, NC and surrounding areas | Sign up |
| Lutheran Disaster Response Carolinas | Skilled and unskilled volunteer teams will be needed for many years to come to assist with home repairs. | Asheville area and Boone area, NC | Sign up |
| Manna Foodbank | Volunteers gather to sort and pack the food donations that come through our doors. | Mills River, NC | Sign up |
| BeLoved Asheville | Distribution center help. | Asheville, NC | Sign up |
| Red Cross | Volunteers work directly with residents to ensure their basic needs are met as well as help them access additional services. | Asheville, NC | Sign up |
| Catholic Charities | General office support and food pantry | Asheville, NC | Sign up |
| Heart with Hands | Assist with packing boxes with water, hygiene kits, cleaning supplies, baby supplies, cat and dog food. | Swannoanoa, NC | Sign up |
| Lutheran Services Carolinas | Support long-term relief and recovery efforts. | Salisbury, NC | Sign up |
| Baptist on Mission | Skilled and unskilled volunteers to help with this first rebuild phase which will get people back into their home and make it safe, sanitary and functional (not finished) before the worst of winter. Volunteers will be needed for the next few years to help people finish their homes. | 7 disaster rebuild locations in WNC | Sign up |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC | Food Sorting and Community Meals programs, directly helping provide much-needed food and resources to the communities affected by Helene. | ongoing sign up in: Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Caldwell, Caswell, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Guilford, Iredell, Randolph, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes, Yadkin | Sign up |
| ABCCM- Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry | Assist with emergency food boxes, sorting of clothing and furniture items, and other resources | Arden, NC | Sign up |
| Support WNC | Various opportunities | Western North Carolina | Sign up |
| Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders | Construction and Labor. | Buncombe/McDowell | Sign up |
| NECHAMA Jewish Response to Disaster | Manual labor outside. | Henderson and Buncombe | Sign up |
| Resilient Recovery NC | Construction and Labor, equipment operator, electrician, plumber, and fundraising | McDowell, Mitchell, Avery, Buncombe, Rutherford, Yancey, and Watauga Counties | Sign up |
| Lost Province Center for Cultural Art/Old Lansing School | Organizing, sorting, receiving, traffic, and personal shopping. | Lansing, NC | Sign up |
| Compassion in Action | Load/unload, sort, inventory, stock | North Wilkesboro, NC | Sign up |
| Avery County Donation and Volunteer Coordination | Various opportunities for skilled volunteers. | Newland, NC | Sign up |
| Appalachian Rebuild Project | Appalachian Rebuild Project is doing home/property repair in Avery, Mitchell, and Yancey Counties. I'm unsure exactly where they will be on that Monday and Tuesday, but can make a connection for more details if this is of interest" | Spruce Pine, NC | Sign up |
| Asheville Poverty Initiative-12 Baskets Café | Volunteering with Project Conserve members to serve a meal | Asheville, NC | Sign up |
| Beacon of Hope | Pantry and Thrift store opportunities | Marshall, NC | Sign up |
| Hola Carolina | Distribution Center | Hendersonville, NC | Sign up |
| Caja Solidaria Cata Norena | Provides healthy produce, meats and protein options to area residents in need. Volunteers can sign up for 3-hour shifts to package fresh produce and bulk goods, clean, organize and stock. | Hendersonville, NC | Sign up |
| Mountain CORE Mission | Organize and sort donations, help load deliveries and pick ups, and other warehouse duties. | Sylva, NC | Sign up |
| Marshall Relief Alliance 806 | clean up work for Marshall High Studios (Art studio - local artists livelihood) in downtown Marshall OR organization of Disaster response materials | Marshall, NC | Contact Rebecca Sharp 828-329-0675 |
| Catawba River Inn | A hotel that transformed into a distribution center to support its community continues to host distribution events, provide meals, and operate a clothing closet. This area was a hard to reach area. | Marion, NC | Contact Melanie Harris 828-460-2080 |
| Mitchell County Distribution Center | Mitchell County Distribution Center located at Bowman Middle School | Bakersville, NC | Contact Katie Vogel 828-467-8783 |
| The Sanctuary at Red Bell Run Farm | This is a hay and feed bank for all of WNC. Very active during Helene | Columbus, NC | Contact Mary Adams 863-956-7571 |
| Reconciliation House Food Pantry | They have become the primary post-storm distribution site for Yancey, and have been a trusted and respected community support for decades addressing food insecurity, heating and rent assistance, among other supports. They may have opportunities on Tuesday as we | Burnsville, NC | Sign up |
| Bald Creek Relief | Assist with unloading and sorting supplies as well as assisting the shoppers find what they need. | Burnsville, NC | Sign up |
| Hospitality House | A variety of tasks to support the operation of the Hospitality House. | Boone, NC | Learn more |
| Mountain True | Various volunteer opportunities. | Asheville, NC | Sign up |
| Blunt Kitchen | Volunteers to help in our mobile kitchen in Swannanoa, where you will kitchen prep, readying meals for delivery pickup, organizing, cleaning, delivery driving, and more. | Swannanoa, NC | Sign up |
| Literacy Together | Seeking tutors to meet with students K-5 twice a week for 50 minutes, between 3:30 pm and 5:30 pm. The Youth Literacy Program works with two after-school programs that primarily serve youth of color. | Asheville, NC | Sign up |
| Equal Plates Project | Volunteers with process local farm products, chop fresh vegetables, prepare meals and portion into meal trays, wash dishes, related kitchen tasks as needed, have fun with the awesome and talented Central Kitchen team. | Asheville, NC | Sign up |
| Meher Archive Collective | Seeking able-bodied volunteers to help our team clean our building. Sweeping, cleaning windows, mopping, dusting, and vacuuming | Weaverville, NC | Sign up |
| MountainTrue | Design volunteers needed architects, engineers, landscape architects, environmental consultants, land planners, surveyors, and soil scientists. | Swannanoa and Marshall, NC | Sign up |
| Open Hearts Art Center | Transports adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) Monday through Friday. | Asheville, NC | Sign up |
| Western North Carolina Bridge Foundation | Housekeeping, Front desk, Maintenance, and Kitchen duty | Asheville, NC | Sign up |
| OneGenAway | Get food ready to be place in families cars, greeting, and places boxes in the trunks of families | Asheville, NC | Sign up |
| Valley Hope Foundation | Volunteers with experience in skilled trades and general contracting. | Black Mountain, NC | Sign up |
| Haywood Street Congregation | Assist with meal prepping. | Asheville, NC | Sign up |
| Samaritan's Purse | Assist with home rebuild. | Asheville, Boone, & Burnsville, NC | Sign up |
| Anchor Ridge | Assist with loading/unloading trucks, processing items for families, assisting with distribution, and activities with kids | N. Wilkesboro, NC | Sign up |
| G4G Ministries | Assist with providing meals for the community. | Statesville, NC | Sign up |
| Riverview Community Center | Assist with the center operations. | Creston, NC | Sign up |
| Neonatal Kitten Alliance | Assist with the care of taking care of neglected kittens and nursing them back to health | Arden, NC | Sign up |
About Us
The NC Commission on Volunteerism & Community Service (VolunteerNC) is the oversight organization for national service in North Carolina.