volunteer opportunities
Interested in pursuing a socially conscious career or job? How about volunteering for a worthy cause after graduation?
Check out the links on Career Services webpage:
http://www.carroll.edu/students/career/socially.cc
For local volunteer experiences while you still are an undergraduate, please contact Chad Gray in Student Activities, 447-4307 or cgray -is-at- carroll -dot- edu
Carroll College Campus Ministry also sponsors Headlights Immersion Program during Fall and Spring breaks. Student participants go to volunteer with various service organizations across the country. Through the Headlights program students have the opportunity to spend their breaks serving others and learning about issues of poverty, injustice, and human development that will affect them as they leave Carroll and continue to make a difference in the lives of others. For details, see Campus Ministry's webpage.
Volunteer Opportunites
VOLUNTEER MATCH
http://www.volunteermatch.org/directory/
VolunteerMatch offers a directory of volunteer opportunities by zip code. You may find contacts that lead you to employment.
AMERICORPS: NEW YORK INTERN PROGRAM--ST. MARY'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
www.newyorkinternprogram.org
The New York Intern Program with St. Mary's Episcopal Church is a residential, one-year, service-learning internship program beginning in September. They are committed to social justice and urban ministries. NYIP is AmeriCorps affiliated and supported by the Fund for Theological Education. They accept five interns and application deadline is March 15th.
www.intermountainac.com
Intermountain AmeriCorps offers college students and graduates an invaluable experience including hands-on experience in the fields of education, ESL and community development. Help develop our country's youth personally and professionally and grow in a supportive and safe learning environment.
CONNECTIONS
Published by St. Vincent Pallotti Center for Apostolic Development, Inc., Connections is a directory of volunteer opportunities. Ninty-eight percent of the organizations represented in Connections are Catholic, but the volunteer opportunities are open to people of all religious backgrounds. Connections booklets are available at the Career Services Office. Or you can search the online Connections Directory by region, amount of time you would like to volunteer, organization, and may other things at http://www.pallotticenter.org/ConnectionsDirectory/ConnectionsOnline.asp. Remember, you CAN make a difference.
CHRISTIAN APPALATION PROJECT
Visit http://www.christianapp.org or Email volunteer -is-at- chrisapp -dot- org
The Christian Appalachian Project is a Kentucky-based, interdenominational, non-profit Christian organization “committed to serving people in need in Appalachia by providing physical, spiritual and emotional support through a wide variety of programs and services.”
CROSS-CULTURAL SOLUTIONS
www.crossculturalsolutions.org
Cross-Cultural Solutions is a non-profit organization whose mission is to operate volunteer programs around the world in partnership with sustainable community initiatives. CCS is a recognized leader in the field of international volunteering, with over 10 years of experience and more than 3,300 participants each year. Check out their website for information about their Volunteer Abroad, Intern Abroad, and Insight Abroad opportunities.
JESUIT VOLUNTEERS
Jesuit Volunteers experience the rugged beauty of the Northwest region while living and working in urban centers, rural communities, as well as in Native American and Native Alaskan communities. During the year, each Jesuit Volunteer has the opportunity to be transformed by the program's core values of community, simple living, spirituality, and social justice. To learn more, visit our website www.JVCNORTHWEST.org. All students interested in applying to JVC Northwest can access an application on our web site and are encouraged to apply on or before March 2, 2009.
FAITH WORKS: CATHOLIC NETWORK OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE
Connecting People, Transforming Lives
Catholic Network of Volunteer Service (CNVS) is a national membership organization of Christian volunteer and mission programs that fosters and promotes full-time national and international service opportunities for people of all backgrounds, ages and skills. CNVS supports and enhances the work of its membership by providing training and resources, networking opportunities, and national advocacy.
www.cnvs.org
PROJECT SERVE
Project SERVE provides men and women with a yearlong, grassroots experience helpin to meet the basic needs of those in society who might otherwise be forgotten. In addition, it enables members to learn the joy and rewards of community service and begin what is often a lifetime of volunteerism after leaving the program. Living a simple life in community with one another, members support each other in their service work and share experiences that come from working among people in need.
www.cc-md.org/volunteer/projectservevolunteer.html
USDA FOREST SERVICE
USDA Forest Service Volunteer Opportunities Directory for 2007 with listings of volunteer opportunities within the Forests of the Intermountain Region is now available for viewing at the Career Services office. You can also view the directory online at: www.fs.fed.us/r4/volunteer or on the national website at: www.volunteer.gov/gov.