Volunteer Opportunities
Opportunities with United Way St. Croix Valley
Campaign Volunteer
Volunteers work on all aspects of the campaign. This includes making calls on current corporate accounts and follow-up on the accounts. Our volunteers are expected to attend a training session and will be given a full position description. Volunteers will work August through November.
Day of Caring Volunteer
The Day of Caring is our community service day where teams of volunteers work on small projects for local seniors and nonprofit agencies. We will not be doing a Day of Caring for 2012, but we welcome individual groups who are interested in having United Way help schedule their own Day of Caring event. Email John Coughlin for more information.
Fund Distribution Volunteer
Stay tuned for more information on next spring's fund distribution process and volunteer needs.
Student United Way Volunteer
If you attend the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, you can join its Student United Way organization and learn about even more volunteer opportunities on campus and in the community. Email Kate Smith for more information.
Opportunities with United Way-Supported Agencies
Endeavors Adult Development Center
Volunteers are needed for Endeavors' new Day Friends program in Balsam Lake, particularly on Tuesdays and Fridays. The program is for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias and is the only program of its kind in Polk County. Volunteers can come for just a few hours to help with participant activities such as cribbage or puzzles, and they have an organ for anyone who is musical. For more information contact Kasey or Mary at 715-485-8762 or email coordinators@endeavorsadc.org.
St. Croix County: Faith in Action Interfaith Volunteer Program
Current Volunteer Opportunities (Word doc)
Address: 1101 Carmichael Road, Hudson, WI 54016
Phone: 715-381-4360
Email: nancysa@co.saint-croix.wi.us
Website: www.wifian.org
St. Croix Valley Sexual Assault Response Team
St. Croix Valley Sexual Assault Response Team, Inc. is looking for compassionate women to be Client Support Volunteers (advocates) for victims during the sexual assault examination. Client Support Volunteers help St. Croix Valley SART continue to provide best practice, free and 24-hour care to survivors of sexual assault.
Client Support Volunteer Information (PDF)
Address: 1343 North Main Street, River Falls, WI 54022
Phone: 715-425-6443
Email: erin@stcroixvalleysart.org
Website: www.stcroixvalleysart.org
Other Opportunities
Little Free Library
Have great woodworking skills? We need several volunteers to help get donated little libraries "outdoor-ready", sand and paint official Little Free Library signs and generally help us get libraries prepared and ready for shipping to their new neighborhood. Little Free Library needs you if you love to work with your hands, put care into everything you build or fix up and want a fun and important new way to use those skills to help respond to the tremendous interest in Little Free Library worldwide!
Position Description (Word doc)
Email: meystad@littlefreelibrary.org
More Opportunities
United Way Worldwide has partnered with civic-minded web developers to create Volunteer Solutions, an online volunteer matching tool that is managed by local Volunteer Centers. Visit Volunteer Solutions to create a profile and find other ways to help locally. Another option to find opportunities in the St. Croix Valley area is to use the database provided by Community Thread. You can also call them at 651-439-7434 or email elena@communitythreadmn.org or lauren@communitythreadmn.org.