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Alive Hospice Hands On Nashville Room In The Inn
AseraCare Hospice Harvest Hands CDC Saddle Up!
Belmont Homework Hotline Hope Clinic For Women Sports 4 All
Belmont University Master’s of
Nonprofit Leadership
HUGGS STARS
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle
TN
KIPP Nashville Teach for America
Book'em Know Think Act Team Green Adventures
Boys and Girls Club of Middle
Tennessee
Luke 14:12 Ten Thousand Villages
Nashville
Bridges Make-A-Wish Middle Tennessee Tennesseans for Alternatives
to the Death Penalty
CASA Nashville Martha O'Bryan Center The American Cancer Society
Memorial Foundation Hope
Lodge
Catholic Charities of Tennessee Inc Mothers Against Drunk Driving
(MADD)
The Bride Inc.
Cheekwood Nashville Adult Literacy Council The Brown Center for Autism
Communities in Schools Nashville CARES
The Eden Gate
Conexion Americas Nashville International Center
for Empowerment
The Next Door
Cottage Cove Urban Ministries Nashville Peace and Justice
Center
The Salvation Army
Dismas, Inc. Nashville Public Library Thriftsmart
Edgehill Family Resource Center &
ONE
Nashville Rescue Mission Triple Thread Apparel
Evergreen Life Services Nashville Zoo United Way of Metropolitan
Nashville
Frist Center for the Visual Arts PENCIL Foundation World Relief Nashville
Gentiva Hospice Preston Taylor Ministries YCAP YMCA
Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee Project for Neighborhood
Aftercare
YMCA
Girls on the Run Nashville Project Reflect Youth Encouragement Services
GivingMatters.com Rocketown
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Alive Hospice Joy Nielsen 1718 Patterson Street Nashville, TN 37203 615-346-8676 [email protected]
Purpose: Alive Hospice provides loving care to people with life-threatening illnesses, support to their families, and service to the community in a spirit of enriching lives.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Patient care
Support
Music therapy
Pet therapy
Touch therapy
Massage therapy
Volunteer companion program
Office assistance
Fundraising activities
And more
AseraCare Hospice Beth Mosley 441 Donelson Pike Suite 400 Nashville, TN 37214 615-316-2243 [email protected]
Purpose: At Aseracare Hospice, it is our privilege, our duty, and our commitment to serve our patients and their families with dignity and respect. Hospice is a special kind of care designed to provide support for people in the final phase of terminal illness.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Visit patient and families
Provide a "listening ear"
Run errands (such as grocery shopping)
Provide respite relief for family caregivers for brief periods of time
Listen to patients' remembrances
Read or write letters for patients
Hold a hand
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Give a hug
Offer support to the family after the patient's death
Belmont Homework Hotline Sammy Swor 1900 Belmont Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37212 615-460-6578 [email protected]
Purpose: To assist the Nashville Homework Hotline in providing additional phone tutors for school children in the Middle TN area and to provide service and educational opportunities for Belmont students, faculty and staff.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Phone tutors
Monday through Thursday evenings from 4:00 - 8:00 p.m.
In the Bunch Library at Belmont University
Belmont University Master’s of Nonprofit Leadership
Rachel Leddy 1900 Belmont Blvd Nashville, TN 37212 615-460-6017 [email protected]
Purpose: Belmont University's Masters of Nonprofit Leadership program
Volunteer Opportunities:
Join our graduate program in Nonprofit Leadership
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle TN Anne Gallo 1704 Charlotte Ave, Suite 130 Nashville, TN 37203 615-522-5658 [email protected]
Purpose: Big Brothers Big Sisters provides 1:1 mentoring relationships for children facing adversity in the Nashville community
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Volunteer Opportunities:
Become Bigs in our site-based program, visiting a "Little" at his or her school one time a week for a full calendar year.
Work on school work, play games and form a forever friendship.
Become Bigs in our site and community-based programs.
Book'em
Martha Ann Pilcher 161 Rains Avenue Nashville, TN 615-255-1820 [email protected]
Purpose: Book'em seeks to empower Nashville's economically disadvantaged children to experience the joy of reading and owning books. We focus on two area: sending trained reading role model volunteers into schools and pre-schools to read to and with children and collecting and distributing new books to children who do not have books of their own at home.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Sponsoring a Book Drive to collect new children's books.
Reading weekly in a pre-school to children ages 2-5.
Reading monthly in an elementary school to a classroom of students and giving them a new book each.
Helping with social media, posting on Twitter, Facebook, etc.
Processing book donations (sorting, stamping, shelving, and boxing) on a weekly basis.
Boys and Girls Club of Middle Tennessee Alden Ward 1704 Charlotte Ave Suite 200 Nashville, TN 37203 615-584-7485 [email protected]
Purpose: The Mission of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee is to enable all young people especially those who need us most to reach their full potential as productive, caring and responsible citizens.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Supervising Club program areas, lunch room, games room, etc.
Snack and other meals
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Homework Help & Tutoring
Fine Arts (Painting, Sculpting, Drawing, etc)
The Arts (Dance)
Digital Arts
Leadership Clubs
Basketball Coaching
Program Facilitating
Special Interest Group
Bridges Tracy Smith 935 Edgehill Ave Nashville, TN 37203 615-248-8828 [email protected]
Purpose: To unite the Deaf, the hard of hearing and the hearing communities through education, services and support, empowering individuals to achieve their full potential.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Office Volunteer: Duties:
answering the phone
assisting with clients in the computer lab
helping with mailings
working with a client on a resume or cover letter
assisting with a special event
filing
research
Special Event Volunteer: Duties:
greet guests
serve food
help plan an event
pitch in to clean up
Youth Program Volunteer: Offers programs and services to young people and their families to help address the growing needs of those with hearing loss. Volunteers are needed for Bridges's After School Program.
Duties:
homework help
mentoring
teaching sports
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doing projects
needed to ride in the van to pick up youth from school/ help out at the monthly events and outings
share a special skill with the youth (ex: drumming, cake decorating, and line dancing)
CASA Nashville Tiffany Dale 615-425-2383 [email protected]
Purpose: The Davidson County Court Appointed Special Advocates Program, known nationally as CASA, has been given the mandate to provide well-trained competent volunteers with objectivity and commitment to serve as a voice for these children. The main responsibility of CASA volunteers is to advocate for the best interest of the child involved, focusing on safe, permanent homes for that child. The CASA volunteer represents the child's interests in all court proceedings. CASA volunteers receive 30 hours of training in courtroom procedure, child development and the juvenile justice system. Volunteer Opportunities:
event planning and support
social media/marketing
office support
Catholic Charities of Tennessee Inc Maggie McCluney 3112 Nolensville Rd. Nashville, TN 37206 615-445-8310 ext. 223 [email protected]
Purpose: Following the example of Christ, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Nashville develops and provides human services which enhance and enrich the quality of life for people in need.Specifically, Catholic Charities' Plaza Comunitaria is an adult education program in collaboration with the Mexican Consulate which provides primary and secondary education, as well as GED courses, for Spanish-speaking adults.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Plaza Comunitaria program for Spanish-speaking tutors and/or teachers for adult education
At least 2-4 hours per week for at least 3 months
Ideal opportunity for students in upper-level Spanish courses looking for a way to practice their Spanish-speaking skills while helping out the community
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Or for those seeking internship or practicum credits.
Cheekwood Barbara Petersen 1200 Forrest Park Drive Nashville, TN 37205 615-353-6966 [email protected]
Purpose: Perserving and presenting beauty and excellence in art and horticulture for our community within an historical setting
Volunteer Opportunities:
Exhibition Hosts
Visitor Services Assistant
Garden volunteers
Arts activity assistants
El Dia volunteers
Tuesdays for Tots arts assistants (Sept.-May)
Education, development and horticultural internships
Communities in Schools Sara Glascock 601 McFerrin Ave. Nashville, TN 37187 615-400-4798 [email protected]
Purpose: Communities In Schools of Tennessee brings together all sectors of the community – from businesses and other nonprofits to government agencies and faith-based organizations – to make sure students are graduating on time, prepared for college, career and life. It is not enough to fund programs that address individual problems children face, such as poor health care, academic challenges and family issues. Instead, we collaborate with the community to bring these already existing resources into the schools to help meet both the academic and personal needs of a child. As a result, Communities In Schools is providing the link between educators and the community. That means teachers are free to teach, and students – many in jeopardy of dropping out – can focus on learning. We are building a stronger state and nation, one where all youth deserve the opportunity and support they need to graduate from high school, prepared for college, career and life. We hope that you will join us in our mission.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Tutoring and mentoring children ages 5-14
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Spend 30 minutes to an hour at a school working with a student (conducive to their schedule)
The opportunities are endless!
Conexion Americas Tara Lentz 2195 Nolensville Pike Nashville, TN 37211 615-835-2502 [email protected]
Purpose: Conexion Americas promotes the social, civic and economic integration of Latino families in Middle Tennessee.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Volunteering with childcare during our ESL classes and parent workshops
Volunteering as an ESL teacher or teacher assistant
Helping with special events
Cottage Cove Urban Ministries Emily MacDonald 630 Benton Ave Nashville, TN 37204 615-292-2303x103 [email protected]
Purpose: Providing education opportunities and training in the arts through the power and in the name of Jesus Christ. A free daily program for up to 70 at-risk children daily.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Helping with homework
Tutoring
Assisting in classes (life skills, etc.) or on the playground
Teaching a music or arts skill.
Dismas, Inc. Scott Pieper 1513 16th Avenue South Nashville, TN 37212 615-297-9287 [email protected]
Purpose: The mission of Dismas is to facilitate the reconciliation of former prisoners to society, and society to former prisoners through development of supportive communities.
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A supportive community is characterized by students and former prisoners living together in a family setting, the active involvement of volunteers from the broader community, and a spirit of open and participative decision making and sharing across the Dismas network, with an emphasis on the common good.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Participate in evening meal tradition (prepare a meal, interact with residents, break bread in fellowship)
Program development / administrative assistance / document development
Marketing / public relations / social media
Fundraising (including crowdfunding projects)
Assist recruiting student residents
Filmography / photography
Dismas "historian"
IT / computer maintenance and repair
Data entry
Sales rep for Triple Thread Apparel (potential to earn commission)
Edgehill Family Resource Center & Organized Neighbors of Edgehill Brenda Morrow 1001 Edgehill Avenue Nashville, TN 37203 615-256-4614 [email protected]
Purpose: Provide services to address resident needs through collaborations with partner agencies. Develop new leadership through resident involvement and trainings. Coordinate resident involvement in the Edgehill Community Garden. Coordinate volunteer tutors for community afterschool programs. Facilitate Youth Council.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Participation in the garden program, weeding, planting and harvesting.
Tutors for Easley Community Center, Brighter Days Tutoring and the Edgehill Apartments/MNPS Afterschool Program.
Mentors and presenters for the Youth Leadership Advisory Council.
Evergreen Life Services Ashley Hammer 6050 Dana Way #200 Antioch, TN 37013 615-927-2429
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Purpose: Evergreen Life Services is an organization that serves individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Our mission is to serve, provide for and champion the individuals that we serve.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Help out with administrative tasks
Helping in the homes of the individuals we serve cleaning
Doing yard work
Volunteer with our day/art program assisting the individuals we serve
Always opportunities with Evergreen that truly help us continue to provide quality services to each person we serve.
Frist Center for the Visual Arts Emily Beard 919 Broadway Nashville, TN 37203 615-744-3331 [email protected]
Purpose: The mission of the Frist Center is to present and originate high quality exhibitions with related educational programs and community outreach activities.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Promoting membership
Assisting with sales in the gift shop
Evaluation
Office assistance
Gentiva Hospice (formerly Odyssey Hospice) Dan Smith 1400 Donelson Pike, Suite B-5 Nashville, TN 37217 615-365-1009 [email protected]
Purpose: We provide hospice care to terminally ill individuals, through a multidisciplinary team made up of doctors, nurses, social workers, chaplains, hospice aides, and volunteers. We interact with both the patient and the family to explain and answer questions concerning end-of-life issues. We assist individuals wherever they call home, be it in a facility, hospital, private home, assisted living, or other locations.
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Volunteer Opportunities:
Provide direct patient care
Become friends to the patient
Perhaps provide a time-out for caregivers
Good experience for students considering fields of study such as medicine, nursing, social work, chaplaincy
Help out with office duties:
Filing
Assembling information
Mailings
Other in-house activities.
Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee Lauren Deas 4522 Granny White Pike Nashville, TN, 37204 615-460-0250 [email protected]
Purpose: L.E.A.D. is the Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee’s outreach to underserved girls in our community in both rural and urban settings. L.E.A.D. stands for lead, empower, achieve, and discover. Through this initiative we recruit college women, graduate students, and professionals to serve as leaders and mentors to under served girls.
Volunteer Opportunities:
L.E.A.D. Troop Leaders/Mentors for underserved girls
Girls on the Run Nashville Sarah Lee Nashville, TN 37215 615-356-4829 [email protected]
Purpose: Girls on the Run Nashville’s mission is to inspire, educate, and prepare girls for a lifetime of self-respect, positive relationships and healthy active living. GOTR is a 12-week after school program for 3rd through 8th grade girls. The program uses the power of running to help prepare girls for a lifetime of self-respect and healthy living. Through interactive activities such as playing games, running, discussing health, wellness and other important issues, participants learn how to celebrate being girls. The girls are empowered with a greater self-awareness, a sense of achievement and a foundation in team building to help them become strong, confident, well-balanced young women.
Volunteer Opportunities:
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Practice Volunteers:
They must be a high school student or older.
They will: Assist coaches during after-school practices
Encourage and support girls at practices and 5ks
Practice volunteers do not have to run with girls
Practice volunteers do not have to attend every practice. Volunteer schedule is based on availability.
Coaches:
Must be at least 21 years old, CPR and First Aid certified
Complete one-day coaches’ training
Prepare and supervise 24 twice-weekly lessons with GOTR curricula
Plan and coordinate community service project and end-of-season celebration
Participate with the girls in the end-of-season 5k
Head coaches do not have to be runners, but should be interested in health and wellness
Assistant Coach:
Must be at least 18 years old
Complete one-day coaches’ training
Assist head coach with delivery of program during after-school practices
Assist head coach with set up/break down of games and lessons
Participate in games and workouts with the girls
Attend the end-of-season 5k
Assistant coaches do not have to be runners, but should be interested in health and wellness
5k Running Buddy:
Must be a high school student or older
Attend and complete the mid-season, after-school practice 5k with assigned girl and then pace and encourage the same girl at the end-of-season Saturday morning 5k event
Attending at least one additional after-school practice is encouraged, but not required
Running buddies are welcome at all different skill levels and do not need to be expert or seasoned
GivingMatters.com Laurel Fisher 3833 Cleghorn Avenue, Suite 400 Nashville, TN 37215 615-321-4939 [email protected]
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Purpose: GivingMatters.com is an initiative of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee. The website serves as a comprehensive database of over 1300 Middle Tennessee nonprofits for the purpose of encouraging informed charitable giving. Information housed on the site covers four main areas: programs, management, governance, and financials. The site has become a vital part of the due diligence process for local donors and foundations as well as serves as a tool for students, volunteers, and others interested in connecting with the local nonprofit community.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Use the site to find volunteer opportunities and learn more about the nonprofits that operate in Middle Tennessee.
Hands On Nashville Colleen Callaghan 37 Peabody Street, Ste. 206 Nashville, TN 37210 615-298-1108 ext. 412 [email protected]
Purpose: Hands On Nashville’s mission is to meet community needs through volunteerism. We connect volunteers to critical issues facing the Middle Tennessee community – like hunger, homelessness, and environmental issues – and we’ve been at it for more than 20 years. Today, we’re one of the largest volunteer resource centers in the world. In 2012, HON connected or referred 117,500 volunteers to more than 4,000 service opportunities. Offering more than 400 volunteer opportunities to the community each month at HON.org, Hands On Nashville challenges everyone to find a way to give back and to … Be the Change. Volunteer. Volunteer Opportunities:
Please see above.
Harvest Hands CDC Gabby Flynn 424 Humphreys Street Nashville, TN 37203 615-499-4963 [email protected]
Purpose: We are a Christian Community Development Organization located in South Nashville that focuses on Christ-centered wholistic community development. Our four pillars are: Healthy Living, Spiritual Formation, Education, and Economic Development. We have a variety of programs for elementary, middle and high school students that serve those four pillars such as our educational after school program, recreation camps and sports leagues, and are WOW Soap and Humphreys Street Coffee businesses.
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Volunteer Opportunities:
Volunteer in our elementary, middle, and high school after school program
Tutor with our students
Be sports leagues coaches or referees
Be special events volunteers like for our annual community harvest festival
Serve as a Monday night mentor.
Hope Clinic For Women Stasi Egli 1810 Hayes Street Nashville, TN 37203 615-627-2790 [email protected]
Purpose: Hope Clinic for Women equips women, men and families to deal with unplanned pregnancies, prevention, pregnancy loss, and postpartum depression. We are a faith based, safe and confidential place, and we provide education, counsel and medical care for anyone regardless of age, race, or religion. Volunteer Opportunities:
Clothing room organization
Mentor
Event planning
Administrative tasks
Phone counselor
Bilingual volunteer translators
Landscaping
Painting
Medical administrative volunteers
And more.
HUGGS Sherri Jackson 3250 Dickerson Pike ste. 211 Nashville, TN. 37207 615-262-0063 [email protected]
Purpose: HUGGS is a nonprofit organization re-entry program that helps ex-offenders to with life skills, functional skills, and social skills in order for them to become successful in society.
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Volunteer Opportunities:
Internship
Web tech
Resume writing assistance
Computer assistance
Maintenance work -cleaning etc.
Software programmer assistance
Grant writer help!
KIPP Nashville Kim Branch 3410 Knight Road Nashville, TN 615-226-4484 [email protected]
Purpose: KIPP Nashville's vision is that one day every student in Nashville will have access to a college preparatory public school seat. We will accomplish this by creating a respected, influential, network of public schools that successfully help students from educationally underserved communities develop the knowledge, skills, character, and habits needed to succeed in college and in the competitive world beyond.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Tutoring Children
School Administration
Internships
Know Think Act Adam Buzard 305 Lutie Street Nashville, TN, 37210 314-852-6447 [email protected]
Purpose: Know Think Act empowers local leaders who are working to end extreme poverty in their own communities. By working as a holistic community development organization we work in leadership development, equipping leaders and fostering community through partnerships with local leaders who are working to end extreme poverty.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Participate in any number of live events:
Shows
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Concerts
House parties
Pop up retail
Travel opportunities to visit these communities and leaders.
Luke 14:12 Amy Dodson-Watts PO Box 120864 Nashville, TN 37212 615-482-4123 [email protected]
Purpose: Luke 14:12 is a local, Nashville based soup kitchen providing quality, home-cooked meals to Nashville's hungry and homeless. Luke 14:12 provides nutritious meals to 24,000 hungry people each year!
Volunteer Opportunities:
Needed in our kitchen to fill our dinner plates with our meat & 3 type meal.
Needed to serve as hosts and hostesses in our dining room.
Be the the host for 1-2 tables.
Provide hand sanitizer and water to our guests
Re-set the tables after a guest finishes their meal.
Make-A-Wish Middle Tennessee Sara Archer 8119 Isabella Lane Suite 105A Brentwood, TN 37027 615-221-2200 ext.117 [email protected]
Purpose: Make-A-Wish Middle Tennessee grants the wishes of children with life threatening medical conditons to enrich the human experience with hope, strength, and joy.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Wish Granting- wish granters meet with our wish families, help the wish child determine the wish, and act as a liaison between Make-A-Wish staff and the wish family.
Fundraising- Plan, organize, and implement successful fundraising events by helping out and/or participating in the event.
Translator- help facilitate wish experiences for non-English speaking wish families.
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Martha O'Bryan Center Adrianna Flax 711 South 7th St Nashville, TN 37206 615-254-1791 x124 [email protected]
Purpose: On a foundation of Christian faith, Martha O'Bryan Center empowers children, youth, and adults in poverty to transform their lives through work, education, employment and fellowship. Martha O’Bryan Center programs work together, joining family, community and schools, to support better education and employment opportunities for our city’s most vulnerable individuals. We believe that education is a mandate, not an option, for success. Our goal is to walk with the families we serve, providing the tools necessary for success in school, work and the home. We provide a highway of support, a continuum of services that supports each child from cradle to college to career. Martha O’Bryan Center provides the following integrated programs:
Tied Together parenting initiative: prenatal – four years
New Life Fatherhood Initiative
Early Learning Center: six weeks to five years
East End Preparatory School: K-5 public charter school, opened August 2011
THRIVE Youth Development: 5 – 15 years
RAP: literacy/math instruction for youth ages 8-18 years
NAZA: Mayor Dean’s out of school initiative, coordinating middle school services at other school sites
The Top Floor of Stratford High School & The College Zone at Maplewood High School: tutoring, college prep and admissions, and post-secondary assistance, 16 – 24
Adult Education/GED and Work Ready: GED classes and career services
Community Services: Outreach, Crisis Care, Meals on Wheels, Emergency Food Bank, Second Rise Kitchen
Volunteer Opportunities:
Serve as tutors
Classroom assistants
Kitchen assistants
Meals on Wheels drivers
Do maintenance
Beautification
Garden
Food bank assistance
Administrative support roles
We also encourage creative volunteerism in which a volunteer may share a skill, passion, or
hobby with a group of our community members.
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Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)
Michelle Rozell 1100 Kermit Drive, Suite 022 Nashville, TN 37217 615-360-8055 [email protected]
Purpose: Founded by a mother whose daughter was killed by a drunk driver, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is the nation’s largest nonprofit working to protect families from drunk driving and underage drinking. MADD is committed to eliminating drunk driving, serving the victims of this violent crime, and preventing underage drinking. Though drunk driving fatalities have been cut in half since founded in 1980, thousands of lives are still lost each year, due to the tragedy of this 100% preventable crime. YOU can help make a difference!
Volunteer Opportunities:
Workshop Coordinators
Court Monitors
Office Volunteers
Marketing/Communications Committee
Fundraising Committee
Public Policy Committee
Victim Services Committee, Programs Committee
Awareness Volunteers working in Legislative Efforts
Tie One On For Safety Campaign
Sticker Shock Campaign( as Table Hosts or Sobriety Checkpoint Volunteers)
Nashville Adult Literacy Council Jill Mora 4805 Park Ave. Nashville, TN 37209 615-298-8060 [email protected]
Purpose: The Nashville Adult Literacy Council is dedicated to teaching reading to US-born adults and English to adult immigrants. Each year we teach more than 1,500 adult learners, work with more than 500 volunteers, and conduct more than 30 classes throughout Nashville.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Tutors in a one-on-one setting
Two programs in which a volunteer may tutor that cover a variety of time commitment levels
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Other volunteer needs:
technology support
event planning
office administration
web design.
Nashville CARES Patrick Hamilton
633 Thompson Lane Nashville, TN 37204 615-259-4866 [email protected]
Purpose: Nashville CARES is Middle Tennessee's primary HIV/AIDS prevention education, testing and social services agency.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Yard clean up projects
Food pantry work
Painting projects
Mailings
Assembly of education and training material and hygiene kits
Nashville International Center for Empowerment Samuel Victor 3221 Nolensville Pike, #103 Nashville, TN 37211 615-397-0991 [email protected]
Purpose: The Nashville International Center for Empowerment is a non-profit, community-based organization dedicated to empowering refugees and immigrants of Middle Tennessee through direct social services and educational programs.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Serving opportunities at NICE include both internships and volunteering in the following programs:
Education (Adult or Youth): Teach ESL classes, work with youth, assist education staff and more to help students improve their English language skills. We are also seeking volunteers to get involved weekly as educators in the Social Learning Program component of Refugee Integration. Volunteers will be familiarized with a curriculum aimed at guiding refugees towards autonomy in areas such as utilizing the public transit
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system, nutrition and wellness, preventive health care, accessing medical and dental services, and navigating services offered by the Department of Health Services. The subjects taught are essential to the success of the refugee families' integration.
Resettlement: Work with the resettlement program in various capacities including staff assistance, client case work, and more to help newly arrived refugees adjust to life in the U.S.
Employment: Work with employment staff to help clients gain employment and become self-sufficient.
Nashville Peace and Justice Center Jane Hussain 2115 Pontotoc Ave. 530 26th Ave. N., Nashville, TN 37209 615-650-8868 [email protected]
Purpose: The Nashville Peace and Justice Center is a coalition of groups and individuals working for peace, equity and sustainability in our community, nation and the world, through reflection, education and non-violent action.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Our Annual Peace Festival will be on Saturday, Sept. 21, at Centennial Park. We need volunteers to run children's games and to help with set up and tear down.
We have booths at many community events throughout the year. We need volunteers to interact with the public and to help with set up and tear down.
We need help with office work, including data input.
We need help with our Leadership Training Institute.
We need help with our monthly Roundtable Discussions on the urgent issues of the day.
Nashville Public Library Helen Sanders 615 Church Street Nashville, TN 37219 615-862-5804 x6046 [email protected]
Purpose: provide information and resources to the community; foster a love of reading and life-long learning.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Assignments assisting with collections (shelving, etc)
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Bilingual story time helpers
Archival processing
Computer lab assistants
Afterschool tutors/activity helpers
Nashville Rescue Mission Chris Wilson 639 Lafayette St Nashville, TN 37203 615-312-1544 [email protected]
Purpose: Following God's command to love our neighbor as ourselves, the Nashville Rescue Mission seeks to help the hurting of Middle Tennessee by offering food, clothing and shelter to the homeless and recovery programs to those enslaved in life degrading problems. Our goal is to help people know the saving grace of Jesus, and through Him, gain wisdom for living, find fulfillment in life and become a positive part of their community.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Serving meals
Helping with the preparation of some food item
Light cleanup
Serving guest in the dining room
Tutoring GED students
Painting
Landscaping
Laundry
Cleaning
Sorting and stocking clothing rooms
Light construction, etc.
Nashville Zoo Chris Radek 3777 Nolensville Pike Nashville, TN 37211 615-833-1534 ext. 146 [email protected]
Purpose: Nashville Zoo is a progressive and dynamic zoological park serving Middle Tennessee, southern Kentucky and hundreds of thousands of tourists that travel to Nashville every year. Since opening its doors in 1991, the Zoo has grown from a small, private operation in Cheatham County to an Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) accredited facility with international conservation involvement. Over three-quarters of a million visitors come to Nashville Zoo annually, making us the number one attraction in Middle Tennessee. Our mission is to inspire a culture of understanding and discovery of our natural world through conservation, innovation and leadership.
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Volunteer Opportunities:
Educating the public about the Zoo's animals as well as conservation and wildlife issues.
Interacting with and educating Zoo visitors using biofacts and other educational tools
Interpreting the zoo and the animals that live here for our guests using biofacts and other artifacts
Get the opportunity to be at the zoo during special events to help educate the public
Attend outreach events representing the zoo
Even have the chance to be trained to handle some of our education animals
PENCIL Foundation Ann Johnston 421 Great Circle Rd., Ste. 100 Nashville, TN 37228 615/242-3167 x 232 [email protected]
Purpose: PENCIL Foundation's mission is to link community services with Nashville public schools to help young people achieve academic success and prepare for life.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Reading Partners and Math Partners in Metro Nashville Public Schools - Elementary and Middle Schools
Assistance with After-School Programs located in Metro Nashville Public Schools
Assist students and adults in school-based Family Resource Centers
Preston Taylor Ministries
Martha Willis 4014 Indiana Avenue Nashville, TN 615-569-7468 [email protected]
Purpose: Preston Taylor Ministries (PTM) glorifies Christ Jesus by empowering Preston Taylor children to discover and live their God-inspired dreams through Christian friendships and love for learning. PTM was founded in 1998 to confront many of the problems present in the Preston Taylor public housing area, problems like drug use, gang involvement, teenage pregnancy, illiteracy, poor school performance and crime. In order to provide hope for children and families living in this environment, PTM sponsors several avenues for building life-changing relationships. At PTM it’s about relationships.
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Volunteer Opportunities:
Afterschool Program:
Help with homework and tutoring. PTM has three afterschool sites: Faith United (North Nashville) from 3:15-5:15pm Park Avenue/Crosspoint (West Nashville) from 3:00-5:00pm PTM’s Wilson Center from 4:00-6:00pm
Junior High Afterschool Program:
Youth (6th-8th grade) meet on Mondays and Thursdays from 6:30-8:00pm for homework, snack supper, and enrichment activities.
Calvin House:
Help by leading small group Bible study, helping facilitate small reading groups, and leading enrichment activities for 7th-12th grade students.
PTM Life:
Students meet weekly to learn about nutrition, character development, and to train to run a 5K. There are four different groups that meet at the following times: Monday from 3:45-5:15pm; Wednesday from 7:00-8:30am; Wednesday from 4:15-5:30pm; and Friday from 4:15-5:30pm.
Fun Friday:
Every Friday from 4:00-6:00pm during the school year, over 60 PTM children are exposed to a variety of volunteer-led enrichment opportunities including dance, sports, art, music, gardening, among others.
Breakfast and Bible Study:
PTM 4th-7th graders have an opportunity to come to PTM on Thursday mornings during the school year from 6:45-7:45am for breakfast followed by Bible Study with a mentor. Volunteers meet with students following breakfast to read and study scripture together.
Calvin House Youth:
The Calvin House Youth Program functions as a typical youth group. Volunteers are needed to lead family groups (Wednesdays from 5:30-7:00pm), small group Bible Studies (Sunday from 4:30-6:00pm), and to assist with retreats and outings.
Servant and Leadership Training (SaLT):
SaLT serves 10 high school students who meet on Mondays and Thursdays from 4:30-7:30. The main components of this program include tutoring (general tutoring, ACT prep, college prep, etc.) and servant leadership development (job training, career exploration, service learning, manners, and other life skills needed for independence). Volunteers are needed to lead in each area of this program.
Lunchmate Mentoring:
Volunteers pair up with one student from PTM for weekly lunch visits at the school cafeteria creating a mentoring “joy-filled friendship”.
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Project for Neighborhood Aftercare Janell Wood 408 Shamrock Drive Smyrna, TN 37167 615-238-4120 [email protected]
Purpose: Project for Neighborhood Aftercare (PNA) provides afterschool programming for students in 6 Metropolitan Nashville Public schools and 1 community based location. Students receive homework help and tutoring. They also participate in enrichment activities like art, character education, and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) classes.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Tutor students in reading and math
Plan and implement enrichment activities (i.e. visual or performing arts, dance, technology classes, etc)
Serve on the PNA Board
Project Reflect Mimi Fondren 615.504.7514 [email protected]
Purpose: The Project Reflect mission is to transform urban America through education and policy reforms. Our focus is education for children who live in a culture of poverty and who are at high risk of school failure. Our goal is to move them to a culture of learning and responsibility for self and others--to empower them as gifted, talented, and learning the hidden rules that will enable them to succeed in life. Among our programs are advocacy for education reform focusing on Tennessee; Smithson Craighead Academy (K-4 charter school); PREP After-School Program; PREP Summer Camp; YES (Young Emerging Scholars) program that places academically-talented, low-income rising ninth graders in local, private, college preparatory high schools; non-denominational religious education; collaboration with GOTR (Girls On The Run) for personal development through track sports training.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Tutor
Participate in supply/Wish List drives
Landscaping
Service projects.
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Rocketown
Rod DeVore 601 4th Ave. South Nashville, TN 37210 615-260-2420 [email protected]
Purpose: We are a youth organization that seeks to offer hope to the next generation through Christ's love. We have a music venue, cafe, skatepark, and afterschool programs that provide a space for youth to be supported by loving adult mentors. Our desire is to be a place of peace, purpose, and possibilities for youth.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Mentors
After-school tutors
Musicians able to instruct students on guitar, drums, piano, etc.
Individuals to instruct art concepts and projects
Videographers that can help students create projects,
Prepare meals or mentor teens through conversation over a meal.
Help with front desk
Hospitality
Ticketing
Load-in
Post-event clean-up duties
Assist coffee bar staff (customer service, making food/drinks and supervising students in the coffee bar space)
Assist Outreach
Director with youth leadership students.
Room In The Inn Wendy Smotherman 705 Drexel Street Nashville, TN 37203 615-251-9791 [email protected]
Purpose: We are the largest comprehensive center for people who are homeless.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Activities ambassador
Class instructor
Emergency winter shelter program volunteer
Support desk attendant
Laundry or shower attendant
Guest House admin helper
Admin ambassador
Foot clinic helper
VA or long term recovery helper
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Saddle Up! Kim Kline 1549 Old Hillsboro Road Franklin, TN 37069 615-794-1150 x23 [email protected]
Purpose: Saddle Up! is a therapeutic recreational horse-back riding program located in Franklin, TN. We offer children with disabilities the opportunity to learn and grow through therapeutic, educational and recreational activities with horses.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Help with the riding lessons as horse Leaders or Sidewalkers, in hippotherapy sessions, in Equine Facilitate Learning sessions
Miscellaneous chores around the barn
Mondays through Saturdays and have lots of flexibility in scheduling.
Sports 4 All Anna Dannibale 5827 Charlotte Pike Nashville, TN 37209 615-354-6454 [email protected]
Purpose: Our Mission: to improve the quality of life of individuals with disabilities by providing equipment, programming and education to enable full participation in sports and healthy activities.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Equipment Endowment Assistant
Project HEALTH Coach
Research Assistant
STARS Melanie Scott 1704 Charlotte Ave., Suite 200 Nashville, TN 37203 615-983-6810 [email protected]
Purpose: STARS exists to serve schools and communities by providing prevention, intervention and treatment services addressing bullying, substance abuse, violence, and social and emotional barriers to success.
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Volunteer Opportunities:
PeaceJam Mentors - work within the collaboration of Belmont and STARS to help host a youth conference focusing on:
youth leadership
service learning
the promotion of peace and justice
The mini conference is in the fall with the two day conference in the spring. The focus of each conference is around different Nobel Peace Prize Winners and their work. These Laureates will attend the conference to work alongside the youth.
Teach For America Shani Dowell 220 Athens Way, Suite 300 Nashville, TN 615-881-6046 [email protected]
Purpose: Teach For America (TFA) addresses systemic causes of educational inequity in Nashville. We identify our city’s greatest educational needs and collaborate with school and community partners to meet these needs. Our mission is to provide all students, regardless of background, with the opportunity to attain an excellent education. We do this by recruiting, selecting, training, and supporting our nation’s most promising future leaders to teach in low-income public schools. Through these efforts we developed inspired educational leaders for a lifetime.
Volunteer Opportunities: Depending on the skills of potential volunteers, the opportunities vary. A few examples are below.
IN OUR ORGANIZATION:
help compiling materials and resources for upcoming trainings for our teachers
helping support recruitment of individuals on Belmont's campus via flyering and class visits
helping support recruitment of individuals on college campuses across Middle Tennessee
IN CLASSROOMS (WILL NEED TO BE COORDINATED WITH TEACHERS)
tutoring opportunities at local schools
opportunities to be judges in class contests and fairs
hands on volunteering days
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Team Green Adventures Keeley Puncochar 1310 Clinton Street, Ste 200 Nashville, TN 37203 615-242-5600 x 2840 [email protected]
Purpose: Through adventure we promote health, community service, and environmental awareness.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Volunteer events in 2012-2013 have included:
Urban Farm (w/ HON)
Mill Creek Cleanups
Home Energy Savings Project (w/ HON)
Hands On Nashville Day (w/ HON & Cumberland River Compact)
Tree Planting
Harpeth River Canoe Float & Cleanup
Buffalo River Canoe Float & Cleanup
Food Sorting
Trail Building
... to name a few!
Ten Thousand Villages Nashville Jill Kolin 3014 Brightwood Ave Nashville, TN 37212 615-618-6887 [email protected]
Purpose: Ten Thousand Villages Nashville is a non-profit store that sells fair trade items handmade by artisans from developing countries. We are able to help the artisans by providing a market for their products that they would likely never reach, while at the same time paying them a fair price upfront for their products. This enables them to support their families and provide a better quality of life such as improved housing and sending their children to school.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Retail customer support - explaining our mission to customers who shop at our store, assisting customers in selecting items, explaining the origin, etc. and processing the sale of purchased items. We request that volunteers work a minimum of 2 shifts per month (shifts are 4 hours)
Unpacking - we receive shipments at least twice a week, volunteers assist in unpacking the orders and preparing them for sale in the store.
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Tennesseans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty Stacy Rector 615-256-3906 [email protected]
Purpose: We are the only organization in Tennessee that is solely working to end capital punishment in our state. We work to educate citizens on the broken death penalty system including its extreme cost, how unfairly it's applied, and the real risk of executing innocent people. We seek to honor life by advocating for a change in this public policy.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Educate others about our mission by tabling at community events and organizing educational opportunities
Become a participant at our annual Justice Day on the Hill where we lobby our legislators
Intern every semester and help with a variety of tasks like outreach, graphic design, event planning, and more
The American Cancer Society Memorial Foundation Hope Lodge Jo Pulcini 2008 Charlotte Avenue Nashville, TN 37203 615-342-0889 [email protected]
Purpose: We are a free hotel for Cancer patients located on Charlotte Avenue. We serve over 1800 patients and caregivers on an annual basis. Students interested in serving will gain experience in a unique environment that brings together skill sets in facilities, social work, hosptilality management and healthcare administration.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Help run the front desk
provide meals and entertainment to guests
help run shuttle program.
The Bridge Inc. Dawn Murphy 533 Brick Church Park Dr, Nashville, TN 37207 615-855-2611 [email protected]
Purpose: We feed the homeless and working poor of Nashville every Tuesday night under the Jefferson Street Bridge.
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Volunteer Opportunities:
Packing and unpacking food
Organizing food
Bagging hygiene products
Sorting cloth
Distribution of food
The Brown Center for Autism Crockett Goode 2702 Greystone Rd Nashville,TN 37204 615-385-7994 [email protected]
Purpose: The Brown Center for Autism is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization serving young children through six years who have an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
Volunteer Opportunities: Being a Non Profit we always have countless ways people can choose to volunteer. We are always looking for help for our clinical staff. This includes:
preparing materials for each individual child
helping out with their daily lesson plan
helping us organize and prepare a playful environment for a child
help with our Art Auction and our 5K, our two largest fundraisers.
The Eden Gate
Julia Matteson 1225 Kenmore Place Nashville, TN 37206 615-339-3826 [email protected]
Purpose: To reconcile the diverse people of our city and our world to Christ and His intent for them
Volunteer Opportunities:
Community block parties
High school football concessions
Tutoring,
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The Next Door Lucretia Mobbs PO Box 23336 Nashville, TN 37202 615-251-8805 ext. 219 [email protected]
Purpose: The Next Door works with women coming from crisis situations of substance abuse, homelessness, and incarceration.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Bringing dinner for residents.
Reading Buddies for children.
Collection drives of paper products and welcome bag items.
The Salvation Army Misty Ratcliff 631 Dickerson Pk Nashville 37207 615-242-0411 [email protected]
Purpose: The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination. We have been serving Nashville since 1890, extending a resourceful hand of assistance to families in greatest need, so that they may lift themselves from crisis to stability and independence.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Soup Wagon
GED Tutoring
After School Program
Angel Tree Christmas Program
Red Kettle Bell Ringers
Holiday Meal Service
Various Internships (Marketing, HR, Social Services, etc.)
Thriftsmart Bruce Krapf 4890 Nolensville Pke Nashville, TN 37211 615-833-8200
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[email protected] Purpose: Thriftsmart exists to provide value to customers, opportunity for employees, and benefit to charities by operating the best thrift stores in the world and promoting thrifty living - all for God's glory.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Super Sorter- processes goods for charity sales support or recycling.
Overseas Bale Processor- prepares clothes for overseas shipments.
Mission Book Processor-Sorts books for Belize and the store.
“Hang Ten” Clothes Hanger-hangs clothes in preparation for pricing.
Radical Receiver-separates all the great stuff as it comes in the back door.
Mr./Ms Clean- Help keep the warehouse mission base clean.
Product Cleaning Specialist-helps clean house ware and shoe items for processing.
Executive Office Helper-Organize files, spreadsheet development, data entry, answer
phones, update website info, quarterly gift card processing, call clothing donors, sort, donation slips.
Nolensville Store (4890 Nolensville Pike)
Colorization/Sizing Specialist- organizing clothes racks by size and color for a pleasant shopping experience for customers.
Clothes Puller-periodic clothing pulled from the sales floor for overseas shipment.
Cleaner Extraordinaire- cleans and dusts fixtures and makes the store look great!
Heavy Lifter-helps with furniture positioning and sales.
Store Office Staffer-helps with Smart Shopper input, weekly mailings, sign making spreadsheet input and development.
Dressing Room Diva/Divo-help customers at dressing room, rehang garments, and keep the area clean for customers.
Mission Communicator- talks to all customers coming in the store and educates them about our sales and charities.
ESL Helper-assist with ESL classes on Tuesday nights (call Sam House at 268-7272)
Triple Thread Apparel John White 109 17th Ave South Nashville, TN 37203 6152483882 [email protected]
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Purpose: We create quality custom apparel while reconciling former offenders to society through employment and job-training. A play on the phrase "triple threat," our name symbolizes our three-fold purpose:
1. create quality custom apparel 2. employ residents of the Dismas House, a reentry home for former offenders, and
reinvest all net profits back into the Dismas House. 3. By buying from Triple Thread, our customers create immediate employment, job-
training, references, and distance from crime for former offenders. Through these mechanisms, we funnel our employees into permanent employment in the community as contributing members of society. This ultimately reduces crime rates, the world's largest prison population, and the tax burden of our nation's prison system.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Website cleaning, design, maintenance.
Training/ employee manuals.
Form design.
Sales
United Way of Metropolitan Nashville Cassie Morgan 250 Venture Circle Nashville, TN 37228 615-780-2463 [email protected]
Purpose: United Way is working to advance the common good by focusing on education, financial stability and health. These are the building blocks for a good life – a quality education that leads to a stable job, enough income to support a family through retirement, good health and safe living conditions.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Quarterly events:
Do drives for items, such as school supplies, baby items for new mothers, books for babies (several events around each of these opportunities)
Skills based volunteer opportunity (fall)
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program: a great opportunity for your accounting/ financial students or really any student looking to serve to get on board, build their resume, and help to make a difference in the Nashville community (you will be IRS certified through a training)
World Relief Nashville Robin Snyder 615-833-7735, ext. 241
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Purpose: World Relief Nashville is a Christian refugee resettlement organization. We assist refugees in becoming self-sufficient in the U.S.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Friendship Partners
English Tutors
Airport Arrivals
Apartment Set-Ups
YCAP YMCA Allison Hurst 1021 Russell St Nashville, TN, 37206 931-588-1302 [email protected]
Purpose: We are a sister project to the YMCA that serves the at-risk youth and their families predominately in East Nashville. Our program is completely free for the students. We offer different character development activities, camps, academic help, mentoring, field trips, etc.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Mentoring
Tutoring
One-Time Projects
Activity Leading
Donations
Event Coordination
YMCA Camille Carter 411 Metroplex Drive Nashville, TN 37211 615-887-8544 [email protected]
Purpose: We offer free one to one tutuoring for children reading two grades or more below benchmark. We depend on volunteers to run our program.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Be trained and provided all the materials to be able to tutor one on one with a child in reading
Youth Encouragement Services Daryl Elliott 11 Lindsley Avenue Nashville, TN 37210 615-256-2716
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[email protected] Purpose: YES serves to enrich the lives of children in inner-city Nashville, helping them to develop academically, physically, spiritually and socially.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Tutoring
Basketball League
Arts & Crafts
Christmas Store
Back to School Supply Drive
Golf Challenge, Annual Dinner & Silent Auction
Soccer League
Skilled Volunteer assignments (ex: Photography, Videography, Landscaping, Creative Arts and MORE!)