Volunteer Opportunities From: United Way of Southern Nevada Volunteer Connect

Join the City of Henderson in creating a greener, healthier future for our community. Together, we'll plant up to 50 trees and help beautify Hayley Hendricks Park, creating a lasting space for residents to enjoy. By expanding our urban tree canopy and enhancing neighborhood parks, this project supports Henderson's Healthy, Livable, Sustainable City priority while creating welcoming spaces for residents to gather, play, and connect. Planting locations will already be prepared, allowing volunteers to focus on making an immediate and lasting impact. Whether you're an experienced volunteer or joining your first service project, you'll leave knowing you've helped create something future generations will enjoy.

Your impact:

- Plant up to 50 trees

- Help beautify a Henderson neighborhood par Help create a greener, more welcoming neighborhood park

- Work alongside City employees and fellow community volunteers

- Make a visible, lasting impact in just three hours Every tree planted brings Henderson one step closer to a greener, cooler, and more sustainable future.

Long after Day of Caring is over, the trees you plant will continue to grow, providing shade, cleaner air, wildlife habitat, and beautiful spaces where families can gather for generations to come.

Join the City of Henderson in creating a greener, healthier future for our community. Together, we'll plant up to 50 trees and help beautify Mission Hills Park, creating a lasting space for residents to enjoy. By expanding our urban tree canopy and enhancing neighborhood parks, this project supports Henderson's Healthy, Livable, Sustainable City priority while creating welcoming spaces for residents to gather, play, and connect. Planting locations will already be prepared, allowing volunteers to focus on making an immediate and lasting impact. Whether you're an experienced volunteer or joining your first service project, you'll leave knowing you've helped create something future generations will enjoy.

Your impact:

- Plant up to 50 trees

- Help beautify a Henderson neighborhood par Help create a greener, more welcoming neighborhood park

- Work alongside City employees and fellow community volunteers

- Make a visible, lasting impact in just three hours. Every tree planted brings Henderson one step closer to a greener, cooler, and more sustainable future.

Long after Day of Caring is over, the trees you plant will continue to grow, providing shade, cleaner air, wildlife habitat, and beautiful spaces where families can gather for generations to come.

The Las Vegas Sassy Seniors is partnering with TOYS 4 DOGS are looking for volunteers to hand make dog toys and collect donations that will be donated to local animal shelters! Please come and help us break our record from last year and lets make a difference in our community together! If you can, bring flannel fabric or t-shirts you no longer wear to make the dog toys (we will also have supplies there) and if you are able to bring a donation of animal supplies that would be appreciated. This could be any dog/cat/bird food, toys, creamy peanut butter, newspapers, cleaning supplies, towels, wash clothes, small blankets, poddy pads, new leashes/collars, and lots of treats, etc. This is a really easy and fun activity, we need people to cut the fabric and lots of people to braid the fabric into dog toys! We will have light refreshments and raffle baskets! Invite your friends and bring your company's volunteer team!!!

Roll up your sleeves and join Siegel Cares for a day of creativity, teamwork, and community spirit! We’re transforming the resource room at Siegel Suites MLK Resource Room into a warm, welcoming space where children can study, read, and enjoy fun activities in a safe environment.

Roll up your sleeves and help transform Deskin Elementary's school garden into a vibrant outdoor learning space where students can explore nature, science, and sustainability.

Our main focus for this Garden Beautification Project will be cleaning up and removing old compost areas, including debris, pallets, weeds, and other materials, to create a safer, cleaner, and more functional garden for students and teachers.

Your efforts will help create an inspiring outdoor classroom that supports hands-on learning in STEM, nutrition, environmental education, and student wellness throughout the school year.

Removing debris, pallets, and weeds from compost areas

General garden clean-up

Planting seeds and transplanting

Pruning crops and fruit trees

Weeding and spreading mulch

Amending soil

Beautifying the outdoor classroom

Cleaning up surrounding pathways and gathering areas

Whether you're an experienced gardener or simply excited to give back, we'd love to have you join us!

Please complete the volunteer participation waiver before the event:

Complete online: (Link coming soon)

Or download, print, sign, and bring it with you on the day of the event.

Together, we'll create an amazing space where students can learn, grow, and thrive. Thank you for supporting this important cause!

Roll up your sleeves and help transform Roger Bryan Elementary's school garden into a vibrant outdoor learning space where students can explore nature, science, and sustainability.

Our main focus for this Garden Beautification Project will be cleaning up and removing old compost areas, including debris, pallets, weeds, and other materials, to create a safer, cleaner, and more functional garden for students and teachers.

Your efforts will help create an inspiring outdoor classroom that supports hands-on learning in STEM, nutrition, environmental education, and student wellness throughout the school year.

Removing debris, pallets, and weeds from compost areas

General garden clean-up

Planting seeds and transplanting

Pruning crops and fruit trees

Weeding and spreading mulch

Amending soil

Beautifying the outdoor classroom

Cleaning up surrounding pathways and gathering areas

Whether you're an experienced gardener or simply excited to give back, we'd love to have you join us!

Please complete the volunteer participation waiver before the event:

Complete online: (Insert Link)

Or download, print, sign, and bring it with you on the day of the event.

Together, we'll create an amazing space where students can learn, grow, and thrive. Thank you for supporting this important cause!

Roll up your sleeves and help transform Charlotte and Jerry Keller Elementary's school garden into a vibrant outdoor learning space where students can explore nature, science, and sustainability.

Our main focus for this Garden Beautification Project will be cleaning up and removing old compost areas, including debris, pallets, weeds, and other materials, to create a safer, cleaner, and more functional garden for students and teachers.

Your efforts will help create an inspiring outdoor classroom that supports hands-on learning in STEM, nutrition, environmental education, and student wellness throughout the school year.

Removing debris, pallets, and weeds from compost areas

General garden clean-up

Planting seeds and transplanting

Pruning crops and fruit trees

Weeding and spreading mulch

Amending soil

Beautifying the outdoor classroom

Cleaning up surrounding pathways and gathering areas

Whether you're an experienced gardener or simply excited to give back, we'd love to have you join us!

Please complete the volunteer participation waiver before the event:

Complete online: (Link coming soon)

Or download, print, sign, and bring it with you on the day of the event.

Together, we'll create an amazing space where students can learn, grow, and thrive. Thank you for supporting this important cause!

THIS VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY IS ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19

Join Schools for Scholars in making a meaningful impact by volunteering for Shoes For Scholars 2nd Annual 5K Run & Walk Event! As a volunteer, you’ll play a vital role in creating a positive, energetic atmosphere—whether it’s assisting with registration, cheering on participants, handing out water, or helping at the finish line. Come be part of a rewarding experience that combines fitness, community spirit, and a great cause!

Please join The Wellness Box Foundation for a packing party for UWSN Day of Caring! We will pack hygiene bags with maxipas, hygiene products to distribute throughout the LV community. 

Laura Dearing Elementary School volunteers will have the opportunity to read to their elementary school students in the classroom at their elementary school. Books should be appropriate and relevant to the grade level (Pre-K through 5th grade) and volunteers will have the opportunity to read a maximum of 3 books to the students/class.

Help Lighthouse Charities get some fresh air and your hands in the dirt at their beautiful two-acre garden, a workforce training farm that benefits refugees and others experiencing food insecurity. Tasks can include harvesting, planting, weeding, caring for our chickens, and other projects.

Help sort, cut, and/or sew donated hotel linens that will be repurposed into rags that resorts and hotels buy back for their cleaning crews. This program provides workforce training and income for refugees learning English.

Volunteers will assist our warehouse team by boxing and sorting books by grade level to help prepare them for distribution to underserved schools. This project plays a vital role in ensuring books are organized and ready to reach children who need them most. Perfect for groups and individuals, we have two shifts available.

All supplies and instructions will be provided on-site.

Join Habitat for Humanity's ReStore team and help make a lasting impact in our community! ReStore volunteers support the daily operations of our nonprofit home improvement store by assisting with customer service, organizing merchandise, processing donations, stocking shelves, and maintaining a clean and welcoming environment.

Help the LGBTQ Community Center of Southern Nevada assemble wellness kits for the community at large.

Help Don and Dee Snyder Elementary School clean up their campus! Volunteers are expected to help with weeding, trash pick up, and general tidying up.

Assist Warren Elementary School level their classroom books to help encourage reading growth.

The books will be sorted by grade. Please bring a smart phone, laptop, or tablet to look up the book's title and its appropriate grade level.

Write and mail friendly, conversational letters to senior citizens in aged care homes and senior programs. Letters are handwritten and conversational - ABOUT YOU! - like what you'd write to a friend or relative rather than generic messages you'd find in a greeting card!

After signing up, you will receive an email to join the Letters Against Isolation web page portal.

Join NPHY for a day of service as we prepare for the upcoming holiday season! Volunteers will help with holiday preparations, backyard beautification, and assembling essential kits for youth experiencing homelessness. Every project completed helps create a welcoming space and provides valuable resources for the youth we serve.

Let out your creative side with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada. Work alongside members on an easy project such as friendship bracelets, painting, vision boards, canvas art, or tote bag decorating.

THIS VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY IS ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26

Join Relay For Life Southern Nevada fundraising walk to bring cancer survivors and caregivers together. There will be four shifts:

You are more than welcome to sign up for multiple shifts!

Centennial YMCA preschool kids LOVE to be active; run, jump, bike, skip, and love group games with our staff outside. For years, we have had a mural of the United States painted on our patio's concrete. The children rarely engaged with the painting, and we have finally been able to have it removed. We are hoping to find volunteers to help upgrade our patio space by painting interactive designs that our students can enjoy.

Book Preps make children feel special by cleaning and repairing gently used books that Spread the Word Nevada distributes every month to underserved schools. Thousands of children don't have books of their own, and we need volunteers to ensure books get into their hands. Perfect for groups and individuals, we have two shifts to choose from.

All supplies and instructions will be given on-site.

St. Jude's Ranch for Children needs your help organizing their gift shop, painting their exterior, general landscaping, helping with maintenance items, cleaning the chapel and the community kitchen.

Program Description: Kit Rebuilding: Empowering Education, Empowering Futures

What is Kit Rebuilding:

Kit Rebuilding is a vital process that ensures the seamless delivery and effectiveness of Junior Achievement's educational programs. Our student kits are specially curated collections of teaching materials, games, and resources designed to engage and empower students from Kindergarten to 5th grade. These kits are the backbone of our JA in a Day program, which brings our experiential learning model directly to classrooms in a condensed timeframe.

The Kit Rebuilding process involves several essential steps:

Join Us in Making a Difference: Kit Rebuilding is a hands-on, rewarding opportunity for volunteers to contribute directly to the future success of students in our community. By investing your time and skills in this project, you become a vital part of the educational journey that shapes young minds and equips them with essential life skills.

No Prior Experience Required: Whether you're an educator, a student, a parent, or a concerned community member, anyone can participate in Kit Rebuilding. Our team of experienced staff will provide all the necessary training and guidance to ensure that your contribution has a meaningful impact.

Make a Lasting Impact: Join Junior Achievement of Southern Nevada today and take part in the Kit Rebuilding initiative. Together, we can inspire and prepare the next generation for a bright and successful future in a rapidly evolving global economy.

**Light snacks, water, and coffee will be provided.

DISCOVERY Children's Museum will be prepping materials for a few of their fall events including Be My Neighbor Day outreach, Girl Powered STEM Celebration, Ooky Spooky Member’s Morning, and other special events.