Opportunities From: VolunteerWNY

We would love help planting flowers, laying mulch, and overall outdoor clean up of our property.

Learn more about Ronald McDonald House Buffalo here:  https://www.rmhcwny.org/

Volunteers will be helping to replace the flooring on our main stage platform that is used by other groups in our community, as well as replacing the railings alongside the stage.

Painting our outdoor fence

Painting inside the building, including a 25-foot glass-windowed conference wall.

We would be open to someone with artistic ability to create a design on our new small fence, built by United Way last year!

Clean-up and landscaping of our playground.

We have community garden beds one block away that we would love to plant flowers in. 

Learn more about King Urban Life Center here:  https://www.kingurbanlifecenter.org/

Our shelter is in need of painting. We would love to have a team come in and paint one of our bedrooms at the Emergency Shelter.

Learn more about Compass House here:  https://www.compasshouse.org/

Our volunteers will be helping with outdoor work at our 161 Vermont St. location!

Tasks will include:

Learn more about West Side Community Services here:  https://wscsbuffalo.org/

Volunteers will be helping with the following tasks in our Food Pantry:

Learn more about Provisions 139 Food Pantry here:  https://wscsbuffalo.org/programs/provisions-139/

Our Day of Caring volunteers will be helping to hang artwork, clean, and other prep tasks throughout the building before our 64th Annual Art Show/block party!

Learn more about Locust Street Art here:  https://www.locuststreetart.org/

We would love help in our community garden! --- weeding, planting, harvesting, and constructing.

Learn more about the Hope and Joy Food Pantry here:  https://www.hopeandjoyfoodpantry.org/

We need our back room reconfigured as our donation room, so we can use our current donation area as a resource center for our clients.

This will include painting and the assembly of small shelving units.

Learn more about Buffalo Prenatal Perinatal Network here:  https://www.bppn.org/

Our Day of Caring volunteers will be helping us to paint, plant flowers, and organize our pantries.

Learn more about Friendship Babtist Church here:  https://www.friendshipbaptistbuffalo.org/

Our Day of Caring team will be helping to:

Learn more about the Hull Family Home & Farmstead here:  https://www.hullfamilyhome.com/

Our building has undergone a lot of construction --- we would love our Day of Caring volunteers to help with cleaning and organizing; planting flowers & plants in our planters; and beautifying our garden.

Learn more about Friends Inc. at:  https://www.dorothyjcolliercommunitycenter.com/

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Assembling donations (food, household items, hygiene items, children & infant necessities).

Additional tasks TBD

Help us run a day of lunch service at our pay-as-you-can cafe!

Volunteers will assist the staff with kitchen and front-of-house tasks, that may include food prep, plating ticketed orders, working the register, serving guests in the dining room, and light cleaning.

Expect a very social, active experience!

Learn more about Big Big Table at:  https://www.bigbigtable.org/

The Service Collaborative continues its successful initiative in addressing the extreme level of child poverty through the Beds for Buffalo project.

The project provides the basic human need of child-sized beds for families in need.

The Beds for Buffalo project needs your help building 250 handcrafted, twin beds. 

Learn more about the Beds for Buffalo program here:  https://www.tscwny.org/beds-for-buffalo

Learn more about Nativity Miguel School here:  https://nativitymiguelbuffalo.org/

General light landscaping:

Learn more about Adoption STAR here:  https://www.adoptionstar.com/

The Foundry would love to have a group of volunteers to assist with our outside maintenance tasks - which primarily focuses on our garden spaces (weeding, mulching, possible planting)  - but also cleaning up and organizing materials on our back patio (which is covered) and around our property.

Learn more about The Foundry here:  https://www.thefoundrybuffalo.org/

 Our Day of Caring team will be helping to landscape the front and side of the building.

Our Day of Caring team will help to paint the large gathering space where all of the activities occur for the senior adults.

The metal bathroom stalls need sanding on rusted areas and painting, as well.

Our Day of Caring volunteers will be helping us to sort donations.

Learn more about The Goodness Project here:  https://thegoodnessproject.com/

 Help Grace House finish up preparations for spring!

Depending on the weather for the Day of Caring, the group may be working outside doing cleaning, planting, gardening, and landscaping.

If the weather is uncooperative, volunteers will be inside helping with room refreshes, which includes cleaning, patchwork, painting, and furnishing.

Learn more about Grace Guest House here: https://www.graceguesthouse.org/

We would love our Day of Caring volunteers to clean and spruce up our program site.

This would include:  vacuuming; tidying up; and wiping down windows, walls & baseboards.

We will also have volunteers touch up the paint on the trim and doorway pieces.

This will make our space bright and welcoming! 

Learn more about Buffalo String Works here: https://www.buffalostringworks.org/

We invite our Day of Caring volunteers to help us on a construction project we are working on. The exact tasks will be determined as we get closer

Learn more about Habitat for Humanity Buffalo here: https://habitatbuffalo.org/

We will have our Day of Caring volunteers work on landscaping projects, including revamping our garden areas: removing some flower beds to simplify maintenance, and trimming trees & bushes along the fences.

Learn more about Lothlorien Therapeutic Riding Center here: https://lothlorientrc.com/

Our Day of Caring team will be helping to wash the windows on several of our buildings.

In the event it's raining that day, the inside of the windows can still be washed.

We also have some areas in need of painting by skilled painters.

Learn more about Pioneer on the Lake here: https://pioneeronthelake.com/

The interior of our building is in need of a refresh!

We will have our Day of Caring volunteers painting our main food pantry room and our clothing room.

While waiting for paint to dry, we may have some small organizing projects for volunteers to complete in between coats of paint.

Our Day of Caring team will be helping with:

We would love our Day of Caring volunteers to help sort items at our Outlet store (4255 Mckinley Parkway Hamburg, NY 14075).

Learn more about Goodwill of WNY here: https://www.goodwillwny.org/

We would love our Day of Caring volunteers to help sort items at our Outlet store (4255 Mckinley Parkway Hamburg, NY 14075).

Learn more about Goodwill of WNY here: https://www.goodwillwny.org/

We would love our Day of Caring volunteers to help sort and organize clothing.

Having this project completed will allow us to efficiently distribute the clothing to the youth in need, in our residential and foster care programs.

Learn more about Gateway-Longview here:  https://www.gateway-longview.org/

Our Day of Caring team will be painting our Resource rooms.

Learn more about Agape AME Church here:  https://agape-ame-church.constantcontactsites.com/

Volunteers will support a large-scale strawberry planting project at the Home Beneath Our Feet teaching farm in East Aurora.

Participants will work in rotating teams to prepare garden beds, spread compost and mulch, install irrigation lines, and plant approximately 2,500 strawberry plants.

This hands-on project will help expand the farm’s food production capacity and support our mission of providing fresh, locally grown food while creating educational opportunities for youth and families in our community.

Learn more about Home Beneath our Feet here:  https://www.hbof.org/

We are establishing a Memorial Rock Garden for our main benefactress who passed away last year. Our building is named after her.

Our volunteers will help us build the garden!

Learn more about Newstead Historical Society here:  https://newsteadhistoricalsociety.org/

Our project will take place at the Larkin Center (our storage unit is located there.)

Our Day of Caring volunteers will:

Learn more about Homespace here:  https://www.homespacecorp.org/

Our Day of Caring volunteers will clean inside & outside of SHH Transportation bus. Vacuum inside, wipe down windows & seats

Learn more about Brothers of Mercy Foundation here:  https://brothersofmercy.org/

Our Day of Caring volunteers will help to organize our storage closets for resident supplies.

Learn more about Brothers of Mercy Foundation here:  https://brothersofmercy.org/

Our Day of Caring volunteers will organize and tidy up our Activity Center.

Learn more about Brothers of Mercy Foundation here:  https://brothersofmercy.org/

Our Day of Caring volunteers will help with perimeter landscaping - weed & trim bushes around building.

Learn more about Brothers of Mercy Foundation here:  https://brothersofmercy.org/

Our Day of Caring volunteers will help to paint the wooden fencing around all 3 dumpsters.  Iff time allows, we can do both sides of the fence.

Learn more about Brothers of Mercy Foundation here:  https://brothersofmercy.org/

Our Day of Caring volunteers will help to clean up our Horseshoe Pit: removal of weeds; refilling the sand & spreading stones.

Learn more about Brothers of Mercy Foundation here:  https://brothersofmercy.org/

Our Day of Caring volunteers will help to prep our gardens with basic clean-up and weeding.

Learn more about Brothers of Mercy Foundation here:  https://brothersofmercy.org/

Our Day of Caring volunteers will help to paint some of our classrooms and our hallway.

Learn more about the Martha Mitchell Community Center here:  https://www.mmccbuffalo.com/

We have several food pantries, a clothing closet, and our commercial kitchen onsite that our Day of Caring volunteers will  help us at, serving food and giving clothing to those in need.

Learn more about the Hearts for the Homeless here:  https://heartsforthehomeless.org/

Our Day of Caring volunteers will help to create a Memory Care Sensory Garden for our Memory Care patients: Plant bright flowers, herbs, install windchime, paint stepping stones, plant butterfly bushes, add mulch, plant veggies/fruit

Learn more about Brothers of Mercy Foundation here:  https://brothersofmercy.org/

Our Day of Caring volunteers will help to clean oue patio furniture with soapy water, for all furniture on ground floor patios and balconies.

Learn more about Brothers of Mercy Foundation here:  https://brothersofmercy.org/

Our Day of Caring volunteers will spend a day with our residents: Craft, art, or visit 1:1 with residents.

Two volunteers on each side of the building, can use a gathering room or "neighborhood" (will make sense when you see the building) to do a project.

If doing 1:1 visits, can meet in the residents room, common room, or day room!

Learn more about Brothers of Mercy Foundation here:  https://brothersofmercy.org/

Our Day of Caring volunteers will repaint the parking lines in our two parking lots.

Learn more about Brothers of Mercy Foundation here:  https://brothersofmercy.org/

Our Day of Caring volunteers will help to was the outside windows.

Learn more about Brothers of Mercy Foundation here:  https://brothersofmercy.org/

Our Day of Caring volunteers will help to remove back door garden bed - remove bushes plants, statues, and lay grass seed.

Learn more about Brothers of Mercy Foundation here:  https://brothersofmercy.org/

Our Day of Caring volunteers will help us to prepare for Summer Camp! 

DOC is a week and a half before our first summer camp week kicks off!

This project will involve helping prep our supplies and stuff the camper bus bags.

Most tasks will involve working at a table (standing or sitting). Supply prep includes: writing out emergency phone numbers, cutting name tags, simple craft supply prep, labeling supplies, putting together lanyards with name holders, etc.

Learn more about Camp Good Days here:  https://www.campgooddays.org/regions-western-ny

Our Day of Caring volunteers will help to clean our campus buildings inside & outside.  If time allows, we also need help with some painting.

Learn more about Corpus Christi Church here:  https://corpuschristibuffalo.org/site/

Little Portion Friary is in the midst of a renovation project.

Our Day of Caring volunteers will be painting the common use hallways on both the men's and women's side of the building, as well as the common area sitting rooms and dining rooms.

The day may also include cleaning and organizing, if time allows

Learn more about Little Portion Friary here:  https://www.littleportionfriary.com/

Our Day of Caring team will help with landscaping and removing mulch on our campus.

Learn more about Our Lady of Victory Human Services here:  https://www.olvhs.org/

Our Day of Caring team will be stocking shelves pantry work, inventory and distribution.

Learn more about Response to Love Center here:  https://responsetolovecenter.com/

For this service project we are asking for volunteer who can help us prepare our grounds for our 6 week summer experience Dream Big!. This will entail grounds keeping work (clearing sticks/brush, weeding, etc.), carrying boxes/equipment from our attic storage to active program storage, assembling picnic tables and other equipment, inventory of supplies, and any other tasks that may arise based on the above preparations

Learn more about The Rural Outreach Center here:  https://theroc.co/

Our Day of Caring volunteers will be helping us to paint a meeting room, organize our food pantry, and plant the outdoor planters

Learn more about The Salvation Army here:  https://easternusa.salvationarmy.org/empire/buffalo/

Volunteers will help restore and maintain the Gardens at the Coles House, Studio, and Gardens.

We will be hands-on weeding, clearing, and maintaining the multiple gardens throughout the site.

Additionally, we may rebuild particular parts of the wood around the landscape edges.

Learn more about Cole House Project here:  https://www.coleshouseproject.org/

Volunteers can choose from:

Learn more about Concordia Cemetery here:  https://www.concordiabuffalo.org/

Volunteers can choose from:

Learn more about Concordia Cemetery here:  https://www.concordiabuffalo.org/

Step into the heart of where theatre magic begins!

Our Day of Caring Volunteers will help tidy and organize our production workshop --- the space where sets, props, and creative ideas come to life. By helping us refresh this important workspace, you’ll support the artists and craftspeople who build the world our young audiences experience on stage.

Learn more about Theatre of Youth here:  https://theatreofyouth.org/

 Help us prepare our theatre for the thousands of students and families who visit each year!

Volunteers will assist with deep cleaning, organizing, and refreshing public spaces so every guest feels welcomed the moment they walk through our doors. Your work will directly support Theatre of Youth’s mission to inspire creativity and imagination in young audiences.

Learn more about Theatre of Youth here:  https://theatreofyouth.org/

  Our Day of Caring volunteers will help to get the grounds ready for summer camp!

Learn more about YMCA Summer Camps here:  https://www.ymcabn.org/day-camps

  Our Day of Caring volunteers will help to get the grounds ready for summer camp!

Learn more about YMCA Summer Camps here:  https://www.ymcabn.org/day-camps

  Our Day of Caring volunteers will help to get the grounds ready for summer camp!

Learn more about YMCA Summer Camps here:  https://www.ymcabn.org/day-camps

 We would like to host Day of Caring United Way volunteers at our Resource Center Garden, where we host our gardeners for meetings and use it as a hub for materials distribution for our network of 117 gardens.

Volunteers will help repair our farm stand, which was damaged this winter, so we can better distribute fresh produce to the Pratt-Willert neighborhood, and will also assist with general garden upkeep/repairs to support our elderly gardeners.

This will include basic construction with wood, gardening, weeding, trimming, and litter removal.

Learn more about Grassroots Gardens here:  https://www.grassrootsgardens.org/

We will be painting and staining our bleachers, picnic tables, and ADA ramp.

Learn more about Boys & Girls Clubs of the Northtowns here:  https://www.bgcnt.org/

We are looking for volunteers to give us a hand in our gardens as well as organizing & sorting donations.

Learn more about Buffalo City Mission here:  https://www.buffalocitymission.org/

We have a number of projects for our Day of Caring volunteers!

You can choose that morning which of the three you would like to work on -- and you can also switch to another project during the day, if you'd like!

1.Catholic Academy of West Buffalo is being consolidated into Our Lady of Victory Elementary School, which will create an influx of students into the building.  The space needs to be cleaned, organized, reconfigured, and possibly painted to prepare for the new students.  OLV Elementary is on the OLV Charities campus.

2. St. Gianna Pregnancy Outreach Center is located within the 780 Ridge building and serves families by providing various supports; which includes clothing ranging from newborn through toddler sizes.  Volunteers are needed to assist in sorting, folding and matching clothing into outfits in order to be distributed to families in need.

3. OLV Charities plans and executes many events that raise funds that enable us to continue supporting the efforts of our mission partners.  Volunteers are needed to help organize and sort the holding space for all of the event materials and supplies to help create a more streamlined planning process.

Learn more about OLV Charities here:  https://www.olvcharities.org/

Our Day of Caring team will be painting the walls in the office area.

Learn more about EPIC here: https://www.epicforchildren.org/

Our Day of Caring projects include:

Learn more about CHC here:  https://www.chclearningcenter.org/

Volunteers will be supporting our team by cleaning, painting, and organizing in a new segment of our shelter.

This space will serve multiple purposes as a conference room/ food pantry/ play therapy and programming space.

Learn more about Family Promise here:  https://fpwny.org/

Volunteers would assist in lawn care and cleaning areas within our “New” church on Eggert Road.

Learn more about Walls Memorial here:  https://wallsmemorialbuffalo.org/

Cleaning our One Room schoolhouse in Lancaster: Cleaning the wooden desks, chalkboards, floor, windows, and outdoor landscaping.

We would like to host a Compeer Wellness Picnic and Yard Games --- a picnic‑style social event designed to foster connection and belonging

United Way Day of Caring volunteers will help create a welcoming, energetic space where Compeer clients can socialize, participate in activities, and build friendships.

Volunteers will welcome and engage clients throughout the event.

Our Day of Caring volunteers will help us with:

Learn more about YWCA Buffalo here:  https://www.ywca-wny.org/

Volunteers will help assemble care kits for victims of human trafficking and exploitation served by Mezzo Allies.

These kits provide essential items and comfort resources for individuals who are navigating the early stages of safety, recovery, and stabilization after abuse.

By packaging these kits, volunteers play a direct role in ensuring survivors receive practical support and a tangible reminder that their community cares. The kits will be distributed through partner agencies, advocates, and service providers who work directly with trafficking victims across the region.

Learn more about Mezzo Allies here:  https://www.mezzoallies.com/

Our Day of Caring volunteers will be planting and helping with maintenance of our Pocket Park just outside our building.

Learn more about The Tool Library here:  https://thetoollibrary.org/

Our Day of Caring team will give our Church a Spring Spruce up!

Learn more about Tabernacle of Praise here:  https://www.tabernacleofpraisebuffalo.com/

Our Day of Caring team will:

Learn more about Delavan Grider Community Center here:  https://delavangridercc.org/

The Tapestry K–4 School hosts a Field Day at the end of each school year!

This special event gives students the opportunity to participate in organized stations and activities on the Tapestry Track & Field. Teachers, staff, and families volunteer to run these stations and help create a fun, celebratory day for our students as they wrap up the school year.

Our Day of Caring volunteers will help to run some of the stations, so we can offer even more opportunities and fun for students.

Stations can include activities like relay races, balloon tosses, or similar games.

Learn more about Tapestry Charter School here:  https://tapestryschool.org/

Our project is an immersive obstacle course where youth navigate stations like mystery rooms, making choices that shape their path forward. Each station is designed to challenge and develop life skills ranging from critical thinking to mindfulness.

Learn more about MVP here:  https://www.facebook.com/MVPBuffalo/

We are hosting a Free Haircutting and Simple Protective Braid Event.

We need need 5 barbers and hairstylists, and 1 person to offer braids. Barbers & Cosmetologists must hold a current respective NYS license.

We will need 2 volunteers to assist with taking names, directing guests, and sweeping hair.

Learn more about Haircuts For Those In Need here: https://haircutsforthoseinneed.org/contact-us

Help us spruce up our church and yard!

Learn more about First Shiloh here: http://www.firstshilohbuffalo.com/

 Join the Reinstein Woods staff as we care for our trails!

Tasks will include removing invasive species to improve habitats and other trail maintenance needs to make trails accessible to all.

Learn more about Friends of Reinstein Woods here:   https://dec.ny.gov/places/reinstein-woods-center

 This will be our Technology Recycle & Storage Clean-Out Day.  

Volunteers will help us to bring computers, laptops, furniture, sporting equipment, etc. to the recycle and trash recepticals.

***This will require some heavy lifting and walking up and down 3 flights of stairs.

Learn more about Boys & Girls Clubs of Buffalo here:  https://www.bgcbuffalo.org/

 Our Day of Caring volunteers will be painting the hallway by our classrooms and painting the main office hallway.

Learn more about Buffalo Prep here:  https://buffaloprep.com/

Our Day of Caring volunteers will be helping our seniors with tasks inside or outside of  their home- like cleaning windows, weeding, yard work, etc.

Learn more about Harmonia Collaborative Care here: https://harmonia-care.org/

Our volunteers will help us with grounds maintenance, including mulching, weeding, and planting flowers.

Learn more about The International Institute here: https://iibuffalo.org/

Our Day of Caring volunteers will be helping us with the following tasks:

Learn more about The Belle Center here: https://thebellecenter.org/

Our Day of Caring volunteers will be helping us with the following tasks:

Learn more about Friends of Night People here: https://www.friendsofnightpeople.com/

Our Day of Caring volunteers will help to paint our office at 1081 Broadway.

We have invested in our programming over the years, and our physical space has been neglected.  We are in desperate need of a refresh! 

Learn more about Matt Urban Human Services Center here: https://urbanctr.org/about/

Our Day of Caring volunteers will help us to revive and renew our properties. This will include light landscaping, cleaning, and other outdoor projects

Learn more about Heritage Christian Centers here: https://heritagechristianservices.org/

Our Day of Caring volunteers will help us to revive and renew our properties. This will include light landscaping, cleaning, and other outdoor projects

Learn more about Heritage Christian Centers here: https://heritagechristianservices.org/

Our Day of Caring volunteers will help us to revive and renew our properties. This will include light landscaping, cleaning, and other outdoor projects

Learn more about Heritage Christian Centers here: https://heritagechristianservices.org/

Our Day of Caring volunteers will help us to revive and renew our properties. This will include light landscaping, cleaning, and other outdoor projects

Learn more about Heritage Christian Centers here: https://heritagechristianservices.org/

Our Day of Caring volunteers will help us to revive and renew our properties. This will include light landscaping, cleaning, and other outdoor projects

Learn more about Heritage Christian Centers here: https://heritagechristianservices.org/

Our Day of Caring volunteers will help us to revive and renew our properties. This will include light landscaping, cleaning, and other outdoor projects

Learn more about Heritage Christian Centers here: https://heritagechristianservices.org/

Our Day of Caring volunteers will help us to revive and renew our properties. This will include light landscaping, cleaning, and other outdoor projects

Learn more about Heritage Christian Centers here: https://heritagechristianservices.org/

We will be painting the floors of the cabins.

If weather allows, outdoor work will include:

Learn more about Cradle Beach here:  https://www.cradlebeach.org/