Student Community Service Opportunities

 

Upcoming Community Service Events

• March 21, 2026: Town of Lewisville Clean Sweep   |  Help beautify the Town of Lewisville by picking up litter around town.
• March 27, 2026: Spring Fling at Southwest Elementary School |  Assist with activities and games during the event.
• March 27, 2026: Spring Fling 500 at Union Cross Elementary  |  Run game stations and assist school staff as needed during the event.
• April 4, 2026:  Annual Neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt at St. Anne's Episcopal Church   |   Assist throughout the day with event set-up, games, and activities for kids. 
• April 18, 2026: Pregnant in the Piedmont Expo with Piedmont Doulas  |  Assist event staff during the expo.

 

Ongoing Community Service Opportunities 

• American Red Cross - Volunteer to be a Blood Donor Ambassador (16+)  |  Assist by greeting others, cleaning, and managing donor questions. Every 2 seconds, someone in the US needs blood and one blood donation can save up to 3 lives. Help and support your community in North Carolina.

 

• Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist -  Volunteer at the Free Mobile Health Clinic  (18+)  |  We have 2 volunteer opportunities: 1.) assist with patient intake by helping patients fill out forms and also take simple vital signs of patients, or 2.) serve as a Spanish interpreter to help the provider communicate with each patient during their visit.

 

• Bookmarks - Volunteer at our bookstore  |  Assist with author events, book build processing, and daily operations. Volunteers may be adults or minors (under 18), but children must be accompanied and directly supervised by an adult volunteer.

 

• Crosby Cares for Kids - Create a babysitting care plan and implement it  |  Crosby Cares for Kids is an initiative to encourage Crosby Scholars to go beyond babysitting and help in the early childhood development of children in our community. Crosby Scholars can care for children
  ages 10 and under. (Since this is a volunteer opportunity, students should not be paid for this activity.)
  

 

• Forsyth Humane Society - Volunteer at the shelter or an event  |  Whether it’s cleaning, community outreach, or providing comfort to an animal in need, FHS’s volunteer program offers a wide variety of opportunities for animal lovers to use their talents and skills to help the animals of Forsyth County be happy, healthy, and thriving!

 

• greeNest - Volunteer at a Youth Workday  |  We provide families transitioning from crisis situations with access to affordable home furnishings. Are you a “clean machine”? Help us tidy up our donations with minor cleaning and repairs. Is your particular talent geared more toward the artistic side of the brain? Help make our "showroom" attractive and welcoming to our guests!

 

• Habitat for Humanity of Forsyth County - Volunteer at a home construction site or at our ReStore | Our houses are built and remodeled largely with volunteer labor, enabling Habitat homeowner families to purchase decent, quality housing at an affordable price. Volunteers play a crucial role in staffing our ReStores, which sell donated items and therefore provide revenue to support Habitat’s work.

 

• HandsOn NWNC - Volunteer at Love Community Development Corporation (LoveCDC)  |  Our mission is to enrich the lives of community residents through educational programs and resources which will result in a safe, healthy, wholesome, and sustained community. Known to many in the community as “Love Center” - an epitome of who we are – “Love” is truly at the center of all we do! We implement educational and social programs that provide supportive services to Forsyth and surrounding county residents.

 

• H.O.P.E. of Winston-Salem - Volunteer to help prepare, organize, or distribute food  |  H.O.P.E. of Winston-Salem works at the intersection of children’s health and food insecurity. We execute weekend distributions of nutritious meals for children and fresh fruits and vegetables for families struggling with food insecurity. 

 

• Kernersville Little Theatre - Help with a stage build or strike and front of house | Stage Build or Strike: Assist with painting walls, floors, and molding; detail paint designs like wallpaper or stone textures; perform light carpentry such as assembling sets, inserting doors, or attaching platform legs. During strike, help disassemble and store set pieces. Front of House: Welcome guests, scan or sell tickets, staff the concession table, or hand out programs before performances.

 

• Love for Our Elders - Write a letter to brighten an elder's day!  |  Everyone deserves a mailbox full of love letters, and we’re on a mission to make that happen– we’ve sent more than 1 million letters of love around the world. So take a few minutes, sit down, and write a letter. Tell them about yourself, maybe share a joke or a riddle and let them know that they are loved.

 

• Mountain Valley Hospice - Volunteer at one of our locations |  Whether it’s a smile, companionship, reading or using your talents to ease the weight of a day for a patient or family member, hospice volunteers are rewarded with the appreciation of those they serve. We offer a free comprehensive training program each month that includes understanding hospice, symptom management, communication and grief.

 

• New Bethel Baptist Church - Volunteer with our Journalistic Society  |  Volunteers will help with filing and organizing issues of The Spotlight, the church’s newspaper, dating back to 1953.

 

•  New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church - Volunteer at our food pantry  |  Giving People HOPE, PURPOSE, and FOOD. The NJMBC Food Pantry is staffed by volunteers. Food boxes are prepared for individuals and families according to the number of people in the household. NJMBC Food Pantry partners include the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC, local grocery stores and private donors.

 

• PAW Alliance (Piedmont Animal Welfare Alliance) - Help us stand up for underdogs!  |  We are a volunteer-centered nonprofit working at the intersection of animal welfare and social justice. We need volunteers to help us help others. Be part of our Village! We have a variety of opportunities, and your gifts, talents and skills can really help us with our work. Some short-term volunteer jobs such as putting up flyers etc., would be excellent for Service Hours for teens!

 

• Riverwood Therapeutic Riding Center -  Volunteer at our equine therapy program (14+)  |  Class volunteers must be at least 14 years old, able to walk and stand for 1 hour, and be willing to commit to a [minimum] of one class a week Monday through Friday for a minimum of 8 weeks of service. While a history of horsemanship is welcomed, it is not required in order to be a good volunteer. Volunteer orientations are held every other month and can be found on our event calendar. After attending a volunteer orientation, you will have the knowledge you need to start working with our riding community.

 

• Ronald McDonald House Piedmont Triad - Serve at our "home away from home"  |  In 2024, volunteers contributed more than 16,000 hours of their time to prepare meals for families, help with clerical and household tasks, visit children in the hospital, and provide programming for our families. We are always happy to have an extra set of hands and there are many ways to help, as an individual or as a group.

 

• Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC - Help feed our community  | Second Harvest has volunteer opportunities nearly every day. Whether you choose to help in the Community Meals kitchen packing up trays for children and seniors; inspect donations in the warehouse; catch rays and tend beds in the Fitzgerald Teaching Garden (seasonally); or help out in the office, you’ll be part of a community of people working together to feed hope, health, and opportunity...because everyone deserves to eat.

 

• SECU Family House - Join our service-learning program  |  At the Family House, we are grateful for the support of kids, teens (including Crosby Scholars), and college students! We’re always excited to host this summer service-learning opportunity for students to serve in a variety of ways around the house, visit a local hospital, learn about community resources, and see the Family House behind the scenes.

 

• Senior Services - Support older adults in Forsyth County   |  Senior Services’ mission is to help older adults remain at home for as long as possible and to help them live with dignity. With concern for those who care for senior adults, we also help caregivers through services and education that will benefit them. You can make a difference in a senior's life by giving a little bit of your time.

 

• The Shalom Project - Help us create equitable community  |  The Shalom Project runs programs that challenge the cycle of poverty in our community with a spirit of inclusion, compassion, and justice. We aim to create opportunities to build genuine and meaningful relationships amongst all in our community. You could set up and distribute the food in our pantry, sort clothing donations, serve a meal to our Flourish participants, get involved with our medical clinic, assist with fundraising events, and so much more!

 

• Winston-Salem Rescue Mission - Join one of our outreach opportunities  |  It’s amazing what can happen when we work together for the good of our community! We have identified several volunteer jobs that will assist us as we maintain a safe environment to our residents in our programs: prepare meals, make goodie bags, sort canned food to stock our pantry, assist with various tasks in our thrift store, and so much more!

 

• Trellis Supportive Care - Support the KBR Hospice Home  |  There are many ways to volunteer with Trellis Supportive Care, North Carolina's original hospice and palliative care provider, from providing support to patients and their families to directing traffic at a fundraising event. We invite you to join us in serving our community through the use of your time and talents.

 

 

A donation made to a nonprofit organization will count for 1 credit hour of community service!

Local places to donate:

• Forsyth Educator Partnership Warehouse 
• Goodwill of Northwest NC
• Habitat for Humanity of Forsyth County
• H.O.P.E. of Winston-Salem
• Salem Pregnancy Care Center
• Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC
• The Art Shac
• The Shalom Project