Start Volunteering Today!
The Volunteer Center
can assist you in finding the best volunteer opportunities that meet
your needs: your interests, schedule, location, and any other
preferences. We are a "matchmaker" between potential volunteers and
organizations. We make it easy for groups, families,
and individuals to get involved in the community, by calling one place
to find a variety of volunteer experiences, whether it is for a few
hours on a Saturday or every Wednesday afternoon. The Volunteer Center has over 260 registered agencies with thousands of volunteer opportunites at our fingertips.
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About 1,290,000 people (30.1% of the population of Maryland) volunteered a median of 60 hours each in Maryland in 2005 acorrding to Volunteering in America: State Trends and Rankings 2002-2005, published by the Corporation for National & Community Service.
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The Corporation has also produced a national report that for the first time tracks
volunteering over a 30-year period. “Volunteer Growth in America: A Review of
Trends Since 1974” illustrates how volunteering has rebounded to a 30-year high
today – rising by more than 32 percent over the past 16 years – after declining
between 1974 and 1989. The report found that older teenagers (ages 16-19) have
more than doubled their time spent volunteering since 1989; that far from being
a “Me Generation,” that Baby Boomers are volunteering at sharply higher rates
than did the previous generation at mid-life; and that the volunteer rate for
Americans ages 65 years and over has increased 64 percent since 1974; and the
proportion of Americans volunteering with an educational or youth service
organization has seen a 63 percent increase just since just 1989.
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Here in Anne Arundel County, the VCAAC
is the sole countywide resource to connect potential volunteers with
opportunities to meet local community needs. As of Dec. 2005, VCAAC has referred more than 8,100 volunteers to over 260 nonprofit, governmental, and faith-based community agencies.
During 2005, volunteers referred by the VCAAC generated 7,600 volunteer hours per month in Anne Arundel County. These volunteer
hours create almost $2,000,000 of value added to Anne Arundel
County in volunteer time per year.
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However, a recently released
study shows that 70% of Maryland nonprofit organizations still report a
need for volunteers to fulfill their missions.
Your help is needed more than ever!
Volunteer your time to make a difference in our community.
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Check out our new Hints for Volunteering Guide.
This is a great starting point to think of all the considerations and
variables involved with finding the right volunteer activity for you.
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Step 1 to Volunteering:
Step 2 to Volunteering:
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CONTINUING OPPORTUNITIES: Browse through the
full Partner Agencies' Current Volunteer Opportunities
listings. A brief description of the agency's mission, volunteer job
descriptions, and contact information are included for each full partner
agency. Then, contact the agencies that interest you directly, or wait
for your own personalized match of volunteer opportunities from the Volunteer Center.
ONE-TIME OPPORTUNITIES: Additional one-time and short-term volunteer opportunities are also available in two formats...
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