We are thankful to have a volunteer program that hosts over 500 people a year. The following opportunities are listed by division. For more details about a particular opportunity, please click on the division name. To schedule a volunteer orientation, to arrange for a group volunteer project, or for more information,

email Cara Rouse or call (608) 246-4730 ext. 224.

 

Citizen Advocacy Division
We are always seeking people who are interested in becoming advocates. For more information, email Jen Mrotek or call (608) 246-4730 ext. 223.

Development & Community Relations
Board of Directors
We are seeking new members for the Board of Directors. For more information, email Greta Hansen, call (608) 246-4730 ext. 217, or click on these links: FAQs About Serving on the Board as a Low-income Representative and Application to Serve on the Board.

Technology
We need help from people with expertise in database programs such as Access and SPSS. For more information, email Cara Rouse or call (608) 246-4730 ext. 224.

Translation
Help us better serve the Spanish and Hmong communities by volunteering as a translator or interpreter. For more information, email Cara Rouse or call (608) 246-4730 ext. 224.

Family Support Division
Help Homeless Families Move
Volunteers are needed on an on-call basis.

Help with Excess Household Goods Distribution
A volunteer is needed from 3:00pm - 4:00pm on Tuesday afternoons to help with our weekly distribution of household supplies in the Clothing Center.

Sort Household Items for Homeless Families
We need a volunteer to unpack and organize household items so that caseworkers can get these items to those who need them most.
For more information, email Cara Rouse or call (608) 246-4730 ext. 224.

Financial Services Division
Clothing Center
We need your help in our Clothing Center to sort, hang and display donated clothing items. Weekly volunteer training sessions are held Mondays 8:15am - 11:30am and Wednesdays 1:00pm - 3:00pm.

Koats for Kids 2007
Thank you to all of the wonderful volunteers who helped to make this event a success!
For more information, email Cara Rouse or call (608) 246-4730 ext. 224.

Food & Gardens Division
CAC Gleaners
Become part of the community's effort to prevent hunger by recovering good food that would otherwise go to the landfills. For available routes, click on this link: Food-Recovery Routes.

Food Share Day

We need individuals  to volunteer to help with Food Share Day, in which we partner with restaurants to raise funds for the Dane County Food Pantry Network. A longer term volunteer is needed during the months of June and July to follow up with restaurants and deliver promotional materials.

Food Sorters
We need volunteers to sort donated food for distribution to pantries.

For more information, email Chris Brockel or call (608) 246-4730 ext. 206.