Welcome to the University of Maryland’s volunteer opportunity website. Our goal is to connect students, faculty, and staff at the University of Maryland, Baltimore and employees at the University of Maryland Medical Center with volunteer projects in our area. It’s a place for you to sign up for service activities, and a place to post service activities that need volunteers.
By creating an account on this site, you can also indicate your areas of interest and your availability to volunteer, and someone from the Community Engagement team will contact you when opportunities arise that fit your profile. If you have questions about this website, please contact us.
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Supporting k-12 Campus Visits for Career Development
The UMB Office of Community Engagement (OCE) fields numerous requests annually from local schools requesting field trips to the UMB campus to learn about careers in health, law and human services. To meet this need, OCE challenges UMB administrative departments and student organizations with developing creative and fun events that inform our k-12 partners about your chosen career! If your student or staff group would like assistance in developing such activities, please contact Brian Sturdivant, Director for Strategic Initiatives and…
Find out more »Social Butterfly and Greeter for Behavioral Health Patients
• Accompanies and guides patients between services on the 5th and 2nd floors. • Provide hospitality and support to patients, family members and other visitors on St. Anne’s (Gives out water and snacks, games, coloring books, word finds, etc.) • Sit and talk with patients in waiting areas or in between services. • Work on projects or initiatives to enhance patient satisfaction/experience in unit. • Maintain confidentiality (HIPAA)
Find out more »Amazing Greeter/Social Butterfly for Behavioral Health Unit
•Accompanies and guides patients between services on the 5 th and 2 nd floors. •Provides hospitality and support to patients, family members and other visitors on St. Anne’s Behavioral Health Unit (gives out water and snacks, games, coloring books, word finds, etc.) •Sits and talks with patients in waiting areas or in between services. •Works on projects or initiatives to enhance patient satisfaction/experience in unit. •Maintains confidentiality (HIPAA)
Find out more »Community Lunch & Learn
Join staff from the Office of Community Engagement in providing a free, catered lunch to approximately 100 community members from Southwest Baltimore. The lunch is a chance for community members to relax, have fun, and build relationships with each other. It's also a great opportunity to learn about resources from UMB and other partners that can improve quality of life in Southwest Baltimore.
Find out more »Pop! Farm Volunteer Day
Pop! Farm is a community garden and outdoor classroom in Poppleton, just 1 block away from the BioPark. Volunteers will join community members in improving and maintaining this formerly vacant lot. Many student volunteers have described tasks at Pop! Farm as therapeutic. Volunteer duties include: • Weeding and mulching garden plots • Planting flowers and maintaining flower beds • Watering and mulching fruit trees • Building, filling, planting and maintaining raised garden beds • Mowing and trimming grassy areas •…
Find out more »Community Lunch & Learn
Join staff from the Office of Community Engagement in providing a free, catered lunch to approximately 100 community members from Southwest Baltimore. The lunch is a chance for community members to relax, have fun, and build relationships with each other. It's also a great opportunity to learn about resources from UMB and other partners that can improve quality of life in Southwest Baltimore.
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