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 »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 »Charles St 12-Miler by Charm City Run Events
This is our premier 12 Miler event over 5,000 runners and we need help supporting these runners. Tasks include but are not limited to water stop, course marshal, handing out finisher medals and handing out food/refreshments post-race. Charm City Run Events will provide any needed tools and training, we just need helping hands for our premier 5K event. Charm City Run Event Management is a diversified event management, sports promotion, race management, finish line management and events coordination company, comprised…
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 Day
Come join us at Bon Secours Hospital on Saturday, September 14th at our Community Day event. We will need help from 8am until 5pm in the areas of: Setting up - tables, chairs, supplies Registration - register participants for screenings Navigating - navigate participants throughout our screening areas Runners - fun blood specimens to lab, get supplies needed for screeners Produce Table - bag fruit and veggies to give away and man the table Monitor children for safety and give…
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