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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Mentor with Higher Acheivement
From HA website: At Higher Achievement, we call our middle school students “scholars.” Why? Because they are motivated, inspired, and looking to bridge the opportunity gap in their communities. Our scholars enter Higher Achievement with a range of academic performance levels and with varied levels of support inside and outside of their school. But all of our scholars leave our program with a strong belief in our four social justice pillars: voice, freedom, justice, and solidarity. Our organization commitment to…
Find out more »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 »Reading Partners Tutor
Reading Partners is a children's literacy program that brings community volunteers into neighborhood schools to provide one-on-one reading support using a proven, evidence-based curriculum to ensure students are on track to read at grade level by fourth grade. Volunteering with Reading Partners as a tutor for as little as one-hour per week with one student is one of the easiest ways to make a lasting, proven impact on your community and on the futures of local students. We have 3…
Find out more »Reading Partners Tutor
Reading Partners is a children's literacy program that brings community volunteers into neighborhood schools to provide one-on-one reading support using a proven, evidence-based curriculum to ensure students are on track to read at grade level by fourth grade. Volunteering with Reading Partners as a tutor for as little as one-hour per week with one student is one of the easiest ways to make a lasting, proven impact on your community and on the futures of local students. We have 3…
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)
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