Needs From: Get Connected - Volunteer Fox Cities

NOAHH (Neighbors Offering A Helping Hand) is a partnership between community members and Outagamie County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to assist DHHS clients to meet their needs. NOAHH partners are generally organizations with a membership base, but individuals are welcome as well.

Here's how it works:

A county worker alerts the Volunteer Coordinator to a need. The coordinator then reaches out to NOAHH partners to help fulfill that need. Needs may include new or gently used furniture, kitchen items, bedding, clothes, etc. There is no time commitment - just share the need with friends and coworkers to help find the needed item. Being a NOAHH Partner is an easy way to fulfill your mission of serving others in the community. Become a partner - sign up on our website! NOAHH

NOAHH accepts donations of new or gently used items or money. Here are our current needs:

Hope & Help Together connects refugees and other immigrants with genuine relationships and supportive resources in the Fox Valley

Learn more about short-term and long-term volunteer opportunities here: https://www.hopeandhelptogether.com/volunteering

If you have questions, please visit us for Network Meetings or office hours: bit.ly/HHTinfo

If you would like to volunteer, please  fill out our volunteer form: https://forms.gle/cTQVUG4TtsMTw9Xh8

We are in need of light grounds maintenance, primarily pulling weeds during the summer months.  

Primarily, volunteers help by sorting donated merchandise. Volunteers also help with placing merchandise on the sales floor as well as pulling merchandise from the floor. Generally, our volunteer hours are Monday-Friday, 8am to 4pm at both of our locations. 

To volunteer at SVdP Appleton (College Ave. & Westhill Blvd locations), please go to www.volgistics.com/appform/1203760306 to fill out a volunteer application. 

SOAR Fox Cities is an agency that offers social, recreational, and educational programming to individuals with developmental disabilities. Our participants are incredible, our staff is friendly, and our activities are so much fun!

SOAR Fox Cities hosts dances once a month. Volunteers are needed to socialize with and help serve our participants. 

We are looking for groups of teens or adults willing to volunteer one time, or on a regular basis. Please follow the link below to learn more or to sign up for one of our dances! 

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090E4DA8AA2DAAFE3-49717386-groups#

If you are an individual looking to volunteer, feel free to fill out our volunteer application HERE.

From there we will reach out to you to complete the onboarding process and show you what the options are for volunteering. Feel free to also check out our agency page here on Get Connected for more opportunities. 

Love Lake Winnebago? Want to get outside, get your hands a little dirty, and make a real difference? Join us for one (or more!) of our Shoreline Volunteer Days at Columbia Park in Malone or Marble Park in Winneconne. We’ll be removing invasive species and helping native plants thrive—all part of our ongoing effort to restore the health and beauty of our shorelines. No gardening experience needed. Tools like gardening gloves, shovels, weed ID guides, etc. provided. Water, hat, and sunscreen recommended!

2025 Shoreline Volunteer Days:

Columbia Park (N10340 Calumet Harbor Rd, Malone, WI 53049)

Friday, June 27

Friday, September 12

Friday, October 10

Marble Park (639 W Main St, Winneconne, WI 54986)

Friday, June 20

Friday, September 5

Friday, October 17

Want to help keep your waterways free of aquatic invasive species while enjoying your favorite water activities? Learn how to look for invasive species from your kayak, dock, canoe, boat, and more! 

Join us and choose from multiple ReStore opportunities daily both on the sales floor and during donation intake! General volunteer needs include:

Available shifts are Monday - Saturday 10-2 or 2-6 (Only available for 2 hours? We'll take that too!)

Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays are in greatest need to be filled!

All potential volunteers can begin the application process and orientation by visiting www.AppletonReStore.org/volunteer

Are you passionate about recycling and looking for a way to make a direct impact on your community's green footprint? Join us as a Mobile Volunteer with Outagamie County Recycling & Solid Waste!

We need volunteers to help tag contaminated recycling carts. You’ll be part of a team following behind recycling trucks as they pick up curbside carts. When the driver spots items that shouldn't be in the recycling—such as plastic bags, scrap metal, electronics, or other dangerous materials—they’ll radio back to us, and you’ll place an “Oops Tag” on the cart to notify the resident.

What You’ll Do:

You'll be accompanied by an Outagamie County staff member who will handle driving. This is a great chance to help improve local recycling efforts and make a positive environmental impact!

Ready to help us reduce contamination and support a cleaner, greener community? Sign up today!

Join us and aid in the artful removal of donations from residential and commercial buildings! Help remove a full kitchen set or empty out a retail store! All salvaged items are then brought to and sold at the ReStore to raise funds  for Habitat for Humanity.

Deconstructions are typically scheduled Monday, Wednesdays from 8am-12pm.

All potential volunteers can begin the application process and orientation by visiting www.AppletonReStore.org/volunteer

Volunteering is better with friends, family, and co-workers. Invite yours to volunteer and we will give you a $20 gift card to local businesses and your referral will get a $20 Life's Celebration Center Thrift store gift card. Proceeds from our thrift store (everything is donated) go into a fund that helps to support our families.

It takes a community to come together in supporting a family through their medical crisis and 'that's you!"

Check us out at........https://www.communitybenefittree.org/.  Some available volunteer opportunities are as follows: Celebration Event staff, Celebration Center Storefront Assistant, Office Asssitant, Family Coordinator, and Board Member.

Hope Care Package Drive

Community Benefit Tree (CBT) needs your support to host a care package drive and help families going through a medical crisis by providing some joy, hope and comfort.  When families have a sick loved one, they often are drained emotionally and financially.  We would like to send them care packages to assist them with this difficult time.  

Looking for companies, schools, churches, families and organizations to host a "Hope Care Package Drive". The collection box will display a list of needs to assemble the care packages to give to families in the community struggling with a medical crisis.  These items will be packaged and given to families who need immediate assistance.

Items needed:  Gas cards, Restaurant cards, Coffee Places gift cards, Grocery Store gift cards, board games, socks, blankets, lip balm, crossword puzzles, kid's toys, coloring books, crayons, pencils, and totes to put the items in.

If you are able to host a Care Package Drive at your location or if you have any questions, please feel free to contact, Community Benefit Tree at 920-422-1919 or by email to: info@communitybenefittree.org.

www.communitybenefittree.org 

  twitter.com/CBTreecelebrate

  facebook.com/CBTree/

Medical Debt Awareness-#1 Cause of Bankruptcy. 1 out of every 3 people delay medical care due to cost. Many Americans rack up credit card spending or visit a payday lender to pay medical debt or basic needs. Help support local families struggling with medical debt by going to our website and supporting those that are struggling! Your gift will mean the difference between life saving treatments/medication and basic needs (food, gas, rent/mortgage,etc...) Go to www.communitybenefittree.org

Give Gift Cards

Giving some immediate relief  to local families that are in a medical crisis and giving them some peace of mind! You can drop off gift cards at Community Benefit Tree at 1734 Ken Dale Drive, Kaukauna. Office hours are M, T, W, and F 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Th 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Gift cards that are LIFE SAVING: Grocery stores, gas cards, restaurant cards, hotel cards, and airline cards.

Volunteers help process items that are donated to our thrift store. Tasks include cleaning each item, checking to see if the item is in good condition and working properly, and labeling with the proper store code. This is a good opportunity for families, individuals or groups of all ages to work together. Very relaxed atmosphere.

We have equipment that we use at each of our family’s fundraisers or
rental items that at times need to be repaired, painted, or created. Along with
re-purposing of items to sell in our Online store. We need individuals
who are good with either fixing things and/or good with building/
working with wood, crafty, like to paint, etc…

QUALIFICATIONS: Knowledge of painting, mechanical, crafty, creative
and good with wood would be helpful but required.

TIME COMMITMENT: Assist as needed basis for specific projects/
repairs.
AGE: 16 and up

Volunteer at Celebration of Support events assisting with raffles, silent auctions, kids games, bake sale, serving food, grilling, etc. Volunteer opportunities would depend on the day and type of the event.

Volunteer by yourself, as a family, as a group from church, school, civic club or through work.

Qualifications: Love to help others and work with others to support someone in need!

Time Commitment: You choose event and what area and time you would like to help.

Age: 12 and up (age 12 to 14 must be accompanied by an adult)

To assist with the rental/ resale/re-purpose store items. Duties
include: Assist in cleaning, organizing, and keeping inventory of items.
Putting together rental orders for pick up as well as packaging of
Online resale store items.  Checking customers out.
QUALIFICATIONS: Like or Love to clean and organize. Work in a
group or as an individual.
TIME COMMITMENT: There are shift/day opportunities or we can customize
to your availability.
Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-12 p.m. or 12 p.m.- 4 p.m. shifts
AGE: 13 and up (with parent)

GREAT Group Volunteer Opportunity for churches, families, or companies!

Contact Tessa Evers, Volunteer Manager, for more information!

tevers@pillarsinc.org

920-734-9192 ext. 125

Purpose: Clients in the Adult & Family Shelter are expected to supervise their children while in shelter.  Volunteers that host an activity night are providing families and other clients with an opportunity to do something fun and relaxing together!

Key Responsibilities:

All new Pillars volunteers must attend an orientation session before volunteering. 

Contact Tessa Evers, Volunteer Manager, for more information!

tevers@pillarsinc.org

920-734-9192 ext. 125

Sign up now: http://pillars.volunteerhub.com/

Purpose: To provide a healthy & nutritious meal for clients staying in a Pillars shelter. This opportunity is open to remote/off-site volunteers willing to drop-off or deliver the meal, but also open to individuals or groups to prepare on-site as well.

Location: The Dinner Provider is a volunteer role at 2 Pillars’ locations;

Key Responsibilities:

Shift Times:

Homemade meals typically cost volunteers between $150 - 250 to purchase ingredients.  Is that too much of a financial commitment?  Share the love!  Gather your friends, family, co-workers, neighbors, or whoever you know to share the load!

Not sure where to start?  Try out some of our meals from our Volunteer Cookbook (by volunteers, for volunteers)! You can view the cookbook here!

Contact Tessa Evers, Volunteer Manager, for more information!

tevers@pillarsinc.org

920-734-9192 ext. 125

Pillars provides shelter to 135 individuals each night between two shelters, and it is our mission to provide a safe place for individuals to rest their heads, receive basic services, and work towards finding a place to call their own. 

Each night Pillars provides dinner at each shelter, and we cannot do this without the service, dedication, and selflessness of our volunteers. There are opportunities for anyone over the age of 7. For just three hours of your time you can serve dinner to 55 individuals, providing them with the nutrition needed to get through to the next day and continue on their path out of homelessness. 

HERE ARE SOME DETAILS ABOUT DINNER SERVICE AT BOTH SHELTERS:

Pillars locations & opportunities:

Pillars Adult Shelter: 1928 W. College Avenue

Pillars Adult & Family Shelter: 400 N. Division Street

Dinner Server

Dinner Provider

YOU CAN PROVIDE, YOU CAN SERVE, YOU CAN DO BOTH!

Please reach out to Tessa Evers, Volunteer Manager, for more information and to get started today!

tevers@pillarsinc.org

920-734-9192 ext 125

Purpose: The Breakfast Host provides breakfast services each morning as clients leave shelter for the day. The Breakfast Host can utilize donated items in shelter, such as produce, leftovers, eggs, cereals, oatmeal and pastries, or they can choose to provide & prepare a hot breakfast for clients. The Breakfast Host allows the Shelter Client Advocates freedom to provide individual case management to the 55+ clients in shelter and focus on other aspects of shelter operation in the early morning hours.

Key Responsibilities:

Shift Times:

All new Pillars volunteers must attend a volunteer orientation.  Contact Tessa Evers, Volunteer Manager, for more information!

tevers@pillarsinc.org

920-734-9192 ext. 125

Celebrate Menasha is a drone show, concert and childrens ride event to celebrate Menasha WI's 150th birthday! We need general event volunteers for directions and ticket taking. Duties will be assigned the day of. 

To easily apply as a volunteer, click here. 

Are you allergic to animals but want to help in another way?

Have a school group that would commit to a year of help?

Come as a family to come to help?

We would Love to have help with our gardens & grounds!

Throughout Spring, Summer, and Fall, we need help planting, weeding, and watering gardens & flower pots!

Seasonal tasks in the fall and winter:

Flower pot plantings/decorating Enthusiast!

Have flower pots during the spring-fall growing season we need planted  & we would love to have winter branches/etc to look festive during the winter in some pots.

We supply all the plants/decorations from local landscaping & garden shops that donate!

 We Greatly Appreciate any help with our Wish list!!

Animal Care Supplies:

Rescue Supplies:

Grandview Townhomes is a property under the Appleton Housing Authority, and it could use your help to look its best! We need volunteers to help the Appleton Housing Authority tidy up the landscaping and grounds of Grandview Townhomes, both for our residents and those passing by.

Enjoy taking care of animals and looking for a flexible schedule? Sign up to be a cat care volunteer at Saving Paws, a volunteer-run, no-kill animal rescue in Appleton.

As a cat care volunteer, you provide care to the kittens and cats temporarily calling Saving Paws home.  Duties include socializing the cats, feeding, watering and cleaning the rooms where the cats live. No previous experience is needed – we provide the training.  We have morning, afternoon and evening time slots for our volunteers. Each cat care shift is about two hours.

Once you complete general orientation, we will partner you with a trained volunteer who will show you what to do.  You will shadow that person for several shifts until you are comfortable to be on your own.  We use an on-line scheduling tool called Volunteer Matters for sign ups. The best part is you choose a time that works for you – we do not have regular open hours.

Children over the age of 11 can volunteer with their parents or another adult at Saving Paws.  The person supervising must go through Orientation and be fully trained as well.

While you do not receive monetary payment for your time at Saving Paws, you’ll be rewarded with kitty snuggles, plenty of purring and playful head butts from our grateful animals. Our cats love our volunteers.

To begin your volunteer adventure, please e-mail volunteers@savingpawswi.com or visit us online at www.savingpaws.com

We are in need of volunteers willing to come in weekly to do our residents fingernails.  No cutting or trimming required, just filing and painting.

We are looking for in-lake and tributary water quality monitors in Calumet, Fond du Lac, and Winnebago Counties. Sampling occurs from May to October.

The Winnebago Waterways Water Quality Monitoring Program (WQMP) provides volunteer-based stream and lake water quality monitoring at priority locations within the Winnebago Waterways Recovery Area.

Water quality volunteers collect valuable data that are used by our organization and other agencies working to improve and protect water quality and habitat. The data allow us to assess:

Water quality volunteers collect valuable data that are used by our organization and other agencies working to improve and protect water quality and habitat. The data allow us to assess:

Join us today!

Want to learn more? Visit https://fwwa.org/watershed-recovery/winnebago-waterways/water-quality-monitoring-program/.

Are you part of a group that enjoys giving back to the community? Girls on the Run would love your support and can create a volunteer opportunity to fit your group. Contact our Volunteer Coordinator for more information.

Help us expand our activity program. Work with our Activity staff or host your own activity.  Work individually or as a group.

Some of the current activities

Do you play an instrument, love to sing? We are open to your ideas!

Stock pantry shelves, sort donated food items and help clients select the food they need. Volunteers needed from 9AM-12:30 PM, Monday-Friday.

Groups or individuals are welcome to volunteer.

Assist in the preparation, service, and clean up of the noon and supper meal program.  Volunteers needed Monday through Friday 9AM-1PM and Sunday 10:30-1PM

Groups or individuals are welcome to volunteer.

Emergency Services as needed when Disaster strikes.  Salvation Army is one of the largest responders to local and national events.  Training provided.  Volunteers needed on call basis.