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Volunteer Organizations

On Campus

The following is a list of organizations and service opportunities on campus for members of the Illinois State community.

• Registered student organizations focused on service
• Center for Reading Literacy
• Disability Concerns
• Green Team
• Honors Program
• Jumpstart
• Milner Library

Off Campus Community Service Organizations

The following is a list of organizations and service opportunities off campus in which members of the Illinois State community are invited to volunteer. For additional volunteer opportunities, visit the United Way of McLean County Volunteer Center.  To identify volunteer opportunities throughout the state visit SERVE Illinois.

Service Type

• Arts/Culture
• Disabilities & Special Services 
• Elderly
• Environment/Animal Welfare
• Health
• Hunger/Homelessness
• Youth

Arts/Culture

• Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts
• - Volunteer in the fair trade store. Phone: (309) 827-0121 or (309) 750-9005
• David Davis Mansion
• The Immigration Project
• McLean County Arts Center
• McLean County Museum of History

Disabilities & Special Services

• Ambucs - Build wheelchair ramps and playgrounds. Phone: (309) 662-1347
• Autism Society of McLean County - Help with fundraisers, special events, babysitting. Phone: (309) 661-9440
• Easter Seals - Help with fundraising, office support, camp, monthly parties. Phone: (309) 663-8275
• MARCFirst - Accompany groups on outings, special events. Phone: (309) 451-8888
• Muscular Dystrophy Association - Be a camp counselors or help with special events. Phone: (217) 351-1853
• Special Opportunities in Recreation (SOAR) - Phone: (309) 434-2405
• Special Olympics

Elderly

• - Help run activities for the residents. Phone: (309) 827-6046
• Evergreen Place Residential Assisted Living
• - Assist the elderly with grocery shopping, home repairs, or getting to doctor’s appointments. Phone: (309) 827-7780  
• - Volunteer in the nursing home. Phone: (309) 452-4406
• - Volunteer in the nursing home. Phone: (309) 828-4361 x3341 or  (309) 827-8004
• - Volunteer in the nursing home. Phone: (309) 888-5316
• Sugar Creek Alzheimer's Special Care Center - Volunteer in the Center. Phone: (309) 451-3000
• Westminster Village

Environmental/Animal Welfare

• Central Illinois Small Animal Rescue
• Ecology Action Center
• Friends of Kickapoo Creek
• Happy Hearts Haven
• Humane Society of Central Illinois 
• Miller Park Zoo
• Parklands Foundation

Health

• AIDS Taskforce of McLean County - Phone: (309) 827-2437
• Alzheimer's Association, Greater Illinois Chapter
• American Cancer Society
• American Diabetes Assocation
• American Red Cross
• Arthritis Foundation, Greater Illinois Chapter
• Bromenn Healthcare
• Chestnut Health Systems
• City of Bloomington Parks and Recreation
• Community Cancer Center
• Family & Community Resource Center
• OSF St. Joseph Medical Center
• PATH

Hunger / Homelessness

• - Pack and deliver food, mentor/tutor youth, assist with clerical and administrative task, help at special events. Phone: (309) 452-8240 
• Clare House - Sort and distribute donated food to needy families, serve lunch at the soup kitchen. Phone: (309) 828-4035    
• Home Sweet Home Ministries
• - Assist with volunteer recruiting, marketing, child care aid, office aid. Phone: (217) 524-7531
• Loaves & Fishes - Serve lunch at the soup kitchen. Phone: (309) 828-6812
• Midwest Food Bank - Prepare, package, distribute food boxes. Phone: (309) 663-5350
• Mount Pisgah Church
• Project Oz
• Safe Harbor Homeless Shelter / The Salvation Army
• Western Avenue Community Center - Assist with the food pantry. Phone: (309) 829-4807; E-mail:

Youth

• Big Brothers Big Sisters - Mentor a child during the school day or after school on evenings or weekends. Phone: (309) 828-1870. E-mail:
• Boy Scouts - W. D. Boyce Council
• Boys & Girls Club of Bloomington Normal
• - Phone: (309) 829-6307
• - Assist with the afterschool program. Phone: (309) 452-8240
• Children's Discovery Museum
• Children's Home and Aid. Volunteer with the Scholarly Learning Center, with Parent's Care and Share Program or with the Crisis Nursery. Phone: (309) 834-5231
• - Help in the classroom and with cutting, sorting, counting supplies, listen to students read, tutor struggling readers and role-model/partner with students who need reinforcement. Phone: (309) 862-5005
• Heartland Head Start
• Kingsley Junior High
• - Mentor/tutor a teen parent for 1 hour per week for a semester. Phone: (309) 888-5528
• - Tutor after school. Phone: (309) 438-7621
• Normal Public Library. Read to a child once a week or assist with story hour. Email: Megan Listek.
• The Baby Fold
• Unity Community Center
• - Tutor after school. Phone: (309) 438-8346
• Urban League - Assist with after school tutoring, special events. Phone: (309) 829-2792
• Western Avenue Community Center - Mentor and tutor youth in the after school program and Hispanic outreach program. Phone: (309) 829-4807; E-mail:
• YMCA