Opportunities From: Volunteer River Counties

Learn to swim provides an opportunity for second graders in the community to learn to swim. As a volunteer with the Learn to Swim Program you will assist YMCA staff and instructors within water skills and teaching for all levels of swimming. Basic knowledge of swimming skills is beneficial but not required to volunteer. As a volunteer in the water, you should be comfortable in the water as you will be working with children who may be apprehensive in and around the water. Along with a certified YMCA staff member you will work with each child on swim skills appropriate to their current swim level.

Registration must be completed using the following link: https://ymcavp.volunteermatters.org/project-catalog/883 

A docent would help staff the museum and act as a tour guide. We need volunteers to docent once a month for a 2 or 3 hour shift. We also need help with our field trips on occasion. 

Do you like to write short catchy blurbs? Want to help a great cause?  TOGA - Tidewater Oyster Gardener's Assoc., needs you! We work to help get oysters in our Bay and tributaries, to filter and clean our local waters.

We need social media writer(s). TOGA has Facebook and Instagram pages and wants to put out 5-6 posts per week. We have a board member in charge of this endeavor who can guide you, yet need someone to help draft (and potentially post) short blurbs for posting on topics such as:

A volunteer TOGA board member provides supervision and guidance. TOGA's event schedule is posted online at www.oystergardener.org serves as the main focus for posts. Let us know if you are interested!

We’re looking for a few dependable volunteers to work with our CERT Logistical volunteer to help us inventory the contents of our disaster response trailers. This is a critical task that ensures our sheltering and response supplies are ready to deploy at a moment’s notice.

What You’ll Do:

Why It Matters:
When disaster strikes, our trailer needs to be fully stocked and ready to roll. Your help ensures we can respond fast—and effectively—when our community needs us most.

About the Role:

We're seeking creative, proactive volunteers to join our CERT Marketing Team. You'll collaborate with existing volunteers to help raise awareness about CERT activities and preparedness programs through marketing efforts including social media, video creation, and community outreach materials.

What You’ll Do:

Why It Matters:

CERT’s mission is to empower community members with the knowledge and tools to respond effectively in times of disaster. By joining the Marketing Team, you’ll help spread critical preparedness information, recruit new volunteers, and ensure that your community is safer and better informed.

NCHS needs someone familiar with general office duties and procedures to assist the executive secretary and learn how our office operates. Duties include answering the phone, greeting visitors, accepting payments, downloading and categorizing emails, filing documents (physical and digital), typing reports and letters, data entry and database management, and assisting staff.  Familiarity with Word and Excel is needed. There could be times when you would be needed more than one day a week.

NCHS needs a person who can organize our genealogical and historical collections. This primarily consists of books, which have been catalogued but need to be checked against our digital list and updated. We also keep an identical file index. Many of our patrons like the old-style file. We also have maps, court records, scrapbooks, loose papers, paper files, and digital files that have not been organized or catalogued. Familiarity with Word and Excel is needed.  

The NCHS museum requires a facelift and an inventory. The person who takes on this task will need to check our artifacts against our digital inventory. They will also need to organize the displays and should have experience in all aspects of creating informative, attractive displays. Familiarity with Word and Excel is required, as is the ability to photograph artifacts. This could be a task for two people. Experience with Word and Excel is needed. 

NCHS needs someone who can clean up our office computer. We need to move files from our desktop computer and save them on an external drive in an organized fashion, delete duplicate and unnecessary files and programs, and organize the remaining files in suitable folders. Must demonstrate knowledge and experience in practical computer technology and programming.

NCHS has a Facebook account and a WordPress website that require weekly updates. The volunteer should not only have technical experience and artistic abilities, but will need to get involved with our organization to acquire a sense of what we do and what our standards are. Virtual work would be possible eventually. 

Join us to help out with planting and harvesting in our greenhouse! To sign up through our official sign up page please follow the link provided:

https://volunteer.bloomerang.co/volunteer/#/join-party?k=c1rhjo5dqq1azp

We are always looking for volunteers to help staff and run the concession stand for the ballpark. Duties can include working the order counter taking orders, ringing up customers for their orders, food prep, and runner.

We are always in need of volunteers on game days to help in a variety of ways. Volunteer opportunities include working in the concession stand, helping at the ticket gate, helping game day operations in the stands for drawings, helping with merchandise, stocking facilities and more. Good opportunity for high school kids who need community credits.