Student Life Volunteer Opportunities | Colorado Mesa University

Colorado Mesa University is committed to providing students with the opportunities to foster positive personal growth by giving them opportunities to become active, engaged members of their community. The following list contains just a few of the volunteer opportunities available to the public in Grand Junction and surrounding areas periodically throughout the year. Feel free to contact any of the groups below for more information. If you are a community organization that would like to be featured on this list, please contact Avery Cantrell at apcantrell@coloradomesa.edu

American Red Cross can use help with disaster relief efforts and a number of other programs. Learn more about their volunteer opportunities by visiting their website.

Bureau of Land Management is looking for volunteers to help with trail cleanup and maintenance and various other projects. If you are interested in working outdoors and learning more about our public lands, please contact Emily McCall at 970-244-3064 or emccall@blm.gov. You can also visit their website for more information.

Catholic Outreach of Mesa County is looking for volunteers to help with three different programs that they offer, performing a variety of tasks:

Day Center - Receptionist, Laundry, shower and storage supervisor, mail and message deliver, cleaning and maintenance. Call 970-263-3658 for more information.
Outreach Center - Receptionist, Interviewers, clothes sorters, data entry, story readers, food sorting, administrative, cleaning and maintenance. Call 970-241-3658 for more information.
Soup Kitchen - Cooks, food prep, dishwashers, food sorters, servers, food pickups, recycling, cleaning and maintenance. Call 970-243-0091 for more information

For more information on all of the Catholic Outreach's volunteer opportunities, visit their website.

Child & Migrant Services is looking for volunteers to help teach English, serve meals, childcare, teaching workers, showing workers around Grand Junction and many other tasks. For more information, please visit their website.

City of Grand Junction is looking for volunteer Tourism Ambassadors for 'Visit Grand Junction'. This position offers an opportunity to meet people from all over the US and the world, and show off our amazing community and all it has to offer. To apply and for more information please visit the City's website.

Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition (CIRC) is looking for volunteers for a variety of projects. Please contact Nicole Bernal at 303-893-3500 for more information about their program and volunteer opportunities.

Colorado National Monument is looking for volunteers to help work the visitor center desk as well as a few other opportunities. For more information, visit their website.

Community Hospital is looking for volunteers to assist the operation of the hospital in a variety of capacities. For more information, please contact Bev Stephens at 970-298-6260 or karen.martsolf@gjhosp.org. You can also visit their website.

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) is looking for for volunteers to serve as court appointed advocates who help children who have been victims of abuse and neglect and act as the voice for the children and the community. For more information, please contact Joy Thompson at 970-242-4191 or joy@casamc.org. You can also visit their website.

Destination Imagination prepares Colorado's kids to be innovators of the future by combining the arts, sciences, and technology with creativity, teamwork, and problem solving. Destination Imagination is a non-profit primarily run by volunteers. There are many ways to be involved with this program, please contact Jill Jurca at their website.

Food Bank of the Rockies is looking for volunteers to working in the warehouse filing orders, performing light cleaning and completing occasional office work. For more information, please contact Betty Heath at 970-464-1138 or bheath@foodbankrockies.org. You can also visit their website.

Girl Scouts is looking for volunteers to help their organization here in Grand Junction. For more information, please visit their website.

Grand Junction Police Department is looking for volunteers to help with two different programs.

Public Safety Volunteers help by performing clerical work, computer entry, statistical analysis, providing tours, extra patrol, investigation assistance, community presentations, neighborhood speed controls, graffiti, and vacation checks. For more information, contact Jeannie Lewis at 970-549-5130.
Victim's Advocates are available to provide support, information, and resources for victims during ongoing investigation. Serve 4, 12 hour on-call shifts a month. For more information, please contact Mary Harmeling at 970-549-5290.

For more information about the GJPD and their volunteer opportunities, please visit their website.

Gray Gourmet is looking for volunteer with food delivery with positions including dining site registering, serving and delivery truck driving. For more information, please contact Karen Kasten-Shipp at 970-243-9844 or visit their website for more information.

Habitat for Humanity is looking for volunteers to help with construction and at their retail store.

Home Construction involves helping to build safe, decent, affordable homes for families in the community. For information, please contact Habitat for Humanity at 970-263-0858 ext.102.
ReStore is a retail store operated by Habitat for Humanity and is looking for volunteers to help with data entry, answering phones, filing, stocking shelves, rearranging stock, and other tasks. For more information, please contact Kirk Granum 970-263-0858 ext. 102.

Hilltop is a community organization looking for volunteers to help by working with children, youth, families, adults, and seniors in a variety of capacities. For more information, please contact Sharyl Click at 970-244-0659 or sherylc@htop.org. You can also visit their website for more information.

HopeWest has a variety of volunteer opportunities to match your interests. Ranging from Heirlooms for Hospice upscale resale shop, special events, music volunteers and more. To see our full list of volunteer opportunities or learn more about how you can visit their website for more information at HopeWestCO.org/volunteer.

Mesa County Animal Shelter is looking for volunteers to help out in a variety of positions including Kennel Tech Assistant, pet grooming, clerical work, lost and found, special events, and foster care. For more information please call the Mesa County Animal Shelter at 970-255-5005 or visit their website.

Mesa County Libraries is looking for volunteers to help with children's' programming, bookstore clerks, book shelvers, English language tutors, and many more. For more information, please contact them at 970-683-2432 or volunteer@mcpld.org or their website.

Mesa County Partners is looking for volunteers to help with mentoring. For more information about their organization and their mentoring opportunities, please contact them at 970-245-5555 or visit their website.

Mesa County Sheriff's Office is looking for help from volunteers for their Victim Assistance Program, which involves being available to provide support, information, resources and advocacy for victims during ongoing investigations. You would serve on a rotating on-call schedule. To learn more about the Mesa County Sheriff's Office and their volunteer opportunities, please call them at 970-244-3277 or visit their website.

Mosaic has a wide-variety of volunteer opportunities that can be designed around the volunteer's interests and skill-set. A few examples of opportunities available are working with the Day Program, being a Peer Companion, or being a Job Coach. For more information, please contact Kelly Britton at 970.245.0519, x40016 or email at kelly.britton@mosaicinfo.org.

Real life. Real possibilities.

Museum of Western Colorado is looking for volunteers to help with several opportunities at a variety of museum locations. For more information please visit their website.

The National MS Society is working toward a world free of MS. People affected by MS can live their best lives as we stop MS in its tracks, restore what has been lost and end MS forever.

Walk MS brings together a community of passionate individuals to connect and raise funds to change the world for everyone affected by MS. In its lifetime, Walk MS has raised over $1 billion since 1988 and this year over 230,000 participants will raise over $38M at 356 events across the country. This will enable us to continue empowering people affected by MS to solve everyday problems, ensuring comprehensive high quality healthcare and delivering breakthroughs to a cure.

There is a volunteer opportunity for everyone at our event! We accommodate groups of all sizes and individuals of all ages (under 18 requires a parent/guardian signature).

To sign up, click here

For additional information or questions, contact Brittany McGarry at Brittany.McGarry@nmss.org

Riverside Education Center (REC) knows that you care about our community’s youth, but may not know how to get involved to show your support. REC provides structured after-school tutoring and enrichment activities for K-12th grade students. For more info visit their flyer here or contact Cindy Haerle at cindy@rec4kids.com

Roice-Hurst Humane Society is always looking for volunteers to help with dog walking, dog and cat grooming, socialization, transporting, event help, fundraising, greeting visitors, answering phones, and other office help. For more information, please contact our Events & Volunteer Coordinator, Laura, at 970-434-7337 ext 102. laura@rhhumanesociety.org. The new website is rhhumanesociety.org

Roundup River Ranch offers old-fashioned, pure fun camp experiences for children with serious illnesses and their families. Here, children are not defined by their illness. At our beautiful Colorado ranch and through year-round activities, we offer our campers and families the chance to enjoy the most extraordinarily ordinary joys of childhood. For more information, please visit their website

Salvation Army is looking for volunteers to help with the operation of their organization. For more information, please visit their website or contact Sybil Marsh at 970-242-7513

St. Mary's Hospital is always looking for volunteers to help in a variety of capacities including: call in help, clerical, customer service, fall prevention, greeter, hospitality house, lobby musician, support services, nursing units, and many others. For more information, please contact them at 970-298-2012 or visit their website.

STRIVE (Mesa Developmental Services) is looking for volunteers to help with group home visits, peer companions, teaching hobbies, sharing talents, working in their retail store, clerical work, and helping with Special Olympics. For more information, please contact Michael at 970-256-8612.

The HOUSE is a local shelter for homeless teenagers and is always looking for volunteers to help homeless teens build relationships, connect with community resources, help with homework and work help. For more information, please contact Holly Reimer at 970-812-3143 or visit their website.

United Way of Mesa County is looking for volunteers to hold positions on their allocation panel, campaign team, and planning committee. For more information, call them at 970-243-5364 or visit their website.

VA Medical Center needs help from volunteers in a variety of areas. For more information, please contact them at 970-244-1336 or visit their website.