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 [email protected]
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.
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.
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.
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 [email protected].
Real life. Real possibilities.
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 [email protected]