‘Tis the season for giving! Volunteering your time and donating resources are two of the best ways to get involved with your community and help others in need, especially around the holidays. Here’s your ultimate guide to volunteering in the River Region- you’re sure to find the perfect opportunity to suit your talents and interests!
Montgomery/ Pike Road
The Montgomery Humane Society prevents cruelty to animals by operating an animal shelter for homeless, abandoned, and unwanted animals; by operating an adoption center for healthy animals; by investigating cruelty and abuse cases; and by educating the public in animal owner responsibility.
Volunteers are always needed at the shelter and at offsite adoption events. Responsibilities include walking dogs, cleaning kennels, and more. Volunteers 8-15 years of age may join the Junior Volunteer Club! Donations of items such as cleaning supplies, pet food, and shredded paper are also accepted and appreciated.
What began in a small downtown park in Montgomery, Alabama has now grown, expanded and become a premiere American zoological facility. The Zoo spans over 40 beautifully landscaped acres, offering you a magnificent view of exotic wildlife and endangered species.
Volunteers are needed to help out with grounds maintenance, special events, public outreach and education, and more. Volunteers ages 12-16 can serve with their parents or guardians! You can also help out by donating funds or “adopting” a zoo animal.
The Montgomery Area Food Bank’s mission is to nourish the hungry, educate and mobilize the community, engage in partnerships that advance self-sufficiency, and gather and distribute food to those in need.
Volunteers are needed to sort and repack donated food items, assist with office tasks, and support fundraising events. Monetary donations are accepted- every $1 donated feeds five hungry people in the River Region! You can also volunteer to host your own food drive to help out.
Family Promise shelters families in need and helps them find safe and affordable housing. The organization also provides the families they serve with stability planning, financial education, and case management.
Volunteers are needed to assist with maintenance and cleaning, lead adult development classes, work at special events, and more. Donated goods such as gently used luggage, school supplies, and paper products are accepted.
Girls on the Run inspires girls of all abilities to recognize their individual strengths while building a sense of connection in a team setting. Volunteer coaches facilitate lessons that blend physical activity with life skill development to enable girls to adapt to whatever comes their way.
Volunteers are needed to work at 5K events, help with various skill-based opportunities, and more. Monetary donations are accepted and appreciated.
Founded in 2001, The Montgomery Tree Committee was started by a citizen advocacy group to promote urban forestry. Through private donations and grants, Montgomery Trees has provided trees to the City and its citizens, advocated for tree protection, and provided educational workshops to citizens and local professionals.
Volunteers are needed to set up and work booths at local environmental events, plan tree planting events, and more. Monetary donations are accepted.
Central Alabama Aging Consortium
CACC is a part of a state-wide aging network that provides a variety of home and community-based services to the region’s senior and disabled populations and their caregivers.
Volunteers are needed to assist with the caregiver support program, provide insurance counseling, help with special events, and more. Monetary donations are accepted.
Hope House Montgomery seeks to move kids and youth toward their potential by coming together with community and fun, laughter and conversation, activities and food, personal and communal development, old and young, and love.
Volunteers are needed to assist as Reading Buddies, help with neighborhood cleanups, provide snacks for students, and more. Monetary donations are accepted.
Alabama-Korea Education and Economic Partnership
A-KEEP’s mission is to provide multicultural diversity education programs to the students and professionals of both Alabama and Korea. A-KEEP enables students, professionals, organizations, and corporations of Alabama and Korea to take full advantage of the opportunities of growing economic ties between the two regions
Volunteers are needed to help with fundraising, event coordination, administrative work, and more. Monetary donations are accepted.
Montgomery Habitat for Humanity
Volunteers are needed to help with special construction projects and serve meals on construction days. ReStore also needs volunteers to help sort and organize donations and products. Financial gifts as well as gifts of land, property, and cars are accepted. Your church or organization can also sponsor a home.
This organization meets the physical needs of families from the River Region by fostering positive relationships through encouragement and prayer.
Volunteers are needed to work in the food and clothing pantry, tutor students, and assist with annual events. Monetary donations are accepted along with goods such as clothing, furniture, toiletries, and other household items.
Common Ground Montgomery provides developmental programs, camps, and activities while connecting youth in West Montgomery with resources and transformative experiences.
Volunteers are needed to work with the after school program and help renovate the retreat center property. Monetary donations are accepted.
Caring for Citizens of Alabama
Caring for Citizens of Alabama is an organization with the mission to holistically improve the lives of at-risk and under-served across Alabama.
Volunteers are needed to help with office work, sorting and packing donated products, fundraising, and more. Monetary donations are accepted.
Department of Archives and History and the Museum of Alabama
The ADAH is the official government records repository for the state, a private collections library and research facility, and also home to the Museum of Alabama, the state’s history museum.
Volunteers are needed to serve as museum guides, work in the museum store, greet visitors at the front desk, and more. Monetary donations and donations of historical records and artifacts are welcomed and appreciated.
Wesley Gardens Assisted Living
Wesley Gardens is a 72 apartment assisted living community that provides a warm and caring home for seniors who still enjoy an active lifestyle.
Volunteers are welcome to provide companionship to residents, lead resident activities, and more. Monetary donations are accepted.
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts envisions a thriving organization, one that stewards its public and private assets—art, finances, facility, and people—responsibly and with an eye to sustainability, and provides compelling experiences centered on human creativity valued for their significant contributions to the individual well-being of its citizens and visitors and to the rising vibrance of the City, County, and Region.
Volunteers are needed to work in visitor services, assist Museum staff, lead tours as docents, and more. Monetary donations are accepted.
EAT South is an urban teaching farm that engages our community by gathering people around, educating about, and growing good food.
Volunteers are needed to serve as farm educators, help take care of the farm, and more. Monetary donations are accepted.
Since its inception in 2004, STARBASE Maxwell, a STEM education awareness and outreach program focused primarily on fifth graders, has served diverse populations that have been historically underrepresented in STEM career fields or low socioeconomic populations who may not otherwise have access to these STEM opportunities.
Volunteers are needed to serve as mentors and coaches for students. Those with STEM careers or hobbies are also welcome to serve as career presenters.
Baptist Health’s doctors and clinicians have a variety of impressive educational backgrounds, exceptional training, and clinical experience. Each brings their own unique talents and a passionate commitment to help patients in Central Alabama and beyond achieve health and well-being.
Volunteers are needed to assist with tasks such as transporting patients and performing clerical tasks.
Licensed for 344 beds, Jackson Hospital is a community not-for-profit hospital serving Montgomery and the Alabama River Region.
Volunteers are needed to work at the information desk, the ICU and outpatient waiting areas, and more. Volunteers ages 14 and older can participate in the Junior Volunteer Program during the summer.
Volunteers are needed to clean and organize the studio space, inventory costumes and props, and more.
Society of Arts & Crafts Gallery
Volunteers are needed to help plan art shows, work at reception events, clean up around the gallery, and more.
CASA volunteers are trained to advocate for the best interests of children in Montgomery County who are attending court hearings, adjusting to new homes, and navigating the child welfare system.
Mental Health America in Montgomery
Volunteers are needed to organize campaigns, participate in fundraising events, organize educational materials, and more.
Rebuild Together Central Alabama
Volunteers are needed to help with office work and a variety of skilled tasks such as carpentry and landscaping.
National Alliance on Mental Illness- Alabama
Volunteers are needed to help with various tasks in the areas of communication, advocacy, fundraising, and more.
Volunteers are needed to monitor polls, register voters, engage in outreach, and more.
Volunteers are needed to transport residents to get identification cards and provide meals.
Volunteers are needed to lead morning devotions, provide lunches, mentor students, and more.
Volunteers are needed to assist with various tasks at special events throughout the year. Volunteers are also needed to help with administrative work and fundraising.
Volunteers are needed to perform manual labor tasks, tutor school-aged children, tutor adult learners, and more. Subject matter experts are also welcome to lead virtual sessions sharing tips with clients.
Council on Substance Abuse Disorders
Volunteers are needed to help with administrative tasks, provide support to members, facilitate activity groups, and more.
Volunteers are needed to help with a variety of projects, from reading to local children to organizing fundraising efforts. Other opportunities include helping with office work and serving on various special committees.
Montgomery Area Nontraditional Equestrians (MANE)
Volunteers are needed to lead horses during lessons, help with grounds maintenance, care for horses, and more. Volunteers as young as 14 can serve without parental supervision!
Montgomery Area Council on Aging (MACOA)
Volunteers are needed to prepare and deliver meals to homebound seniors. Volunteers are also needed to help with administrative work, bake and deliver birthday cakes, and package and deliver pet food to homebound seniors with pets.
Volunteers are needed to help provide childcare, hotline assistance, special event support, and more. Donations of goods, furniture, and professional services are welcome!
Volunteers are needed to assist with facilitating monthly visitation sessions, mentoring newly released mothers, and more.
Family Guidance Center of Alabama
Volunteers are needed to help with a variety of projects, from landscaping to clerical work. There are also opportunities to help out with special events throughout the year. The agency also accepts monetary donations as well as car and property donations.
Prattville
Prattville/Autauga Humane Society
Volunteers are needed to help with adoptions, foster care, cleaning, grooming, and socializing the shelter animals. Positions are also available in fundraising, education, and special events. Donations of cleaning supplies, cat litter, pet food, and more are always needed.
Habitat for Humanity of Autauga and Chilton Counties
Volunteers are needed to assist in the office, serve on committees, and help with special construction projects.
Autauga County Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
CASA volunteers are trained to advocate for the best interests of children in Autauga County who are attending court hearings, adjusting to new homes, and navigating the child welfare system.
Autauga-Prattville Public Library
Volunteers are welcome to assist with children’s services and programs, circulation desk tasks, and more.
Autauga County Education Foundation
Volunteers are always needed for help with office work, event planning, and fundraising.
Millbrook
Volunteers are needed for working at special events, managing trails, caring for animals, and more.
One of the most frequently needed volunteer positions to fill is food distribution, which involves loading food into the cars of needy families one morning per month.
Volunteers are needed to help with concessions, ticket taking, set construction, and more.
Wetumpka
Humane Society of Elmore County
Volunteers can help out by exercising dogs, assisting with fundraising events, working at the Tails End Thrift Store, and fostering adoptable pets.
Volunteers are needed to serve as ambassadors and docents. Teen volunteers are welcome to assist with programs, lectures, and receptions.
Renew Outreach Development Center
Volunteers are needed to serve as instructors, guest speakers, coaches, and more.
The Kelly Fitzpatrick Memorial Gallery
Volunteer tasks include staffing the gallery, assisting with special events and fundraising, general housekeeping, and more.