Offers programs including recycling initiatives and education, litter reduction, beautification, and community improvement activities. Offers school presentations to grades K-4 on recycling and litter control, and presents to neighborhood associations and business.

Keep Phoenix Beautiful | Keep Phoenix Beautiful

Programs that maintain lists of individuals who are willing to make presentations on any of a variety of human service topics and social issues or which have paid staff or volunteers, one of whose primary responsibilities is public awareness and education with respect to one or a variety of community services, issues and problems.

Speakers/Speakers Bureaus

Organizations that are actively seeking individuals who are willing, on a voluntary basis without remuneration, to decorate or otherwise prepare a facility for a special event e.g., set up tables and chairs or put up/take down a tent; help with participant registration; staff an information booth, manage a silent auction table or do other work during the event; and clean up afterwards.

Event Setup/Cleanup Volunteer Opportunities

Organizations that are actively seeking individuals with the requisite skills and experience who are willing, on a voluntary basis without remuneration, to take responsibility for planning and coordinating special events. Activities may include arranging event logistics, renting  suitable space, overseeing decoration of the facility or other preparations, assigning tasks to supporting staff/volunteers and supervising their activities, and ensuring that the event runs smoothly.

Event Coordination Volunteer Opportunities

Organizations that are actively seeking individuals who are willing to spend time picking up trash that accumulates on the highways, in rivers or streams, on beaches, in flood control channels or on other public property on a voluntary basis without remuneration.

Litter Cleanup Volunteer Opportunities

Organizations that are actively seeking individuals who are willing, on a voluntary basis without remuneration, to clear debris (such as dangling limbs, leaning trees or bushes) that may be blocking access to homes, roads or public areas following a disaster or other emergency; or to clean up after other activities such as the removal of buildings that creates debris. Tasks may include transport and disposal of construction waste such as sheet rock, wood, cement or rubble; removal and recycling of roofing metals and vehicle scrap metal.

Debris Removal Volunteer Opportunities

Programs that sponsor community beautification projects in which people, usually volunteers, pick up litter that accumulates on the highways, in rivers or streams, on beaches, in flood control channels or on other public property; maintain nature trails; pull weeds; repair fencing; fix broken equipment; or otherwise clean up, fix up or generally improve the appearance of the urban environment and its natural surroundings.

Community/Nature Area Cleanup/Enhancement Projects

Administers parks, swimming pools, trails, recreational facilities, and recreation programs for the City of Phoenix.

Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department | Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department

Programs that develop, maintain and make available to the public, paths in forest, foothill and mountainous areas that are suitable for walking.

Hiking Trails

Government and nonprofit agencies that have positions within their organizations for individuals who have been convicted of an offense and ordered by the court to do community service in lieu of or in addition to incarceration, fines, restitution or other sanctions.

Court Ordered Community Service Sites

Programs that develop, maintain and make available to the public, swimming pools which may be equipped with diving boards of various heights, slides and other equipment.

Swimming Facilities

Open spaces within town, city, county or regional boundaries that are acquired, developed and maintained by local or regional governments and made available to the public as venues for recreational and leisure programs.

City/County Parks

Divisions of city, town, township, borough, village or other local government units that are responsible for overseeing the delivery of designated services to the public and managing other municipal government functions.

City Government Departments/Offices

Organizations that are actively seeking individuals who are willing to participate in nature trail maintenance projects on a voluntary basis without remuneration. Tasks generally include installation of drainage structures, trail tread maintenance, trail mulching, pruning, weed control, exotic plant removal, litter removal, and, on occasion, planting.

Nature Trail Volunteer Opportunities

Local environmental organizations that are actively seeking individuals to work on a voluntary basis without remuneration on projects involving the acquisition of open spaces or other land for the purpose of conservation, care and protection in perpetuity.

Land Conservancy Volunteer Opportunities

Provides reentry services to youth and adults after release from prison. Services include life skills training, employment assistance, and mentoring.

AZ Common Ground | AZ Common Ground

Programs that accept paper, binders, labels, writing pads, scissors, rulers, pens/pencils, rubber bands, paper clips and other office supplies and keep them for use in their own program or donate them to other community-based organizations.

Office Supplies Donation Programs

Programs that accept new or secondhand clothing, repair the items if necessary, and keep the clothing for use in their own programs, donate it to shelters and other community-based organizations for distribution to the people they serve, or sell it to raise money for agency programs. These programs accept donations of all types of clothing including children's clothes, work clothes, maternity clothes and shoes rather than specialize in a particular type of clothing.

General Clothing Donation Programs

Programs that help people who have been released from a correctional facility (also known as returning citizens) make a successful transition to community life. Services generally include an assessment of the individual's needs, discussion of options and short-term case management involving coordination of needed services which may include housing location assistance, job training, job placement and retention services, legal assistance, literacy skills development, GED or other high school equivalency courses, parenting classes, life skills training, access to food and shelter resources, and other sources of support.

Ex-Offender Reentry Programs

Organizations that are actively seeking individuals who are willing, on a voluntary basis without remuneration, to spend time painting over or removing inscriptions, designs and other markings that deface buildings, walls, rocks and other artifacts or natural structures in commercial districts, residential areas or the countryside.

Graffiti Removal Volunteer Opportunities

Programs that provide comprehensive support services for ex-offenders (also known as returning or returned citizens) who need assistance preparing for, finding and retaining paid employment. Services may include vocational assessment; guidance relating to resume preparation, job application letters and questionnaires, interview techniques, appropriate dress and personal-social behaviors that will allow them to get along with employers and co-workers on the job; job skills development support; job placement assistance; limited periods of subsidized employment, where necessary; and/or on-the-job support, as required, by a personal case manager who may visit the individual while at work, meet with the person's supervisor and/or co-workers and provide whatever assistance the ex-offender needs to meet the challenges of entering the workforce and retain his or her position.

Ex-Offender Employment Programs

Divisions of businesses or nonprofit agencies that are responsible for developing products or delivering designated services to the public. Departments of NGOs are generally led by a manager, supervisor, director or vice president.