It’s National Volunteer Week, Charleston. To observe this time, here is a list of reader-submitted volunteer opportunities:
🧠 Advocates for mental illness + health awareness
Charleston Dorchester Mental Health Center
| Join various anti-stigma community events
National Alliance on Mental Illness
(NAMI) | Become a facilitator of support groups
💙 Aiding abuse + assault survivors
Tri-County S.P.E.A.K.S
| Provide support services for victims + survivors of sexual assault
Dee Norton Center
| Become a child advocate
🐶 Animal lovers
Unchain Charleston
| Build fences for chained dogs
Pet Helpers
| Help end euthenasia by keeping all animals until they find their fur-ever home
🍼 Assisting with basic needs
Our Lady of Mercy
| Help with food, clothing, women’s health, and dental needs
Tricounty Family Ministries
| Assist with drive-through + in-person pickup of food, toiletries, diapers, and more
📚 Bibliophiles
Charleston County Public Library
| Donate gently-used books
Charleston Friends of the Library
| Assist with annual book sales
🛠 Chip + Joanna Gaines types
Habitat for Humanity
| Build homes for members of the community
Hope to Home Furniture Resource
| Transform living spaces of those in need by delivering furniture
🩺 Healthcare heroes
MUSC Kids Special Care Nursery
| Give babies comfort + touch for emotional and physical development
MUSC Kids
| Create scrub hats, therapy dolls, and knitted blankets for children at MUSC Health
🐕🦺 Helping disabled community members
Friends of Joseph Floyd Manor
| Assist elderly + disabled residents
Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired SC
| Help blind or visually impaired community members practice braille
🌿 Outdoorsy folks
Greenheart
| Teach children how to grow vegetables + build gardens locally
Charleston Parks Conservancy
| Try gardening or being an Aqua Angel
🦋 Social butterflies
Junior League of Charleston
| Women promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and more
13th Annual Chef’s Potluck
| Proceeds from this event benefit Proceeds go to Lowcountry Local First’s Good Farming Initiative
🌈 Supporting the local LGBTQ+ community
We Are Family
| Community outreach for Charleston’s LGBTQ+ youth
Art Pot Multicultural Group
| Help create a space of integration, culture, and education
🎒 Teachers + mentors
Be A Mentor
| Empowering students to reach their full potential
Trident United Way
| Teach English as a Second Language
Don’t see anything that fits your interests? Check out VolunteerMatch
— a resource that helps you find local volunteer opportunities suited to your preferences.