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Allis Elementary School Garden

More Information Gardener Assistant Summer 2023

Assisting with spring garden preparation and maintenance tasks: tool maintenance, preparing seedlings, mulching pathways in the woodland and vegetable gardens, repairing wooden beds, painting shed. Wear outdoor clothing for messy projects. Most work will be done outdoors without schoolchildren, but there may be some opportunities to prepare seedlings and work in the garden with Allis students as well.

Sustainability

Day of Week Start Time End Time Openings  
Monday 9:45 AM 11:45 AM 2

BadgerBots

More Information Summer Camp Assistant Instructor Summer 2023

Our instructors lead week-long camps. We’ll give you the curriculum, and you’ll put it into action! Duties include: ​ * Presenting lessons in a fun, engaging way * Managing a class (transitioning between activities, keeping the class on task, enforcing behavior expectations) * Effectively working with other instructors and camp counselors * Setting up materials before each session and cleaning up at the end * Assisting with camper check-in, lunch, and check-out * Cleaning up the facility * Completing tasks as assigned by camp director We’d love if you have some familiarity with the following: Scratch or other block-based code languages, LEGO Mindstorms, Minecraft, 3D Printing and CAD, JavaScript, Python, or other programming languages. But it’s not necessary—we can teach you what you need to know.

Education

Day of Week Start Time End Time Openings  
Wednesday 8:30 AM 12:30 PM 1

Capitol Lakes

More Information Activities and Recreation Volunteer Summer 2023

*All Volunteers Must be up to date according to CDC guidelines with COVID vaccination and booster. Proof of COVID 19 Vaccination Required* Capitol Lakes Health Center and Terraces would like volunteers who are interested to work with elderly residents with varying cognitive levels. Duties would include assisting residents during summer bus trip outings, walks outdoors, or visiting 1:1 outdoors.

Public Health

Day of Week Start Time End Time Openings  
Tuesday 1:30 PM 3:30 PM 2

Central Wisconsin Center

More Information Community Integration and Companionship Volunteer Summer 2023

Please consider joining us for interactive sessions with our residents with limited community options. Friendship is an immeasurable gift to give to someone. Each week you will provide this gift to someone through activities, walks, reflection services and concerts on our beautiful grounds when weather permits. Inside when weather is not cooperating! This past spring semester Badger Volunteers brought huge smiles to our residents many of whom have lived here since early childhood. The volunteers in turn left with warm hearts because of the friendship they provided. We support some of the most vulnerable medically involved people in the state so the education value you receive through volunteering at Central Wisconsin Center provides you with a fantastic learning experience all while having fun! Masks at our home are still mandatory and you will receive a surgical mask each week to don during your visit. The team should plan on pick up from cab/Uber/Lyft at 3:30pm so that you arrive on our campus by 3:50pm. The activity each week will be from 4:00pm until 5:00pm with ride pick up organized for 5:10pm and a return to campus at 5:30pm.

Public Health

Day of Week Start Time End Time Openings  
Wednesday 3:50 PM 5:10 PM 2

Goodman Community Center

More Information Elementary Summer Camp Assistant Summer 2023

In our K-5th grade summer camp program, Badger Volunteers are assigned to a specific classroom for the entire semester. Volunteers help children with in small and large group activities, help support the daily schedule/routine, and make the camp more fun by providing additional mentors for the kids as they try new things and play in program!

Education

Day of Week Start Time End Time Openings  
Tuesday 1:00 PM 5:00 PM 2
Wednesday 1:00 PM 5:00 PM 2

More Information Preschool Summer Assistant Summer 2023

In our summer daycare program for ages 3 - 5, Badger Volunteers are assigned to a specific room for the entire summer. Volunteers help with child-initiated play and age appropriate activities which foster community, relationships and social emotional learning. They also help support the daily schedule/routine, and make the daycare room more fun by offering individual and small group attention and support.

Education

Day of Week Start Time End Time Openings  
Monday 8:45 AM 11:30 AM 1
Friday 2:30 PM 5:00 PM 2

Linda & Gene Farley Center for Peace, Justice and Sustainability

More Information Earth Care Provider Summer 2023

Volunteer duties can vary, but will include helping out with our Natural Path Sanctuary, farm and orchard. Work may include trail maintenance, pruning, weeding, digging and other outdoor work. Weather and seasonality will influence specific duties and tasks.

Sustainability

Day of Week Start Time End Time Openings  
Tuesday 2:00 PM 4:00 PM 1

Madison International Partners/Christ Presbyterian Church

More Information Childcare Volunteers Summer 2023

Every Friday from 6 to 7:30 pm, a diverse group of Americans and internationals meets for English practice, cross-cultural exchanges, friendships, and fun. Many international families participants bring along the children. We need loving and caring childcare volunteers to engage and take care of the children while the parents attend the program. Children usually range from 1 years to 12 years old. We have a fully equipped nursery and an art room where older children can do art projects under the supervision of volunteers. Older children can also be engaged in our play room which has games, ping pong table, futsal, and air hockey table. As a Badger volunteer, you will help extend hospitality to an international child and contribute to make our community more welcoming to internationals. We need you!

Education

Day of Week Start Time End Time Openings  
Friday 6:00 PM 7:30 PM 3

Neighborhood House Community Center

More Information General Assistance-Food Prep and Pantry Stocking Summer 2023

Help with organizing meals for our summer campers and stocking and cleaning the pantry

Public Health

Day of Week Start Time End Time Openings  
Tuesday 4:00 PM 6:00 PM 1

Rooted Inc

More Information Rooted-Badger Rock Urban Farmer Summer 2023

Help maintain our educational and production urban farm that serves as a school garden for Badger Rock Middle School, a community garden, and an educational and production farm for the Badger Rock Neighborhood Center! Our farm includes orchard, gardens, hoop houses, a greenhouse, honeybees and chickens. Tasks consist of weeding, planting, pruning, watering, harvesting, etc. Lots of variety depending upon current projects and seasonality *This is an in-person volunteer opportunity*

Sustainability

Day of Week Start Time End Time Openings  
Wednesday 9:30 AM 12:30 PM 3
Friday 9:30 AM 12:30 PM 1

Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin

More Information Foodbank Volunteer Summer 2023

Join with our wonderful staff and other volunteers onsite in Madison to sort, label, or package food to go out all over Southwestern Wisconsin! Work alongside our staff to process, package, and enjoy time with new friends!

Public Health

Day of Week Start Time End Time Openings  
Wednesday 12:30 PM 3:30 PM 3

Spring Harbor Garden & Greenhouse

More Information Greenhouse - Garden Assistant Summer 2023

We will work in the Greenhouse to help start some seedlings for Spring Harbor Middle School Summer Garden Camps. Next we will prepare the garden beds for planting and begin planting seeds and seedlings. Removing invasive plants like sumac from the property is also one of our projects. working in the Butterfly Garden may be one of our projects. We have a range of outdoor activities in a large garden area. It all helps the Middle School program. Wear comfortable clothing that can get dirty and sometimes wet. This site is not wheel chair accessible yet. Digging in the dirt is a common task! :)

Sustainability

Day of Week Start Time End Time Openings  
Friday 8:30 AM 11:00 AM 1

The River Food Pantry

More Information Pantry Session Assistant Summer 2023

• Pack boxes, including shelf-stable boxes, produce boxes, and dairy boxes, with various items (lists of items to be included will be provided). • Sort incoming donations in order to make packing boxes more efficient. This may include meat, dairy, produce, shelf-stable items, eggs, etc. • Add food items to shopping carts. This is done as clients visit and fill out a menu of requested items. Our volunteers take each menu and fill the order, then return the filled cart to the correct client's vehicle. • Load client cars outside as they visit the pantry. This includes rolling full shopping carts outside, packing trucks or backseats with the items, being respectful and welcoming to the clients as they shop, and bringing empty carts back inside to be re-packed. PLEASE NOTE: We ask that you be flexible in moving between tasks as needed. Staff will always be available to answer questions.

Public Health

Day of Week Start Time End Time Openings  
Wednesday 3:45 PM 6:15 PM 3
Friday 9:45 AM 11:45 AM 3

WayForward Resources (formerly Middleton Outreach Ministry - MOM)

More Information Distribution Center Volunteers-at-Large! Summer 2023

Ready for a change of pace from your typical day at the UW? Under the direction of a Food Security Manager, help meet the changing needs of running a food pantry and clothing center by leading and/or participating in volunteer projects like packing groceries for delivery or stocking pantry shelves. The ideal Badger Volunteers will be flexible and ready for active physical tasks.

Public Health

Day of Week Start Time End Time Openings  
Tuesday 2:00 PM 4:00 PM 4

More Information Pack Groceries for Delivery! Summer 2023

Ready for a change of pace from your typical day at the UW? Under the direction of a Food Security Manager, you will participate with or lead other volunteers to pack groceries for delivery to MOM guests. The ideal Badger Volunteers will be flexible and ready for active physical tasks.

Public Health

Day of Week Start Time End Time Openings  
Wednesday 1:00 PM 3:00 PM 3

Allen Centennial Garden

More Information Workshop Support Volunteer Summer 2023

Join Allen Centennial Garden staff and interns to host plant and art focused workshops that allow participants to learn skills, develop their plant knowledge, and enjoy our outdoor space. Our volunteers will support our workshops by test running projects, helping participants troubleshoot problems, and have ample opportunity to hone their own creative skills. Workshops run the gamut from learning how to harvest and arrange flowers to dying fabric with plants to mastering the process of container gardening.

Sustainability

Day of Week Start Time End Time Openings  
Wednesday 5:00 PM 7:15 PM Waitlist

BadgerBots

More Information Summer Camp Assistant Instructor Summer 2023

Our instructors lead week-long camps. We’ll give you the curriculum, and you’ll put it into action! Duties include: ​ * Presenting lessons in a fun, engaging way * Managing a class (transitioning between activities, keeping the class on task, enforcing behavior expectations) * Effectively working with other instructors and camp counselors * Setting up materials before each session and cleaning up at the end * Assisting with camper check-in, lunch, and check-out * Cleaning up the facility * Completing tasks as assigned by camp director We’d love if you have some familiarity with the following: Scratch or other block-based code languages, LEGO Mindstorms, Minecraft, 3D Printing and CAD, JavaScript, Python, or other programming languages. But it’s not necessary—we can teach you what you need to know.

Education

Day of Week Start Time End Time Openings  
Wednesday 12:30 PM 4:30 PM Waitlist

Capitol Lakes

More Information Activities and Recreation Volunteer Summer 2023

*All Volunteers Must be up to date according to CDC guidelines with COVID vaccination and booster. Proof of COVID 19 Vaccination Required* Capitol Lakes Health Center and Terraces would like volunteers who are interested to work with elderly residents with varying cognitive levels. Duties would include assisting with transporting residents, assisting them to play Bingo and other group activities, visiting outdoors for the Summer months.

Public Health

Day of Week Start Time End Time Openings  
Wednesday 2:30 PM 4:30 PM Waitlist

Central Wisconsin Center

More Information Community Integration and Companionship Volunteer Summer 2023

Please consider joining us for interactive sessions with our residents with limited community options. Friendship is an immeasurable gift to give to someone. Each week you will provide this gift to someone through activities, walks, and outside concerts on our beautiful grounds when weather permits. Inside when weather is inclement. This past spring semester Badger Volunteers brought huge smiles to our residents many of whom have lived here since early childhood. The volunteers in turn left with warm hearts because of the friendship they provided. We support some of the most vulnerable medically involved people in the state so the education value you receive through volunteering at Central Wisconsin Center provides you with a fantastic learning experience all while having fun! Masks at our home are still mandatory and you will receive a surgical mask each week to don during your visit. The team should plan on pick up from cab/Uber/Lyft at 5:30pm so that you arrive on our campus by 5:50pm. The activity each week will be from 6:00pm until 7:00pm with ride pick up organized for 7:10pm and a return to campus by 7:30pm.

Public Health

Day of Week Start Time End Time Openings  
Thursday 5:50 PM 7:10 PM Waitlist

LGBT Books to Prisoners

More Information Volunteer Summer 2023

Volunteers will be trained on a variety of tasks from which they can choose based on organizational need each week. Tasks include: shelving and organizing books; writing institutional restrictions on envelopes; responding to letters from LGBTQ+ incarcerated people; wrapping, weighing, and stamping packages; and database work. Volunteer sessions are a casual and social community environment.

Public Health

Day of Week Start Time End Time Openings  
Tuesday 6:00 PM 8:00 PM Waitlist

Madison Children's Museum

More Information Museum Fellow Summer 2023

Are you an artist or crafter? Do you work with animals or love to garden? Ever wonder what it's like to run in a human-size gerbil wheel? The Madison Children's Museum is looking for enthusiastic and engaging volunteers. This position is for those individuals who are interested in volunteering in our Art Studio, Rooftop Ramble, Wildernest, Wonderground, or Possible-opolis exhibit spaces. Museum Fellows in all spaces are given the opportunity to explore their own skills and interests, from helping out behind the scenes, to creating and helping with original programming. Volunteers must consent to a background check, and will attend orientation and training at Madison Children's Museum.

Education

Day of Week Start Time End Time Openings  
Thursday 9:30 AM 11:30 AM Waitlist
Friday 9:30 AM 11:30 AM Waitlist

Madison International Partners/Christ Presbyterian Church

More Information Conversation Partners (In Person) Summer 2023

Every Friday from 6 to 7:30 pm, a diverse group of Americans and internationals meets for English practice, cross-cultural exchanges, friendships, and fun. As a Badger volunteer, you will help extend hospitality to an international student by helping them practice English, answer questions they may have about American culture and life in America. You will also learn about other cultures and life in other countries. You will be an ambassador who contributes to make our community more welcoming to internationals.

Education

Day of Week Start Time End Time Openings  
Friday 6:00 PM 7:30 PM Waitlist

Rooted Inc

More Information Rooted - Troy Farm Urban Farmer Summer 2023

Volunteers will assist farmers at our organic, urban, 5-acre diversified vegetable farm. Activities will include greenhouse seeding, building/organizing projects, and field preparation/planting to get ready for the upcoming growing season

Sustainability

Day of Week Start Time End Time Openings  
Wednesday 12:30 PM 3:30 PM Waitlist

More Information Rooted - Troy Farm Urban Farmer Summer 2023

Volunteers will assist farmers at our organic, urban, 5-acre diversified vegetable farm. Activities will include greenhouse seeding, building/organizing projects, harvest, and field preparation/planting.

Sustainability

Day of Week Start Time End Time Openings  
Friday 8:30 AM 11:30 AM Waitlist