Volunteer Connection
Volunteer opportunities in the Colorado Jewish community
The Volunteer Connection provides meaningful service opportunities that impact the lives of both volunteers and recipients and promotes the growth of trustful relationships among people and agencies in the Colorado Jewish community. Your generosity makes a difference.
For organizations, agencies, & individuals
Ongoing volunteer opportunities
You will receive training prior to participating in the Shop & Drop and Chesed Calls initiatives.
Shop & Drop
Buy groceries or run errands for isolated individuals.
Chesed (Wellness) Calls
Make friendly check-in calls to individuals who may be isolated in the community.
Volunteer Days
Can’t commit weekly? We still need your help! Sign up for one of our Volunteer Days. JEWISHcolorado Volunteer Days are opportunities to connect with new and old friends while supporting our Jewish community and beyond.
Upcoming volunteer days:
YAD Thanksgiving Volunteer Day – Wed, Nov 25 (for young adults and young adult families)
Christmas Mitzvah Project – Dec 23, 24, 25
Hands-On Volunteering
Volunteers are considered essential services and, with caution and care, it is safe to help those more vulnerable than ourselves. Sign up to volunteer with JEWISHcolorado, a community partner, or another local nonprofit. You will need to register directly with each organization.
VOLUNTEER SAFETY
The work of volunteers is vital, and we take your health and safety seriously. Follow CDC guidelines on how to protect yourself, and if you are feeling ill or exhibiting symptoms, please stay home. If you would like to get involved but cannot participate in-person, consider virtual alternatives to in-person volunteer activities.
Serve the Moment
Serve a local nonprofit part-time for 10 weeks and learn about social inequities and systemic injustices
Ekar Farm
COVID hunger relief garden work
Farmette at Denver Jewish Day School
Harvest food grown for school lunches
Jewish Family Service Weinberg Food Pantry
Sort, pack, and distribute food
Jewish Family Service Aging Care & Connections
Deliver food to isolated older community members
BBYO
Mentor and support teens as they lead their chapter
Colorado Hebrew Chorale
Assist with monthly e-newsletter and website editing
Village Exchange Center
Pack and deliver food for the immigrant and refugee population in Aurora/Denver
Food Bank of the Rockies
Sort and pack food
Vitalant
Give blood
Help Colorado Now
Help at-risk individuals across the state
DIY Service Projects
Give back to the community in your own way, on your own time.
Volunteer for a nonprofit virtually via Skills for Impact
Donate non-perishable foods to the Jewish Family Service Weinberg Food Pantry
Donate cleaning supplies or non-perishable foods to Kavod Senior Life
Purchase items from a nonprofit’s Amazon wish list – JFS, Kavod Senior Life, Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
Make knotted or no-knot fleece blankets for Children’s Hospital or a local shelter
Donate new or slightly-used books to JFS’s Lunchbox Express
Clean out your closet – donate shoes to Soles4Souls and clothes to Sandy’s Closet
Pack hygiene kits with toiletries for people in need