Giving Back
GIVING
BACK
Volunteer opportunities are a great addition to any event. Not only does it do our community good, it brings bonding for team members or attendees involved!
Here are Boise volunteer opportunities to add to your event:
Agency for New Americans
www.anaidaho.org/volunteer.html
208-955-0161
Serve as a friend, teacher, and advocate to help new Americans integrate into the community and achieve self-sufficiency. Activities could include airport arrivals, apartment setups, transportation assistance, or build hygiene kits.
Alzheimer’s Association
Plan an event, assist at special events, host a support group, be a speaker, be an advocate, or provide office support such as mailings, collating and copying.
Assistance League of Boise
www.assistanceleague.org/boise/volunteer/
assistanceleagueofboise@alboise.org
208-377-4327
Do a clothing/supply drive for any of the programs, assemble baby bundles or school supply bundles, sort & stock clothing, or stock essentials in the CARES closet.
Boise Bicycle Project
208-429-6520
info@boisebicycleproject.org
Volunteering can be fixing bicycles with tools, helping at events, or assisting with special projects.
Boise Pride
https://boisepridefest.org/volunteer
info@boisepridefest.org
Boise Rescue Mission
208-343-2389
Activities could include sorting donations in the warehouse, outside clean-up such as weeding, building sack lunches.
Community Cakes
www.communitycakes.org
208-918-3614
communitycakesidaho@gmail.com
Bake or deliver cakes.
English Language Center
elcinfo@jannus.org
208-949-0238
Volunteers can: model activities in front of a class, work with students, provide supplies, hold a supply drive.
Idaho Diaper Bank
www.idahodiaperbank.org/get_involved/volunteer/
208-996-3575
info@idahodiaperbank.org
Host a diaper drive or make diaper bundles (groups of 20 or less).
Idaho Food Bank
208-336-9643
Activities could include holding a food drive at your event or donating your time sorting donations by nutritional category, repackaging bulk food into family-sized quantities, placing stickers on unlabeled cans or stuffing backpacks.
Idaho Humane Society
idahohumanesociety.org/volunteer/
volunteer@idahohumanesociety.org
Filing, data entry, cleaning, make adoption packets, help at events or informational booths, recycle can project, pickup and sort donated pet food for pantry, deliver pet food meals on wheels. Or donate through a pet food drive.
Make A Wish Idaho
Volunteer opportunities include office tasks, work events, translation, wish-granters, be a speaker, skills based such as graphic design, photography, construction.
Ronald McDonald House® Charities of Idaho
www.rmhcidaho.org/volunteering/
208-609-3372
stephanie@rmhcidaho.org
Activities could include cooking meals, cleaning, assembling toiletry kits, providing supplies.
Red Cross: Idaho Chapter
www.redcross.org/local/idaho/volunteer.html
208-947-4357
IDMT.Recruiting@redcross.org
Humanitarian support. Host a blood drive or volunteer recruitment outreach event.
Ridge to Rivers (Trail preservation)
www.ridgetorivers.org/about/volunteer/
208-608-7811
Adopt a trail, trail maintenance or signage, do documentation or education.
Trash Club
info@trashclubusa.org
Join a community litter pick-up around the treasure valley.
United Way of Treasure Valley
www.unitedwaytv.org/volunteering-united-way
208-336-1070
Build Hygiene Kits, build Snack-Packs, school supply drive, or letter writing.
Women & Children’s Alliance (WCA)
www.wcaboise.org/get-involved/volunteer/
208-343-3688
volunteer@wcaboise.org
Fundraising, do a clothing drive, donate through our Amazon wish list, create outreach ribbons.
Women United and School Pantry
www.unitedwaytv.org/women-united-and-school-pantry
208-336-1070
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