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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 

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 

www.boisebicycleproject.org

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 

boiserm.org/get-involved/ 

208-343-2389

volunteers@boiserm.org 

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 

www.elcboise.org

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 

idahofoodbank.org

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 

wish.org/volunteer

mawfa@wish.org 

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 

www.trashclubusa.org

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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