Central Service Spotlight

On-Campus Service Opportunities

Becoming Broncho

Join us this Thursday August 19th at 5pm in Buddy's Lawn (across from Bausher Place) and work alongside your peers to assemble hygiene packs for community members facing homelessness. All supplies are provided!

Fall Central Pantry Volunteers

Volunteering for the Central Pantry is a great way to volunteer on-campus and assist our community here at UCO!

The Central Pantry is open Monday through Friday from 9:00am - 4:00pm and we are looking for volunteers to help run the front desk, check-in and assist clients, and help with the intake and restocking of donations.

Volunteer hours are a weekly commitment and are assigned on a first apply, first assigned basis (while also looking at how everyone’s availability works together to have the hours covered). The fall volunteer shift will start the week of August 23rd and run through the week of December 13th.

Spots are limited! Apply to be a volunteer here.

Service Internship Opportunities

The Care Center Internships
The Care Center is seeking students to intern at their organization this school year. If you are interested in learning more about volunteer and internship opportunities, contact, Hailey McClain at Hailey@carecenter-okc.org.

A role with The Care Center typically looks like:
Children and families coming to The Care Center come for forensic interviews, family advocacy, and/or counseling services. The children coming to The CARE Center are referred by DHS or Law Enforcement because they are suspected to be a victim or witness of some sort of abuse. In light of this, The Care Center provides children and their families wrap-around victim and advocacy services that promote hope and healing. Currently, we are in need of volunteers to play with children and siblings on our campus as they wait for services; safely walk children and families to other buildings on our campus. We call this very important part of a child’s experience at The Care Center, Play Orientation. This role does require an OSBI background check. Volunteer shifts are typically M, T, W, TH from 9am-11:30am or 1:30pm-3:30pm. Volunteers can sign up to volunteer weekly or whenever they are available to take a shift.

Off-Campus Service Opportunities

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The Arc of Oklahoma
The Arc of Oklahoma is looking for volunteers to become Oklahoma Advocates Involved in Monitoring (AIM Monitor). Volunteers will be trained to become monitors that visit individuals living in the community with developmental/ intellectual disabilities receiving state services. Volunteers will conduct 30 minute home visits scheduled at the volunteer's convenience. Currently these visits are taking place virtually. Training and support are provided! Visit thearcok.org to request an application or call 918-582-8272. For any questions please reach out to Stacey Figueroa at sfigueroa@arcok.org

Scissortail Park Farmer's Market
FARMERS MARKET VOLUNTEERS
Scissortail Park is needing volunteers for this Saturday and future Saturdays to help create a top-quality, destination Farmer's Market for all of Oklahoma City.

Please go to https://scissortailpark.galaxydigital.com to sign up for our Farmer's Market volunteer opportunities.  Email volunteer@scissortailpark.org with any questions.

HORTICULTURE HEROES
Our Horticultural staff is short-handed and desperately needs assistance with weeding.   Summer weed control can be a huge challenge and it is difficult to keep our Park beautiful and weed-free.  Volunteers are enormous help and greatly appreciated! 

If interested in assisting our staff weed the grounds, please go to https://scissortailpark.galaxydigital.com/ to sign-up for Horticultural Heroes or email volunteer@scissortailpark.org. 

Creative Music Academy
Creative Music Academy is looking for any musicians that are interested in volunteering or interning in their music school. This non-profit music school that supports students in vitual or homeschool learning by teaching music lessons.

To learn more, contact Ann Booze at creativemusicacademyinc@gmail.com.

TEEM Hygiene Drive
TEEM is hosting a Hygiene Drive from July 1 through September 1 and is in search of volunteers in many areas to meet the need of the individuals and families they serve.

To get invovled, contact Nikki Sharber at nsharber@teem.org or call 405-602-2864.

Traditions Health Edmond Hospice Volunteer
Traditions Health is seeking individuals to volunteer to spend time with a patient, provide help to a caregiver or assist with activities in a facility. If you have a desire to be of service to those in hospice care, we have a desire for you to be a part of our hospice team as a volunteer!

Please contact Susan Lide, Volunteer Coordinator at 405-936-9433 or susan.lide@traditionshealth.com.

Good Shepard Hospice Volunteer Opportunities
MEDICAL OFFICE ADMINISTRATIVE VOLUNTEERS
Do you enjoy organizing, computer work, and working on special projects? Do you have a desire to help others? Become an Administrative Assistant Volunteer for Good Shepher Hospice! As a hospice office volunteer you will assist our staff in so many significant and meaningful ways. Office Volunteers are very important in helping our patients and families. 

PATIENT CARE VOLUNTEERS
Do you want to look back over your life and feel a sense of pride? Do you desire to accomplish meaningful, worthwhile activity as long as you are able? Do you have a desire to help others? Become involved as a Patient Care Volunteer for Good Shepherd Hospice! Patient Care Volunteers are significant helpers for our terminally-ill patients and their families in their time of need. Patient Care Volunteers visit their assigned patient one hour a week to provide companionship, emotional comfort and family support. 

Please visit our website at: www.goodshepherdhopice.com or contact Christa Cook, Volunteer Coordinator at 405-943-0903 or christa.cook@goodshepherdhospice.com

SMO Summer Volunteer Opportunties
Exciting things are afoot at Science Museum Oklahoma and we have multiple volunteer opportunities that will truly impact our visitor experience. The new traveling exhibit, Sherlock Holmes – The Exhibition, will be hosted at SMO from May 1 – September 6, 2021. This highly immersive and very interactive large exhibition has many opportunities for volunteers to encourage questioning, help deduce evidence, and guide our guests to solving a mysterious crime. Shifts are available every day of the week, in four and eight hour blocks, with preference given to volunteers who can come on a regular schedule. Period costuming that meets general dress code requirements is highly encouraged. Limited props and costuming will be available.

To sign up to volunteer or find out more, email Shannon Olsen at solsen@sciencemuseumok.org

If your office or organization has upcoming student volunteer opportunities, please send the information to volunteer@uco.edu to have it included in our summer emails.