Volunteering Untapped Philadelphia

Join us May 10th! Beautify Carroll Park or help distribute free food at Malcolm X Park. Same day, two options/times to give back! Pick one!Join the Volunteering Untapped Team on Saturday, May 10th, for one of two different volunteering opportunities. Our partners this month are:Love Your Park is your portal to getting involved in Philly’s parks. From regular volunteer workdays to citywide celebrations and year-round community organizing, Love Your Park brings Philadelphians together to clean, green, and celebrate our public green spaces. We love small neighborhood parks and large watershed natural areas alike. We are here for Philly's parks.Sharing Excess

VU PHL is partnering with Cradles to Crayons to transform donations into curated orders for children!Cradles to Crayons connects you to new and gently used donations—beautiful and loved outfits and essentials from the community—that you and VU will quality check, sort, package, and prepare to go to kids in our communities through our incredible network of Service Partners.What we will be doing:In partnership with Cradles to Crayons, up to 30 VU volunteers will sort, organize, and curate orders for specific children in the Giving Factory. Please arrive 10 minutes early for check-in.Notes ahead of the event!VU will add you to

VU PHL is partnering with Klean Kensington and Walls for Justice to beautify the lotKlean Kensington's mission is to empower teens through beautifying their blighted surroundings and engaging them with neighborhood-uplifting work. Klean Kensington focuses on the areas of financials, career, civic, social-emotional and spiritual.What we will be doing:In partnership with Klean Kensington and Walls for Justice, up to 20 VU volunteers will clean streets/alleyways, weeding gardens, potentially painting fences . Please arrive 10 minutes early for check-in.Notes ahead of the event!VU will email a waiver for you to sign once that has been finalized. Please be sure to sign

Come celebrate our birthday with us at Liberty Lands!!Happy Birthday VU!!!!Volunteering Untapped is a non profit organization dedicated to connecting Philadelphia to the nonprofits all across the area. We host events on the 2nd Saturday of almost every month, and we love to see everyone having fun and serving the community around them!!VU on its birthday will be helping Liberty Land Parks with:WeedingCompost pile clean upMoving rocks/pathway supportFixing park furnitureParking & TransportationParking: there is ample parking around the park!Nearby buses routes: https://plan.septa.org/#/

Join us October 11th! Working with Block by Block to do some cleaning at the train tracks!Join the Volunteering Untapped Team on Saturday, Oct 11th, for our event!Our partner this month is Block by Block. Their mission is to change the culture of littering, building connections, and restoring trust and beauty to our city, one block at a time.What will we be doing on Saturday, Oct 11th?Helping them clean and shape up the train tracks.Beautifying the blockNotes ahead of the event!Wear clothes that are comfortable and suitable for the weather, since this event takes place outside and insidePlease wear closed

Join us Nov. 8th! Working with Love Your Park to do some cleaning around the Glendinning Rock GardenJoin the Volunteering Untapped Team on Saturday,Nov 8th, for our event!Our partner this month is Love Your Park. They are a collaboration between Fairmount Park Conservancy, Philadelphia Parks & Recreation, and Philadelphia's Park Friends Network. They work together to support communities in activating Philly's neighborhood parks and watershed natural areas, with a special focus on inviting Philadelphians to get involved by volunteering. Their mission is to change the culture of littering, building connections, and restoring trust and beauty to our city, one block

Join us Dec 13th for a collab with Punch Buggy, Pitch A Friend, Broad Street Love, and ACCT Philly for some card and pet treat making!Join the Volunteering Untapped Team on Saturday, December 13th, for an arts and crafts event to benefit the community!Our partners this month is with Broad Street Love and ACCT Philly. We'll also be collabing with Pitch A Friend at Punch Buggy for December's event! Broad Street Love is a non-profit providing stabilizing services to individuals creating connection and community; restores hope and diginity; and creates security and self-sufficiency. ACCT Philly is the region's largest animal

Join VU PHL help Global Citizen prep for MLK's Day of Service!Global Citizen is non-partisan organization dedicated to promoting civic engagement, community volunteering, civic responsibility, and sustained active citizenship among diverse groups, particularly young people. Global Citizen promotes democracy building, voter education and participation, locally and globally. We bring together people of all ages and backgrounds to build diverse partnerships through serving others, thus realizing how much more we have in common than our difference.What we will be doing on Saturday, January 10th , 10AM - 12 PM:Volunteers will help bundle pallets of t-shirts into bundles requested by King Day

VU PHL is partnering with Leveling the Playing Field to sort, organize, and inventory donated sports equipment!Leveling the Playing Field (LPF) redistributes equipment to expand access and equity within youth sports and recreation programs.What we will be doing on Saturday, March 14th, 10:30AM - 1 2PM:VU in partnership with LPF, will sort, organize, and inventory donated sports equipment for redistribution to various youth and sports programs.Notes ahead of the event!Please fill out the waiver prior to attendance, which can be found here. Parking & TransportationParking: There is a dedicated parking lot - we highly suggest carpooling!Nearby buses routes: 113, 114,

VU PHL is partnering with Climate Action PA for a block clean up in Brewerytown along with other Earth Day activities!Climate Action PA provides communities with the tools and knowledge to advocate for climate change and environmental justice!What we will be doing on Saturday, April 11th, 10:00AM - 1:00PM:VU in partnership with Climate Action, will complete a block clean up along with information on how to make a larger impact in your community.Notes ahead of the event!Please fill out the waiver prior to attendance, which can be found here. Some copies will also be availble to sign at the event.Parking

Join us at Share Food Program! Sorting and packing nutritious food for the community!For Volunteering Untapped's September event, we're back with Share Food Program.Share Food Program leads the fight against food insecurity in the Philadelphia region, by serving an expansive, quality partner network of community-based organizations and school districts engaged in food distribution, education and advocacy. SFP distributes food to hundreds of thousands neighbors in need each month, over 50% of whom are children and seniors or people with disabilities.We will be helping assemble boxes, pack boxes with food, and load boxes of food onto trucks or into a prep

Join VU PHL as we help Books Through Bars sort/process books to send to incarcerated people for freeBooks Through Bars has been sending free books to incarcerated people in six mid-Atlantic states (Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia) for over 30 years.They do their best to send the books people ask them for, whatever those may be. By fulfilling all requests to the best of their ability, they work to support self-determination, self-education, and healing behind bars.By donating books, you can help ensure that incarcerated people receive the books they need!What we will be doing on Saturday,

Join VU PHL as we work with John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge to help beauty the parkJohn Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum is part of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Wildlife Refuge System, a network of lands set aside for the benefit of native wildlife and plants.Established in 1972 through local activism, the refuge protects habitat for the benefit of both people and wildlife. Visitors to the refuge may observe hundreds of species of plants, trees, birds, insects and mammals.By assisting with park cleanup, you can help ensure that the center is enjoyed by generations to come!What

VU PHL is partnering with Cradles to Crayons to transform donations into curated orders for children!Cradles to Crayons connects you to new and gently used donations—beautiful and loved outfits and essentials from the community—that you and VU will quality check, sort, package, and prepare to go to kids in our communities through our incredible network of Service Partners.What we will be doing:In partnership with Cradles to Crayons, up to 25 VU volunteers will sort, organize, and curate orders for specific children in the Giving Factory. Please arrive 10 minutes early for check-in.Notes ahead of the event!VU will add you to

VU PHL and the Spruce Foundation are partnering with Liberty Lands to help repair & maintain the Northern Liberties greenspaceAs a volunteer-led organization serving all residents and business owners of Northern Liberties, the NLNA maintains Libery Lands & our community center, connects neighbors to information and resources, and advocates on their behalf. Together we seek to cultivate connection, belonging, and a sustainable quality of life in our neighborhood.What we will be doing:In partnership with Liberty Lands, up to 50 VU and Spruce Foundation volunteers will help to sustain the park through the following activites:Repair the garden path by filling in

VU PHL is partnering with Homies Helping Homies to help clean their garage and surrounding area!oin the Volunteering Untapped Team on Saturday, October 10th, for our event!Our partner this month is Homies Helping Homies. As a collective mutual aid initiative, their mission is "improving the quality of life of the communities we serve in Point Breeze Philadelphia and beyond. We strongly believe that by alleviating the stress of procuring essential everyday items and battling food apartheid and gentrification, we can empower our communities to assist one another and change the current practices that continue to keep people impoverished."What will we