Listed alphabetically by county.
County: Alamance
City: Burlington
Date: Saturday, Oct. 14
Service beneficiary: An elderly neighbor
Project description: An alumna will paint her elderly neighbor’s porch railing.
County: Buncombe
City: Asheville
Date: Sunday, Oct. 15 | 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Service beneficiary: The North Carolina Outward Bound School
Project description: Volunteers on the Board of Trustees will be meeting and planning for the North Carolina Outward Bound School.
County: Buncombe
City: Black Mountain
Date: Saturday, Oct. 14 | 10 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Service beneficiary: Black Mountain Home for Children
Project description: Volunteers will be assisting with their annual Fall Festival, which is a major fundraiser for the organization, which does so much to help children who are in the foster care system.
County: Buncombe
City: Black Mountain
Date: Sunday, Oct. 15 | 2 – 5 p.m.
Service beneficiary: Swannanoa Valley Museum and History Center
Project description: We will clear trash, weeds and leaves from “Valley in the Alley.” We will also pull weeds from mulch beds and add mulch as needed.
County: Brunswick
City: Boiling Springs Lake
Date: Wednesday, Oct. 18 |5 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Service beneficiary: New Hope Clinic
Project description: New Hope Clinic provides free health care to uninsured, low-income residents of Brunswick County. Three volunteers (all UNC dental hygiene graduates) will assist in the dental clinic for the evening. Patients come from all over the county to take care of their dental emergencies. There they are treated with respect and care.
County: Cabarrus
City: Kannapolis
Date: Saturday, Oct. 14 | 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Service beneficiary: Cooperative Christian Ministry
Project description: We will be painting the inside of a four-room duplex located at 1107 Kentucky Ave., Kannapolis, N.C. 28083. The project is open to all volunteers, but it is best suited for high school ages and above.
For more details and to join this project: Learn more on our website and sign up online here. Contact David Jones ’82 (’83 MAT) at davidcjones31339@gmail.com or 980-622-6859 for info.
This project is sponsored by the Cabarrus County Carolina Club
County: Caldwell
City: Granite Falls
Date: Saturday, Oct. 14
Service beneficiary: Pet Partners
Project description: We will be collecting and delivering pet food, toys and other items to help those fostering pets for Pet Partners.
For more details and to join this project: Email Staci Wilson ’99 at swilson@cvcc.edu.
County: Carteret
City: Emerald Isle
Date: Friday, Oct. 13 – Sunday, Oct. 15
Service beneficiary: Local beach
Project description: We will do a clean-up on the local beaches.
County: Caswell
City: Pelham
Date: Friday, Oct. 13 – Saturday, Oct. 14
Service beneficiary: Hickory Grove Methodist Church and community
Project description: Volunteers will be preparing for stew, serving meals and helping clean up. The Cairo Carolina Club leader will also be donating Egyptian-made items for community sale.
For more details and to join this project: Contact Earlene Gentry ’71 at egkjune29@hotmail.com or 336-394-3274.
This project is sponsored by the Cairo Carolina Club
County: Chatham
City: Pittsboro
Date: Saturday, Oct. 14 | noon – 3 p.m.
Service beneficiary: Carolina Tiger Rescue
Project description: Volunteers will be collecting items for animal enrichment at the Chatham County wild cat sanctuary.
County: Cumberland
City: Fayetteville
Date: Thursday, Oct. 12 | 7 – 9 a.m.
Service beneficiary: Operation Inasmuch
Project description: We will assist Operation Inasmuch with their Breakfast Program for the homeless. Volunteers will help set tables, greet family members, serve breakfast and assist with clean up.
For more details and to join this project: Sign up to volunteer at https://goo.gl/forms/WaIFgi9zQMqxQMjl2. Please note that this volunteer shift is limited to the first 10 people who sign up. Please contact Deidra Debnam ’11 with any questions at ddebnam@alumni.unc.edu.
This project is sponsored by the Cumberland County Carolina Club
County: Cumberland
City: Fayetteville
Date: Thursday, Oct. 12 | noon – 5 p.m.
Service beneficiary: Citizens of Haiti
Project description: Volunteers will be collecting clothes and shoes to send over to Haiti.
For more details and to join this project: Contact Cordelia Challenger at 910-527-4903.
County: Cumberland
City: Fayetteville
Date: Saturday, Oct. 14 | 8 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Service beneficiary: Fayetteville Area Habitat for Humanity
Project description: Construction Volunteer Shift: We will assist Fayetteville Area Habitat for Humanity with a construction project. The shift date and time are confirmed; work site location and task details will be provided closer to the shift date.
For more details and to join this project: Register for volunteer shifts at http://unccccc.fayettevillenchabitat.volunteerhub.com. Please note that this volunteer shift is limited to the first 10 people who sign up. Please contact Deidra Debnam ’11 with any questions at ddebnam@alumni.unc.edu.
This project is sponsored by the Cumberland County Carolina Club
County: Cumberland
City: Fayetteville
Date: Saturday, Oct. 14 | 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Service beneficiary: Fayetteville Area Habitat for Humanity
Project description: ReStore Volunteer Shift: Volunteers will attend a mandatory ReStore Volunteer Orientation at 11 a.m. before assisting with retail tasks such as merchandise cleaning and organization, customer assistance, unloading donations, etc.
For more details and to join this project: Register for volunteer shifts at http://unccccc.fayettevillenchabitat.volunteerhub.com. Please note that this volunteer shift is limited to the first six people who sign up. Please contact Deidra Debnam ’11 with any questions at ddebnam@alumni.unc.edu.
This project is sponsored by the Cumberland County Carolina Club
County: Durham
City: Durham
Date: Thursday, Oct. 12 | 3 – 4 p.m.
Service beneficiary: Local community and wildflowers
Project description: Volunteers will pick up trash on Burdens Creek Bluff or east of Euclid Road in Durham. This project is also aligned with the N.C. Big Sweep program in October.
For more details and to join this project: Email Michael Pollock ’04 at michael_pollock@yahoo.com.
County: Durham
City: Durham
Date: Friday, Oct. 13 | 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. and 2 – 5 p.m.
Service beneficiary: Habitat for Humanity ReStore
Project description: Student Alumni Association members will volunteer at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Durham.
For more details and to join this project: This project is open to all active SAA members. SAA members can get more details and sign up online here.
This project is sponsored by the GAA’s Student Alumni Association
County: Durham
City: Durham
Date: Saturday, Oct. 14 | 9 a.m. – noon
Service beneficiary: Durham Central Park; IC Youth Ministry
Project description: Youth Ministry leaders and students will be cleaning up a local park in Durham. This involves removing trash, planting small bushes and flowers, trimming brushes and mulching.
For more details and to join this project: Email Amy Cole ’12 at coleac@live.unc.edu.
County: Durham
City: Durham
Date: Saturday, Oct. 14
Service beneficiary: A Helping Hand
Project description: Provide care to seniors and individuals with disabilities to help them maintain self-sufficiency, quality of life and the highest level of independence. Tasks may include delivering meals, raking leaves and general housekeeping.
For more details and to join this project: This project was registered by and will be completed independently by an individual, but you can also volunteer with A Helping Hand by visiting http://ahelpinghandnc.org/opportunities/volunteer.
County: Durham
City: Durham
Date: Saturday, Oct. 14 | 8:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Service beneficiary: Durham Habitat for Humanity in partnership with the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation
Project description: Volunteers will work on a Habitat House. The work may include crawlspace sealing, wall framing, roofing, siding, interior and exterior trim, painting, cleaning or landscaping. This project is for volunteers age 16 and up.
For more details and to join this project: Sign up to volunteer on the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation’s Durham County volunteer page. Please contact Kelli Raker at kelli@jamiekirkhahnfoundation.org for more details.
This project is sponsored by the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation, in memory of Jamie Kirk Hahn ’06
County: Durham
City: Durham
Date: Saturday, Oct. 14 | 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Service beneficiary: Recent child refugees from Somalia
Project description: A group of volunteers has coordinated a project which will teach the children the entrepreneurial skills they need to start their own business and incorporate technology such as Google Analytics to help them to keep track of their business revenue, investors, capital, advertisements, customer demographics, and expenses.
County: Durham
City: Durham
Date: Saturday, Oct. 14 | 9 a.m. – noon
Service beneficiary: IFFS Geer Street Learning Garden in partnership with the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation
Project description: Volunteers will help with gardening tasks. This project is open to volunteers age 11 and up. Any volunteer under the age of 18 need to be supervised by an adult.
For more details and to join this project: Sign up to volunteer on the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation’s Durham County volunteer page. Please contact Kelli Raker at kelli@jamiekirkhahnfoundation.org for more details.
This project is sponsored by the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation, in memory of Jamie Kirk Hahn ’06
County: Durham
City: Durham
Date: Saturday, Oct. 14 | 9 a.m. – noon
Service beneficiary: SEEDS in partnership with the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation
Project description: Volunteer activities will include cleaning the building, weeding, mulching, making/maintaining garden paths, planting, restoring wood furniture, etc. This project is open for volunteers of all ages; any volunteer under the age of 18 must be supervised by an adult.
For more details and to join this project: Sign up to volunteer on the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation’s Durham County volunteer page. Please contact Kelli Raker at kelli@jamiekirkhahnfoundation.org for more details.
This project is sponsored by the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation, in memory of Jamie Kirk Hahn ’06
County: Forsyth
City: Clemmons
Date: Saturday, Oct. 14 | 1 – 4 p.m.
Service beneficiary: Winston-Salem Rescue Mission
Project description: The Winston-Salem Carolina Club will help clean up and organize at the Clemmons Food Pantry in honor of University Day and Tar Heel Service Day.
For more details and to join this project: Please contact Myra Aargaard-Espersen ’79 at tarheelbread@bellsouth.net.
This project is sponsored by the Winston-Salem Carolina Club
County: Forsyth
City: Winston-Salem
Date: Thursday, Oct. 12 | 9 a.m. – noon
Service beneficiary: SHIIP (Seniors’ Health Insurance Information Program)
Project description: Volunteers will be training to learn more about Medicare to help those in need of services from SHIIP.
County: Forsyth
City: Winston-Salem
Date: Thursday, Oct. 12 | 5 – 9 p.m.
Service beneficiary: Winston-Salem Rescue Mission
Project description: The Winston-Salem Carolina Club is hosting a benefit dinner at Hickory Tavern. A percentage of all bills will be donated to Winston-Salem Rescue Mission from 5 to 9 p.m.
For more details and to join this project: Please contact Myra Aargaard-Espersen ’79 at tarheelbread@bellsouth.net.
This project is sponsored by the Winston-Salem Carolina Club
County: Forsyth
City: Winston-Salem
Date: Sunday Oct. 15 | 1:30 p.m.
Service beneficiary: CROP Hunger Walk
Project description: The Winston-Salem Carolina Club is putting together a team for the CROP Hunger Walk, which will take place at Corpening Plaza. Pledges and sponsorships support Church World Service to aid in alleviating hunger and providing disaster relief in the U.S. and internationally. Locally, funds go to Crisis Control and Sunnyside Ministries.
For more details and to join this project: Please contact Myra Aargaard-Espersen ’79 at tarheelbread@bellsouth.net.
This project is sponsored by the Winston-Salem Carolina Club
County: Forsyth
City: Winston-Salem
Date: Sunday Oct. 15
Service beneficiary: Red Cross and Humane Society
Project description: A volunteer will donate blood to Red Cross and take pet food to Humane Society.
County: Guilford
City: Browns Summit
Date: Thursday, Oct. 12 | 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Service beneficiary: Monticello-Brown Summit Elementary
Project description: Volunteers will work on our outside learning areas and will plant and clear outdoor areas.
County: Guilford
City: Greensboro
Date: Friday, Oct. 13 – Saturday, Oct. 14
Service beneficiary: Civitan International; Guilford County Special Olympics
Project description: A volunteer with Civitan club will be supporting the Guilford County Special Olympics and helping to update their practice facility.
County: Guilford
City: Greensboro
Date: Saturday, Oct. 14 | 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Service beneficiary: City of Greensboro Police Department
Project description: We will deliver pimento cheese dips and snacks to stock the break room of our local police department to show gratitude and appreciation.
For more details and to join this project: Please email mtsgourmet@gmail.com with subject line “Volunteer”.
County: Guilford
City: Greensboro
Date: Saturday, Oct. 14 | 9 a.m. – noon
Service beneficiary: Sedgefield Elementary School
Project description: Sedgefield is a Title I school, and we will be working with their assistant principal (a UNC alumna!) to spruce up the teacher lounge and work space. Additionally, we will welcome donations of materials for the beautification of the space and/or personal hygiene (travel/small sized) and/or clothing items to be distributed to the students.
For more details and to join this project: Please email the Greensboro Carolina Club at gsocarolina@alumni.unc.edu.
This project is sponsored by the Greensboro Carolina Club
County: Guilford
City: High Point
Date: Saturday, Oct. 14 | 9 – 11 a.m.
Service beneficiary: Southwest Guilford High School
Project description: Individuals will be cleaning the high school parking lot after a football Friday.
County: Halifax
City: Halifax
Date: Saturday, Oct. 14
Service beneficiary: WIA Ministries
Project description: Volunteers will clear debris and plant flowers.
County: Harnett
City: Angier
Date: Thursday, Oct. 12 | 10 a.m. – noon
Service beneficiary: Oak Hill Living Center
Project description: We will be going to the nursing home to celebrate birthdays with the residents, bringing gifts and simply taking time to visit with them.
County: Harnett
City: Buies Creek
Date: Thursday, Oct. 12 | 6 – 10 p.m.
Service beneficiary: Harnett County community and medical students
Project description: Volunteers will supervise first- and second-year medical students in a free clinic.
County: Henderson
City: Hendersonville
Date: Sunday, Oct. 15 | 1:30 – 5 p.m.
Service beneficiary: Blue Ridge Humane Society
Project description: An alumnus will be volunteering at an animal shelter and washing toys, food bowls and cat pans, walking dogs and stocking the food pantry.
County: Johnston
City: Clayton
Date: Friday, Oct. 13 | 9 – 11 a.m.
Service beneficiary: Cleveland Elementary School
Project description: An alumna will volunteer in a kindergarten classroom.
County: Lee
City: Sanford
Date: Friday, Oct. 13 | noon – 2 p.m.
Service beneficiary: CUOC BackPack Pals Program
Project description: C-Step students will be working with BackPack Pals of Lee County to provide lunches for students who are served free or reduced lunch and do not have access to meals over the weekend.
County: Lenoir
City: Kinston
Date: Friday, Oct. 13
Service beneficiary: Local individuals in need
Project description: A group will be collecting personal hygiene products and distributing them to those in need in the community.
County: McDowell
City: Marion
Date: Friday, Oct. 13 | 7 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Project description: Dover Insulation staff members will hold a service project on Friday, Oct. 13.
For more details and to join this project: Contact Laura Dover ’92 at 828-273-5858.
County: Mecklenburg
City: Charlotte
Date: Thursday, Oct. 12 | 5 – 7 p.m.
Service beneficiary: Trips For Kids Charlotte
Project description: Dover We will wash and work on bicycles at the Trips For Kids Recyclery. The bikes will be offered for sale to fund the activities and bicycle rides for Trips For Kids Charlotte, an organization that provides bikes for kids from disadvantaged neighborhoods.
For more details and to join this project: Contact Paula Fricke at info@tripsforkidscharlotte.org.
County: Mecklenburg
City: Charlotte
Date: Friday, Oct. 13 | 4 – 8 p.m.
Service beneficiary: Men’s Shelter of Charlotte
Project description: A group of volunteers will cook and serve dinner for approximately 200 men that are residents of the shelter.
County: Mecklenburg
City: Charlotte
Date: Saturday, Oct. 14 | 9:30 a.m.
Service beneficiary: Samaritan’s Feet
Project description: We will clean and prepare shoes that will be shipped to those in need. Each volunteer will need to complete a waiver, which is located here: www.samaritansfeet.org/waiver. Please take a few minutes to complete this before arriving on the 14th. We can have up to 40 volunteers. We are also asking our volunteers to donate $10.00 per person or bring a new pair of tennis shoes with them to donate to help us in our efforts to provide shoes around the world.
For more details and to join this project: All volunteer spots for this opportunity have been claimed. To learn about other service opportunities with the Charlotte Carolina Club, please contact Suzanne Cowden ’85 at s.cowden@hotmail.com.
This project is sponsored by the Charlotte Carolina Club
County: Mecklenburg
City: Charlotte
Date: Saturday, Oct. 14 | noon – 3 p.m.
Service beneficiary: Local preschool
Project description: A group of volunteers will collect children’s books and sponsor a picnic for a local preschool.
County: Nash
City: Red Oak
Date: Saturday, Oct. 14 – Sunday, Oct. 15
Service beneficiary: Red Oak Fire Department
Project description: An alumnus will be taking baked goods to the Red Oak Fire Department and thanking the firefighters for their service to the community.
County: New Hanover
City: Wilmington
Date: Thursday, Oct. 12 | noon – 6 p.m.
Service beneficiary: A local family
Project description: Volunteers with a local church will spend the day with a translator from Manaus, Brazil and will provide meals for a family with medical needs.
County: Orange
City: Carrboro
Date: Thursday, Oct. 12
Service beneficiary: Assisted Living and Nursing Home in Carrboro
Project description: Volunteers will visit with nursing home residents.
County: Orange
City: Carrboro
Date: Saturday, Oct. 14 | 9 a.m. – noon
Service beneficiary: TABLE in partnership with the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation
Project description: Volunteers will prepare and pack bags of food.
For more details and to join this project: Sign up to volunteer on the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation’s Orange County volunteer page. Please contact Kelli Raker at kelli@jamiekirkhahnfoundation.org for more details.
This project is sponsored by the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation, in memory of Jamie Kirk Hahn ’06
County: Orange
City: Carrboro
Date: Saturday, Oct. 14 | 9 a.m. – noon
Service beneficiary: TABLE
Project description: Volunteers with the UNC AMA chapter will be helping to provide healthy food to local children by preparing and bagging food at table.
For more details and to join this project: Email Prosper Amponsah at prosper_amponsah@med.unc.edu.
This project is sponsored by the American Medical Association chapter of the UNC School of Medicine
Counties: Orange (and Alamance)
Cities: Chapel Hill (and Mebane)
Date: Thursday, Oct. 12
Service beneficiary: PORCH and Paws4Ever
Project description: Volunteers at the Thurston Arthritis Research Center will be collecting food and other donations for both organizations and delivering them to them.
For more details and to join this project: Drop donations at Thurston Arthritis, 3300 Thurston Building, 3rd floor. Contact Emma Dehne at emma_dehne@med.unc.edu for more information.
This project is sponsored by the UNC Thurston Arthritis Research Center
County: Orange
City: Chapel Hill
Date: Thursday, Oct. 12 | 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Service beneficiary: SECU Family House at UNC Hospitals
Project description: A volunteer will bake a cake for the residents and volunteer staff at the SECU House.
County: Orange
City: Chapel Hill
Date: Thursday, Oct. 12 and Saturday, Oct. 14
Service beneficiary: Helping Paws UNC
Project description: Volunteers will help walk dogs, clean cages, and other tasks that Helping Paws needs assistance with.
For more details and to join this project: Contact UNC Helping Paws.
County: Orange
City: Chapel Hill
Date: Thursday, Oct. 12
Service beneficiary: Local students interested in STEM
Project description: A student will volunteer with a program that engages young women in math, science and engineering.
For more details and to join this project: To get involved with similar projects, contact FEMMES on campus or Triangle Women in STEM.
County: Orange
City: Chapel Hill
Date: Thursday, Oct. 12 | 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Service beneficiary: Book Harvest
Project description: A group will be collecting gently used and new children’s books and money over the course of two weeks and will donate to Book Harvest on Oct. 12.
County: Orange
City: Chapel Hill
Date: Thursday, Oct. 12 | 9 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Service beneficiary: American Red Cross
Project description: Members of the UNC campus community will donate blood at a Red Cross blood drive at Rams Head Rec Center.
For more details and to join this project: Sign up individually through the Red Cross.
County: Orange
City: Chapel Hill
Date: Thursday, Oct. 12 | 4:30 – 7 p.m.
Service beneficiary: Local students
Project description: A group will be teaching U.S. History to students not able to take history classes or not having classes offered.
County: Orange
City: Chapel Hill
Date: Thursday, Oct. 12 | 7:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Service beneficiary: Masonic Home for Children (Oxford, N.C.); Masonic and Eastern Star Home (Greensboro, N.C.)
Project description: Lux Libertas 772 A.F. & A.M. has been approved to receive its Charter on Oct. 12 at 7:30 p.m. at Old West. The newest N.C. Masonic Lodge has been organized for those Master Masons with an affinity for Carolina. We have begun selling $50 light blue neck ties and bow ties to benefit our charities including the N.C. Masonic Foundation and other local, state and national organizations.
County: Orange
City: Chapel Hill
Date: Friday, Oct. 13
Service beneficiary: Local Animal Shelter
Project description: Volunteers will feed, walk, and take care of animals in local Chapel Hill shelters.
For more details and to join this project: Contact Chanler Chuman ’21 at (919) 935-2623.
County: Orange
City: Chapel Hill
Date: Friday, Oct. 13
Service beneficiary: UNC Chapel Hill
Project description: Volunteers will help clean up campus.
For more details and to join this project: Contact Abbey Biedrzycki ’21 at abbeybie@live.unc.edu.
County: Orange
City: Chapel Hill
Date: Friday, Oct. 13 – Sunday, Oct. 15
Service beneficiary: Puerto Rico hurricane relief efforts
Project description: Participants (current UNC students and families) will donate emergency supplies for Puerto Rico hurricane relief efforts during Carolina Family Weekend.
For more details and to join this project: Learn more about Carolina Family Weekend and registration on the New Student and Family Programs website.
This project is sponsored by UNC New Student and Family Programs
County: Orange
City: Chapel Hill
Date: Saturday, Oct. 14 | 9 a.m. – noon
Service beneficiary: Carolina Cupboard in partnership with the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation
Project description: Volunteers will help with food sorting, packaging, and distribution at the food pantry.
For more details and to join this project: Sign up to volunteer on the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation’s Orange County volunteer page. Please contact Kelli Raker at kelli@jamiekirkhahnfoundation.org for more details.
This project is sponsored by the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation, in memory of Jamie Kirk Hahn ’06
County: Orange
City: Chapel Hill
Date: Saturday, Oct. 14 | 9 a.m. – noon
Service beneficiary: Hope Gardens in partnership with the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation
Project description: Volunteers will help with gardening tasks. Volunteers must wear appropriate clothing (including clothes that can get dirty and closed toed shoes).
For more details and to join this project: Sign up to volunteer on the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation’s Orange County volunteer page. Please contact Kelli Raker at kelli@jamiekirkhahnfoundation.org for more details.
This project is sponsored by the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation, in memory of Jamie Kirk Hahn ’06
County: Orange
City: Chapel Hill
Date: Sunday, Oct. 15 | 8 a.m. – noon
Service beneficiary: Ackland Art Museum
Project description: Volunteers will install an art exhibit at Ackland Art Museum.
County: Orange
City: Chapel Hill
Date: Sunday, Oct. 15 | 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Service beneficiary: Greek Sustainability Council
Project description: Volunteers will pick up trash and recycle cans after football tailgates.
County: Orange
City: Chapel Hill
Date: Sunday, Oct. 15 | 3 – 7:30 p.m.
Service beneficiary: SECU House, Chapel Hill
Project description: Undergraduate Rural Medicine Program students and two faculty members will cook and serve a meal for the SECU House as part of Tar Heel Service Days.
County: Orange
City: Chapel Hill
Date: Sunday, Oct. 15 | 4:30 – 7 p.m.
Service beneficiary: N.C. Diaper Bank
Project description: The Kappa Kappa Gamma Chapel Hill Alumnae Association will be having a diaper drive with its members.
County: Orange
City: Chapel Hill
Date: Thursday, Oct. 12 – Sunday, Oct. 15
Service beneficiary: UNC Children’s Hospital
Project description: A volunteer will be making sock monkeys for the children’s hospital.
County: Orange
City: Hillsborough
Date: Sunday, Oct. 15 | 1 p.m.
Service beneficiary: Nursing homes
Project description: Volunteers will be taking homemade cookies to nursing home residents along with a visit from service dog Ace.
County: Pasquotank
City: Elizabeth City
Date: Saturday, Oct. 14 | 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Service beneficiary: Riverside Historic District of Elizabeth City, N.C.
Project description: Volunteers will provide pansies for planting within the Riverside Historic District.
For more details and to join this project: Contact Don Cherry ’73 at 252-338-2993.
County: Pitt
City: Greenville
Date: Sunday, Oct. 15 | 2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Service beneficiary: Ronald McDonald House
Project description: Volunteers will participate in various projects around the house.
For more details and to join this project: Contact Don McGlohon ’84 at 252-714-1077 or don@mcglohonco.com.
This project is sponsored by the Eastern N.C. Carolina Club.
County: Randolph
City: Asheboro
Date: Friday, Oct. 13 | 5 – 7 p.m.
Service beneficiary: Local parks
Project description: A group will clear debris at local parks and recreation centers.
County: Randolph
City: Asheboro
Date: Sunday, Oct. 15 | 2 – 6 p.m.
Service beneficiary: Local nursing homes and assisted living facilities
Project description: A group will be volunteering at local assisted living facilities, providing company and reading to residents.
County: Rockingham
City: Reidsville
Date: Friday, Oct. 13 | 9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Service beneficiary: L.E.A.F. Center
Project description: Volunteers will assist in morning activities including fun facts and trivia, movement, walking group, and bingo and cooking group.
For more details and to join this project: Contact Faye Crawford at 336-432-5819.
County: Rowan
City: Salisbury
Date: Thursday, Oct. 12 – Saturday, Oct. 14
Service beneficiary: Faithful Friends Animal Sanctuary
Project description: Freshen up flower beds at Faithful Friends Animal Sanctuary. Plant pansies after clearing away summer plants there. Also, we will assist the “CAN TEAM” by helping to collect aluminum drink cans for recycling. The money earned from recycling the cans will go to help pay for vet care for the animals at Faithful Friends-pay for immunizations, spay and neuter, and whatever else is needed such as food.
For more details and to join this project: Contact Lora Owen ’94 at Lowen@carolina.rr.com.
County: Wake
City: Apex
Date: Sunday, Oct. 15 | 9 – 11 a.m.
Service beneficiary: Towns of Apex and Cary
Project description: A group will clean up trash around Lake Pine.
County: Wake
City: Cary
Date: Thursday, Oct. 12 | 8 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Service beneficiary: Wake Med NICU and The Diaper Train
Project description: Faculty and students at Cary High School are knitting hats for newborns in the hospital and collecting diapers and wipes for the Diaper Train.
For more details and to join this project: Contact Laurie Hayes ’84 at Cary High School: 919-418-0602.
County: Wake
City: Cary
Date: Thursday, Oct. 12 | 10 – 11 a.m.
Service beneficiary: Faith Homes (group homes for those who are unable to live independently)
Project description: Volunteers will be baking and delivering cookies for the residents and staff of two family care homes.
County: Wake
City: Cary
Date: Friday, Oct. 13 | 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Service beneficiary: Wake County Public School System
Project description: In helping to implement a new “Backpack Buddy” program, volunteers have provided meals for children in the school system whose families have difficulty putting food on the table. For some of these children, the meals they eat at school are the only hot meals they get all day. Due to sensitive nature of preserving confidentiality, this project is not open to additional volunteers.
County: Wake
City: Cary
Date: Saturday, Oct. 14 | 9 a.m. – noon
Service beneficiary: Burkett Farm in partnership with the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation
Project description: Volunteer activities may include digging sweet potatoes, harvesting and washing produce, weeding and mulching. Volunteers must be at least 18 years old.
For more details and to join this project: Sign up to volunteer on the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation’s Wake County volunteer page. Please contact Kelli Raker at kelli@jamiekirkhahnfoundation.org for more details.
This project is sponsored by the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation, in memory of Jamie Kirk Hahn ’06
County: Wake
City: Cary
Date: Saturday, Oct. 14
Service beneficiary: Assisted living facility
Project description: An alumna and her children will make cards for the residents of an assisted living facility. They will also raise money to purchase crossword books and colored pencils to hand out to the residents.
County: Wake
City: Cary
Date: Sunday, Oct. 15 | 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Service beneficiary: Hearing Loss Association of America
Project description: Volunteers will participate in the N.C. Walk4Hearing to support local and national organizations supporting adults and children with hearing loss.
For more details and to join this project: Register or donate online here.
County: Wake
City: Knightdale
Date: Thursday, Oct. 12 | 6 – 8 p.m.
Service beneficiary: Wellington Rehab Center
Project description: We will play Bingo with the residents and deliver lap blankets.
For more details and to join this project: Contact Margaret Reader ’79 at 919-272-6486.
County: Wake
City: Raleigh
Date: Thursday, Oct. 12 | 6 – 8 p.m.
Service beneficiary: A mourning family
Project description: A family will prepare and deliver dinner to a family that recently lost their father.
County: Wake
City: Raleigh
Date: Friday, Oct. 13
Service beneficiary: Elderly neighbors
Project description: A group will trim bushes, rake leaves, mow the grass and clean the sidewalk and driveway for elderly neighbors.
County: Wake
City: Raleigh
Date: Saturday, Oct. 14 | 7:30 – 10 a.m.
Service beneficiary: Fleet Feet Marathon Training Program
Project description: Volunteers that serve as mentors for the Fleet Feet Marathon Training Program will be cheering on around 100 runners that will be running their first half marathon distance as part of training.
County: Wake
City: Raleigh
Date: Saturday, Oct. 14 | 9 a.m. – noon
Service beneficiary: Boys & Girls Club in partnership with the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation
Project description: Volunteers will spend the morning at the Boys & Girls Club. This project is open to volunteers of all ages, but anyone under the age of 18 must be supervised by an adult.
For more details and to join this project: Sign up to volunteer on the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation’s Wake County volunteer page. Please contact Kelli Raker at kelli@jamiekirkhahnfoundation.org for more details.
This project is sponsored by the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation, in memory of Jamie Kirk Hahn ’06
County: Wake
City: Raleigh
Date: Saturday, Oct. 14 | 9 a.m. – noon
Service beneficiary: Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina in partnership with the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation
Project description: Volunteer tasks may include sorting and repackaging bulk food items and helping our partner agencies pick up food. Volunteers must be at least 12 years old, and any volunteer under the age of 18 must be supervised by an adult.
For more details and to join this project: Sign up to volunteer on the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation’s Wake County volunteer page. Please contact Kelli Raker at kelli@jamiekirkhahnfoundation.org for more details.
This project is sponsored by the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation, in memory of Jamie Kirk Hahn ’06
County: Wake
City: Raleigh
Date: Saturday, Oct. 14 | 9 a.m. – noon
Service beneficiary: Frankie Lemmon School & Development Center in partnership with the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation
Project description: Volunteers will spend the morning helping at the Frankie Lemmon School & Development Center, a child development center that welcomes children ages 3-5 with and without disabilities.
For more details and to join this project: Sign up to volunteer on the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation’s Wake County volunteer page. Please contact Kelli Raker at kelli@jamiekirkhahnfoundation.org for more details.
This project is sponsored by the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation, in memory of Jamie Kirk Hahn ’06
County: Wake
City: Raleigh
Date: Saturday, Oct. 14 | 9 a.m. – noon
Service beneficiary: IFFS Camden Street Learning Garden in partnership with the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation
Project description: Volunteers will help with gardening tasks at the Camden Street Learning Garden. The Garden will prepare to flip for the fall season. All volunteers must wear closed-toe shoes. This project is open to volunteers of all ages; any volunteer under the age of 18 must be supervised by an adult.
For more details and to join this project: Sign up to volunteer on the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation’s Wake County volunteer page. Please contact Kelli Raker at kelli@jamiekirkhahnfoundation.org for more details.
This project is sponsored by the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation, in memory of Jamie Kirk Hahn ’06
County: Wake
City: Raleigh
Date: Saturday, Oct. 14 | 9 a.m. – noon
Service beneficiary: IFFS Food Shuttle Farm in partnership with the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation
Project description: Volunteers will help with tasks at the Food Shuttle Farm. Volunteers must be at least 15 years old; any volunteer under the age of 18 must be supervised by an adult.
For more details and to join this project: Sign up to volunteer on the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation’s Wake County volunteer page. Please contact Kelli Raker at kelli@jamiekirkhahnfoundation.org for more details.
This project is sponsored by the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation, in memory of Jamie Kirk Hahn ’06
County: Wake
City: Raleigh
Date: Saturday, Oct. 14 | 9 a.m. – noon
Service beneficiary: Method Child Development Center in partnership with the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation
Project description: Volunteer activities include spreading mulch, pressure washing play structures, cleaning out the garden beds, fixing a garden fence, painting old tires to become planters on our main playground and washing/fixing outdoor toys. This project is open to volunteers of all ages, but anyone under the age of 18 must be supervised by an adult.
For more details and to join this project: Sign up to volunteer on the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation’s Wake County volunteer page. Please contact Kelli Raker at kelli@jamiekirkhahnfoundation.org for more details.
This project is sponsored by the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation, in memory of Jamie Kirk Hahn ’06
County: Wake
City: Raleigh
Date: Saturday, Oct. 14 | 9 a.m. – noon
Service beneficiary: Raleigh City Farm in partnership with the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation
Project description: Volunteer tasks may include shoveling, watering plants, weeding, raking and harvesting. This project is open to volunteers of all ages; any volunteer under the age of 18 must be supervised by an adult.
For more details and to join this project: Sign up to volunteer on the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation’s Wake County volunteer page. Please contact Kelli Raker at kelli@jamiekirkhahnfoundation.org for more details.
This project is sponsored by the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation, in memory of Jamie Kirk Hahn ’06
County: Wake
City: Raleigh
Date: Saturday, Oct. 14 | 9 a.m. – noon
Service beneficiary: Salvation Army Family Stores (Tryon Road) in partnership with the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation
Project description: Volunteers will sort and organize items in the Salvation Army Family Store on Tryon Road. This project is open to volunteers age 14 and up; anyone under the age of 18 must be supervised by an adult.
For more details and to join this project: Sign up to volunteer on the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation’s Wake County volunteer page. Please contact Kelli Raker at kelli@jamiekirkhahnfoundation.org for more details.
This project is sponsored by the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation, in memory of Jamie Kirk Hahn ’06
County: Wake
City: Raleigh
Date: Saturday, Oct. 14 | 9 a.m. – noon
Service beneficiary: Salvation Army Family Stores (Wake Forest Road) in partnership with the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation
Project description: Volunteers will sort and organize items in the Salvation Army Family Store on Wake Forest Road. This project is open to volunteers age 14 and up; anyone under the age of 18 must be supervised by an adult.
For more details and to join this project: Sign up to volunteer on the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation’s Wake County volunteer page. Please contact Kelli Raker at kelli@jamiekirkhahnfoundation.org for more details.
This project is sponsored by the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation, in memory of Jamie Kirk Hahn ’06
County: Wake
City: Raleigh
Date: Saturday, Oct. 14 | 9 a.m. – noon
Service beneficiary: Tammy Lynn Center for Developmental Disabilities in partnership with the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation
Project description: Volunteers may spend time in the homes doing arts, crafts or music with residents or completing a beautification project on the property. This project is open to volunteers age 14 and up; anyone under the age of 18 must be supervised by an adult.
For more details and to join this project: Sign up to volunteer on the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation’s Wake County volunteer page. Please contact Kelli Raker at kelli@jamiekirkhahnfoundation.org for more details.
This project is sponsored by the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation, in memory of Jamie Kirk Hahn ’06
County: Wake
City: Raleigh
Date: Saturday, Oct. 14 | 9 a.m. – noon
Service beneficiary: Well Fed Community Garden in partnership with the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation
Project description: Volunteer tasks may include spreading mulch and compost, weeding, transplanting seedlings, building trellises and preparing beds for planting. This project is open to volunteers of all ages; any volunteer under the age of 18 must be supervised by an adult.
For more details and to join this project: Sign up to volunteer on the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation’s Wake County volunteer page. Please contact Kelli Raker at kelli@jamiekirkhahnfoundation.org for more details.
This project is sponsored by the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation, in memory of Jamie Kirk Hahn ’06
County: Wake
City: Raleigh
Date: Saturday, Oct. 14 | 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Service beneficiary: Partnership Elementary
Project description: Volunteers will plant flowers, clean up trash, beautify grounds and help build a little library.
County: Wake
City: Raleigh
Date: Saturday, Oct. 14
Service beneficiary: Food Bank of Central and Eastern N.C.
Project description: A family will be collecting canned foods for the food bank.
County: Watauga
City: Boone
Date: Sunday, Oct. 15 | 2 – 3 p.m.
Service beneficiary: Boone Fire Department
Project description: An alumnus will bake cookies and take them to local firefighters.
County: Wayne
City: Mount Olive
Date: Sunday, Oct. 15 | 1 – 3 p.m.
Service beneficiary: First United Methodist Church
Project description: Volunteers will be helping with a Kids’ Day at a pumpkin patch that raises funds for First United Methodist Church in Mount Olive. The event will include a Pickle Train, face painting, games, stories and pumpkin decorating for kids free of charge. Proceeds sponsor mission projects with FUMC-Mount Olive.
