Volunteer Now!

The organizations listed below will match volunteers and organizations together. Just click one of the links below and you will be on your way.

SERVEnet.org SERVEnet.org is the premier website on service and volunteering. Through SERVEnet, users can enter their zip code, city, state, skills, interests, and availability and be matched with organizations needing help. SERVEnet is also a place to search for calendar events, job openings, service news, recommended books, and best practices. Catherine is a Servenet Ambassador and is August 2004's Ambassador of the month. SERVEnet is a program of Youth Service America(YSA), a resource center and the premier alliance of 200+ organizations committed to increasing the quantity and quality of opportunities for young Americans to serve locally, nationally, or globally. YSA's mission is to strengthen the Effectiveness, Sustainability, and Scale of the youth service movement. YSA envisions a powerful network of organizations committed to making service the common experience and expectation of all young Americans. A strong youth service movement will create healthy communities, and foster citizenship, knowledge, and the personal development of young people.

Volunteer Match This site allows users to search for and post volunteer opportunities. Provides registration and search capabilities for non-profit organizations. You can find out what opportunities are in the database, and/or submit requests for volunteers. Search by location, time commitment, and type of work.

Network for Good This site has searchable organization of nonprofit foundations and charities. It provides an opportunity for people to make a donation, become a volunteer, or speak out about a topic when you voice an opinion in the forum. It is a portal with massive backing set up to ease the search for volunteer opportunities and financial donations to charities.

USA Freedom Corps USA Freedom Corps service groups consists of the Citizen Corps, AmeriCorps and Senior Corps, and the Peace Corps. Find out how to volunteer for community service through USA Freedom Corps.

Don't have much time to volunteer? Well, you can still make a difference by giving a few minutes of your time and a few clicks of your mouse every day. In a year you could:
Provide up to 4,000 meals for victims of famine or extreme poverty.
Protect over 80,000 square feet of the Rain Forest and 55,000 square feet of other endangered habitat.
Help defend tens of thousands of endangered species of plants and animals.
Provide countless hours of valuable nursing care for both cancer and AIDS patients.
Plant over 500 trees.
Give financial support to many charities and aid agencies around the world…

Just visit MakethatDifference.com to make free donations to various charities.

Other than skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer among women. It is the second leading cause of cancer death for all women and the leading overall cause of death in women between the ages of 40 and 55. 1 out of 8 women in the United States will develop breast cancer in her lifetime. The American Cancer Society estimates that this year in the United States more than 200,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer, and nearly 40,000 women will die from breast cancer.

For these reasons and because this is a disease that hits very close to home, Catherine supports and volunteers for the Susan G. Komen Foundation , Y-ME Breast Cancer Organization and Chicago's Women on A Mission, an African-American breast cancer organization. Give underprevillged women access to mammograms, Click here everyday to fund free mammagrams.

WINGS (Women Involved in Nurturing, Giving, Sharing) is a non-profit Illinois Corporation whose mission is to bring top-quality breast care. WINGS provides comprehensive breast health care services to women in Illinois regardless of their ability to pay. This includes funding for breast health care services, including physicians' fees, outpatient medication and hospital charges. Check out the Illinois WINGS organization at www.illinoiswings.org

Lupus

Lupus is a serious, chronic autoimmune disease. It is hard to diagnose, difficult to manage, incurable, and at times life threatening. Even though lupus is more prevalent in this country than AIDS, sickle cell anemia, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, and cystic fibrosis combined, it is the least known of all major diseases. Catherine is dedicated to making others aware of this painful disease. She distributes lupus awareness information, volunteers for and is a member of the Lupus Foundation of Illinois.

11-10-02 Foundation (BrunchBunch.com)

The 11-10-02 Foundation(BrunchBunch.com) is a nationally acclaimed foundation whose purpose is to:

1.) Break down racial and cultural barriers which is done through the BrunchBunch.com mentoring program.

2.) Give away tens of thousands of dollars in scholarships through the 11-10-02 Foundation.

3.) Empower young people to believe they can do anything and accomplish anything through the 11-10-02 Foundation's Junior Scholarship Committee and, through internship programs where college students intern for the foundation, and Essay Challenges where students have a chance to write a proposal about how the foundation's money should be used.