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Volunteer Time Off Opportunities

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Posted on May 12, 2023,

Thanks for the VTO!

Sioux Falls RYC Kent Glazier writes, “Thanks, CHS, for the Volunteer Time Off hours! Last month I was able to help drive a group of high schoolers from Phoenix to Imuris, Mexico, where we served at an orphanage for a few days!”

Thanks, Kent, for your volunteer service and for letting us know how you used your VTO. We encourage staff to share with us their VTO stories!

Volunteer Time Off Opportunities

Have you used your paid volunteer time off? The Diversity Committee encourages employees to considering putting together a group of staff to volunteer in diverse settings within your community.

For additional options beyond the suggestions listed below, the Helpline Center hosts a volunteer database to connect to a variety of different volunteer opportunities all year round. There are hundreds of ways to volunteer! Search by location, interest, etc. here: https://volunteer.helplinecenter.org/search.

Black Hills

Black Hills Center for Equality

  • Black Hills Pride Festival: July 8, 2023
  • Volunteer opportunities will be posted on their Facebook page closer to the event.

Black Hills Works

  • Multiple opportunities to invest your talents and gifts throughout the multi-site campus in the Rapid City area, including:
    • Flutter Productions: Dance, act, assist with practices, event logistics, costume design, set building, make-up, and other opportunities surrounding theater.
    • Learning Institute: Share your talents in a classroom or community setting. Options include teaching a dance class, yoga, playing games, karaoke, art projects and shooting hoops.
    • Person Centered: Develop a friendship through hanging out and spending one-on-one time with a person supported. If laughing, smiling, and creating a meaningful day for someone sounds rewarding, this program is meant for you.
    • Special Event Support: Assist in planning and coordinating the Putt-N-Pub and Annual Recognition Gala. All talent levels are encouraged to get involved and make an impact.
    • Special Olympics/Rapid City Storm: If your passion is playing or coaching sports, the Storm wants you to join our team and inspire athletes through encouragement, instruction and developing a strong sense of team.
    • Suzie Cappa Art Center: Enter a space where creativity thrives. Paint, sew, glue, draw: create whatever you set your mind to while working alongside our full-time artists.
  • If interested, fill out volunteer form at: https://www.blackhillsworks.org/get-involved/volunteer-support/

Special Olympics South Dakota

  • Class B Volunteers: Single day or single event or fundraising volunteers. Examples include “Day of Volunteers,” i.e. timers, medical personnel— volunteers who have limited contact with athletes who are accompanied by coaches and chaperones. Other examples include volunteers who drive vehicles on behalf of Special Olympics not transporting athletes and Healthy Athlete volunteers.
    • State Summer Games: May 18 – 20, 2023. To Volunteer: Contact TBD but you can visit the website for updated info or call: 1-800-585-2114.
    • Black Hills Area Softball Competition: August 19, 2023. To Volunteer: Cathy Grubb (605-645-7647) cgrubb@sosd.org
    • Black Hills Area Bocce Competition: August 20, 2023. To Volunteer: Jennifer Gabriel (605-641-9147) Email – rope2win2@yahoo.com
    • Black Hills Area Singles Bowling: October 13, 2023. To Volunteer: Brandon Wolfe (605-391-1212) brandon.wolfe0401@gmail.com
    • Black Hills Area Doubles Bowling: October 14, 2023. To Volunteer: Cathy Grubb (605.645.7647) cgrubb@sosd.org

United Way of the Black Hills

  • Month of Caring: Their biggest volunteer event is the Month of Caring every September. Nearly 1,000 volunteers throughout the Black Hills pack meals, paint homes, perform lawn care for the elderly, disabled, and veterans and more.
  • Black Hills Reads volunteers: Black Hills Reads is always looking for volunteers for future opportunities. Some volunteer opportunities include assisting with programs/events at local schools, helping pass out and deliver books and supplies to organizations, Race to Read event, and more. Please call (605) 343-5872 for more information.

Feeding South Dakota

  • Tasks vary depending by location, volunteer schedule, and the work that needs to be accomplished to end hunger across the state. Work may include sorting perishable or non-perishable food, packing food into boxes for distribution, repackaging bulk food, labeling packaged food items, packing food bags for the BackPack Program, and distributing food to people in need. More information is available at: https://feedingsouthdakota.galaxydigital.com/faq/

Sioux Falls

The Banquet

Festival of Cultures, June 10, Levitt at the Falls

  • Hosted by the Sioux Falls Multicultural Center, now part of Lutheran Social Services, this annual festival features performances, foods and vendors representing dozens of countries. Volunteer activities include:
    • Directing traffic
    • Greeting guests
    • Passing out maps and schedule of events
    • Coordinating vendor set-up and tear-down
    • Coordinating artists/performers
    • Selling drinks
    • Festival cleanup
  • To learn more, visit: https://lsssd.org/how-to-help/upcoming-events/festival-of-cultures.html

Juneteenth, June 17 at 8th & Railroad Center, Downtown Sioux Falls

Salvation Army Paint-a-Thon

  • For the last 29 years, volunteers from the Sioux Empire have given of their time and talents to participate in the "Brush Up Sioux Falls" PAINT-A-THON. Teams are made up of volunteers from all walks of life. They pitch in to touch the hearts of the elderly and disabled homeowners in our community by preparing and painting homes at no charge to the homeowner. Every year the Salvation Army encounters more persons in need than volunteer teams. For more information call (605) 332-2331 ext. 108 or email marcie.priestley@usc.salvationarmy.org.

Sioux Falls Native American Day Parade

Sioux Falls Pride, June 10, 8th & Railroad Center

Transformation Project

  • The mission of this organization is to support and empower transgender individuals and their families while educating communities in SD and the surrounding region about gender identity and expression. The organization is currently short on staff after a state-funded position was pulled.
  • Volunteer roles include mentoring, helping with the Pride Parade float, being a youth chaperone, hosting a playgroup, providing childcare, sharing a skill or helping in the office. Visit https://www.transformationproj... to learn more.

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