A Precious Child
This nonprofit, whose mission is to empower disadvantaged youth by providing them with opportunities and resources to reach their full potential, needs volunteers. Volunteers are the core of A Precious Child’s work — more than 6,700 volunteers who donate hundreds of hours of service are needed annually to fulfill its mission. Individuals, corporate groups, churches and community organizations are welcome. The nonprofit is in need of baby wipes, masks, cleaning supplies, hygiene items, spray bottles and diapers. For more information email volunteer@apreciouschild.org.
Boulder County Community Corrections
Board members needed. Make a difference for offenders and the Boulder County community: three-year term, 20 hours per month with 7:30-9:30 a.m. meetings on second and fourth Tuesdays of each month. Must be at least 18 years old, a Boulder County resident and be able to read case materials and make recommendations for the bench on offender placement in halfway houses as alternatives to incarceration. For more information and application contact Monika Neal mneal@bouldercounty.org.
Boulder County Community Justice Services
This nonprofit is seeking volunteers or interns to connect clients required to perform community service with organizations in the community needing helping hands. Case management includes meeting with clients to match their skills with nonprofit community-based programs, monitoring the caseload and hours of clients, updating computer records, completing paperwork upon completion, working closely with CS staff, the courts, probation and getting to know community organizations. Background check and fingerprinting required. Volunteers must be 21 and commit to nine months of volunteering eight-24 hours per week, Monday-friday in person at Boulder or Longmont court buildings. For more information, contact Mary Eldred, 303-441-3718 or jsvp@bouldercounty.org.
Boulder Shelter
Most needed items at this time are sugar, coffee, hand sanitizer, masks, Tylenol/advil/aspirin, cough and cold medicine (alcohol free), laundry detergent, soap, travel-size shampoo, body wash and lotion and vitamins. Things can be ordered online and delivered to Boulder Shelter for the Homeless, 4869 N. Broadway, Boulder. Monetary
donations are also accepted at bouldershelter. org or by mailing a check to the address above.
Boulder Treasures
Help transform the lives of adults living with developmental disabilities. You might know us through our job training apprentice program hosted at Ramble on Pearl. Our parent nonprofit, Boulder Treasures, creates pathways to purpose and community, and we’re growing with new programs and services that came online in 2021. Do you enjoy writing, telling stories, making media, setting up email marketing systems, or do you simply want to be part of a fantastic team having fun and making the world a better place by walking alongside this amazing group of people? Check us out at rambleonpearl.com or contact us at volunteers@bouldertreasures.org.
Boulder Voices for Children
Make a difference in the life of a child who has experienced abuse and neglect. Volunteer as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) and support children who are caught in the midst of complicated legal proceedings. Be their dedicated and caring advocate to speak up for their needs and rights. Email casa@bouldervfc.org, call 303-495-5091 or visit bouldervfc.org for more information.
Bridge House
Volunteers are invited to help support people transitioning out of homelessness into employment and housing by becoming a mentor, volunteering in its kitchen, helping serve food or choosing another volunteer opportunity. Donations also are needed, including sunscreen, bug repellant, toiletries and other specific, weather-related items. For information or to volunteer, email scott@ boulderbridgehouse.org.
Broomfield FISH
A grocery store donation box is available at King Soopers locations at 120th Avenue and Sheridan Boulevard, U.S. 287 and Miramonte Boulevard, 136th Avenue and Zuni Street and at Safeway on 144th Street and Lowell Boulevard, as well as Sprouts on 120th Avenue and Sheridan Boulevard. Top needs are cereal, oatmeal, macaroni and cheese, Spaghettios, canned meat and
These Boulder County-based nonprofits, charities and other aid organizations are continuing their mission and are accepting donations:
• Rise Against Suicide, which helps local youth at risk of suicide by removing the financial and social barriers to treatment, can be reached at 720-212-7527. The organization is accepting monetary donations online at www. riseagainstsuicide.org/donate or via checks mailed to P.O. Box 846, Lafayette, CO 80026. Donations directly fund therapy for children at risk for suicide. This help is especially critical in these times of added stress and isolation.
• Boulder Shelter for the Homeless is able to take donations online at bit. LY/33RAKMA and also through the mail. Interested donors can mail checks to 4869N. Broadway, Boulder, CO 80304. The shelter can also be reached at 303-4424646.
• Bridge House, a nonprofit that provides a number of different programs and services for the homeless, will take donations through the mail at 5345Arapahoe Ave. #5, Boulder, CO 80303 or at boulderbridgehouse.org/ donate.
• Meals on Wheels Boulder takes donations online at mowboulder.salsalabs.org/ givetoday2023or through the mail to Meals on Wheels of Boulder at 3701Canfield St., Boulder, CO 80301.
• Connected by Music, a Boulder-based 501c3organization, is seeking donated ukuleles in any condition for a community project using music to facilitate and aid recovery from addiction and related issues. Connected by Music is a Boulder nonprofit that uses music to impact the lives of women, children and vulnerable youth through fundraising activities for other nonprofits aiding these populations and raising awareness of these issues and organizations. Contact connectedbymusic99@gmail. com to arrange for ukelele pickup.
• Mindful Works is a social enterprise nonprofit that provides job readiness skills and employment to those recovering from serious mental health challenges. Financial donations can be made online at mindful-works.org and by check to Mindful Works, 1501 Yarmouth Ave., Boulder, CO 80304.
• The Grief Support Network is a community-based nonprofit that offers a new and positive perspective of healing from grief and loss. Our mission is to transform the way individuals and our culture experience loss. We accomplish this by offering a mindful approach to grieving through meditation, yoga/ movement, personal growth work and the art of listening as a pathway to healing in connection with self and community. Donations are accepted online at www.griefsupportnet.org or via check made payable to The Grief Support Network, P.O. Box 20961, Boulder, CO 80301.
• Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence, a human rights organization committed to ending violence against elders, adults, youth and children through advocacy, support, education and community organizing, is seeking donations to support its mission. Its programs also include emergency shelter for those escaping violence, counseling, education and transitional housing. Visit their website, www.safehousealliance.org, to donate. Those experiencing violence and seeking help should call the organization’s crisis hotline at 303-444-2424.
• Emergency Family Assistance Association (EFAA) is a nonprofit in Boulder helping families and individuals financially impacted by COVID-19. Those interested in supporting EFAA’S emergency food and financial assistance efforts can visit efaa.org/give.
• Harvest of Hope Pantry, a Boulder resource for food-insecure residents, can receive financial donations at hopepantry.org/donate. It also accepts donations from 9a.m. to 2p.m. Monday-friday at 4830Pearl St. Ring the bell at the back when dropping off items. Its most-needed items include canned black and red beans, canned chicken, shelf-stable alternative milks, dry pastas and travel-sized toiletries including shampoo, conditioner, bar soap, toothpaste, sunscreen and razors. For information on how to help, visit hopepantry.org.
• JFS Boulder supports individuals and families throughout Boulder County, responding to the Marshall Fire and the pandemic with counseling and emergency financial assistance while expanding core programs, including care management for older adults, Friendly Visitor Volunteers, food deliveries, and case management. To learn more these programs and how to donate, visit jewishfamilyservice.org/boulder.
• NAMI Boulder County (the National Alliance on Mental Illness) provides support, education and advocacy for individuals and families impacted by mental illness. All programs are offered free of charge to all participants. Donations can be made online at www.namibouldercounty.org/ donate or via checks mailed to 3470Broadway, Boulder, CO 80304. This organization is fully funded by individual donations, and that support is critical to helping those in our community impacted by mental health conditions.
• The Center for People with Disabilities, with locations in Boulder and Longmont that are currently closed during the coronavirus outbreak,