Pillsbury United Communities - Volunteer & Jobs

Get Involved – Become a Volunteer!

Different types of volunteer opportunities at Pillsbury United Communities include:

Special Events: Volunteers serve between two to eight hours at one of over a hundred community events sponsored annually by our community centers
Student Internships: Apply classroom learning to real life situations.
Group Projects: Open to school, corporate, service and church groups. Projects may involve three to 40 volunteers who serve collectively at special or individually designed events.
Partnerships: Groups may “adopt” a portion of a community center by providing ongoing service in a specific area such as a reading program, computer labs, food shelf service, and many others.
Ongoing: These volunteers serve a minimum of two hours per week for at least three months, engaging in activities like tutoring school-age children, tending community gardens, helping prepare food for our community cafe or chairing a special event committee, among many others. Ongoing volunteer positions vary at each site. Positions are available at all times. The following is a general list of ongoing service possibilities:
- Child Care Aides
- Youth Tutors/Readers
- Gym & Game Room Attendants
- Athletic Coaches
- ESL Instructors
- Food Shelf Assistants
- Computer Lab Aides
- Senior Program Aides
- Office Assistants/Receptionists
- Job Coaches
- Foster Families: Short and Long-Term Care

All volunteers must complete an application and attend an orientation session. Placement may take up to two weeks.