Welcome to the Volunteer Connection
Your Connection to Volunteer Opportunities
in Harford County, Maryland
Connecting People; Enriching Lives.
We are your connection to life-changing opportunities. Whether once a year, once a month, or once a week, more than 300 exciting and rewarding volunteer opportunities are available.
Volunteer Connection provides personal service to potential volunteers who wish to share their time and talents. We work to match your skills and interests with an agency/organization that needs you.
Volunteer Connection maintains an extensive, up-to-date listing of many volunteer service opportunities available in both Harford and Cecil counties for individuals, groups, and families who want to meet important community needs. Training is generally provided.
The Volunteer Connection does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, natural origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or political affiliation.
Volunteer Spotlight on:
Volunteers Needed for Summer Movies
The Edgewood Alliance is in need of volunteers for the free summer movies being shown at the Edgewood Boys and Girls Club during the months of June-August. Feel free to sign up for every movie or just one. Volunteers will be needed to help chaperone event, set-up and clean-up and work concessions. If you are interested in volunteering please contact Alan Doran at 410-679-2997 ext. 203 or by email at alan-doran@hesshotels.com Volunteers will need to arrive by 6:00pm and should plan on staying till around 10:00pm Below are the dates for the movies:
June 12-Paul Blart:Mall Cop
June 26-Hotel for Dogs
July 10-Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
July 24-Kung Fu Panda
August 7-Journey to the Center of the Earth in 3D
August 21-Wall-E
Sweet Pea Foundation In Need of Volunteers for Farm Fair
The Sweet Pea Foundation is in need of volunteers to help work games at the KIDWAY Tent at the 2009 Farm Fair. Volunteers will be needed to work a 4-hour shift on anyday of the Farm Fair beginning Thursday July 30th-Sunday August 2nd. Volunteers should enjoy working with children and the minimum age to volunteer is 10 years old and you must be accompanied by an adult. If you are interested in volunteering please contact Carolanne Kappus at 410-420-3957 or by email at sweet.pea.foundation@hotmail.com .
Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company
Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company has an immediate need for firefighters, EMS and Auxiliary Volunteers. Training is provided. The minimum age requirement is sixteen. Support personnel are also needed to assist with mailings, accounting and recruiting.
PLEASE visit their website at www.bavfc.org for details.
Bel Air Health and Rehab Center
Annual Yard Sale/Flea Market Fundraiser
The Bel Air Health and Rehabilitation Center located at 410 E. Macphail Road, Bel Air is having their annual yard sale/flea market fundraiser on Thursday, July 9th from 9am-4pm. Donations are being accepted, vendors can call (410)420-6132 and ask for Carole Gannon.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR MARYLAND BBQ BASH
Volunteers are needed for the annual Maryland BBQ Bash on Friday August 14th and Saturday August 15th. A schedule of volunteer jobs and times are listed below. Please contact Donna Flaherty at dlflaherty@yahoo.com or 410-236-0666 for more information.
Beer Garden:
Shifts include:
Friday: 3:00 - 6:00pm (8 people)
5:30 - 8:00pm (14 people)
7:45 - 10:15 (14 people/ need to also help with cleanup at end of evening)
Saturday: 11:30 - 2:00pm (7 people)
2:30 - 6:00 (8 people)
5:30 - 8:00pm (14 people)
7:30 - 10:00pm (14 people / need to also help with cleanup at end of evening
Ice Delivery (Friday and Saturday) - need strong individuals to take Ice around to vendors. (6 people)
Kids Area:
Friday 4:30 - 6:00 (2 people)
6:00 - 7:30 (2 people)
Saturday:
12:00 - 1:30 (2 people)
1:30 - 3:00 (2 people)
3:00 - 4:30 (2 people)
4:30 - 6:00 (2 people)
Sponsor Party:
Need 2 individuals to take tickets at the area near the courthouse from 5:00- 7:00pm.
Also need people to help clean up tables/wipe down and throw trash away from the seating areas.
2009 Harford County Farm Fair
The Harford County Farm Fair will be held July 30 through August 2, 2009.
It is open from 10:00 am to 10:00 pm on Thursday, Friday and Saturday and
from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm on Sunday.
Volunteer opportunities include Entrance Gates/Parking ,Volunteer Tent,
Cash Bingo, Fine Arts and Volunteer Team Leader.
For more information about volunteering at the 2009 Harford County Farm Fair please click on the link below:
http://www.farmfair.org/volunteers.html
Want to Help Your Community?
Join the Maryland SHIP MATES volunteer team at your local Area Agency on Aging.
Your talents and skills are needed!
Call Harford County SHIP today
410-638-3025
The Maryland SHIP is a federally funded program that provides free health insurance education, counseling, and assistance to people with Medicare, their families, and caregivers.
Learn more online
http://www.mdoa.state.md.us/ship.html
Volunteer to Impact a Childs Life with
Harford County Public Library
Volunteer for Partners in Reading
Encourage a childs enthusiasm for reading as you work one-on-one or in small groups with elementary school students. Volunteer to visit a school for one hour per week during the school year.
Volunteer for Sharing the Gift
Encourage a childs enthusiasm for reading as you share stories, finger plays and other library materials with young children. Volunteer to visit a licensed preschool or daycare center for a half day per month from October through April.
For details contact : Michelle Louderback @ 410-273-5601
Volunteers Needed
The Historical Society of Harford County, Inc.
is looking for volunteers to assist in several capacities.
We have three research departments:
Archives consists of a large collection of original documents, such as diaries, day books, wills, plats, and photographs
Archives hours are Wednesdays 8 AM to 2 PM
Court Records consists of old court records of trials and other court actions from Harford Countys early days
Court records hours are Tuesdays 10 AM to 2:30 PM
Research Library houses a large collection of Harford County and Maryland books and family genealogies, also maps, newspaper clippings, cemetery records, marriage and death records.
Research Library hours are Thursdays 9 AM to 3 PM
Archives and the Research Library are also open the 4th Saturday of each month
Help is needed to:
Review new donations and prepare them for use by researchers
Preserve and protect fragile documents through encapsulation
File and store materials
Enter data into our new PastPerfect program.
(PastPerfect is a computer software program for small museums to handle all records of materials in the collection. (This program is now available to researchers on site and soon to be available online.)
Assist researchers
Gift shop sales
Special events hosts/hostesses
Present volunteers will assist in training new volunteers.
No prior experience required.
Come join us for good times, interesting discoveries, and a sense of fulfillment and accomplishment as we preserve our past for your future.
Drop by the Society Headquarters (We will be delighted to give you a tour)
at 143 N. Main St, Bel Air, MD (the old post office)
Or call 410-838-7691
Email: HARCHIS@msn.com Website: www.harfordhistory.org
Hays House
Hays House (which is run by The Historical Society) is also in need of volunteers. It is a living history museum open on Sundays from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM. Docents are needed and training will be provided. We also can use help with special events planning and staffing. Anyone with craft skills such as weaving, caning, needlework , woodworking, etc. would be welcomed. Interested parties may call the Historical Society at 410-838-7691 for information. People may volunteer on a per event basis if they choose.
Center For The Arts
17 Tudor Lane, Bel Air, MD
Telephone: 410-838-2177
Fax: 410-838-1877
Email: volunteer@centerfortheartsharford.org
Web site: www.centerfortheartsharford.org
The Center For The Arts has a variety of volunteer opportunities available for you to donate your time and talents. Visit the website at www.centerfortheartsharford.org for volunteer opportunities and the calendar for the Center For The Arts events.
Friends of Jerusalem Mill
Jerusalem Mill Village
2813 Jerusalem Road, Kingsville, Maryland
www.JerusalemMill.org
2009 Calendar of Events
July 5 Summer Concert 6:00 PM
July 11 Gilmors Raid 10 AM 4 PM
July 11 Special Concert 6:00 PM
July 12 Gilmors Raid 10:30 AM 3:00 PM
August 2 Summer Concert 6:00 PM
September 6 Summer Concert 6:00 PM
Event sponsors help make everything we do possible!
Call 410-877-3560 or email JerusalemMill@yahoo.com
Regular Activities @ Jerusalem Mill Include :
Museum
English Country Dancing
Blacksmithing Demonstrations
Living History Demonstrations
Colonial Kitchen Garden
Hiking
Steppingstone Museum
461 Quaker Bottom Road
Havre de Grace, MD 21078
410-939-2299
www.steppingstonemuseum.org
2009 Calendar of Events
June 27 Summertime Blues Festival
July 12 Summer Fun Day
September 26 + 27 Fall Harvest Festival and Crafts
December 5 + 6 Christmas Open House
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