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RSVP has regular ongoing volunteer opportunities at over 200 local nonprofit organizations. If you are unable to commit to a regularly scheduled volunteer position, Team RSVP may be just the ticket for you. Team RSVP members are on-call volunteers who help at one-time-only or special events. Join ‘Team RSVP’ for one of our other upcoming events.  There's bound to be something for you! Click here for a list.

Here are some of the other opportunities we offer, and some of the organizations we work with in these areas:

Arts & Culture (museums, theater, teaching a craft, gift wrapping) Applewood Centers, Beck Center, Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland, Brendan Manor, Cleveland Orchestra, Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra, Gray’s Armory, Lakewood Hospital, Lakewood Office on Aging, Mayfield City Schools, Museum of Contemporary Art, Museum of Natural History, Playhouse Square, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame & Museum, Shaker Historical Society Children (child care, mentoring, crafts, games, etc.) Big Brothers Big Sisters, Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland, Children’s Museum of Cleveland, Esperanza, Experience Corps, Fairview Hospital, First Tee, Jennings Center for Older Adults, New Day Academy, St. Malachi Center, The Intergenerational School, Up With Kids Clerical/Business(telephone, typing, filing, accounting, mailings) Adoption Network, American Diabetes, Applewood Centers, Cleveland Christian Children’s Home, Council of International Programs, Jennings Center for Older Adults, LEAP, MOTTEP, March of Dimes, MetroHealth Hospital, MOCA, Planned Parenthood, RSVP office, Wigs for Kids Computers (data entry, programming, Internet, teaching, website work) Alzheimer’s Association, Benefits Check Up, Cleveland Hearing & Speech, Fairhill Center, Esperanza, Jennings Center for Older Adults, LEAP, Rose Garden Respite, RSVP Office, The Empowerment Center, WSEM Education (tutoring, GED help, teaching music, library work) Bedford City Schools, Citizen’s Academy, Cleveland Hts-University Hts Library, Cleveland Metropolitan Schools, Cuyahoga County Public Library, E City, Experience Corps, Goodrich-Gannett Neighborhood Center, Joyful Noise, Junior Achievement, Mayfield City Schools, Project Learn, READ, Salvation Army, Seeds of Literacy Entertainment (singing, dancing, playing an instrument, teaching music, acting) AM McGregor, Brendan Manor, Cuyahoga Country Board of MRDD, Gateway Retirement Community, Jennings Center for Older Adults, Joyful Noise, RSVP Players Foreign language Skills (Spanish, sign language, German, etc.) Cuyahoga County Board of MRDD, El Barrio, Esperanza, Experience Corps, Near West Food & Family (WSEM) Health (hospital work, hospice, blood donation, health related agencies) American Red Cross, Cleveland Clinic, Dept. of Veterans’ Affairs, Hillcrest Hospital, Hospice of the Western Reserve, Huron Hospital, Jennings Center for Older Adults, Lakewood Hospital, MetroHealth Hospital, South Pointe Hospital, St. Vincent Charity Hospital, Nature (working in the parks, environmental issues, gardening) City of Cleveland Rockefeller Greenhouse, Cleveland Botanical Garden, Cleveland Metroparks, EarthDay Coalition, Jennings Center for Older Adults, New Avenues to Independence, North Coast Community Homes, OSU Cooperative Extension One-time Events (Walks, runs, health fairs, recruitment events, and others) Walk as One Rock as One, Nature Center at Shaker Lakes, Children’s Museum, Jenning Center for Older Adults, Quadrangle, Saint Augustine Manor, Stratford Commons, Women’s Forum Sales (thrift shops, gift shops, resale shops) A.M. McGregor Gift Shop, Brookside Center, Cleveland Orchestra Gift Shop, Euclid Hospital Gift Shop, Fairview Hospital Flower Shop, Friends of the Cleveland Public Library, Hillcrest Hospital Gift Shop, Hospice of the Western Reserve, Jennings Center For Older Adults Gift Shop, Lutheran Hospital, Menorah Park Gift Shop, Metroparks Earthwords Shops, Rocky River Senior Center, Ten Thousand Villages, University Hospital. Social Service (reading to people, friendly visitor, food programs, and more) A.M. McGregor Home, Catholic Charities, Centers for Dialysis Care, Cleveland Christian Home, Cleveland Foodbank, Cleveland Hts. Emergency Food Center, Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Garfield Hts Senior Center, Goodrich-Gannett Neighborhood Center, Hospice of the Western Reserve, Jennings Center for Older Adults, LEAP, Meals on Wheels, MetroHealth Centers, Salvation Army, West Side Catholic Center, WSEM Sports (teaching, referee, helping with teams, etc.) Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland, First Tee, Cleveland MetroParks, New Avenues to Independence, Cleveland Metropolitan Schools Trades (carpentry, plumbing, painting, repair, electrical, etc.) Arts Collinwood, Habitat for Humanity, Montefiore, New Avenues to Independence, Applewood Center, Fairhill Center Usher/Greeter (theatre usher, registration table, greeter) Beck Center, Playhouse Square, Bob Hope USO Center, Cleveland Orchestra, Gray’s Armory, Cleveland Hopkins Airport, Jennings Center for Older Adults, Philharmonic Orchestra, Coit Farmers’ Market, Lakewood Hospital, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame & Museum, Ronald McDonald House, Senior Health & Wellness Center, St Vincent Charity Hospital

For more information, please contact us:

RSVP of Greater Cleveland, Inc. 4614 Prospect Avenue, Suite 205 Cleveland, OH 44103 Phone: 216-391-9500 / Fax: 216-391-9010 / mailbox@rsvpcleveland.org

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