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Volunteer Opportunity Websites

For the Cape Cod, MA area, here are websites that list volunteer opportunities and connect volunteers with local organizations.

Service Clubs

Many communities have local service clubs that offer community engagement opportunities, such as Rotary Clubs.

  • Rotary Club of Hyannis

    Rotary was founded on the basis of exchanging information with people in diversified careers, fellowship, and community service, and encouraged friendship and mutual assistance. Hyannis Rotarians today continue to adhere to the principles of Community Service, Vocational Service, International Service and Club Service.

  • Kwanis of Cape Cod, MA

    The New England and Bermuda District of Kiwanis International consists of the Kiwanis Clubs in the six New England states and the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda. Together, we are serving the children of the world!

Mutual Aid & Grassroots Networks

Many communities rely on grassroots and informal networks to meet urgent needs. There may be opportunities to get involved through mutual aid networks, food distribution efforts, neighborhood action teams, or other groups that aren’t often listed on volunteer platforms.

  • Cape Cod Times Neighbors Fund

    The Cape Cod Times Neighbors Fund is here to help families and individuals through cancer, car accidents, family deaths, job loss, temporary and permanent disabilities, serious childhood illnesses, fire, spousal abandonment and many other urgent situations all year long.

    The Cape Cod Times Neighbors Fund is a community partner. Sometimes, the crisis is too big for one agency to handle. We network and partner with many local agencies to get people through the toughest of times.

Local Organizations

Below is a list of a few nonprofit organizations serving popular causes.

Volunteer to Help Animals & WildlifeSee all 12 organizations
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  • Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen’s Alliance

    Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen’s Alliance is fishermen, community members, public officials and scientists working together to build creative strategies, advocate for improved marine policies, protect the ocean ecosystem, and ensure the viability and future of Cape Cod’s fisheries.

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  • Mills River Rescue and Sanctuary

    We are dedicated to finding forever homes for horses and ponies in need.

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  • Nantucket Land Council

    The NLC is a non-profit dedicated to protecting Nantucket’s natural world.

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Volunteer to Help Arts & CultureSee all 27 organizations
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  • Eventide Theatre Company

    We provide an encouraging, supportive environment for actors, songwriters and playwrights leading to excellent, creative, and thought-provoking performances that stimulate and educate Cape audiences of all ages.

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  • Plymouth Center for the Arts

    We believe cultural experience and the Arts are essential to a vibrant, healthy community. We celebrate expression and creativity, as the arts bring people of all ages together, inspiring them to discover and learn.

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  • Yarmouth Chamber of Commerce

    The mission of the Yarmouth Chamber of Commerce is to promote, advocate and educate all of our members to foster and achieve a sustainable economic climate for the villages of Yarmouth.

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Volunteer to Help Children & YouthSee all 30 organizations
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  • Community Connections Inc

    To be a leader in providing comprehensive and innovative services that promote community inclusion and improve the lives of people with disabilities.

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  • Friends of Children’s Cove

    To provide compassionate, comprehensive, and collaborative response services at no cost to survivors of child abuse through its evidence-based programs, network of community partnerships, educational outreach and awareness efforts. Its multidisciplinary team works together to empower survivors, promote healthy outcomes, and help mitigate the stigma of child abuse.

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  • Kind Hearts for Kids

    Serving vulnerable children and teens living in foster care and guardianship care in the Cape Cod (and beyond) area.

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Volunteer to Help Environment & ConservationSee all 23 organizations
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  • Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound

    The mission of the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound (also known as Save Our Sound) is to secure permanent protection for Nantucket Sound, the historic body of water that lies between Cape Cod and the islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket.

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  • Rochester Land Trust

    We seek to educate landowners on the benefits of land protection and the support of residents and businesses in preserving it.

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  • Sustain Cape Cod

    For 25 years, The Cape Cod Center for Sustainability has been dedicated to measuring and enhancing a region’s “quality of life”. These efforts focused on our environment, community and economy in an effort to identify ways to sustain and build upon attributes of a region that define its promise.

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Volunteer to Help Hunger & Food AccessSee all 14 organizations
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  • Island Food Pantry

    The Island Food Pantry strives to cultivate a healthy, hunger-free community on Martha’s Vineyard.

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  • Sandwich Food Pantry, Inc.

    To distribute food and essential non-food items to families who live, work, or attend religious services in our community, who are struggling to feed themselves, and to refer the client to other services available to them.

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  • Truro Community Kitchen

    Truro Community Kitchen is a nonprofit fighting food insecurity in our beloved town of Truro by delivering free weekly meals to those in need , no questions asked.

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