Volunteer Opportunities

AIDS Leadership Foothills-Area Alliance (ALFA)
1120 Fairgrove Church Road SE
Suite 28
Hickory, NC 28602
828-322-1447
Email: ALFA@twave.net

Monday-Friday 9:00am - 5:00 pm

ALFA provides services to people living with HIV/AIDS and offers prevention education to the community at large. Volunteer opportunities are also available.

 

American Red Cross
1607 Highland Avenue NE
Hickory, NC 28601
828-322-4151

Monday-Friday 8:30am - 5:00pm

Provides services to military families and disaster relief assistance for victims of disaster (especially single family fires), conducts bloodmobiles, teaches health and safety classes.

 

Meals on Wheels
Department of Social Services
695-4435

Give one hour, once a month, to deliver meals to the homebound elderly.

 

SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives)
Catawba Valley Community College Small Business Center
Hwy 70 SE
Hickory, NC 28602
828-327-7000 ext. 4112

These volunteers provide free business counseling and advice as a public service to all types of businesses, in all stages of development. SCORE is a resource partner with the U.S. Small Business Administration.

 

Volunteer Center / Information and Referral
1375 Lenoir Rhyne Blvd., Suite 202
Hickory, NC 28602
828-324-4357

Monday-Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm

Maintains current resource information on human services available to the residents of Catawba County. Recruits and places volunteers with non-profit agencies in Catawba County.

 

Western Carolina Center Volunteer Services
300 Enola Road
Morganton, NC 28655
828-433-2614

Monday-Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm

Volunteer opportunities for individuals and groups of all ages.

 

(If you have an agency you would like to list here, please send the information to: Corki Jones, library director.