Ongoing Volunteer Oportunities

Big Brothers Big Sisters

Jolene Groen, MSW
1000 N. West Ave. Suite 310
Sioux Falls, SD 57104
(605)274-1405
jolene@bbbssd.org

Volunteer Opportunities:

Volunteer opportunities include community-based mentoring and volunteering at events, such as Bowl For Kids' Sake and a Halloween party.

Children’s Care Hospital

Beth Wilcox
Coordinator of Volunteer Services
Children's Care Hospital & School
2501 W. 26th St.
Sioux Falls, SD 57105
605-782-2314
beth.wilcox@cchs.org

Volunteer Opportunities:

Classroom volunteer, Special Friend (similar to big buddy or big brother/big sister), Arts & Crafts Volunteer, Music volunteer, Aquatics volunteer, Office volunteer (data entry, filing, etc.), and Mailings.

Food Bank

Matt Gassen, Director
4311 N. 1st Ave.
Sioux Falls, SD 57104
605-335-0364

Food Pantry:
417 N Phillips Ave
Sioux Falls, SD 57104

Habitat for Humanity

Angie Muller
330-1950
Info@HabitatSouthDakota.org

Ronald Mcdonald House

Marsha Frericks
Director of Operations
RMHC-South Dakota, Inc.
2001 S. Norton
Sioux Falls, SD 57105
Phone: (605) 336-6398
Fax: (605) 339-2638
marsha@rmhcsouthdakota.org

Volunteer Opportunities:

- House volunteer: includes answering phones, greeting guests and visitors, preparing rooms for new guests etc.
- Baking volunteer: bake at home or at RMH for our guests
- Pop tab collector: collect pop tabs for RMH to recycle

Salvation Army

Jackie Heemstra
Salvation Army
900 N Cliff Ave
Sioux Falls, SD 57103
338-6649, Ext. 12
jackie_heemstra@usc.salvationarmy.org

Volunteer opportunities:

Delivering food boxes to senior citizens, assisting children with roller-skating, ringing bells at Christmas and hosting the angel tree at the empire mall are only a few of the many opportunities.

To register for volunteer opportunities with the Salvation Army go to: siouxfallsssa.volunteerfirst.org

Ten Thousand Villages

Randi Helder
218 S. Phillips Ave.
Sioux Falls, SD 57104
605-335-6209
ttvillages@gmail.com

Volunteer Opportunities:

Sales Associate, unpacking merchandise, and bulk mailings to name a few.

The Outdoor Campus

Alison Eden
Volunteer Coordinator
4500 S. Oxbow Ave
Sioux Falls, SD 57106
(605)362-2777
alison.eden@state.sd.us

Volunteer Opportunities:

Education Assistant (EA): assist the naturalists with a variety of outdoor related classes.
Front Desk: greet our visitors as they enter the building, answer visitor questions.
Animal Care: We have a lot of critters at The Outdoor Campus; it only takes about a 1/2 hour to 45 mins to complete this volunteer job. Training provided for all.

A volunteer application is available online at: www.outdoorcampus.org

Workers on Wheels

Kristen Lueth
Workers on Wheels Coordinator
Center for Active Generations
2300 West 46th Street
Sioux Falls, SD 57105-6528
(605)333-3317

Volunteer Opportunities:

Workers on Wheel is an organization the is set up to help the elderly in the community continue to live on their own. They provide volunteers to help with outdoor and some indoor tasks. In the fall they host an event called rake the town. Over the course of 2 days they try to rake as many lawns as they can. This year the event is on October 20 and 21. To register for volunteering go to: www.helplinecenter.org

YMCA Sioux Falls

Vickie Goodwin
Membership Director
336-3190, ext 114
vgoodwin@siouxfallsymca.org

Volunteer opportunities:

Youth sports coaches and referees, child care, assistants, welcome center staff and tour guides; the list is endless.