Volunteer Centers in North America

We do not list individual Volunteer Centers for North America because there are extensive lists of such clearinghouses available on other sites. See below for Canadian, Mexican, and U.S. listings.

CANADA

Volunteer Canada

http://www.volunteer.ca

Canada's site for information on volunteering (in English and French).  They also provide a complete list of:

Volunteer Centres in Canada
http://www.volunteer.ca/volcan/eng/content/vol-centres/locations.php?display=2,5,2

Charity Village
http://www.charityvillage.com
Charity Village(R) is Canada's supersite for the nonprofit sector, with more than 3,000 pages of news, jobs, volunteer opportunities, resources, articles and links to sites for nonprofit professionals in Canada and around the world.

MEXICO

Centro Mexicano para la Filantropia

http://www.cemefi.org/

Studies on Mexican philanthropy and information on current nonprofit projects including volunteer efforts.

UNITED STATES

Points of Light & Hands On Network

http://www.pointsoflight.org

National organization promoting volunteerism.  Provides a list of

Volunteer Centers in the United States http://www.pointsoflight.org/centers/find_center.cfm

Hands On Network Affiliates

http://www.handsonnetwork.org/our-network/

Hands On Network's 30+ affiliates, known as "Cares" or "Hands On" organizations, engage over 250,000 volunteers in direct service to their communities each year, largely through flexible, short-term opportunities.

State Offices of Volunteerism
http://energizeinc.com/prof/stateoffices.html

MACC AmeriCorps*VISTA members connect community-based organizations with campus resources, including student volunteer groups, service-learning courses and Federal Work Study programs.

Interested applicants should please send cover letter, resume, and four references (including names, titles, addresses and phone numbers) to:

Carly Bruder, MACC AmeriCorps*VISTA Leader
Carly.bruder@tufts.edu or 617-627-3202

Karen Chisholmm, MACC AmeriCorps*VISTA Director
Karen.chisholm@tufts.edu or 617-627-3963

Massachusetts Campus Compact

Tufts University
196 Boston Ave, Suite 2400
Medford, MA 02155

Phone: 617-627-3889
Fax: 617-627-3837

Please visit our webpage at http://ase.tufts.edu/macc/VISTA.htm. For more info on AmeriCorps*VISTA, visit http://www.americorps.org/

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