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The City of Hollywood offers many volunteer opportunities aimed at enhancing the City of Hollywood. Each time you volunteer, you are making the City of Hollywood a wonderful place to live, work, and play! Please review the listings below to see what volunteer opportunities interest you.
SHORT-TERM OPPORTUNITIES:
Listings below are short-term assignments, projects, or events organized by Volunteer Hollywood. The listing(s) below require a few hours of commitment.
Hollywood Beach Cleanup: Keep Broward Beautiful!
Join us in keeping Hollywood’s beach clean! Groups are welcome to join us! Volunteers are needed to collect litter along the beach. Before the beach clean-up, Keep Broward Beautiful will provide an informative presentation.
Department: Public Works
Date: Saturday, August 14th
Time: 9:00am to 12:00pm (noon)
Number of Volunteers: 30 volunteers per project
Age Requirement: At least 8 years old or older
August 14th registration form!
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS: SUMMER OPPORTUNITY
The listing below is a summer assignment organized by Volunteer Hollywood. The listing is offered to high school students during the summer.
Office Volunteer
Department: Public Works – Buildings & Grounds
Days: Monday – Friday (flexible – based on your schedule)
Time: 8:00am – 5:00pm (flexible – based on your schedule)
Volunteer Description: Volunteers will assist in data entry, entering serial numbers and data. Volunteer must be computer literate, meticulous, and proficient in typing. Training will be provided.
Age Requirement: At least 16 years old or older
Number of Volunteers Needed: 1 – 2
To volunteer, please contact Rosena Francois at rfrancois@hollywoodfl.org or 954-921-3020.
LOCAL OPPORTUNITIES:
The opportunities listed below are not affiliated or organized by Volunteer Hollywood. Please contact the organization directly at information provided.
Broward County 25th Annual Coastal Beach Cleanup
Help collect liter and marine debris from the beach shores! No pre-registration required! Volunteers are encouraged to bring hat, sunscreen, gloves, and water.
Date: Saturday, September 25th
Time: 9:00am to 12:00pm (noon)
Three Locations in Hollywood (Pick One): Hollywood North Beach Park, Oceanwalk Mall – outside pavilion, & Keating Park located on Magnolia Terrace and Surf Road
Contact: 954-519-1287
Website: http://www.broward.org/bio/coastalcleanup_announcement.htm
The Friendship Circle: Friends at Home Program
Friendship Circle is looking to pair Hollywood teens with special needs kids to provide social interaction, mentoring and friendship. The Friends at Home program allow teens to visit a special needs child at his/her home for an hour a week of games, fun, or homework help. There are other programs that need the help of volunteers, such as general social programs, fitness programs, horse programs, birthday programs, and the annual family BBQ.
Age requirement: At least 12 years old or older
Time Commitment: Minimum one hour per week
Interested? Contact: Bashie at 954-667-9072 or friendshipfl@gmail.com
Website: www.FriendshipFL.com
Office Address:3500 North Ocean Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308
Administrative or Event Volunteers Needed!
Art & Culture Center of Hollywood
Help by providing administrative or event assistance to the center. Administrative volunteers are needed at least one day per week, 4 hours per day. Event volunteers are needed typically for four to five hours per event. Event volunteers consist of ushers, gallery monitors, parking attendants, or set-up of the event.
Age requirement: At least 16 years old or older
Interested? Contact: Gustavo Ortiz at gustavo@artandculturecenter.org or 954-921-3439 x225
Locations: 1650 Harrison Street or 1770 Monroe Street, Hollywood, FL 33020
Volunteers Needed!
Holocaust Documentation & Education Center, Inc.
Lend a hand by volunteering to preserve, educate, document, and research the Holocaust. There are a number of volunteer positions available, such as clerical, translation, editing, and more. Student volunteers are accepted.
Interested? Contact: Irina Daniel at info@hdec.org or 954-929-5690
Location: 2031 Harrison St., Hollywood, FL 33020
*Updated as of July 19, 2010 at 4:33pm
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