American Red Cross
Make a yearly commitment. All are welcome. Training is provided if necessary.

Americorps
Comprehensive index of various service opportunities.

Boys Hope Girls Hope
Help children who are at risk yet, academically capable, realize their potential by providing value-centered, family-like homes, and quality education through college.*

Christ House
A medical facility for the homeless based in Washington D.C. that seeks year-long committments for such positions as staff nurses, patient activities coordinators, administrative aides.

Christian Appalachian Project
An interdenominational service organization founded to assist people in the Kentucky Appalachian Region.

City Year
Unites young adults from diverse backgrounds for a demanding year of full-time community service.

CORAL
Volunteers and volunteer divers perform reef ecosystem research projects, reef clean-ups and monitoring, install mooring buoys, emergency transfer for threatened reefs, public education, and more. You don't have to be a SCUBA diver to be a volunteer!

Covenant House
Offers protection and safeguards for children of the street. Locations served include Alaska, California, Florida, Michigan, Missouri, Louisiana, New Jersey, New York, Texas, Washington, D.C., and locations in Canada.

Eckard Youth Alternatives
A leader in early intervention, wilderness camp, and juvenile justice programs for troubled and at-risk children. Volunteers commit themselves as Americorps participants who engage in conflict-resolution skills training, after school activities, and family outreach initiatives.

Good Shepherd Volunteers
Christian volunteers work in direct service with the poor, particularly with adolescents and families. Opportunities are available in major north eastern cities.*

Gould Farm
America's oldest therapeutic community for people with mental illness, volunteers provide a compassionate, respectful, family environment where people with mental illness learn to build more meaningful lives for themselves. Based in Monterey, Mass.

Habitat for Humanitiy
Through Americorps, Habitat for Humanity volunteers can work on low income housing construction projects in any of the 50 U.S. states while receiving living stipends and educational grants.

Jesuit Volunteer Corps
The largest Catholic lay volunteer program in the country, Jesuit volunteers serve the homeless, unemployed, refugees, people with aids, elderly, street youth, abused women and children, mentally ill, and developmentally disabled. Placements available across the nation and around the globe.

Lasallian Volunteers
Volunteers serve in areas of education and related human development services. Limited international opportunities available.*

Paraclete Center
Neighborhood based educational enrichment program for youth serving in an inner city environment.* 

Peace Corps 
Official home page. Numerous opportunities exist in a variety of service positions around the globe.

RESPONCE /CNVS
Directory of Catholic volunteer service opportunities.

U.S. Department of the Interior
Numerous volunteer opportunities include: Indian affairs, land management, reclamation, minerals management, national park service, fish and wildlife, and geological survey.

Volunteers and Vacations
Engage in a variety of services including services in the city, rural areas, special needs infants and children, and elderly.