* Proficiency in spanish is required with few exceptions

Americorps
Comprehensive index of various service opportunities.

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

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. *

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.

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.

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.*

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.*

Mercy Corps
Invites men and women to join with the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas in giving service to the poor, sick, and uneducated.*

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

Red Cloud Volunteers
Volunteers teach Sioux Indian children how to read and write. Potential volunteers with college degree and an adventurous spirit are a plus.

RESPONCE /CNVS
Directory of Catholic volunteer service opportunities.

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