Volunteer Services
Welcome to WMU’s Volunteer Services
Spotlight On:
The 46th Annual Turkey Trot 5K race will take place on Saturday, November 21 at 9 a.m. Volunteers are need to staff various stations on the course, direct traffic, and direct people. There will be a mandatory meeting days prior to the event to discuss positions and logistics of the event. If interested in volunteering, please contact Jake Mattson, University Recreation Intern at UR-Intern2@wmich.edu.
There is no better way to celebrate the holidays than by being a part of Festival of Trees. This year, there is something else to celebrate, the 20th Anniversary of Festival of Trees. Each year over 10,000 Kalamazoo area residents usher in the holiday season during this spectacular three-day event featuring hundreds of decorated items, a series of special events, live entertainment, children's crafts and a gift shop, highlighting items from local artists held at the Radisson Plaza Hotel & Suites in downtown Kalamazoo.
As the primary fundraiser for the Junior League of Kalamazoo, Festival of Trees has raised over $1 million to support the Junior League’s ongoing commitment to building better communities in the greater Kalamazoo through community service projects and grants since its inception in 1990.
Festival of Trees is an annual celebration held at the very heart of our city at the beginning of the holiday season. It’s a time of cheer, goodwill and happiness, working side by side friends, family and our community. It marks a time of year when the Junior League of Kalamazoo strengthens relationships among our membership and the Kalamazoo
2009 Festival of Trees – Opportunity to Volunteer
Who: Junior League of Kalamazoo
What: 20th Annual Festival of Trees
When: Saturday, November 21st, 10:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m. and Sunday, November 22nd, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Shifts are scheduled in two hour blocks. You or your group can volunteer as many hours as you like as long as they are within the scheduled 2 hour blocks. We also require that volunteers be 15 minutes early before their scheduled time to volunteer.
How: Please contact me, Amber, at 269.377.4881 or amber.l.watts@wmich.edu.
Thank you in advance for your consideration and support of JLK!
- Volunteer Services is dedicated to increasing WMU student involvement in volunteer activities.
- Volunteer Services provides resources and opportunities for all WMU students seeking to discover new experiences through volunteerism.
- Volunteer Services provides information and referral services to all individual students and student organizations interested in volunteering or service learning.
- Volunteer Services networks with students, staff, faculty, and volunteer coordinators at other institutions of higher education to promote growth of the student services movement at WMU.
Students:
Looking to volunteer a few hours?
Looking for something fun to do in the area?
Take a look at the CALENDAR
of one-time volunteer opportunities.
Students:
Check out BroncoJOBS
to browse a listing of over 160 volunteer opportunities ranging from arts/culture to senior services. Instructions are available on the Volunteer Opportunities page.
Community Agencies:
Recruit volunteers here!
Stay tuned to this website for more on volunteer opportunities!