United Way is excited to bring back the Volunteer and Board Fair to build strong, diverse boards and committees and volunteer opportunities to support regional organizations.
Learn about the over 65 organizations participating in this year's Fair. Access their websites and view what engagement opportunities they have available using the drop downs below:
Adaptt Rochester, Inc.
Building up women and children to empower themselves, to achieve their beautiful, unique, unlimited purpose.
- Board openings
- Committee openings
- One-time volunteer opportunities
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
Al Sigl Community of Agencies
We’re a collaborative community network that provides high-quality, cost-effective real estate and business services, while fostering community awareness and philanthropic support to a growing array of nonprofit organizations that serve children and adults with disabilities and special needs.
- Committee openings
- One-time volunteer opportunities
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
Best Buddies WNY
Best Buddies International is dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment, leadership development, inclusive living, and family support for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).
- Board openings
- Committee openings
- One-time volunteer opportunities
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rochester
Create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth.
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
Brightstar Community
Brightstar Community helps women survivors of sexual exploitation and trafficking find healing, hope, and independence by increasing awareness and providing safe housing and a community of holistic care.
- Board openings
- Committee openings
- One-time volunteer opportunities
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
C.U.R.E. Childhood Cancer Association
C.U.R.E. Childhood Cancer Association exists to provide emotional, educational, social, and financial assistance to Rochester-area families whose children have cancer or a blood disorder.
- Board openings
- One-time volunteer opportunities
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
Cancer Support Community at Gilda's Club Rochester
Cancer Support Community at Gilda’s Club uplifts and strengthens people impacted by cancer by providing support, fostering compassionate communities, and breaking down barriers to care.
- Board openings
- Committee openings
Catholic Charities Family and Community Services
We walk with the most vulnerable as they journey toward independence, with dignity, to reach their full human potential. As a member of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Rochester, we advocate for those in need throughout every stage of life, and work in partnership with faith communities of all denominations and with those who are committed to addressing local needs.
- Board openings
- Committee openings
- One-time volunteer opportunities
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
Catholic Charities Steuben/Livingston
The mission of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Rochester, DBA, Catholic Charities Steuben/Livingston is to build a just and compassionate society rooted in the dignity of all people through education, advocacy and provision of human services.
- Board openings
- Committee openings
- One-time volunteer opportunities
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
Challenger Miracle Field of Greater Rochester
Challenger Miracle Field of Greater Rochester provides people with developmental, physical or intellectual disabilities a barrier-free, safe, accessible place to experience the health benefits and joy of play through baseball, other team sports, and adaptive recreational equipment.
- Board openings
- Committee openings,
- One-time volunteer opportunities
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
Climate Solutions Accelerator of Genesee and Finger Lakes Region
To create a healthier, more equitable, and regenerative community by catalyzing local efforts to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions and address the effects of climate change.
- One-time volunteer opportunities
Community Care of Western New York
Community Care of Western New York, dba HomeCare & Hospice has been helping patients pass with dignity and respect in the surrounding of their choosing, with compassion, and is the only 501(c)(3) Medicare-certified hospice program serving Cattaraugus, Allegany, Genesee, and Wyoming Counties. Its mission is to exceed community expectations and to be viewed as premier choice for homecare/hospice, education, support, and employment.
- One-time volunteer opportunities
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
Compeer Rochester
Through the power of human connection, Compeer serves as a bridge to better mental health and community integration for all.
- Board openings
- Committee openings
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
CP Rochester and Happiness House
CP Rochester supports individuals of all ages and abilities to determine their own pathway in life. We partner with the individual, their family, and the community to fulfill the individual's right to live a productive and rewarding life. CP Rochester provides a wide range of quality health, educational, residential, and support services in the greater Rochester area to assist individuals in achieving their goals.
- One-time volunteer opportunities
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
Delphi Drug & Alcohol Council, Inc. DBA Delphi Rise
Delphi Rise has an open door and an open heart. We build relationships to support the complete well-being of individuals, families and communities facing health and social issues. We put the person at the center of everything we do to encourage growth and foster healing. There is hope for a better tomorrow. Together we Rise.
- Board openings
- One-time volunteer opportunities
Empire Justice Center – CASH
To make our community a place where all people thrive by providing access to financial guidance, education, and resources they need to make the future they want possible.
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
Exploration Elementary Charter School for Science and Technology
Engage students, their families, and the community in the processes of scientific inquiry and the use of innovative technology to develop the social, emotional, and academic tools necessary to thrive in school and in today's interconnected world.
- Board openings
- Committee openings
Family Promise of Greater Rochester
To assist families at risk of or experiencing homelessness to achieve sustainable independence by providing person-centered, holistic services in collaboration with the greater community.
- Board openings
- Committee openings
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
Finger Lakes Trail Conference
The mission of the Finger Lakes Trail Conference is to build, protect, enhance, and promote a continuous footpath across New York State. Forever!
- Board openings
- Committee openings
- One-time volunteer opportunities
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
FLACRA
To provide quality care for youth, adults, and families in the Finger Lakes area whose lives are affected by alcohol and/or Substance Use Disorders and/or Mental Health Care needs. Our holistic approach incorporates providing physical and social healthcare services.
- Board openings
- Committee openings
- One-time volunteer opportunities
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
Flower City Arts Center
Flower City Arts Center is a community-based not-for-profit organization that educates, encourages, and inspires all people to create and enjoy the visual arts, design, and media. We embrace the fact that the arts elevate humanity, are naturally therapeutic, and provide tools for expression in the language of the heart in a world that needs healing. Flower City Arts Center strives to create social change through arts, education, and creative entrepreneurship. We provide high-quality arts programs to the most in-need people in our community.
- Board openings
- Committee openings
- One-time volunteer opportunities
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
Foodlink
Our mission is to leverage the power of food to end hunger and build healthier communities.
- One-time volunteer opportunities
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
Freedom Scholar Learning Center, Inc.
At the Freedom Scholars Learning Center we encourage transformation in a safe place where children, youth and families can engage in a variety of learning that recognizes their strengths, their culture, their struggles and their capacity to thrive and make a difference.
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
Genesee Country Village & Museum
Through immersive experiences, we enrich life today by connecting people with history, art, and nature.
- Board openings
- Committee openings
- One-time volunteer opportunities
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
Genesee Land Trust
To preserve and protect natural lands and waterways that enhance the quality of life in the Greater Rochester region, providing wildlife habitat, locally grown food, and connections to nature.
- Board openings
- Committee openings
- One-time volunteer opportunities
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
Girls on the Run of Greater Rochester
We inspire girls to be joyful, healthy, and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running.
- Board openings
- Committee openings
- One-time volunteer opportunities
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
Greater Rochester SCORE
www.greaterrochester.score.org
Foster vibrant small business communities through mentoring and education.
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
Heritage Christian Services
www.heritagechristianservices.org
Our compassionate and talented team reflects Christa's inclusive love for all people, by honoring their dignity and worth and helping them to fulfill lives of endless possibility.
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
His Branches
Our goal is to decrease the gap in life expectancy experienced by underserved of Rochester by providing quality, accessible, and affordable healthcare to increase the length and quality of life within the neighborhoods we serve.
- Board openings
- Committee openings
- One-time volunteer opportunities
HOPE585
We are a relationship-centered community where marginalized youth and their families hope, heal, and thrive.
- One-time volunteer opportunities
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
House of Mercy
The House of Mercy is a low-barrier homeless shelter open 24/7, 365 days a year, to ALL in need. Through collaboration, the House of Mercy, Inc. supports, assists, and advocates for the chronically homeless and poor with patience, respect, love, compassion, and dignity. The House of Mercy is unrelenting in alleviating poverty, pursuing social justice for all, and ending homelessness. Our spirituality and radical love define us.
- Board openings
- Committee openings
- One-time volunteer opportunities
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
Jewish Family Services
Jewish Family Services empowers Jewish and non-Jewish individuals, families and communities to thrive by providing a wide array of programs and services built upon the traditions of dignity, kindness and tikkun olam improving the world.
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
Judicial Process Commission, Inc
JPC creates a just, non-violent community, striving to strengthen individuals and families seeking reentry into society. We believe in and support the rights of all people affected by the criminal justice system and promote systemic changes that empower, inspire. We provide person-centered, evidence based, collaborative services. We advocate for positive change through mentorship, education, financial assistance, and other forms of advocacy,
- Board openings
- Committee openings
- One-time volunteer opportunities
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
Junior Achievement of CUNY
To inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy.
- One-time volunteer opportunities
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
Junior League of Rochester
The Junior League of Rochester, Inc. is an organization of women whose mission is to advance women's leadership for meaningful community impact through volunteer action, collaboration, and training.
- Board openings
- Committee openings
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
JustCause
To improve the quality of life of low-income residents of Monroe County by ensuring the existence of a readily available panel of skilled volunteer attorneys to resolve serious civil legal problems.
- Board openings
- Committee openings
- One-time volunteer opportunities
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
Let's Get L.I.T.
Let’s Get L.I.T. response to the call of the community by liberating the hearts and minds of children, parents, and stakeholders through liberating texts that requires them to reshape their thinking, speaking, cursive, writing resulting in the creation of home libraries, restoring the joy, love of literacy and enhanced proficiency in math and reading while creating access to needed resources to both parents and children.
- Board openings
- Committee openings
- One-time volunteer opportunities
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
Literacy Rochester
Improve the reading, math, English language, and digital literacy skills of adults.
- Board openings
- Committee openings
- One-time volunteer opportunities
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
Medical Motor Service
Our mission is to provide specialized transportation for community organizations, as well as individuals with disabilities and special needs to improve their independence and quality of life.
- Board openings
- Committee openings
- One-time volunteer opportunities
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
Mission Fulfilled 2030
Committed to empowering young Black males through transformative STEM education and mentorship, closing the income-to-wealth gap, bridging the digital divide, and eliminating opportunity disparities. Our mission is to dismantle systemic barriers in the tech industry, fostering a diverse and inclusive future where our students lead and innovate, ensuring they have the tools and support to thrive in a connected world.
- Board openings
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
Monroe County Board of Elections
www.monroecounty.gov/elections
The Board of Elections Department of Monroe County is responsible for administering all aspects of elections in Monroe County to maintain and facilitate participation in a democratic system of government. The Monroe County Board of Elections conducts all national, state, county, city, and town elections. The structure of this agency, its responsibilities, and its duties are mandated by New York State Election Law. Guidelines for procedures are provided by the rules and regulations defined by the New York State Board of Elections.
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
https://www.nationalmssociety.org/Chapters/NYR
We will cure MS while empowering people affected by MS to live their best lives.
- One-time volunteer opportunities
PathStone
PathStone builds family and individual self-sufficiency by strengthening farmworker, rural and urban communities. PathStone promotes social justice through programs and advocacy.
- Board openings
READY, Inc.
READY’s mission is to increase the number of high-quality schools for Rochester’s children through community-driven approaches and strategies. READY will achieve this mission by centering Rochester's students, families, and educators in developing solutions to address the inequities that challenge our public education systems.
- Board openings
- Committee openings
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
Rochester Black Authors Association
Rochester Black Authors Association is committed to promoting and celebrating reading, writing, and literacy in the Black community. We are a collective that aspires to connect Rochester readers with writers from around the world.
- Board openings
- Committee openings
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
Rochester Education Foundation
Rochester Education Foundation's mission is to provide programs and resources to improve learning and success for all Rochester city school students through partnerships with educators, businesses, and the community.
- Board openings
- Committee openings
- One-time volunteer opportunities
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
Rochester Global Connections
To promote international understanding and cultural exchange by connecting members of the Greater Rochester Community with international students and visitors.
- Board openings
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
Rochester Hearing & Speech Center
Rochester Hearing & Speech Center (RHSC) is the most experienced and longest standing provider of hearing, speech-language, educational, clinical, and developmental services in the greater Rochester area since 1922. We are a nonprofit agency providing comprehensive, evidence-based, client-centered services to children under the age of five with developmental delays and disabilities, and individuals of all ages, from newborns and infants to seniors, with hearing loss.
- Board openings
- Committee openings
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra / Rochester Philharmonic League
RPO: To inspire, engage, and enrich lives through music.
League: To enrich the musical life of our community through the RPO's educational programming and community outreach.
- Board openings
- Committee openings
- One-time volunteer opportunities
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
Rochester Rainbow Union
The Rochester Rainbow Union uplifts and supports all members of the greater Rochester rainbow community through inclusive and equitable outreach, education, and collaboration.
- Board openings
- Committee openings
- One-time volunteer opportunities
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
SPIRIT NYS
Our mission is to expand the pool of those who will beat the odds by completing their high school education and leaving with a plan for the future. We accomplish our mission through partnerships with local high schools, which identify students, provide local program coordinators and mentors, and track student’s progress in the program.
- Board openings
- Committee openings
- One-time volunteer opportunities
St. Joseph's Neighborhood Center
St. Joseph's Neighborhood Center, rooted in the caring tradition of the Sisters of St. Joseph, provides comprehensive physical and mental health services to uninsured and underinsured people in and around Rochester, New York.
- Board openings
- Committee openings
- One-time volunteer opportunities
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
Teaching Artists ROC
Our mission is to educate and promote the arts by utilizing the arts as an educational tool.
- Committee openings
The American Red Cross
The American Red Cross prevents and alleviates human suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors.
- Committee openings
The Center for Teen Empowerment
To employ, train, and empower youth to, in collaboration with adults, create peace, equity, and justice.
- Board openings
The Community Place of Greater Rochester
To provide neighborhood-based programs, services, and resources which strengthen the Greater Rochester community, one person, one family at a time.
- Board openings
The Greater New York Revitalization
Our mission is to empower and uplift communities across New York by fostering a culture of inclusivity, equity, and prosperity. Through innovative programs, strategic partnerships, and community-driven initiatives, we aim to address the diverse needs of our neighborhoods, promoting social welfare, education, and sustainable development. We recognize that true revitalization goes beyond surface-level changes; it requires cognitive, attitudinal, and behavioral transformations to create lifelong impacts and sustainable growth.
- Board openings
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes
Our mission is to mobilize the goodwill and resources of our community so that everyone can thrive. United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes encompasses 5,144 square miles of rural, suburban, and urban neighborhoods, and brings together more than 50,000 donors, 14,000 volunteers, 600 workplaces, and hundreds of nonprofit partners to address the region’s biggest human services challenges.
- One-time volunteer opportunities
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
Vertus Charter School
Preparing leaders of character for the community and the workplace.
- Board openings
- Committee openings
Villa of Hope
Villa of Hope partners with individuals, families and communities to Rebuild relationships, Recover potential, and Renew hope for the future. We are a nonprofit community-based behavioral health organization with 80+ years serving Rochester, Monroe County, and western NYS.
- Board openings
- Committee openings
- One-time volunteer opportunities
Volunteers of America
At Volunteers of America (VOA), we are dedicated to creating lasting change in the community through safe housing, comprehensive human services, enriching education, and access to quality healthcare. By focusing on long-term solutions to poverty and homelessness, we strive to provide individuals with the support they need to achieve stability and thrive. Together, we can build a brighter future by addressing the root causes of inequality and empowering individuals to lead fulfilling lives and reach their full potential.
- Committee openings
WNY R-AHEC
Western New York Rural Area Health Education Center, Inc. (R-AHEC)’s mission is to improve the quality of healthcare in our region through workforce development, education, and resources. Our core values are community, excellence, innovation, and partnership. We envision a future in which our community is supported by high quality, accessible health resources and a diverse, educated, and compassionate workforce.
- Committee openings
Worker Justice Center of New York
The Worker Justice Center of New York pursues justice for those denied human rights with a focus on agricultural and other low wage workers, through legal representation, community empowerment and advocacy for institutional change.
- Board openings
- One-time volunteer opportunities
World Relief
www.worldrelief.org/western-ny/
Welcome and assist refugees coming to Rochester NY.
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
WXXI Public Media
WXXI is the essential, life-long educational public media resource that engages, inspires and strengthens our community.
- Board openings
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
Wyoming County Community Action
https://communityactionforwyomingcounty.com/
Wyoming County Community Action is dedicated to fighting the causes of poverty and providing support through programs and services for those needing help to overcome life's challenges.
- Board openings
- Committee openings
- One-time volunteer opportunities
- Year-round volunteer opportunities
YWCA of Rochester & Monroe County
YWCA of Rochester & Monroe County is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.
- Board openings
- Committee openings
- One-time volunteer opportunities
- Year-round volunteer opportunities