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The Aurora Volunteer Center is your connection to finding volunteer opportunities that make a difference in our community. Volunteering will provide you with an opportunity to make friends, improve your skills and discover new interests. Opportunities range from one day events to ongoing volunteer positions. Get started today by using the searchable database, download the publications listed below or contact us at 303-739-7759. Check out our Volunteer Opportunities Videos: Arts Victim Advocate Outdoors
Volunteer for the City of Aurora Are you looking for a way to improve or use your skills, meet new people and make a difference while volunteering for the City of Aurora?  We’d love to talk to you to about the wide variety of volunteer opportunities available to you.  Are you interested in reading to children, planting a garden, ushering at live theater, assisting at events or coaching youth sports?  We have these volunteer opportunities and much more.  Get started now!
Search the Volunteer Opportunities Database The Aurora Volunteer Center’s volunteer database for Aurora and the surrounding community will match your interests to volunteer opportunities. View the volunteer opportunities. If you would like to include your agency’s volunteer positions, sign up at no charge.
Download Publications
	Lend A Hand: City of Aurora Volunteer Guide lists volunteer positions with the City of Aurora.						Lend A Hand: Community Volunteer Guide lists volunteer opportunities with nonprofit organizations that serve Aurora.
	Fall Volunteer Guide lists fall events in the Aurora area.
JOIN THE SNOW BUSTERS TEAM Make a difference in the life of an elderly person or a person with disabilities who needs a little help with shoveling after a snowfall.  All you need is a shovel and the willingness to help.  The Aurora Volunteer Center pairs Snow Busters volunteers with people who live near them, have limited financial resources, and are elderly or have disabilities.   Apply online now.  For more information, call 303-739-7759 or contact the Aurora Volunteer Center.
Volunteers Provide Critical Support A record number of volunteers provided assistance and support to diverse City of Aurora volunteer programs in 2008.  Statistics collected by the Aurora Volunteer Center show that 13,831 citizens contributed 215,937 hours to the City of Aurora.  Based on the Independent Sector’s determination of the value of a volunteer’s time at $19.51 per hour, the total value of the volunteers’ contribution was $4,212,931.  The total number of volunteer hours contributed is equivalent to 107 full-time employees.  Contact at Susan Everett at 303-739-7759 for complete statistics.
Make a difference—be a volunteer.
Volunteer Spotlight Tremaine Lawrence High school sophomore, Tremaine Lawrence, volunteers with the city’s Original Aurora Renewal (OAR) Weed & Seed Youth Leadership Program. Since 2005, Tremaine has participated in youth leadership activities, job fairs and community presentations. While a student at Aurora West College Preparatory Academy, he spearheaded a survey about youth job opportunities. He has also surveyed residents on their perceptions of why youth join gangs. Tremaine has volunteered at community activities including OAR’s FallFest, Festival International and the Beeler Steet Community Garden. Recently, Tremaine met Chris Gardener, the inspiration for the movie, The Pursuit of Happyness, and attended his presentation at Overland High School. For information about volunteering for Original Aurora Renewal, contact Peg Alt or 303-739-7930.