This month, they’ll focus mostly on Arts & Education, but check out the  2 bonus ways to serve that are really fun! Make your impact with one of these opportunities below or navigate your own journey & choose from their calendar.

1.Latino Memphis needs Bilingual Volunteers for a Child Immunization Event
Saturday, August 10th, 2024 from 9:30am to 2:00pm

Join us at Plaza Latina where you'll be able to help Hispanic families via interpretation. In partnership with the Shelby County Health Department, Latino Memphis will offer free health services to the public. This particular Community Care Fair is designed especially for Spanish-speaking residents of Shelby County. We need you to make sure that they have equitable access to essential health services! 

2. Support Overton Park Shell’s Free Concert Series 
Most weekend evenings starting Friday, August 30th 5:30 - 10:00 pm
 

Overton Park Shell is celebrating 70 years of rock and roll with their ongoing free music series. Serve as a Puppy Bar Bark-tender who make sure the furry guests have plenty of water & treats. Or help keep the series going as part of the Bucket Brigade or one of the Survey Squad. 

3. Help WYXR in the Memphis Listening Lab put on a free music seminar
Wednesday, August 14th from 5:00pm to 8:00pm

Community radio station WYXR invites the public to Memphis Listening Lab at Crosstown for a free music seminar celebrating rare albums from Memphis’ musical past each month. These are the often unheard albums that have become cult favorites over time, as local musicians share memories of them backstage at venues across the city and dedicated collectors search feverishly to add them to their record shelves. For the fifth Stereo Session of 2024, they will be highlighting "Dreamworld" the 1995 release by Blackout. Volunteers will help set up, break down, and sign in attendees during the event.

4. Serve with GPAC’s Happy Hour in The Grove
Every Friday in August from 4:30 pm to 8:30 pm

Join the GPAC team for good-times music the whole family can dance to. They need volunteers to count heads and help keep everyone safe by encouraging everyone to play on the lawn (not on-stage) and have "good" fun! All positions may help manage entry and assist guests.

5. Join Clean Memphis & the FedEx St. Jude Championship Green Team!
Daily from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm Thursday, August 15th - Monday, August 19th

Help us keep the event clean and enjoy the championship! You’ll learn about recycling in our area, then help sort recycling from the course. After your volunteer shift, you have free entry to the championship for that day plus a cool PGA TOUR hat.

6. Be a Rec Volunteer with Oasis of Hope 
Monday - Friday weekly from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Oasis of Hope operates in the Bickford Community Center with their R.E.P. (Reach Every Person) youth recreation program. Through building healthy relationships and providing supportive resources they provide an “oasis” in the center of their North Memphis neighborhood. REP provides a safe space to spend time with friends, receive nutritious meals, and get physically active. Join the fun! 

7. Help Mid-South achieve their vision of 100% literacy in our community
Schedule varies with volunteer availability

Are you passionate about education and literacy equity? No one should be held back from a dream because of their reading or language abilities. As a volunteer tutor with Literacy Mid-South, you will play a critical role in helping an adult gain the basic literacy and language skills necessary to live their best life.

8. Mudpie Mondays @ Memphis Botanic Garden
Monday’s through August from 9:30 am to 12:30pm

Volunteers will assist MBG docents with mud pie activities. The program is a simple learning program focused for children and their adults to do together as a quick drop-in activity while visiting the Big Back Yard!

9. Be a Books Birth Community Ambassador with Porter-Leath
Schedule varies with volunteer availability

For over 170 years, Porter-Leath helps build stronger children, stronger families and a stronger Memphis. Assist with the community promotion of the Books program, which may include stocking local libraries and other locations with registration cards; picking up registration cards; attending community events; health fairs; expos; serving as a guest speaker during various speaking engagements; and enrolling participants at local hospitals. Time commitment for each volunteer opportunity ranges from 2 to 4 hours per month and training is provided.

10. Be a role model! Become a mentor for Memphis youth - attend a virtual new mentor training
Every Saturday from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm

School is back in session soon - Make a difference in the life of a child. The Grizzlies Foundation helps you prepare for & connect with many mentor opportunities through the MENTOR Memphis Grizzlies (MMG) program. Many of these programs have a waiting list of students anywhere from 15 to 60. They all need you! After completing training, MENTOR Memphis Grizzlies will connect you to a quality youth mentoring program.

• Afterschool Mentoring with City Year Memphis
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Mid-South
• Green Dot Public Schools
• Grizzlies Prep Lunch Buddies
• Grizzlies TEAM Mentor Program
• JIFF (Juvenile Intervention and Faith-Based Follow-Up)
• LITE Memphis
• New Ballet Ensemble & School
• REACH Memphis
• Refugee Empowerment Program
• STREETS Ministries
• Virtue Quest
• Youth Villages
  
   

BONUS

Room In The Inn is "Fish"ing for a Volunteer

RITI is looking for a volunteer to help monitor and maintain their 55 gallon fish tank once a month. There are no set days, they will fit your schedule!

Clean Memphis Cleans up Overton Park with the 901FC
Sunday, August 18th, 2024 from 9:00 am to 11:00 am

Join 901FC and Overton Park Conservancy for a Sunday cleanup! This is an opportunity to play a role in keeping one of Memphis' amazing gems beautiful.