Community Service
Student Opportunities
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Horizons Unlimited
When: Monday – Friday
Time: 7:30 – 3:00
What: Trail Clean Up and Maintenance (Ongoing)
This would include walking our trail to move limbs off the trail and pick up trash along the trail. This could also include using hand clippers to trim back vines or small thorns near the edges of the trail.
Contact: Kelly Crews
704-639-3004 ext. 7404
Volunteers needed at the Rowan Public Library!
The project for which RPL needs volunteers is the Salisbury Post Morgue Preservation Project (SPMPP for short). The library has been given the opportunity to preserve this local history resource in its original form!
Helpers are needed for scanning material. Volunteers create digital folders and then scan items into those. This is a repetitive task that requires good concentration and although not difficult work, it needs to be accurate.
Students must be 16+, & must complete Volunteer Form
Scanning stations in 3 locations: Main (Salisbury) branch, South (China Grove) branch, and our West (Cleveland) branch.
The Pedal Factory
The Pedal Factory is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit community bike shop in downtown Salisbury, NC.
Their mission is to make bicycles accessible for everyone and to encourage and promote the use of the bike for transportation, recreation, and health.
Students can volunteer with them through their no-cost Earn A Bike program: Participants may exchange volunteer service for a refurbished bike.
The Pedal Factory also provides bicycle riding lessons and classes to help children and adults learn to safely and confidently ride. Facilitating fun team-building events for groups, organizations, families, and businesses. They host regular community bike rides, bike rodeos, and safety events.
Located at: 311 E. Council Street, Salisbury, NC, 28144
Website: www.thepedalfactory.org
Phone: (704)- 870-7145
Email: info@thepedalfactory.org
Operation Gratitude
Ideas to help the Troops.
- Letter Writing
- Paracord Lanyards
- Collection Drives
- Beanies Babies
- Project Pillowcase
- Cents for Service
Rowan Helping Ministries
Rowan Helping Ministries is seeking Food Pantry, Food Packing, Clothing Center, and Meal Service volunteers.
For more information, visit the Rowan Helping Ministries website or email Monica Seamon mseamon@rowanhelpingministries.org
Oak Park Retirement
Oak Park Retirement Community is looking for a few volunteers to work one on one
showing their residents the basic operating functions of a smartphone.
The date is flexible with volunteer's schedules.
Please Contact Robin Mashburn for more information at:
704-636-4600
THINKING OUT OF THE BOX
Students are also encouraged to explore virtual service options, including:
- Creating thank you cards for first-responders
- Writing letters to nursing home residents
- Transcribe and review Smithsonian documents
- Virtual Volunteering with Ronald McDonald House Charities
- https://www.dosomething.org/us
Meals on Wheels Rowan
We can use volunteers in the areas of East Rowan, South Rowan, and Cleveland or Mt Ulla in particular.
Grocery Shoppers can be after school, but meal delivery would be for m-f pick up at 10:30-11:00 am. It takes about one hour to deliver. Total of 2 hours, including orientation. For questions, contact Sandy Combs at 705-633-0352 or scombs@mowrowan.org.
Happy Roots
Power Cross
Power Cross is in need of volunteers to help serve the young men of Salisbury. Volunteers are needed to help prepare and serve meals daily. We also are always in need of volunteer coaches for football, basketball, baseball, and wrestling. During the school year we need occasional volunteers to help our boys with homework as well. Stop by for a tour or visit the website to learn more.
Rufty-Holmes Senior Center
Rufty-Holmes Senior CenterRufty-Holmes Senior Center
Rufty-Holmes Senior Center is a non-profit organization. We provide a focal point for aging resources for Seniors in our community. Volunteers are the heart of our center! The Center seeks volunteers of all ages to work on various projects, programs, outreach, and activities, which usually occur between 8:00 am and 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday. Beginning in September 2023, there will be some Monday evening activities. Contact Rufty-Holmes Senior Center to learn more about volunteering opportunities for you!
704-216-7703
Saving Grace Farm, Inc
Saving Grace Farm always has opportunities for ongoing volunteers who are interested in horses, helping with children, and helping people with special needs. Volunteers typically do a 1.5-hour training and then help 1 or more hours a week for 8 weeks, continuing if they so choose. These are great opportunities for students to learn about compassion, helping others, giving back. Horses are also great teachers of respect, trust, leadership, and other valuable life skills. If volunteers are looking for a one-time opportunity, we may have options to help do cleaning or organizing projects around the farm. Please contact office@savinggracefarm.com or 704-209-6577 for more information. Volunteer forms can be found on our website at www.savinggracefarm.com.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_2fe7hxf1s&authuser=0
Girls on the Run
Watch this video on the program: https://youtu.be/ekS2lM9lTLU
If you are interested in volunteering with GOTR, please contact lindsay.peiffer@girlsontherun.org
Downtown Salisbury Inc
Mark your Calendars for these events! Click link to view and sign up!
Buskers’ Bash, Friday, October 4th –
- Description - an annual event that celebrates the best local talent from solo musicians to fire-tossing jugglers and every other type of street performer in between! The eclectic crew of sidewalk artists, typically amounting to over 30 acts, perform in front of participating downtown businesses. This is a night full of fun and activity that takes place throughout the whole downtown. The public can pick up maps and follow the path to enjoy the evening’s entertainment and shops. In addition to the maps, they will also receive a bag with five (5) special Buskers’ Bash guitar picks to vote for their favorite performers FREE of charge! When the “audience member” feels they are impressed enough that the performer(s) could be “the Best Busker”, they will simply drop a pick(s) in the performers' bucket. At the end of the night, winners are announced at the Grand Finale location (TBD) and awarded awesome prizes. The event is from 5-9 p.m., with shops staying open later and Buskers showcasing their talent from 5:30-8 p.m.
- Volunteer needs – assist with busker check-in at the Visitors Center, handing out pic-pacs from one of the three tent locations, and counting guitar picks at the end of the night.
- Volunteer link to sign up - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050D4CADAB2BA2FA7-47440164-2024
Halloween Fun Fest, Saturday, October 26th –
- Description – Halloween Fun Fest is an annual event sponsored by the Parks and Recreation Dept. The event includes a variety of games and activities for families, a haunted trolley tour, a costume contest, and more. DSI hosts the trick-or-treating portion of the event that takes place with our Downtown businesses. The time of the event is from 4:00 – 7:30 p.m.
- Volunteer needs – assist with decorating trolleys for the haunted trolley tour, manage the trolley line, and assist with games.
- Volunteer link to sign up - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050D4CADAB2BA2FA7-47440705-2024
Holiday Night Out, Friday, November 29 –
- Description - The biggest shopping night of the year happens in Downtown Salisbury! Live music, caroling, activities, hot cocoa and so much more. The event time is from 5-8 p.m.
- Volunteer needs - assist with set up and breakdown, crafts, checking on snow machines, and cleaning at the end of the night.
- Volunteer link to sign up - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050D4CADAB2BA2FA7-47440162-2024
Photos with Santa and the Grinch and Antique Fire Truck Rides, Saturday, December 7.
- Description – Attendees spend the day downtown gathering at Bell Tower Green for photos with Santa and the Grinch from 10 am to 1 pm. Then, enjoy free rides on antique fire trucks with Santa and the Grinch from 1:30 to 4 pm.
- Volunteer needs - assist with set up and break down, crafts, assist Santa and the Grinch, manage the line (photos and truck rides), make sure everyone signs a waiver, and clean up.
- Volunteer link to sign up - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050D4CADAB2BA2FA7-47440706-2024
Attire for all events includes:
- Jeans or khakis (no sweatpants or leggings, no holes)
- Comfortable closed-toe shoes, i.e. tennis shoes
- For school groups or organizations, wear your school or organization t-shirt, i.e. SHS Honor Society, NACCP, etc.
- Jacket or sweatshirt (if cool)
Contact info is at the bottom.
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Latoya S. Price
Events Coordinator
Downtown Salisbury, Inc.
City of Salisbury—Downtown Development Dept.
217 S. Main St., Salisbury, NC 28144
Main: (704) 637-7814 || Office: (704) 638-5238
