VolunteersForYouth

This program works with youth who have committed crimes in Orange County and are assigned community service hours. Young people are placed in nonprofit work sites throughout the county where volunteer supervisors oversee and evaluate their work. The program coordinators organize group events such as park clean up projects and arts & crafts projects that benefit the community. Through this program, youthful offenders learn important lessons in responsibility and accountability and often develop positive relationships with their adult supervisors. Young people are also taught valuable life and job skills while volunteering.

Ongoing Community Service Opportunities

Orange County Teen Court
Superior Courtroom in the Orange County Courthouse
106 E. Margaret Lane, Hillsborough

Click here for a schedule and more information.
Youth volunteers can serve on the jury for community service hours. Check in with Amy Fischer when you arrive.

This project has limited spaces.

Anathoth Community Garden
Lonesome Road, Cedar Grove

The Anathoth Garden is a community garden run by Cedar Grove United Methodist Church. Community service youth can come out on Saturdays and work in the garden in a variety of different tasks. The food produced by the garden is distributed to garden members and to the Cedar Grove community. This work will count for double hours if youth do a good job and stay on task during the workday. Bring a bottle for water and check in with Fred Bahnson, David Hamilton or Wren Blessing when you arrive.

This project is limited to 6 youth per workday.

RENA Community Center
1715 Purefoy Drive, Chapel Hill
Monday - Friday from 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM and Saturdays 12 noon - 6:00 PM

Youth will assist with multiple tasks at the RENA Center. Projects include, but aren't limited to: helping with food pantry/food distribution (Fridays), neighborhood cleanup, painting, landscaping, office work, community garden (Saturdays), after school activities and special events/projects.

This project is limited to 3 youth on weekdays and 5 on Saturdays.
YOU MUST SIGN UP BEFORE WORKING.

Kramden Institute
4915 Prospectus Drive, Suite J, Durham

Wednesday 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Community service youth help refurbish computers.

This project is limited to 3 youth per workday.

The Peoples Channel
300 AC Elliott Road, Chapel Hill

Learn about video production while earning community service hours. Volunteers must attend an orientation, which will also count towards hours, held on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of every month from 7-8pm.

Contact your program coordinator for more information.

The Arts Center
300-G E. Main Street., Carrboro

The Arts Center is always looking for volunteers to help with their theatre programs and with their afterschool program.

Contact your program coordinator for more information.

Chapel Hill-Carrboro YMCA
980 MLK Jr. Boulevard, Chapel Hill

The YMCA has a variety of tasks that youth volunteers can help with. Volunteers must fill out a volunteer application and attend a 1-hour orientation, which will also count towards community service. Youth can also volunteer with the Boomerang program after school and on teacher workdays.

Contact your program coordinator for more information.

The Internationalist Prison Books Collective
218 North Graham Street, Chapel Hill

Sundays
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

This is a non-profit, all-volunteer group that sends out free books and informational material, by request, to prison inmates in Mississippi and Alabama.

Contact your program coordinator for more information.

There are many more ongoing community service opportunities available in the Worksite Agency List.

Please check with your program coordinator to find out more information.