Make a Difference! Have an Impact! Help Your Community! Get Involved!

Who Should Attend:

All are welcome! If you would like to make the world a better place, come join us! :-)

***Volunteers of all ages, backgrounds and skill levels. We will find a place to utilize your time & talents.

***Businesses, Schools, Universities & Faith Communities that would like to partner with or support nonprofits.

***Nonprofit organizations that would like to work together with other nonprofits and learn what resources are available to help them with their mission.

***Individuals with a Startup Idea that Solves a Social or Environmental problem.

Come join us to find out about local small nonprofit organizations that need your help. Whether you want to help animals, children, seniors, veterans or the environment, your community needs you!

1:00-3:00  Mesa Main Library downtown  2nd floor in the Saguaro Room.

Option #1 is Track A:  Volunteer Fair--Volunteers can meet local organizations that need your help. Small, Volunteer Run Nonprofits can display their brochures and meet potential volunteers. Nonprofits can just show up on the day but it is best if you contact us before so that we know you are coming. Another benefit for nonprofits is that you may leave your brochures with us and volunteers will bring them to other volunteer fairs to assist you in finding volunteers.

Option #2 is Track B: Nonprofits & Individuals with a good idea for a Community Project pitch their idea and receive brainstorming help and advice from the audience. Please check the schedule closer to the day to know which idea is being presented at which time. Please scroll down to see the tentative schedule. Each idea gets 10 minutes. That is 3 minutes to pitch the idea and the rest of the time to receive crowdsourced ideas from people willing to help. Please share your time and your talents by attending this event and giving information & creative ideas that help support these Community Projects.

Option #3 is Track C: Begin working with Community Projects that have been presented. Each organization & individual who brings an idea will also have a specific project that they need help with. Please visit the various tables and share your time & your talents to help move their project forward. You are welcome to visit and help lots of Community Projects or stay with the one that interests you most and assist them in completing their project.

3:00-4:30  Mesa Main Library downtown  2nd floor in the Saguaro Room.

Option #1 is Track A:  Open Mic Pitches--You are welcome to sign up for a slot of time to pitch your idea. Simply show up on the day of the event, schedule a time to pitch and receive helpful ideas and information that will help your idea become a reality.

Option #2 is Track B: "Meet Your Tribe"  Meet with your "Tribe" of people interested in promoting the welfare of Veterans, Seniors, Animals, Women, Children/Teens, the Environment, etc. Discuss the major issues that face the group of individuals you are most passionate about helping. Create a list of Community Projects to pursue that would be helpful. What would make their lives easier & better. Where are the Community Resources that help? What organizations & information sources are most helpful? Who should be working together? Where are the gaps in service? Meet with like-minded others who share your passion for helping this group! :-) Brainstorm innovative ways of getting important messages out that affect these populations. Use your combined creativity to increase awareness of your cause.

Option #3 is Track C: Continue working with Community Projects that have been presented. Each organization & individual who brings an idea will also have a specific project that they need help with. Please visit the various tables and share your time & your talents. You are welcome to visit and help lots of Community Projects or stay with the one that interests you most and assist them in completing their project.

4:30-5:00  Mesa Main Library downtown  2nd floor in the Saguaro Room.

Final pitches about what has been accomplished today. Share what the next steps are for your project and what you need to move forward.

Please share your time and your talents to make the world a better place. At this Volunteer Orientation you will also find out about:

The Ways Your Business, School, University or Faith Organization Can Support Your Local Nonprofits.

The Community Project Accelerator events where individuals and nonprofits pitch good ideas and Community Projects that help their community and the audience brainstorms idea, connections and resources that can help.

The Volunteer Social Media Marketing Team that helps create awareness of the causes and needs of small nonprofits.

The Community Skill Bank of on call experts that help nonprofits and local community projects when they can.

The Donated Item Service where you can donate items or receive items if you are a nonprofit.

The Fundraising Project where individuals work together to raise funds to support worthy causes, ideas, startups and Community Projects.

The Many Opportunities to Help Out by Volunteering at Home or at Your Business and much, much more!

Many of the volunteer opportunities can be done from home or when you have a spare few minutes. All can be done to fit in with your busy schedule!

Tell us what you would ideally like to do, what skills you want to use and how you want to change the world and we will find the perfect nonprofit for you to help. Small nonprofits do not get the help they need and yet they fulfill their organization mission with volunteers only. These small nonprofits deserve help since your volunteer hour has more of an impact. You will also find out about local Community Projects that need your help to become a reality.

We especially have a lot of requests from Animal groups that need your help. One project is the Shared Multiple Animal Rescue Shelter where animal rescues create a shared working space and kennel so that they can save more animals.

The Senior to Senior project places senior animals with senior citizens who need a companion that they can foster long term with the financial support of the nonprofit.

The Feeding Animals in Rescue Project looks at opportunities for "group purchases" of animal supplies so that the price is better and also looks for donations of pallets of food.

The Companion Animal Assistance Program helps people with low income find free or low cost options for animal food, vet car and spay/neuter.

The Animal Resource Help Line is a project proposed that would help the community with animal related questions and steer them to the correct nonprofit that helps.

The volunteer Social Media Marketing Team that helps promote adoption of rescued animals, encourages spay/neuter programs and aids in fundraising projects to help support animal rescue efforts.

Come and meet like minded people. Connect with other volunteers. Share your time and your talents! Make the World a Better Place!

WHAT TO BRING:  Bring any type of Community Project that Makes the World a Better Place. Also bring: Snacks, Drinks in closed containers, paper, pens, colored pencils, markers, white boards, flip charts, scrap paper, laptop computers, extra card tables and anything else that will help you be creative. Nonprofits should bring information & brochures. Please tell your friends! We need all skills, all ideas and all interest in different worthy causes. Please put on your Superhero cape and bring your own unique Superhero skills to help create positive change in your community.

We are an online/in person Community Project Accelerator that Offers Create-a-Thons, Hackathons, Make-a-Thons & Social Entrepreneur Startup Events that Create Opportunities for Like-Minded Individuals & Organizations to Support Community Projects that Make the World a Better Place.

We Help Individuals & Organizations to Find the Information & Resources They Need to Solve Social & Environmental Problems. Thank you for your help in getting the word out through your social media channels! :-)