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Service Opportunities

The following organizations provide service opportunities for Scouts:

Bethesda Senior Living: Several area senior living facilities are seeking one-time or on-going projects with Scouting groups of all ages. Opportunities exist for units or Eagle Scout candidates. Review their list of project suggestions and contact information at each facility.

Cardinals: The Cardinals are looking for friendly volunteers from local colleges, community organizations, church groups, families, or individuals to join the "For a Greener Game" initiative and help collect recyclable materials from fans throughout each game at Busch Stadium. Contact Ashly Guest in the Stadium Operations Department at 314-345-9485 or via email at aguest@STLCardinals.com.

CHADS Coalition: The mission of CHADS (Communities Healing Adolescent Depression and Suicide) Coalition is to advance the prevention and knowledge of adolescent suicide through research, advocacy and education. The CHADS Coalition offers a 60-minute Signs of Suicide presentation to middle- and high-school students and Boy Scout troops. CHADS is named after Eagle Scout Chad McCord. Main contact: 314-952-2046; presentation contact: Joan, 314-623-9642, joan@chandscoalition.org.

Circle of Concern: This nonprofit agency in Valley Park, Mo., is looking to have a sturdy, custom-designed mail-box system built for its food pantry administrative office. For more information, contact Emily Fishman, Director of Programs & Volunteers, 636-861-2623, ext. 108.

Confluence Greenway: The Confluence has many outdoors opportunities for volunteering, including trail work days and river clean ups; visit their website for a calendar and more information about their volunteer opportunities.

Go! St. Louis offers volunteer opportunities to youth groups. Participants must be at least 14 years old. For information, call 314-727-0800 or visit their website.

Greenway Network is a non-profit environmental group based in St. Charles County with projects throughout the confluence region.

The Hawken House Museum in Webster Groves is in need of some yard and brickwork; this could be an Eagle Scout project or a unit project. For more information, please contact Molly Barrett at hawkenhouse@att.net or by phone at 314-968-1857.

International Institute: Located in beautiful South Saint Louis, the International Institute is a non-profit that provides services to refugees and immigrants. They have a new urban agriculture training program that includes an urban farm, offering lots of opportunities for development, from picnic tables to shade structures and beyond. For more information or to volunteer, contact Leanne Hourihan at hourihanl@iistl.org or 314-773-9090 ext 138.

A division of the Humane Society of Missouri, the ranch in Union, MO rescues, rehabs, and readopts out farm animals. Projects include creating horse trails, building shelters for miniature animals, and constructing horse jumps. For a current list of projects and more information contact Linda Chapman, linda.chapman@hsmo.org or 314-646-5672.

The Mission Continues: A national nonprofit that challenges veterans to serve and lead in communities across America, the Mission Continue's Saint Louis branch is partnering with the Mathews-Dickey Boys' and Girls' Club to rehab their recently bequeathed Bob Russell Park fields. Volunteers are needed to work alongside the veterans resurfacing the fields, painting, landscaping, and cleaning out the administrative offices. If you or your unit are interested in volunteering, you can find more information and a registration form at the Bob Russell Park Rehabilitation website.

Missouri State Parks: The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has two new volunteer programs: The Adpot-A-Park Program, and the Youth Volunteer Patch Program. These opportunities are appropriate for groups of any size and range in commitment from one day to two years.

Open Space Council: The Open Space Council works independently and collaboratively to conserve and sustain land, water and other natural resources throughout the St. Louis region. Their programs frequently offer opportunities for Scouts, either individually or as a unit, to volunteer their time.

Rainbow Village: Rainbow Village, a non-profit organization, provides safe, comfortable and affordable homes in the St. Louis Metro Area for people with developmental disabilities. Contact : Janet Wright, director of Development & Community Relations, at 314-567-1522, ext. 207.

Road to Recovery: The American Cancer Society is currently looking for volunteer drivers for its Road to Recovery program - a program of volunteers who drive patients to treatment centers and home again. To learn more about the program, please visit their website; for more information on the local Road to Recovery program, or to learn how you can volunteer, please contact Laura Ozenkoski at 314-286-8172.

The Salvation Army is looking for volunteers willing to make a difference this holiday season. It is working with the BSA to support the "Good Turn for America" initiative.

"Good Turn for America" is a call to service by the BSA to address the critical issues of hunger, health, and inadequate housing in our communities. The Salvation Army is asking Cub Scout packs, Boy Scout troops and Venturing crews to help by volunteering during the Army's holiday campaign. Service hours may be used towards Scout rank advancement requirements or Scouts and units may use the hours to qualify for "Good Turn for America" recognition.

Local Salvation Army Corps need youth and leaders to help with:

+ conducting, shopping for and helping deliver Angel Tree gifts for children

+ preparing and serving Thanksgiving and Christmas meals for those who are alone

or homeless during the holiday season

+ boxing food collected as part of Wehrenberg Theaters "Cans Film Festival" on Saturday, Dec. 6

For more information on volunteer opportunities, please call 314-646-3166 or visit the Salvation Army's website and click on "Volunteer Opportunities."