The power of

VOLUNTEERING

Giving your time and talent can change a life! Check out all the different ways to get involved with Pikes Peak United Way and our community impact partners below.

Upcoming events

There are so many ways to plug in and help Colorado Springs thrive. Gather your friends, family and coworkers and join us in making serious impact, together.

January-April

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA)

Help thousands of people get their taxes filed for FREE! Training for this volunteer opportunity begins in the fall. You do not need to be a CPA.

Tuesday, january 22, 2019

Partner Spotlight

Our partners at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado are hosting a volunteer orientation on January 22, 2019 from 5:30-7pm at their Colorado Springs’ office in the Plaza of the Rockies. If you have interest in empowering children and youth in our community, and making a lasting impact, please attend! For more information, contact Kristian DePue at: kristiand@biglittlecolorado.org

February-April

Community Investment Review Committee

As a valued Pikes Peak United Way (PPUW) Community Investment Review Committee member you will: Assist PPUW in allocating funds to solve local needs, learn more about nonprofit resources, network with community leaders and more!

Corporate engagement

Volunteer Engagement is a meaningful piece to your involvement with Pikes Peak United Way. Participating in group volunteer opportunities with members of your team help strengthen your group. It’s also a great opportunity to learn about local agencies and see how your financial support makes an impact in our community.

Annual Volunteer Opportunities

There are so many ways to plug in and help Colorado Springs thrive. Gather your friends, family and coworkers and join us in making serious impact, together.

Volunteer opportunities

Thank you for your commitment to serving our community. Pikes Peak United Way and our partners rely heavily on volunteers every day! Find an opportunity to fit your passion below.

Big Brothers and Big Sisters

To provide children facing adversity with strong, professionally supported one-to-one relationships that change their lives.

Boy Scouts of America

To prepare young people to make ethical over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law.

CASA of the Pikes Peak Region

Provides a volunteer’s voice in court for children who are victims of abuse, neglect or domestic conflict.

Catholic Charities

To build solidarity within the community, and to advocate for justice for the poor and vulnerable.

Cheyenne Village

To help people with disabilities lead happy, healthy and fulfilling lives.

Colorado Springs Conservatory

To inspire, motivate, and challenge all students to aspire to their highest potential as artists and as human beings through arts.

Community of Caring Foundation

To help Teller County residents find help with food, clothes, health care, employment, counseling and more.

Court care of the pikes peak region

To provide quality child care in a safe, family-friendly environment for children of individuals who have court-related business.

CPCD...Giving Children a head start

To provide children living in poverty or challenged by special circumstances with an early childhood education.

Crossfire Ministries

to create a sharing center in which everyone in the Pikes Peak region has access to daily necessities and is empowered to improve quality of life.

Diakonia

To ensure that each child who completes our preschool program develops the skills needed to thrive.

Dream centers

Caring for and empowering women and children in poverty.

Early Connections

To provide high quality, comprehensive early care and education for ALL children.

Envida

To provide transportation and home care services to persons with disabilities, the elderly and low-income citizens in the Pikes Peak region.

Fostering Hope Foundation

Affirming and supporting foster parents in their task of caring for abused and neglected children.

Greccio Housing

To create stable, safe, and supportive affordable-housing options for low-income individuals and families.

Griffith Centers

To provide community programs such as family preservation, day treatment, education, truancy prevention and counseling.

Homeward Pikes Peak

To provide high quality counseling and housing services for folks struggling with homelessness and/or substance abuse.

Interfaith Hospitality Network

To provide basic, preventative, and supportive services to families with children who are homeless or at risk of becoming so.

Ithaka Land Trust

To help house our city’s most vulnerable.

Lutheran Family Services

To help the vulnerable, with services that heal, strengthen and provide hope.

Mile High Youth Corps

To give youth ages 16 to 24 a chance to earn an income and learn hands-on job skills while serving in their communities.

Mt. Carmel Center of Excellence

To collaborate with community partners providing best practices in transition and wellness services for Veterans, Military and their Families.

Partners in Housing

To give homeless families with children the opportunity to achieve self-sufficiency through supportive services and transitional housing.

Peak Education

To help students access opportunities to create a new future.

Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity

To build homes, communities and hope.

Pikes Peak Workforce

To connect vital businesses with work-ready job seekers and employer-driven services.

REACH Pikes Peak

To increase the capacity of low-income families and individuals to be self-sufficient.

The Resource Exchange

To build independence for people with intellectual and development disabilities and remarkable abilities.

The Salvation Army

To meet human need without discrimination.

Silver Key

To provide adults age 60 and over with a wide variety of services.

Teen Court

Over 200 teen volunteers work with their at-risk peers every year, hearing cases and determining appropriate ways to repair harm.

TESSA

To help women and their children achieve safety and wellbeing while challenging communities to end sexual and family violence.

Tri-Lakes Cares

To improve people’s lives through emergency, self-sufficiency and relief programs.

Urban Peak

To ignite the potential in youth to exit homelessness and create self-determined, fulfilled lives.

westside cares

To provide care and compassion to our neighbors in need.

Women’s Resource Agency

To empower women and girls to attain and maintain personal self-sufficiency and economic independence.

take action today

Didn’t find what you’re looking for? Contact our volunteer coordinator today to find an opportunity that’s right for you!