Animal Organizations
Humane Society of West Alabama
Address: 2430 36th Street, Northport, AL 35473
Website: https://www.humanesocietyofwa.org/volunteer
Contact: (205) 554-0011 or email: volunteerhswa@gmail.com
Tuscaloosa Metro Animal Shelter
Address: 3140 35th St, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Website: https://www.metroanimalshelter.org/volunteering/
Contact: Follow link to contact volunteer coordinator or call (205) 752-9101
- volunteer opportunities currently on hold
Housing Organizations
Habitat for Humanity of Tuscaloosa
Address: 1120 35th St Ste B, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Website: www.habitattuscaloosa.org
Contact: (205) 349-4629 or email: info@habitattuscaloosa.org
- no volunteer opportunities until 2021 at earliest
Food Insecurity Organizations
Tuscaloosa Community Soup Bowl
Website: https://tuscaloosasoupbowl.com/
Contact: (205) 752-2421 or email: soupbowl@bellsouth.net
- Tuesday through Friday from 10:30 to 12:30 (do not have to go for full 2 hours)
- Call the number above and ask for Susan
- There are also weekend opportunities available that involves buying food, contact Susan for additional details if interested
West Alabama Food Bank
Address: 3160 McFarland Blvd., Northport, AL 35476
Website: https://westalabamafoodbank.org/
Contact: (205) 333-5353 or email: volunteer@westalabamafoodbank.org
- Thursdays and Fridays from 8 am to 3 pm (do not have to go the full time)
- Call ahead to let them know you’re coming
- Duties include packing backpack meals for kids, packing meals for seniors, or stocking the market
Grace Presbyterian Food Pantry and Legal Resource Table
Address: 113 Hargrove Road, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Website: https://www.gracetuscaloosa.org/
Contact: (205) 758-1193 (Professor Susan Donovan, sdonovan@law.ua.edu)
Meals on Wheels
Tuscaloosa: https://www.cspwal.com/departments/Meals-on-Wheels/page/volunteers.html
Birmingham: https://www.mowjeffco.org/volunteer/volunteer-application/
- Go to websites and follow the instructions (for Birmingham, find the event you want, register, and if you need a code then contact the event organizer)
Children’s Organizations
Arts ‘n Autism
Website: https://www.artsnautism.org/
Contact: (205) 247-4990
Big Brothers Big Sisters of West Alabama
Address: 2721 6th St., Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Website: https://www.bbbswestal.org/get-involved
Contact: (205) 758-5734 or email: zelda@bbbswestal.org
Rise Center UA
Address: 600 Johnny Stallings Dr, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Website: https://risecenter.ua.edu/volunteers.html
Contact: Email: Bailey Chambers at gbchambers@ches.ua.edu
The Brown House
Address: 714 30th Ave., Northport, AL 35476
Website: https://www.brownhousecommunity.org/volunteer
Contact: (205) 233-2603 or email: amy@brownhousecommunity.org
Working Outdoors
University of Alabama Arboretum
Address: 4801 Arboretum Way, Tuscaloosa, AL 35404
Website: http://arboretum.ua.edu/about-us/jobs/
Contact: Email: arbor@ua.edu
Black Warrior Riverkeeper
Website: https://blackwarriorriver.org/volunteer/
Contact: Charles Scribner
Call or Text: (205) 458-0095
Email: cscribner@blackwarriorriver.org
- Schedule your own or participate in regularly scheduled river clean-ups
- Other opportunities listed on website such as tabling events, data entry, research, and writing local newspapers
Miracle League of Tuscaloosa
Address: Munny Sokol Park North, 6198 Watermelon Rd, Northport, AL 35406
Website: https://miracleleagueoftuscaloosa.com/volunteer/
- Be a “buddy”, volunteer, or coach of a special needs baseball organization
- Requirements of each and the application is listed on the website
- No fall season due to COVID
Sexual/Domestic Violence
Tuscaloosa Safe Center
Address: 1601 University Boulevard East, Suite 150, Tuscaloosa, AL 35404
Website: https://www.tuscaloosasafecenter.com/get-involved
Contact: 205-860-SAFE (7233) or email: theo@tuscaloosasafecenter.com
- Need volunteers to accompany victims to court and prepare them for experience
- Help with things like what to wear to court, who will be in the courtroom, etc.
- Will need to do a background check
- If interested, apply via website as a court advocate
Turning Point
Address: 2110 McFarland Blvd E. Suite G, Tuscaloosa, AL, 35404
Website: https://www.turningpointservices.org/volunteers
Contact: (205) 758-0808 or email: volunteer@turningpointservices.org
- Currently not having in person volunteer opportunities
- Can do the following:
- on-call transportation – volunteers use personal vehicles to pick up incoming clients from safe meeting spot and transport them to emergency shelter
- assist with social media/marketing/community outreach, which can be done remotely
- All volunteers must go through onboarding process
- Volunteer Application Link
Medical Organizations
Tuscaloosa VA Center
Address: 3701 Loop Rd., Tuscaloosa, AL 35404
Website: https://www.tuscaloosa.va.gov/giving/
Contact: (205) 554-2000 Ext. 3550 or email: Deborah Cain at Deborah.Cain@va.gov
- No volunteers at this time due to COVID
DCH Regional Medical Center
Address: 809 University Blvd. E, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Website: https://www.dchsystem.com/jobs.aspx
Miscellaneous Volunteer Opportunities
Books 2 Prisons
Website: https://www.facebook.com/Books-to-Prisons-Alabama-(127) 373-117309475/
Contact: Barbara Brosier at books2prisons@gmail.com
- Need help with selling books on eBay to raise money
- Wrapping packages for mailing – can take home and wrap from there
- In need of padded mailing envelopes
- Social media help needed
- If interested, email Barbara and get added to mailing list and they will send out volunteer schedule
Crossing Points
Mailing Address: Box 870232, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Physical Address: Tom Barnes Education Center, Room 1060, 260 Kilgore Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Website: https://crossingpoints.ua.edu/
Contact: (205) 348-3180, crossing@bamaed.ua.edu or crossing@ua.edu
Downtown YMCA Family Center
Address: 2300 13th St., Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Website: http://www.ymcatuscaloosa.org/volunteer/
Contact: Nick Baldelli-Boggs at (205) 345-9622 or email her at nbboggs@ymcatusc.org
Benjamin Barnes YMCA
Address: 2939 19th St., Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Website: http://www.ymcatuscaloosa.org/volunteer/
Contact: LaKeda Smith at (205) 759-4284 or email her at lsmith@ymcatusc.org
Kentuck Art Center
Address: 503 Main Avenue Northport, Alabama 35476
Website: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeIkg5pJvswCUWXDUZrp43THBDbF7oHOuKcbNRkuSPHMp-Q5Q/viewform (Volunteer form)
Contact: (205) 758-1257 or email kentuck@kentuck.org
Salvation Army Tuscaloosa
Address: 2902 Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Website: https://salvationarmyalm.org/tuscaloosa/
Contact: (205) 632-3691
High Socks for Hope
Address: 3617 McFarland Blvd., Northport, AL 35476 MCFARLAND BOULEV
Website: https://www.highsocksforhope.org/volunteer
Contact: (205) 454-8434 or email: highsocksforhope@gmail.com
Tuscaloosa’s One Place
Address: 810 27th Ave., Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Website: https://www.tuscaloosaoneplace.org/get_involved
Contact: (205) 462-1000
- Volunteer coordinator is Kelsie Tibbetts (ktibbetts@tuscaloosaoneplace.org)
- opportunities starting in November
- Tinsel Trail fundraiser: setting up 200 Christmas trees along the river
- Link to volunteer: https://www.ttowntinsel.com/volunteer
Temporary Emergency Services
Address: 1705 15th St, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Website: https://temporaryemergencyservices.org/
Contact: (205) 758-5535
- TES offers a vast array of client services, including food assistance, clothing and help with utilities
- Our volunteers can work during office hours 9am – 4:30pm, Monday through Friday or the TES Thrift Store is open 9am – 5pm, Monday through Friday and Saturdays from 9am – 4:30pm
- Tasks include: helping out in Thrift Store, filling food bags for clients, and sorting donations
- To become a volunteer, fill out a volunteer application and review the volunteer manual, or you may walk in to their client services office between 9:00-4:30, Monday through Friday
PARA Youth Basketball, Soccer, or Football Coach
General Application: https://opportunities.averity.com/Application.aspx?oid=48565
Basketball: https://www.tcpara.org/recreation/athletics/youth-basketball
- Contact: Hugh Spencer 562-3200
Soccer: https://www.tcpara.org/recreation/athletics/tuscaloosaunited
- Contact: Barry Spitzer (205) 562-3200
Football: https://www.tcpara.org/recreation/athletics/tackle-football
- Contact: Kameca Webb 562-3200
Other Volunteer info: https://www.tcpara.org/contact/volunteer-info
- Sport specific applications and contacts listed on each page
- Coach required documents:
- Coach Application
- Signed Code of Conduct
- Photo of Driver’s License
- Different phone numbers for different locations
- Contact PARA Email link: https://www.tcpara.org/contact/feedback
Impact America
SaveFirst- Tuscaloosa and Birmingham
- Counts as Pro Bono hours
- Helping people file their taxes
- Flexible hours, no required hours and schedule whenever you like
FocusFirst- Birmingham
- Helping conduct vision exams in pre-ks
- Train at first meeting
- Volunteers needed August through November and January through May
- Need at least one free weekday morning (until 12:00 or later)
SpeakFirst- Birmingham
- Helping teach junior high and high school debate teams
- Need two afternoons a week (3:30-5:00 or 4:00-7:00) and a couple of Saturdays
Volunteer Application: https://impactamerica.com/volunteer-application/
Morning Pointe Senior Living
Address: 1801 Rice Mine Road N, Tuscaloosa, AL 35406
Contact: (205) 345-1112
Website: https://morningpointe.com/volunteer/