Maine Volunteer Opportunities
Give the gift of time and put your special skills to work in service to our community.
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Featured Volunteer Opportunity
Volunteer with United Way’s Reading Buddies This School Year Once a week, October to June
Join Reading Buddies and help set students up for success in school and beyond. Spend one hour per week in a local school and share your love of reading with students who need a little extra support. Speakers of non-English languages welcome!
Reading Buddies is supporting the following school districts: Eliot, Kennebunk, Lyman, North Berwick, Portland, Saco, Scarborough, Westbrook, and York.
Workplace
Make an impact in our community through a United Way volunteer experience customized for your group or organization.
We have a myriad of ways for workplaces to get involved with United Way from our Day of Action to workplace giving options, and more.
Email volunteer@uwsme.org to get started.
Individual
Give back and volunteer in Southern Maine. Find hundreds of volunteer opportunities with VolunteerME Southern Maine, presented in partnership with United Ways of Maine. Browse volunteer opportunities throughout Southern Maine, from Portland to Freeport, York to Bridgton.
Nonprofit
Are you a nonprofit interested in sharing your volunteer opportunities?
Please register and list your organization on VolunteerME.
Volunteer Engagement Contacts
Elliott Greene
Director, Volunteer Engagement
egreene@uwsme.org
Lucia Rico
Senior Manager, Individual Engagement
lrico@uwsme.org