Needs From: KU Community Health Alliance

The Learning Club  provides several programs offering positive, pivotal education experience for the children in Kansas City who need it most, including after-school tutoring & mentorship, in-school reading intervention, middle school groups, internships, and summer programs. 

Volunteer Opportunities

In-School Reading Programs: Dedicate just 1.5 hours a week to reading intervention with K-5th grade students, helping them build their confidence and improve literacy skills.

After-School Programs: Commit one hour per week to mentor a student through homework help, reading, and connection. Make a lasting difference by helping a student thrive. (MOST NEEDED! Tuesdays after school)

If you are interested in volunteering, contact volunteer@LearningClubKCK.org. Please let them know your are a student at KUMC. 

Mission Adelante is a faith-based organization in KCK serving new Americans and refugees.

They offer Latino ESL classes and are in need of volunteers. Classes meet on Thursday evenings. Must be willing to make 12-week volunteer commitment; their approach is relationship-based, and success depends on consistency.  

Mission Adelante also needs weekly volunteers to help with their citizenship program on Tuesday nights, from 6:30pm to 8:30pm

To volunteer at Mission Adelante, contact elainer@missionadelante.org or call (913) 281-6274. Please mention that you are student at KUMC. 

Young Women on the Move (YWOM) provides after-school and summer empowerment programming for middle and high school girls with an emphasis on holistic health. YWOM also provides in-school workshops on healthy teen relationships, mental and behavioral health. Consistent volunteers are needed to mentor, teach, and/or speak. Time frame: weekly 12-5 pm Wednesdays; additional "as needed" volunteer roles available.  Great for KUMC students/staff interested in health careers, STEM, Girls' Health, Behavioral Health, Minority Health.

To volunteer for Young Women on the Move, contact asiaupton12@gmail.com. Please mention you are a student at KUMC. 

Project Eagle, part of the University of Kansas Medical Center, has provided early childhood education services to pregnant women and young children ages 0-5 in Wyandotte County since 1989. Our four distinct programs serve our participants and families annually, accounting for almost 1,000 children and their families: Connections, Family Resource Center, Early Head Start Home Visiting, and Educare Kansas City (Early Head Start and Head Start Center-Based services). 

Volunteer duties include: Reading to children, cleaning/sanitizing in classrooms, gardening, supporting teachers in classrooms, supporting special events, etc.

To volunteer for Project Eagle, contact jfrankdull@kumc.edu. Please mention you are a student at KUMC. 

Jackson County CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) is looking for long term (18-24 months) volunteers. CASA Volunteers advocate for the best interests of children who are in the Jackson County Family Court system until they have a safe and permanent home. A CASA Volunteer provides the judge with carefully researched information about the child to help the court make a sound decision about that child’s future. The CASA Volunteer helps determine if it’s in a child’s best interest to be returned to the parents or guardians, be placed in foster care, be placed with relatives, or be freed for permanent adoption.

Responsibilities include reviewing records, researching the child’s situation, regularly visiting the child wherever he/she is living, attending meetings concerning the child and family, writing recommendations to the judge before each court meeting, and working with the CASA staff attorney who represents the child in all legal proceedings, and reporting to the CASA staff case supervisor.

CASA is looking for volunteers from all backgrounds.

To volunteer for CASA, contact ahuggans@jacksoncountycasa-mo.org

Please mention you are a student at KUMC.

CultivateKC is a locally-grown nonprofit working to grow food, farms, and community in support of an equitable, sustainable, and healthy local food system for all.

MVP Volunteer Program: Cultivate KC’s Mobile Volunteer Program rotates weekly between farms and community gardens in the Midtown KC area. Regular, consistent volunteers needed.

Volunteer for Public Education and Fundraising Events (event volunteers receive free admission to ticketed events before/after their shift). Events include Earth Day, Farmers & Friends Annual Meeting, Urban Grown Farms & Gardens Tour, and Midtown Hoedown. All one-time events, easy commitments, and FUN!

To volunteer at Cultivate KC, contact courtney@cultivatekc.org. Please mention you are a student at KUMC. 

Literacy KC is a local nonprofit that serves close to 2000 adults through literacy, digital skills, English language learning, workforce development, and high school equivalency programs.

Pop Up Market Volunteers: 1st Monday of each month, Shift starts at 10:30 a.m. and runs 2-3 hours. Assist with bagging food, market set-up, interactions with guests and vendors.

Tutoring: work alongside students in the classroom helping them gain valuable literacy and digital skills. Volunteers commit to 3-6 hour shifts once per week, following school calendar.

To volunteer, contact volunteer@literacykc.org or call 816.333.9332