If you enjoy wrapping gifts at Christmas time, we could use your help! Extreme Community Makeover has an opportunity to wrap gifts at the Town Center at Aurora from Saturday, December 1-Sunday, December 9 and 50% of proceeds from all gifts wrapped will be donated back to ECM! Shifts are scheduled in 2 – 2 1/2 hour…

Reading Partners is a national literacy nonprofit with a new affiliate in Colorado that partners with Title-1 schools to tutor struggling readers entirely through the help of volunteers. Reading Partners is seeking volunteer tutors to work one-on-one with students at elementary schools in the Denver/Aurora area. Tutors commit to volunteering 1 hour a week, for…

Written for The Denver Post by Bruce DeBoskey of The DeBoskey Group Americans will spend an average of $750 per person on gifts for family, friends and colleagues in this upcoming holiday season, an increase of 4 percent over 2011. Predicted overall holiday spending will exceed $550 billion.   Starting at Thanksgiving and continuing through…

We know we are the best resource for volunteerism in Denver, but do you? The Metro Volunteers’ Facebook page is a great tool to find last-minute volunteer opportunities, upcoming event info and see what our nonprofit members are up to. Knowing this, we have a goal to increase our “likes” from 779 to 1,000 by the…

      Supplies for Sandy Victims Level 3 Communications and Graebel Van Lines are partnering with other front-range businesses to offer help for Hurricane Sandy victims by sending much needed emergency supplies to the East Coast. How you can help: Purchase supplies and bring to drop off location Help sort and organize supplies to…

The Community Blue Print Network is an initiative launched by the Points of Light Foundation with the goal of assisting Veterans and their families through reintegration strategies like employment, volunteerism and education. To better connect our Veterans to these resources, SignupandServe.org was created with the intentions of matching Veterans to organizations that can help make…

Metro Volunteers has officially moved AND launched our new website and database! As of Thursday, November 1, we have moved into the newly created Colorado Collaborative for Nonprofits. Joining us are Colorado Nonprofit Association, ColoradoNonprofitDevelopmentCenter, Community Shares of Colorado and CommunityResourceCenter. Together we will serve as a vital hub for capacity building and professional support…

A program of the Young Philanthropist Foundation (YPF), the Penny Harvest is a free, student-led service and leadership education program that empowers kids to choose the positive changes they want to see in their community and fits beautifully with the Common Core Language Arts standards. During Penny Harvest, the whole school comes together to gather pennies and discuss issues…