Make the most of summer with volunteer service. Wondering how to build your resume for college applications? Or how to preview a possible career? Volunteering should be more than collecting hours; volunteering can connect you to college and career interests. Here is our latest list of recommended volunteer organizations and service ideas from Class 101-Dayton. They range from one day events, to flexible online programs, to places where students can volunteer regularly. 

Featured Service Opportunity: Sleep in Heavenly Peace

Hundreds of children in our area need a bed to sleep on. Under the guidance of SHP Chapter team members, volunteers build beds in an assembly line. There are stations for sawing, sanding, drilling, assembling, staining, and branding the wood. A pile of raw lumber becomes ready-to-deliver bunks for kids in need in just three hours. You can sign up to volunteer for a build day or a delivery day. Learn more here: https://shpbeds.org/ 

Service Directory

4 Paws for Ability 
https://www.4pawsforability.org/volunteer/ 

ArtFest on Main, August 29, 2026
https://artfestonmain.com/volunteer/ 

Aullwood Audubon (National Audubon Society)
https://www.audubon.org/aullwood/get-involved 

Bogg Ministries (food pantry)
https://thebogg.org/volunteer/

Caesar Creek State Park Nature Center 
https://caesarcreekstatepark.com/volunteer/ 

Carillon Historical Park 
https://daytonhistory.org/support/volunteer/

Casseroles of Hope 
https://casserolesofhope.org/ 

Centerville-Washington History 
https://www.centervillewashingtonhistory.org/volunteer

Centerville-Washington Park District offers many volunteer opportunities to serve outside! https://cwpd.org/support/volunteer/youth-volunteer-application/

Crayons to Classrooms
https://www.crayonstoclassrooms.org/volunteers/volunteer-interest/ 

Crossroads Hospice 
https://www.crossroadshospice.com/hospice-volunteering/volunteer-opportunities/

Dayton Art Institute’s Summer High School Volunteers help to implement public programming and children’s programs. Learn more here: https://www.daytonartinstitute.org/join-support/high-school-volunteers/ 

Dayton Live Teen Usher & Ambassador Program (Schuster Center, Broadway in Dayton) https://www.daytonlive.org/about/employment-volunteering/teen-ushers-ambassadors/ 

Dayton Metro Library
https://www.daytonmetrolibrary.org/volunteer/

Five Rivers Metroparks
https://www.metroparks.org/make-a-difference/volunteer/

FLOC is a 100% volunteer run local organization that serves approximately 6,000 children in the Dayton area. Sign up here: Volunteer – For Love Of Children

Food2Go needs help providing weekend meals to 130+ children. 
https://www.elivinghope.com/food2go 

Good Works Farm needs volunteers for their summer camps for differently-abled individuals. Sign up here: https://www.goodworksfarm.org/

Habitat for Humanity (Dayton) 
https://daytonhabitat.org/how-to-help/youth-volunteer-opportunities.html 

Hannah’s Treasure Chest
https://www.htcdayton.org/volunteer

Humane Society of Greater Dayton
https://hsdayton.org/get-involved/volunteer/individual-volunteers/

Human Association of Warren County 
https://www.homelesspets.org/volunteer

KIND: Kids in New Directions (Dayton)n 
https://www.kinddayton.org/about-4

Leavitt Pavillion (music venue) in Dayton 
https://levittdayton.org/volunteer/

Miracle League – Dayton
https://www.miracleleaguedayton.org/volunteers

Ohio Attorney General Teen Ambassador Board for high school juniors and seniors who are interested in law and government. The application opens this summer.
https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/State-and-Local-Government/Schools/Teen-Ambassador-Board 

PAWS Adoption Center 
https://www.pawsadoptioncenter.org/support/volunteer/

Premier Health Network offers a variety of volunteer opportunities area hospitals
Sign up here: Volunteering | Premier Health

Ronald McDonald House Charities- Dayton 
https://rmhcdayton.org/get-involved/volunteer/

SICSA (student intern program is closed until August 2026) 
https://sicsa.org/kid-teen-volunteering/

Springboro Area Historical Society
https://springboroareahistory.org/volunteer

Springboro Juneteenth Celebration needs event volunteers for June 20, 2026.
https://www.springborojuneteenth.com/

Therapeutic Riding Institute (TRI) relies on more than 100 volunteers each week to offer equine-assisted services to people with disabilities. Learn more and sign up here: https://www.triohio.org/volunteer-1 

Warren County Parks District 
https://www.warrencountyparks.com/get-involved/volunteer/ 

Youth at the Booth–17-year-olds can be poll workers in Ohio
https://www.boe.ohio.gov/clinton/election-info/election-workers/student-election-workers/ 

Serve online

By the People is a crowdsourcing initiative from the Library of Congress where volunteers  transcribe thousands of documents that cannot be read by machines and scanners. Learn more:  https://crowd.loc.gov/

Learn to Be is an online tutoring site where students in grades K-12 receive 1-on-1 tutoring for math and reading completely free. Learn how to become a tutor here: https://www.learntobe.org/apply 

Schoolhouse.world will certify students in various areas of study and create a “transcript” that can supplement college applications. This site also offers a platform for online tutoring; students can become volunteer tutors. https://schoolhouse.world/ 

Smithsonian Digital Volunteers help make historical documents and biodiversity data more accessible through transcribing and reviewing field notes, diaries, ledgers, logbooks, currency proof sheets, photo albums, manuscripts, biodiversity specimen labels, and historic audio recordings. Learn more: https://transcription.si.edu/