Community Focus
Volunteering
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Volunteer at the Library
If you would like to volunteer at one of our libraries, please contact the branch of your choice directly. For phone numbers, please see Locations & Hours.
If you have no branch preference, please contact the library's Human Resources Office at 791-4391.
A volunteer application form should be filled out by each applicant.
Volunteer with Library Partners
The library partners with several local organizations who also need volunteers. Contact the organization directly to find out about volunteer opportunities.
- Friends of the Pima County Public Library (520) 795-3763 or email fpcpl@qwest.net for more information
- Literacy Volunteers of Tucson (520) 882-8006
- Make Way for Books (520) 721-2334
- Reading Seed (520) 798-0700
Find Volunteer Opportunities
- AmeriCorps
- A network of local, state, and national service programs that connects volunteers with services that meet our country's needs in education, public safety, health, and the environment.
- Idealist.org: Action Without Borders
- Search for volunteer opportunities in your community or around the world.
- International Rescue Committee in Tucson
- Volunteer opportunities include being a mentor to a newly-arrived refugee family resettling in Tucson. Help them adjust to life in their new home and practice English. No special skills or knowledge needed! Only compassion, creativity, and patience!
- Senior Corps
- A national service program for senior volunteers, affiliated with the Corporation for National Service. There is also a link to projects specific to Arizona.
- SERVEnet
- Find volunteer opportunities by entering your zip code.
- Volunteer Center of Southern Arizona
- Searchable database for volunteer opportunities. The Center recruits and places volunteers in non-profit, government, education and health institutions, educates the community in volunteering, and provides training and technical assistance to profit and non-profit programs.
- VolunteerMatch
- National nonprofit committed to bringing volunteers and service organizations together on behalf of community needs.
Volunteer Management
- Energize, Inc.
- International training, consulting, and publishing firm specializing in volunteerism.
- The Thanks Company
- Cards and gifts especially for volunteers.
- Volunteer Today
- News, events, useful information on recruiting, retention, training, and links to valuable Web sites.