The following community organizations need volunteers.
Boys & Girls Club
Contact Person: Desiree Frederick
Email: desiree@bgchuntington.com
Phone: (260) 359-1750
Address: 608 E. State St.
By the Book
Contact Person: Jennie Wilkin
Email: jjwilkin99@gmail.com
Phone: (702) 335-9847
Things they might ask you to do:
- Teachers
- Board members
- Walk children from school to trailer and back
Cancer Services of Northeast Indiana
Contact Person: Sandra Logan
Email: slogan@cancer-services.org
Phone: (260) 484-9560
Address: 6316 Mutual Drive, Fort Wayne
Things they might ask you to do:
- Drive people for appointments
- Sewing groups
- Admin work
- Sorting and caring for supplies
City of Huntington
Contact Person: Christy Knecht, Community Engagement Volunteer Coordinator
Email: christina.knecht@huntington.in.us
Phone: (260) 224-3867
Address: 634 Webster St.
Community Harvest Food Bank
Contact Person: Linda Hansen
Email: lhansen@communityharvest.org
Phone: (260) 447-3696
Things they might ask you to do:
- Unload trucks in Markle on Tuesdays
- Unload trucks in Huntington on Wednesdays
Council on Aging
Contact Person: Jessica Huscher
Email: jhuscher@huntingtoncountycoa.org
Phone: (260) 359-4410
Address: 500 MacGahan St.
Things they might ask you to do:
- Special events help
- Newsletter and fundraising envelope addressing
- Fish fry fundraiser help
Covered With Love of Huntington County
Contact Person: Isiah Huber
Email: ministrycoordinator@lovehuntington.org
Phone: (260) 356-0933
Address: 7150 Byron St.
Things they might ask you to do:
- Run registers
- Sort and clean clothes
- Assist shoppers
Girl Scouts of Northern Indiana/Michiana
Contact Person: Kelsey Echolm
Email: frontdesk@gsnim.org
Phone: (800) 283-4872
Things they might ask you to do:
- Troop co-leader
- Committee volunteer
- Camp/seasonal volunteers
- Cookie program volunteer
Habitat for Humanity
Contact Person: Andrea Colley
Phone: (260) 205-5029
Email: acolley@habitat.com
Address: 2020 E. Washington St., Suite 500, Fort Wayne
Things they might ask you to do:
- Installing flooring
- Painting
- Framing and siding houses
Historic Forks of the Wabash
Contact Person: Beth Stricker
Email: tours@forksofthewabash.org
Phone: (260) 356-1903
Address: 3011 W. Park Drive
Things they might ask you to do:
- Programming help
- Time-period actors for school events
- Building and trails maintenance
Homemakers
Contact Person: Rita McCabe
Email: armccabe62@hotmail.com
Phone: (260) 356-3291
Things they might ask you to do:
- Members quilt, sew tote bags, assemble care boxes and make cards. Membership is open!
Huntington Area Recreational Trails Association
Contact Person: Kelly Frank
Email: info@harta-gotrails.org
Phone: (260) 355-5103
Address: P.O. Box 5005, Huntington, IN 46750
Things they might ask you to do:
- Trail clean-up
- Serve as new board members
- Fundraising
- Help with events
- Tails and Trails Festival
- Beer and Wine Festival
- Annual Gala
Huntington City-Township Public Library
Contact Person: Kay Stein (Adults), Malissa Hostetler (Children)
Email: kstein@huntingtonpul.org, mhostetler@hctpl.info
Phone: (260) 356-0824
Address: 255 W. Park Drive
Things they might ask you to do:
- Keefer Room assistance
- Reassemble "library of things" items
- Shelving or organizing books and other library materials
- Straightening and organizing play centers
- Dusting, vacuuming
- Craft prep
- Seasonal decorating
- Event help
Huntington County Disaster Team
Contact Person: Max Kaylor
Email: huntingtonalert@gmail.com
Phone: (260) 224-3535
Address: 829 Oak St.
Things they might ask you to do:
- Emergency assistance
- Damage assessment
- Food bank assistance
- Fooding response, sandbagging
- Crowd control
- Skywarn
- Hazmat (training available)
Huntington County Historical Museum
Contact Person: Barbara Rupley
Email: huntingtonhistoricalmuseum@gmail.com
Phone: (260) 356-7264
Address: 315 Court St.
Things they might ask you to do:
- Help with displays
- Help clean and organize
- Cataloging and digitizing negatives
Huntington County Humane Society
Contact Person: Jenna Strick
Email: info@huntingtonhumane.org
Phone: (260) 356-0355
Address: 390 Thurman Poe Way
Things they might ask you to do:
- Housekeeping (laundry, dishes)
- Grooming
- Dog walks and playtime
- Animal care (feeding, watering, cleaning)
Huntington Theatre Guild Act II
Contact Person: Kelly Frank
Email: huntingtontheatreguild@gmail.com
Phone Number: (260) 355-5103
Things they might ask you to do:
- Help build sets
- Backstage help for events
- Performers
Indiana Family Care Center
Contact Person: Amber Rice
Email: amber@indianafamilycarecenter.com
Phone: (260) 200-1155
Address: 517 N. Jefferson St.
Things they might ask you to do:
- Dusting
- Organizing
- Pricing and hanging clothes
- Greeting customers
- Decorating
Master Gardeners
Contact Person: Ed Farris
Email: emfarris@purdue.edu
Phone: (260) 358-3278
Things they might ask you to do:
- Display gardens
- Write articles
- Lead public forums
- Helping youth/adults in various educational formats
New Life Ministries Meal Ministry
Contact Person: Bob Burnsworth
Email: rburnsworth@cbrwg.com
Phone: (260) 517-3637
Address: 323 N. Jefferson St.
Things they might ask you to do:
- Lunchtime soup kitchen helpers
New Life Ministries
Contact Person: Brittany Shoemaker
Email: bshoemaker@nlm-in.org
Phone: (260) 200-1372
Address: 323 N. Jefferson St.
Things they might ask you to do:
- Various projects
- Landscaping
- House maintenance
Parkview Huntington Hospital
Contact Person: Melanie Hull
Email: melanie.hull@parkview.com
Phone: (260) 355-3319
Address: 2001 Stults Road
Parkview Huntington Family YMCA
Contact Person: Jill Gradeless
Email: jill.gradeless@huntingtony.org
Phone: (260) 359-9622
Address: 1160 W 500 N
Things they might ask you to do:
- Clean equipment
- Event help
- Sports team coaches
Pathfinder Services Inc.
Contact Person: Orion McCormick, Kayla Rosman
Email: omccormick@pathfinderservices.org, krossman@pathfinderservices.org
Phone: (260) 356-0500
Address: 2824 Theater Ave.
Things they might ask you to do:
- Early Learning Center needs
- Children and infant room helpers
- Disability services needs
- Music therapy helpers
- Crafting helpers
Place of Grace
Contact Person: Jillian Parsons
Email: info@myplaceofgrace.org, jillian@myplaceofgrace.org
Phone: (260) 358-7529
Address: 540 Guilford St.
Things they might ask you to do:
- Mentors for both men and women
- Cooking class teachers
- Help with yardwork, house projects
Purdue Extension 4-H
Contact Person: J.P. Pietrowski
Email: jpietrow@purdue.edu
Phone: (260) 358-4826
Address: 1340 S. Jefferson St.
Things they might ask you to do:
- 4-H Club leaders
- Project specialists
- Board members
- General 4-H volunteers
Salvation Army
Contact Person: Loretta Saunders
Email: loretta.saunders@usc.salvationarmy.org
Phone: (260) 356-3485
Address: 1424 E. Market St.
Things they might ask you to do:
- Seasonal bell-ringing
- Gift sorting
- Gift bag assembly
- Year-round food pantry help (Thursdays)
Scouting America
Contact Person: Steve Higgins
Email: steven.higgins@scouting.org
Phone: (260) 710-5637
Address: 8315 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne
Things they might ask you to do:
- Cub Scout den leader
- Scoutmaster
- Committee members
- Merit Badge Counselor
United With Love of Huntington County
Contact Person: Isiah Huber
Email: ministrycoordinator@lovehuntington.org
Phone: (260) 356-0933
Address: 7150 Byron St.
Things they might ask you to do:
- Community gardens
- Pull orders
- Stock shelves
- Unload trucks
- Help clients
Youth Services Bureau
Contact Person: Michelle Crone
Email: adm@ysbofhuntingtonco.org
Phone: (260) 356-9681
Address: 1344 Maple Drive
Things they might ask you to do:
- Stuff envelopes
- Event help
- Building maintenance