About Volunteer Experience
Volunteer Experience can provide students with unpaid work experience in a chosen field. Not only is volunteering an excellent way to gain experience but it looks great on a resume. It shows that you are willing to do what it takes, even working for free, to gain the experience needed to further yourself professionally.
Volunteer Experience Requirements
- Volunteer experience has no formal requirements. However, it is an excellent way to learn about a career field as well as give back to the community.
- Some volunteer work is done to fulfill class requirements. For more information about receiving credit for your volunteer experiences, please contact your academic advisor.
Listing of local volunteer agencies
- A.L.S.E. Clemente Center, INC.
- American Cancer Society
- American Red Cross - Lake County Chapter
- Bethany Child Care & Development Center
- Boys and Girls Clubs of Northwest Indiana
- Boy Scouts of America - Calumet Council
- BRIDGES
- Consumer Credit Counseling Service of NWI, INC.
- Crisis Center, INC.
- Drifting Dunes Girl Scout Council, INC.
- Everybody Counts
- Geminus Corporation - Head Start XXI of Lake and Porter Counties
- Girl Scouts of the Calumet Council
- Lake Area United Way
- Lake County Child Health Program
- Lake County Public Library
- LARC
- Latin American Community Alliance for Support & Assistance
- Lutheran Social Services
- Mental Health Association in Lake County
- Northwest Family Services
- Northwest Indiana Catholic Youth Organization
- Northwest Indiana Meals-On-Wheels
- Planned Parenthood of Northwest/Northeast Indiana
- Save the Dunes Conservation Fund
- Southlake Center for Mental Health
- St. Jude House
- Tradewinds Rehabilitation Center
- Tri-City Community Mental Health Center
- Urban League of Northwest Indiana
- Valparaiso Family Y.M.C.A.
- Visiting Nurse Association of Northwest Indiana
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