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Berwyn
- Surrey Services for Seniors
- YMCA Upper Main Line
- Natural Lands’ Sharps Woods Preserve
Contact: info@natlands.org
Chester County
- Miller-Keystone Blood Center
Contact: Tammy Taylor
ttaylor@giveapint.org
610-926-6060 ext. 1103
Chester Springs
- Historic Yellow Springs
Contact: volunteer@yellowsprings.org - Hope Springs Equestrian Therapy
Contact: volunteer@hope-springs.org - The Mill at Anselma
Contact: Executive.Director@AnselmaMill.org - Natural Lands’ Binky Lee Preserve
Contact: info@natlands.org
Coatesville
- Bridge of Hope
- Chester County Futures
Direct: (610) 291-7118 - Chester County Women’s Services
- Chester County Community Dental
Contact: (610)-383-3888 - Chester County OIC
Contact: (610)-692-2344 - Coatesville Area Senior Center
Contact: info@coatesvilleseniorcenter.org - Community, Youth, & Women’s Alliance
Contact: Melissa Lopez (610)-384-9591 - Good Works
Contact: volunteer@goodworksinc.org - Habitat for Humanity of Chester County
Contact: info@hfhcc.org - LaMancha Animal Rescue
Contact:Dru Campbell or Tom
Quinn 610-384-7976 - Natural Lands’ ChesLen Preserve
Contact: info@natlands.org - Jubilee Church
Contact: Pastor Frank Fullwood (610)-384-1821
Cochranville
Devault
Devon
- The Roughwood Center for Heritage Seedways
Contact: Cynthia Williams chwshw@verizon.net
Downingtown
- Chester County Food Bank
Contact: volunteer@chestercountyfoodbank.org - Children’s Country Week Association at Paradise Farm Camp
Contact: (610) 269-9111 - Downingtown Area Senior Center
Contact: info@downingtownseniors.org - Lord’s Pantry
Contact: info@lordspantrypa.org - West Bradford Township
Contact: (610)-269-4174
Elverson
Exton
- Chester County OIC: Adult Tutoring Program
Contact: Debbie Rikess drikess@cc-oic.org or 610-344-4013 - Chester County Food Bank
Contact: Karen Mudgett (610)-873-6000 - Chester County Library
Contact: Susan Walraed (610)-344-5600 - Home of the Sparrow
Contact: info@homeofthesparrow.org - YMCA Lionville
- Boy Scouts Chester Co. Council
Contact: Jake Segal (610)-696-2900 ext 129 - West Whiteland Twp.
Contact: (610)-363-9525
Frazer
Glenmoore
- Camphill School
Contact: information@camphillschool.org - Maysie’s Farm Conservation Center
Contact: (610) 458-8129
Honey Brook
- Honey Brook Food Pantry
Contact: krossi1414@aol.com - Heatherwood Retirement Community
Contact: mstackhouse@centurypa.com
Kennett Square
- Anson B. Nixon Park-Kennett Area Park Authority
Contact: ansonbnixonpark@gmail.com - Camp Dreamcatcher
Contact: campdreamcatcher@kennett.net - Chester County Women’s Services
- Garage Community and Youth Center
- Good Neighbors Home Repair
Contact: office@goodneighborshr.org - Kennett Symphony of Chester County
Contact: info@kennettsymphony.org - Kennett Area YMCA
- Kennett Area Senior Center
Contact: Debra Parrish (610)-444-4819 ext 101 dparrish@kennettseniorcenter.org - Kennett Run Charities Inc*
Contact: Becky Devastine (610)-444-0933 - Kisses for Kyle: Chester County Balloon Festival
Contact: info@kissesforkyle.org - LCH Health and Community Services
- Mighty Writers: El Futuro
Contact: ygarduno@mightywriters.org - Safety, Agriculture, Villages and Environment
Contact: save@savepa.org - The Land Conservancy of Southern Chester County
Contact: bstefferud@brandywineredclay.org - VFW Post 5467
Contact: Wendy Pennington (610)-444-9960
Landenberg
- Natural Lands’ Peacedale Preserve
Contact: info@natlands.org - Companimals Pet Rescue
Contact: (610)-255-1614
Malvern
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- Baker Industries
Contact: Catherine Kelly (610)-296-9795 ext 107 - Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital
Contact: Erin Soper (484)-596-5400 - Gateway Horseworks
Contact: Jordyn Rush jordyn@gatewayhorseworks.org - People’s Light & Theatre
Contact: pltc@peopleslight.org - Thorncroft Therapeutic Horseback Riding
Contact: volunteer@thorncroft.org - Thorncraft Equestrian Center
Contact: Tiffany Myer (610)-644-7694 - Natural Lands’ Willisbrook Preserve
Contact: info@natlands.org - All 4 Paws Rescue
Contact:volunteer@all4pawsrescue.com - Main Line Nursing & Rehab Center
Contact: George Williams (610)-296-4170 - Malvern Fire Co.
Contact:(610)-647-0693
- Baker Industries
Oxford
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- Oxford Area Neighborhood Services Center
Contact: (610)-932-8557 - Oxford Area Senior Center
Contact: oxsrctr@zoominternet.net - Oxford Educational Foundation
- Oxford Area Neighborhood Services Center
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Parkesburg
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- Natural Lands’ Sadsbury Woods Preserve
Contact: info@natlands.org - Octorara Food Cupboard
Contact:(610)-857-4000 - Parkesburg Borough
Contact: Joe Reali (610)-857-2616
- Natural Lands’ Sadsbury Woods Preserve
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Phoenixville
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- Association for the Colonial Theatre
- French and Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust
- Kimberton Fire Company
Contact: (610)-935-1388 - Hometown Helpers: Phoenixville PA
- Phoenixville Area Community Services
Contact: info@pacsphx.org - Phoenixville Area Police Athletic League
Contact: Jim Deoria - Phoenixville Area Senior Center
Contact: (610) 935-1515 - Phoenixville YMCA
Contact: (610) 933-5861 - Phoenixville Public Library
Contact: Christine Nicholson (610)-933-3013 ext 125 - Phoenixville Recreation Dept
Contact: (610)-933-7728 - The Clinic
Contact: Wendy Wellener wwellener@theclinicpa.org; (610)-935-1134 Ext. 33
- Association for the Colonial Theatre
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Pottstown
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- Green Valleys Association
Contact: gva@greenvalleys.org - Pottstown Family YMCA
Contact: (610)-323-7300 - Ryerss Farm
Contact:Liz Degerberg or Amber
Slaymake (610)-469-0533 - Warwick County Park
Contact: Jean Sern (610)-469-1916 ext 4062 - YWCA Tri-county area
Sharon.soper@ywcatricountyarea.org 610.323.1888 ext. 219
- YWCA Foster Grandparent Program
Contact: Heather Decarlo (610-323-1888)
- Green Valleys Association
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Thorndale
Valley Forge
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- Friends of the Medal of Honor Grove
Contact: contact@friendsmohgrove.org - Valley Forge Fire Company
Contact: (610)-933-3388
- Friends of the Medal of Honor Grove
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West Chester
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- Act In Faith
Contact: (484) 324-8492 - The Arc of Chester County
Contact: (610) 696-8090 - Barn at Spring Brook Farm
Contact: thebarn@springbrook-farm.org - Boy Scouts – Chester County Council
- Brandywine Valley SPCA
Contact: (484) 302-0865 - Brandywine Valley Association
Contact: (610) 793-2813 - Brandywine Red Clay Alliance
Contact: James Jordan, Jr (610)-793-1090 - CASA Youth Advocates
Contact: Tayler Moots tmoots@delcocasa.org - Calvary Luthern
Contact: (610)-696-2475 - Charles A. Melton Arts & Education Center
Contact: camcinfo@meltoncenter.org - Chester County Art Association
Contact: assistant@chestercountyarts.org - The Chester County Fund For Women & Girls
Contact: (484) 356-0940 - Chester County History Center
Contact: (610) 692-4800 x 232 - Chester County Women’s Services
- Chester County Courthouse APO
Contact: Michael Porter (610)-344-6290 - Chester County Hospital
Contact: Wendy Weller (610)-431-5191
Wendy.Wellener@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu - Community Volunteers in Medicine
- Crime Victims’ Center of Chester County
Contact: (610) 692-1926 - Domestic Violence Center of Chester County
Contact: directvolunteer@dvcccpa.org - Family Service of Chester County
Contact: info@familyservice.us
- Friends Association
Contact: info@friendsassoc.org - First West Chester Fire Co.
Contact: (610)-431-1580 - Good Fellowship Ambulance
Contact: Chaz Rogan, Justin
Robbin (610)-431-3132 - The Hickman
- LAFA West Chester
Contact:Jim Lindsay (484)-883-8891 - North Star of Chester County
Contact: info@northstarofcc.org - Maternal and Child Health Consortium
Contact: mchc@ccmchc.org or (610)-344-5370 - QUEST Therapeutic Services
Contact: volunteers@questtherapeutic.com - Meals on Wheels of Chester County
Contact: meals@mowcc.org; (610)-430-8500 - Safe Harbor of Chester County
Contact: (610)-692-6550 - Salvation Army of Greater West Chester
Contact: (610) 696-8746 - Volunteer English Program in Chester County
Contact: (610) 918-8222 - West Chester Area Senior Center
Contact: Debbie or Kathy Sullivan (610)-431-4242 - West Chester Food Cupboard
Contact: wcfood@gmail.com - West Chester Area Day Care Center
Contact: Ramona Jones (610)-696-8447 - West Chester Community Center
Contact: Danielle (610)-692-9290 - West Chester Recreation
Contact: Keith (610)-436-9010 - West Chester United Soccer Club &
West Chester Sports Association
Contact: Gary J Bevilacqua 610-669-0854 (main);
610-496-3648 (cell) - YMCA Brandywine Valley
- Natural Lands’ Stroud Preserve
Contact: info@natlands.org - Pocopson Nursing Home
Contact: (610)-793-1212
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West Grove
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For Additional Volunteer Opportunities Check Out
- West Chester University’s Volunteer Site
- American Cancer Society – General Volunteer Opportunities
- American Cancer Society – Road To Recovery Volunteering
- United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey – Volunteer Site
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
- Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania
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- Act In Faith
