COVID-19
Due to the pandemic, volunteers are essential but must follow all health and safety guidelines from local health departments and individual organizations. For the latest health and safety guidelines in Chester County click here.
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Or, check out the list below of Chester County nonprofits that offer family-friendly volunteer opportunities year-round. Contact them to learn more about how to become a volunteer.
*Looking for a nonprofit with a youth volunteer program? Look for this insignia 
Berwyn
- Surrey Services for Seniors
- YMCA Upper Main Line
- Natural Lands’ Sharps Woods Preserve
Contact: info@natlands.org
Chester Springs
- Historic Yellow Springs
Contact: volunteer@yellowsprings.org - Hope Springs Equestrian Therapy
Contact: volunteer@hope-springs.org - The Mill at Anselma Preservation and Educational Trust
Contact: Executive.Director@AnselmaMill.org - Natural Lands’ Binky Lee Preserve
Contact: info@natlands.org
Coatesville
- Bridge of Hope
- Chester County Women’s Services
- Coatesville Area Senior Center
Contact: info@coatesvilleseniorcenter.org - Good Works
Contact: volunteer@goodworksinc.org - Habitat for Humanity of Chester County
Contact: info@hfhcc.org - LaMancha Animal Rescue
Contact: volunteer@lamanchaanimalrescue.org - Natural Lands’ ChesLen Preserve
Contact: info@natlands.org
Cochranville
Devault
- Great Valley Nature Center
Contact: gvnature@gmail.com
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
Elverson
Exton
- Chester County OIC
Contact: info@cc-oic.org - Home of the Sparrow
Contact: info@homeofthesparrow.org - YMCA Lionville
Frazer
Glenmoore
- Camphill School
Contact: information@camphillschool.org - Maysie’s Farm Conservation Center
Contact: (610) 458-8129
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
- Kisses for Kyle: Chester County Balloon Festival
Contact: info@kissesforkyle.org - La Comunidad Hispana
- Safety, Agriculture, Villages and Environment
Contact: save@savepa.org - The Land Conservancy of Southern Chester County
Contact: GetInvolved@TLCforSCC.org
Landenberg
Malvern
Oxford
- Oxford Area Neighborhood Services Center
Contact: nsc35@oxfordnsc.org - Oxford Area Senior Center
Contact: oxsrctr@zoominternet.net - Oxford Educational Foundation
Contact:oxfordedfound@yahoo.com
Parkesburg
Phoenixville
- Association for the Colonial Theatre
- French and Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust
- 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
Pottstown
Thorndale
Valley Forge
Friends of the Medal of Honor Grove
Contact: contact@friendsmohgrove.org
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 - 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 Historical Society
Contact: (610) 692-4800 x 232 - Chester County Women’s Services
- Community Volunteers in Medicine
- The Crime Victims’ Center of Chester County, Inc.
Contact: (610) 692-1926 - Domestic Violence Center of Chester County
- Act In Faith
Contact: directvolunteer@dvcccpa.org
- Friends Association
Contact: info@friendsassoc.org
Contact: volunteers@questtherapeutic.com
Contact: meals@mowcc.org; 610-430-8500
Contact: (610) 696-8746
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- Volunteer English Program in Chester County
Contact: (610) 918-8222 - West Chester Area Senior Center
- West Chester Food Cupboard
Contact: wcfood@gmail.com - YMCA Brandywine Valley
- Natural Lands’ Stroud Preserve
Contact: info@natlands.org
West Grove
- Volunteer English Program in Chester County
- Association for the Colonial Theatre
