These Chester County nonprofits tend to offer family-friendly volunteer opportunities year-round.
Please contact them directly 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
Contact: Linda DiMaggio - YMCA Upper Main Line
Contact: Debbie Cornell-McNaughton - Natural Lands’ Sharps Woods Preserve
Contact: Debbie Beer, Director of Volunteer Engagement
Chester Springs
- Historic Yellow Springs
Contact: Kathy McGarry, Volunteer Coordinator - Hope Springs Equestrian Therapy
Contact: volunteer@hope-springs.org - The Mill at Anselma Preservation and Educational Trust
Contact: Will Caverly - Natural Lands’ Binky Lee Preserve
Contact: Debbie Beer, Director of Volunteer Engagement
Coatesville
- Bridge of Hope
Contact: Cheryl Miles - Chester County Women’s Services
Contact: Tamara Wagner - Coatesville Area Senior Center
Contact: bill.pierce@coatesvilleseniorcenter.org - Coatesville Community Food Co-Op
Contact: Gloria Hicklen - Good Works
Contact: Shanna Cornuet - Habitat for Humanity of Chester County
Contact: Katie Weidner - LaMancha Animal Rescue
Contact: Courtenay Acton - Natural Lands’ ChesLen Preserve
Contact: Debbie Beer, Director of Volunteer Engagement
Cochranville
- Canine Partners For Life
Contact: Donna Baker
Devault
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: Lindsay Beegle - Lord’s Pantry
Contact: lordspantry@verizon.net
Elverson
- Natural Lands’ Crow’s Nest Preserve
Contact: Debbie Beer, Director of Volunteer Engagement
Devault
Exton
- Chester County OIC
Contact: drikess@cc-oic.org - Home of the Sparrow
Contact: info@homeofthesparrow.org - YMCA Lionville
Contact: Sue Gualtieri
Frazer
- Wings for Success
Contact: Diane Mills
Glenmoore
- Camphill Special School
Contact: Courtney Coffman - Maysie’s Farm Conservation Center
Contact: Sam Cantrell
Kennett Square
- Anson B. Nixon Park-Kennett Area Park Authority
Contact: ansonbnixonpark@gmail.com - Camp Dreamcatcher
Contact: Patty Hillkirk - Chester County Women’s Services
Contact: Tamara Wagner - Garage Community and Youth Center
Contact: Diane Bove - Good Neighbors Home Repair
Contact: 610-444-1860 - Kennett Symphony of Chester County
Contact: info@kennettsymphony.org - Kennett Area YMCA
Contact: Kelly Sharp - Kisses for Kyle: Chester County Balloon Festival
Contact: Nancy Gordon - La Comunidad Hispana
Contact: Norma Diego-Flores - Safety, Agriculture, Villages and Environment
Contact: info@savepa.org
Landenberg
- Natural Lands’ Peacedale Preserve
Contact: Debbie Beer, Director of Volunteer Engagement
Malvern
- People’s Light & Theatre
Contact: pltc@peopleslight.org - Thorncroft Therapeutic Horseback Riding
Contact: volunteer@thorncroft.org - Natural Lands’ Willisbrook Preserve
Contact: Debbie Beer, Director of Volunteer Engagement
Oxford
- Oxford Area Neighborhood Services Center
Contact: Cheryl McConnell - Oxford Area Senior Center
Contact: Jim McLeod
Parkesburg
- Natural Lands’ Sadsbury Woods Preserve
Contact: Debbie Beer, Director of Volunteer Engagement
Phoenixville
- Association for the Colonial Theatre
Contact: Mary Foote - French and Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust
Contact: Karen Nocella - Phoenixville Area Community Services
Contact: info@pacsphx.org - Phoenixville Area Police Athletic League
Contact: Jim Deoria - Phoenixville Area Senior Center
Contact: Edie Hartman - Phoenixville YMCA
Contact: (610) 933-5861
Pottstown
- Green Valleys Association
Contact: Dawn White
Thorndale
- Handi-Crafters
Contact: Amy Rice
West Chester
- Act In Faith
Contact: (484) 324-8492 - The Arc of Chester County
Contact: (610) 696-8090 - Barn at Spring Brook Farm
Contact: Mary Beth Drobish - Boy Scouts – Chester County Council
- Brandywine Valley SPCA
Contact: (610) 962-6113 - Brandywine Valley Association
Contact: Betsy Stefferud - Charles A. Melton Arts & Education Center
Contact: (610) 692-9290 - Chester County Art Association
Contact: Maria Tesone - The Chester County Fund For Women & Girls
Contact: (484) 356-0940 - Chester County Historical Society
Contact: (610) 692-4800 - Chester County Women’s Services
Contact: Tamara Wagner - Community Volunteers in Medicine
Contact: Marie Frey - The Crime Victims’ Center of Chester County, Inc.
Contact: Kathleen Gast - Friends Association
Contact: Amy Descovich
- The Hickman
Contact: Jen Harris - Interfaith Housing Assistance Corporation
Contact: info@interfaithhousingcc.org - The Maternal and Child Health Consortium of Chester County
Contact: mchc@ccmchc.org - QUEST Therapeutic Services
- Safe Harbor of Chester County
Contact: megan@safeharborofgwc.org - Salvation Army of Greater West Chester
- Volunteer English Program in Chester County
Contact: volunteer.english@volunteerenglish.org - West Chester Area Senior Center
Contact: Jim Mobile - West Chester Food Cupboard
Contact: wcfood@gmail.com - YMCA Brandywine Valley
- Natural Lands’ Stroud Preserve
Contact: Debbie Beer, Director of Volunteer Engagement
West Grove
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
