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
- 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
Landenberg
Malvern
- People’s Light & Theatre
Contact: pltc@peopleslight.org - Thorncroft Therapeutic Horseback Riding
Contact: volunteer@thorncroft.org - Natural Lands’ Willisbrook Preserve
Contact: info@natlands.org
Oxford
- Oxford Area Neighborhood Services Center
Contact: nsc35@oxfordnsc.org - Oxford Area Senior Center
Contact: oxsrctr@zoominternet.net
Parkesburg
Phoenixville
- Association for the Colonial Theatre
- French and Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust
- 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: (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
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
- Volunteer English Program in Chester County
