Take part in annual service moments that help people show up together—from MLK Day of Service and Global Volunteer Month to National Volunteer Week, 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance, and Family Volunteer Day. These shared moments make it easy to serve.
Brief Overview
Volunteering is a way to connect to purpose, strengthen community, and turn care into action. Points of Light helps individuals and families find meaningful opportunities, start projects on their own, join shared moments of service, celebrate changemakers, and keep growing their impact over time.
Find a Volunteer Opportunity Near You
Search in-person, virtual, and family-friendly volunteer opportunities through Engage. Users can search by location, cause, or interest to find organized opportunities that fit their schedules and values. Whether someone is looking for one-time service, ongoing help, or family volunteer opportunities, this is the clearest first step.
Start a Volunteer Project
Not every act of service needs to begin with a formal host organization, but every act of service should begin with listening. Explore project ideas designed to help kids, teens, adults, and families respond to real needs in their communities, from wherever they are. Each one is built to connect your time and effort to what local organizations and neighbors have told us they actually need.
Meet Our Latest Daily Point of Light Honorees
Read recent honoree stories and see how everyday people are turning care into action.
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HELPING OTHERS NAVIGATE THE STORMS OF LIFE
Meet Daily Point of Light Award honoree Linda Wise. Read her story, and nominate an outstanding volunteer or family as a Daily Point of Light. VOLUNTEERS FROM MINUTEMAN DISASTER RESPONSE OUT IN THE FIELD. Linda Wise has volunteered for 40 years,…
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In Honor of His Brother, Teen Volunteers for Cancer Families
Meet Daily Point of Light Award honoree Joshua Bie. Read his story, and nominate an outstanding volunteer or family as a Daily Point of Light. Joshua (center) poses with a check for $5,000 to donate to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles for…
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Meet the Founder Bringing Free Libraries to Clinics and Classrooms
Cyra at A Promising Pages’ Bookseed event at Lake Mist Apartment Homes in Charlotte, North Carolina, where Literary Vault Book Boxes and other literacy resources were distributed to local families to make reading more accessible and exciting. Meet Daily Point…
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Honoring Dignity All Throughout Detroit
For more than 10 years, Ericka Woods has served Detroit through 1Mother2Another, organizing service projects, mobilizing volunteers, and connecting families with essential resources. Meet Daily Point of Light Award honoree Ericka Woods. Read her story, and nominate an outstanding volunteer or family as a Daily…
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What Volunteer-Led Healthcare Looks Like
Faith Adole has led U-VOL Foundation without pay for more than 10 years, volunteering some 200 hours a month to bring free healthcare to the communities that need it most. Meet Daily Point of Light Award honoree Faith Adole. Read her story, and nominate an…
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Prescribing Books in Houston
Meet Daily Point of Light Award honoree Dalia Karni. Read her story, and nominate an outstanding volunteer or family as a Daily Point of Light. Seventeen-year-old Dalia Karni loves to read, so when she recognized that kids in her community lack…
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Putting Used Books to New Use
Meet Daily Point of Light Award honoree Sophia Fan. Read her story, and nominate an outstanding volunteer or family as a Daily Point of Light. For some, there is relief in finishing the final test of an Advanced Placement class. For…
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THIS TEEN USES VOLUNTEERISM TO HONOR HIS MOM
OWEN SINGER WORKS A TABLE OF CANCER KICKS MERCHANDISE AT A LOCAL BREAST CANCER AWARENESS WALK. /COURTESY OWEN SINGER Meet Daily Point of Light Award honoree Owen Singer. Read her story, and nominate an outstanding volunteer or family as a Daily…
