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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EMPOWERING PEOPLE WITH ASTHMA TO BREATHE FREELY
eet Daily Point of Light Award honoree Mia Fritsch-Anderson. Read her story, and nominate an outstanding volunteer or family as a Daily Point of Light. Mia Fritsch-Anderson remembers what it’s like to be afraid to use her inhaler in front of other people as a child. Growing up,…
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What Happens When Students Support Students
Meet Daily Point of Light Award honoree Liza Lowe. Read her story, and nominate an outstanding volunteer or family as a Daily Point of Light. The COVID-19 pandemic revealed deep inequities between Los Angeles neighborhoods. A group of high schoolers decided to do something about it. And today, Liza Lowe serves as…
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Eating Disorders: When Pressure Becomes a Problem
Meet Daily Point of Light Award honoree Michelle Ye. Read her story, and nominate an outstanding volunteer or family as a Daily Point of Light. Points of Light is proud to share the following uplifting and inspiring story. However, we acknowledge that portions may be difficult for some…
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From a Single Campus Book Drive to a Global Literacy Movement
Meet Daily Point of Light Award honoree Adam Shamoun. Read his story, and nominate an outstanding volunteer or family as a Daily Point of Light. Adam Shamoun's father grew up in Syria without access to educational opportunity, an experience that shaped everything his son would go on to build. That…
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Where Music Becomes Medicine
Meet Daily Point of Light Award honoree Grace Sun. Read her story, and nominate an outstanding volunteer or family as a Daily Point of Light. At 15, during the loneliest days of the pandemic, Grace Sun sat down at her piano and began playing over Zoom for isolated older…
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WORKING TO ELIMINATE PERIOD POVERTY
Meet Daily Point of Light Award honoree Maanya Pandey. Read her story, and nominate an outstanding volunteer or family as a Daily Point of Light. Growing up, Maanya Pandey would hear her mother’s stories about how inaccessible and expensive period products were in her native…
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Mentorship and Community on Chicago's West Side
Meet Daily Point of Light Award honoree Andrew Coram. Read his story, and nominate an outstanding volunteer or family as a Daily Point of Light. Andrew Coram began volunteering with Erie Neighborhood House in 2022 because he was looking for a way to channel his time toward something meaningful. And he found…
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Access to Education is this Volunteer's Mission
Meet Daily Point of Light Award honoree Claire Wang. Read her story, and nominate an outstanding volunteer or family as a Daily Point of Light. Claire Wang grew up hearing that her beloved grandmother had to leave school in the second grade to join…
