Volunteer

Volunteer to work with a safe, experienced NC VOAD partner. There are opportunities for everyone from novices to professionals. You may volunteer as an individual, a family, or a group. You may volunteer as a day worker or to stay at the worksite. Housing is provided. Meals and tools are often provided.

You may view the opportunities below by county or volunteer agency. Read the details for each worksite and contact the worksite coordinator to register or get more information.

If you would like your worksite entered on this page, visit our worksite page.

Hurricane Helene Opportunities now available! You don’t have to wait for a spot in western North Carolina. Volunteer to work at other spots now.

 

Opportunities by Location Opportunities by Agency
Ashe County (Lost Province Center) Lost Province Center for Cultural Arts/Old Lansing School
Boone, Spruce Pine, Hendersonville and Marion (Baptists on Mission) Baptists on Mission
Black Mountain, Swannanoa, Old Fort area (Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders
Bladen County (WARM NC) NC Conference United Methodist Church
Brunswick County (WARM NC) WARM NC
Brunswick County (Baptists on Mission Rebuilding Together Pitt County
Columbus County (NC Conference United Methodist Church) Craven County Disaster Recovery Alliance (CCDRA)
Columbus County (WARM NC) American Red Cross
Craven County (Baptists on Mission)
Craven County (Craven County Disaster Recovery Alliance)
Duplin County-Rose Hill (Baptists on Mission)
Duplin County (WARM NC)
Haywood County-Canton (Baptists on Mission)
New Hanover County (WARM NC)
Onslow County (WARM NC)
Pender County (WARM NC)
Pitt County (Rebuilding Together Pitt County)  
Robeson County (Baptists on Mission)  
All North Carolina (American Red Cross)  

 

Organization Baptists on Mission
Hurricane Helene-Western NC
Contact Register at https://baptistsonmission.org/Mission-Projects/By-Mission-Type/Disaster-Relief/Hurricane-Helene/Get-Involved
Telephone TBD
Website All volunteers wishing to work through our sites must register through our website at https://baptistsonmission.org/Mission-Projects/By-Mission-Type/Disaster-Relief/Hurricane-Helene/Get-Involved
Email tford@ncbaptist.org
Skills Construction and/or laborer
Preferred term Daytime to one week, Monday-Saturday
Locations Boone, Spruce Pine, Hendersonville and Marion
Housing Provided
Meals Provided
Tools Simple hand tools can be provided but please bring your own if possible
No-Name Storm/Flooding Leland-Southport area
Contact Register at https://baptistsonmission.org/Mission-Projects/By-Mission-Type/Disaster-Relief/NC-Coastal-Flooding-Response/Get-Involved
Telephone TBD
Website All volunteers wishing to work through our sites must register through our website at https://baptistsonmission.org/Mission-Projects/By-Mission-Type/Disaster-Relief/NC-Coastal-Flooding-Response/Get-Involved/Florence
Email tford@ncbaptist.org
Skills Construction and/or laborer
Preferred term Daytime to one week, Monday-Saturday
Location Leland, NC
Housing Provided
Meals Provided
Tools Simple hand tools can be provided but please bring your own if possible
Hurricane Florence: Craven County Flooding-New Bern area
Contact Mark Pickett
Telephone 252-514-8868
Website All volunteers wishing to work through our sites must register through our website at https://baptistsonmission.org/Florence
Email h.florence.newbern@ncmissions.org
Skills Construction and/or laborer
Preferred term Daytime to one week, Monday-Saturday
Location New Bern, NC
Housing Provided
Meals Provided
Tools Simple hand tools can be provided but please bring your own if possible
Hurricane Florence: Duplin County-Rose Hill Flooding
Contact Richard Weeks
Telephone 910-289-2805
Website All volunteers wishing to work through our sites must register through our website at https://baptistsonmission.org/Florence
Email h.florence.charity@ncmissions.org
Skills Construction and/or laborer, willingness to help
Preferred term Daytime to one week, Monday-Saturday
Location Rose Hill, NC
Housing Provided
Meals Provided
Tools Simple hand tools can be provided but please bring your own if possible
Organization Baptists on Mission
Tropical Storm Fred: Haywood County-Canton Flooding
Contact Bill Martin
Telephone 336-408-8393
Website All volunteers wishing to work through our sites must register through our website at https://baptistsonmission.org/Mission-Projects/By-Mission-Type/Disaster-Relief/Tropical-Storm-Fred
Email ts.fred.canton@ncmissions.org
Skills Construction and/or laborer, willingness to help
Preferred term Daytime to one week, Monday-Saturday
Location Canton, NC
Housing Provided
Meals Provided
Tools Simple hand tools can be provided but please bring your own if possible
Hurricane Florence: Robeson County-Lumberton Flooding
Contact Jay Baugham
Telephone 910-740-0806
Website All volunteers wishing to work through our sites must register through our website at https://baptistsonmission.org/Florence
Email h.florence.lumberton@ncmissions.org
Skills Construction and/or laborer
Preferred term Daytime to one week, Monday-Saturday
Location Lumberton, NC
Housing Provided
Meals Provided
Tools Simple hand tools can be provided but please bring your own if possible

 

Organization Lost Province Center for Cultural Arts/Old Lansing School
Hurricane Helene: Ashe County
Contact Name KC Buchanan
Telephone 828-406-9405
Email lansingrecoverync@gmail.com
Website https://lansingrecovery.com/
Skills
  • On site organizing/sorting
  • Receiving (donations)
  • Traffic/Personal Shopping
  • Community based reconnaissance (please email us to offer this)
  • Off site labor jobs (please email us to offer this)
Location 9710 NC-194 Lansing, NC 28643
Housing Camping sites available in the ball field across from the site. For other housing options, please contact Lansing Town Hall.
Meals Lunch and Dinner available daily

 

Organization Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders
Hurricane Helene: Buncomebe/McDowell counties
Contact Register at https://disaster-rebuilders.org/
Telephone 346-763-7499
Email Volunteers: disaster-rebuilders@fullercenter.org
Skills Construction, laborer, and any loving hearts that want to serve
Preferred term Monday-Friday (arrivals on Sunday)
Location Base-Black Mountain; Serving Black Mountain, Swannanoa, Old Fort and surrounding areas
Housing Provided-See website for more info
Meals Provided-See website for more info
Tools Tools are provided, but feel free to bring your own if possible

 

Organization North Carolina Conference United Methodist Church
Tropical Storm Debby: Columbus County
Contact Ann Huffman
Telephone 888-440-9167
Website https://nccumc.org/disaster/
Email disaster@nccumc.org
Skills Tarp roofs; Clean out homes with mold. Some have not been touched since Hurricane Florence (2018)
Preferred term Daytime up to one week
Location Bolton, NC
Housing Provided
Meals Provide your own meals in the volunteer housing kitchen
Tools Simple hand tools and protective equipment can be provided but please bring your own if possible

 

Organization Rebuilding Together Pitt County
Hurricane Matthew: Pitt County Flooding
Contact Timothy Andrews
Telephone 252-814-0600
Email commpartnercoordinator.rtpc@gmail.com
Skills Construction, landscaping *NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY, WILL TRAIN ON SITE*
Preferred term Daytime
Location Pitt County, NC
Meals Provided
Tools Basic hand tools, saws *Can bring own tools if desired (mark them appropriately)*

 

Organization Craven County Disaster Alliance (CCDRA)
Hurricanes Matthew and Florence: Craven County
Contact Kristy Kulberg – Director of Operations
Telephone 252-571-5663
Website https://CravenDRA.org
Email Kristy.ccdra@gmail.com
Skills Construction, Warehouse, Office, Client Services; Internships available No skills needed for any opportunity; we will train.
Preferred term Work week: Monday-Friday. Saturday or Sunday arrival, Friday or Saturday departure preferred. We can be flexible./
Location New Bern, NC
Housing New Hope Volunteer Village $25 per person per night.
Meals Not provided. Two kitchens are available in the lodging site.
Tools Large supply of tools on hand, but teams are welcome to bring their own tools, especially preferred specialty tools.

 

Organization WARM NC
Hurricane Florence: Bladen County Rebuilds
Contact Avery Wilson
Telephone 910-399-7563 x117
Website https://www.warmnc.org
Email averywilson@warmnc.org
Skills No skills required. Our construction staff will train and supervise.
Preferred Term Monday-Saturday from 9am to 3pm
Location Bladen County
Housing Not provided
Meals Not provided
Tools WARM provides all tools and materials
Hurricanes Florence & Dorian: Brunswick County Rebuilds
Contact Avery Wilson
Telephone 910-399-7563 x117
Website https://www.warmnc.org
Email averywilson@warmnc.org
Skills No skills required. Our construction staff will train and supervise.
Preferred Term Monday-Saturday from 9am to 3pm
Location Brunswick County
Housing Not provided
Meals Not provided
Tools WARM provides all tools and materials
Hurricanes Matthew & Florence: Columbus County Rebuilds
Contact Avery Wilson
Telephone 910-399-7563 x117
Website https://www.warmnc.org
Email averywilson@warmnc.org
Skills No skills required. Our construction staff will train and supervise.
Preferred Term Monday-Saturday from 9am to 3pm
Location Columbus County
Housing Not provided
Meals Not provided
Tools WARM provides all tools and materials
Hurricanes Matthew & Florence: Duplin County Rebuilds
Contact Avery Wilson
Telephone 910-399-7563 x117
Website https://www.warmnc.org
Email averywilson@warmnc.org
Skills No skills required. Our construction staff will train and supervise.
Preferred Term Monday-Saturday from 9am to 3pm
Location
Housing Not provided
Meals Not provided
Tools WARM provides all tools and materials
Hurricanes Florence & Dorian: New Hanover County Rebuilds
Contact Avery Wilson
Telephone 910-399-7563 x117
Website https://www.warmnc.org
Email averywilson@warmnc.org
Skills No skills required. Our construction staff will train and supervise.
Preferred Term Monday-Saturday from 9am to 3pm
Location New Hanover County
Housing Not provided
Meals Not provided
Tools WARM provides all tools and materials
Hurricanes Matthew & Florence: Onslow County Rebuilds
Contact Avery Wilson
Telephone 910-399-7563 x117
Website https://www.warmnc.org
Email averywilson@warmnc.org
Skills No skills required. Our construction staff will train and supervise.
Preferred Term Monday-Saturday from 9am to 3pm
Location Onslow County
Housing Not provided
Meals Not provided
Tools WARM provides all tools and materials
Hurricanes Florence & Dorian: Pender County Rebuilds
Contact Avery Wilson
Telephone 910-399-7563 x117
Website https://www.warmnc.org
Email averywilson@warmnc.org
Skills No skills required. Our construction staff will train and supervise.
Preferred Term Monday-Saturday from 9am to 3pm
Location Pender County
Housing Not provided
Meals Not provided
Tools WARM provides all tools and materials

 

Organization American Red Cross
Contact Your local Red Cross chapter
Website www.redcross.org
Skills You don’t need special skills to be a volunteer. We’ll train you. Many volunteers bring skills from work or personal experience, but others choose to work in completely unrelated fields. We have volunteer openings for people of all skills and abilities.
Opportunities Volunteer Management: Assist with volunteer recruitment, placement, record keeping and recognition. Disaster Services: Provide food, shelter, comfort and home for families affected by major disasters such as fire, hurricanes and tornadoes. Disaster Action Team: Volunteers need to respond to single-family fires with a disaster action team supervisor. Disaster Preparedness Presenter: Educate individuals and groups on how to be prepared before a disaster occurs. Public Affairs: During disasters, tell the Red Cross story to your community.
Other The Red Cross responds to approximately 70,000 disasters in the United States every year, ranging from home fires that affect a single family to hurricanes that affect tens of thousands, to earthquakes that impact millions. In these events, the Red Cross provides shelter, food; health and mental health services to help families and entire communities get back on their feet. Although the Red Cross is not a government agency, it is an essential part of the response when disaster strikes. We work in partnership with other agencies and organizations that provide services to disaster victims.

 

Hurricane Matthew made landfall in North Carolina on October 8, 2016 as a Category 1 storm, causing catastrophic damage and killing 28 people. Due to its inland storm track, Matthew caused extensive damage and ultimately 45 counties received a federal disaster declaration for Individual Assistance. 28 different volunteer organizations assisted during early response phase. Volunteer organizations estimated that repair and rebuilding homes with insufficient insurance, homeowner assets, and government loans and grants would take four years. Due to resource demands of subsequent hurricanes Florence, Dorian, and Isaias, the work remains uncompleted.

Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina on September 14, 2018 as a Category 1 storm, causing catastrophic damage and killing 28 people. Ultimately 31 counties received a federal disaster declaration for Individual Assistance. Due to its coastal storm track, Florence caused extensive storm surge flooding to coastal communities including record flooding in Wilmington.

Hurricane Dorian made landfall in North Carolina on September 6, 2019 as a Category 2 storm. Prior to landfall at Cape Hatteras (Dare County) the storm caused significant damage to Brunswick, New Hanover, and Pender counties.

Tropical Storm Fred passed across western North Carolina on August 17, 2021. The valleys in that mountainous area concentrated the heavy rainfall causing substantial flooding.

Tropical Storm Helene entered North Carolina on September 27, 2024. Although windspeeds were reduced below hurricane force, the amount of rainfall was unprecedented. Again the mountain valleys concentrated the rainfall onto the populated valleys. Twenty-nine counties in the western portion of the state were included in the federal declaration.