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Volunteer Opportunities

Ã山ǿ¼é On Campus Opportunities

Operation Move-In Day (August 13)

Volunteers needed: Help students and families carry belongings into their residence hall suites. This is a wonderful opportunity for the University and Evansville communities to make a strong first impression on our newest Screagles. 

The day is organized into three-hour volunteer shifts. Volunteers will receive a Move-In T-shirt to ensure students and families can easily identify you as someone ready to assist. Volunteer teams will be stationed at each residence hall. Your primary role is to help students and families move items from their vehicles to their rooms while offering a warm welcome and demonstrating the caring spirit that makes Ã山ǿ¼é special.Ìý

Sign up for your volunteer shift in 3 easy steps.Ìý

  1. Click the link to view our SignUp:
  2. Review the available shifts and select your preferred spot(s).
  3. Sign up - it's easy! You do ²Ô´Ç³ÙÌýneed to create an account or remember a password.
    Note: SignUp does not share your email address. If you prefer not to use your email, connect with the Volunteer Contact and you will be added manually.Ìý

Volunteer Contact: Dr. Laurie Berry at 812-464-1862 or lberry@usi.edu

The Wall That Heals, Vietnam Veterans MemorialÌý

Dates: October 29 - November 1, 2026Ìý

Ã山ǿ¼é will be hostingÌý, a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, along with a mobile education center at the Broadway Recreational Complex on Broadway Avenue. The exhibit honors more than 3 million Americans who served in the U.S. armed forces in the Vietnam War.Ìý

Volunteer Details:Ìý

  • Must be age 18 or older.
  • Shifts are four hours in length and available during the day and overnight.Ìý
  • Nonprofit event organizer, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, is asking for 200 volunteers from the community.Ìý

Sign Up to Volunteer for The Wall That Heals.

Summer Opportunities

Feed EvansvilleÌý

Brown Bag Summer Lunch Preparation at CK Newsome CenterÌý(100 E Walnut St., Evansville, IN)

Volunteers needed: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday at 9:00 am - 11:00 am (June 1 – August 7)ÌýVolunteers are needed to make lunches for all area pools and park programs. Volunteers will make sandwiches or wraps and assemble other items for delivery. Feed Evansville will be on site to guide assembly and quantity of lunches made.Ìý

Volunteers needed: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday at 11:00 am - 11:45 am (June 1 – August 7)Ìýto pick up the lunches at CK Newsome Center and deliver them to the local pools participating in the program. Volunteers will be designated a specific pool when they arrive to pick up the brown bags.Ìý

Volunteer Contact:ÌýLisa Vaughn, Feed Evansville 812-319-9330Ìýlrhyand@hotmail.com

United Way of Southwestern Indiana Day of Caring

The United Way Day of Caring is a community-wide volunteer initiative that connects corporate teams and individual volunteers with local nonprofit organizations to complete meaningful, hands-on service projects. These projects may include painting, landscaping, building repairs, and other improvements that help strengthen our community.

The 2026 Day of Caring will take place on Friday, September 11, beginning at 7 a.m. at the Old National Events Plaza. The morning will begin with a kickoff breakfast honoring the significance of the day, followed by volunteers departing for project sites throughout the community at approximatelyÌý
8:30 a.m.

Volunteer registration begins July 13 – August 7. Volunteers who sign up within these dates will receive a free Day of Caring t shirt and entry to the kickoff breakfast!

°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:ÌýAlthea Stachyra, astachyra@unitedwayswi.org, (812) 421-7476

E'ville Iron Street Rod Club Volunteer Opportunities:

51st Annual Frog Follies - Be a part of the largest independent Pre '49 Street Rod Show in the nation by volunteering to sell T-shirts and help in the concession stands.

Dates: August 28 – 30 (Fri., Sat. and Sun.) There are two shifts each day.
First shift: 7:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Second shift: 11:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Location: Vanderburgh County 4-H Center, 201 E Boonville-New Harmony Rd, Evansville, IN 47725

Contact: Stacy Wagner, E'ville Iron Street Rod Club

812-453-2850 evilleironmember@gmail.com

Community Opportunities

Historic New HarmonyÌý

Ã山ǿ¼é Freshmen Day at New Harmony

Date:ÌýSeptember 15, 2026

Volunteer Opportunity:ÌýFor alumni and Ã山ǿ¼é upperclassmen to encourage freshmen to visit exhibits, historic sites and collections and to share points of interest with them.Ìý

°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:ÌýHeidi Taylor-Caudill, Historic New HarmonyÌý812-682-6133Ìý´¥Ìý³ó±ô³Ù²¹²â±ô´Ç°ù³¦²¹°ª³Ü²õ¾±.±ð»å³ÜÌýÌý

Atheneum Visitors Center greeters

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Greeters will be trained by David Angel to improve the overall visitor experience in New Harmony.

Contact:ÌýDavid AngelÌý812-682-3168Ìý´¥Ìýdwangel@usi.edu

Maximillian Bodmer Exhibition volunteers

Historic New Harmony needs help staffing the museum.ÌýThey haven’t been able to keep regular hours due to limited staff.ÌýThis would be a great alumni or student opportunity for those who studied art or history.Ìý

Date:Ìý°¿²Ô²µ´Ç¾±²Ô²µ

°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:ÌýHeidi Taylor-Caudill, Historic New HarmonyÌý812-682-6133Ìý´¥Ìý³ó±ô³Ù²¹²â±ô´Ç°ù³¦²¹°ª³Ü²õ¾±.±ð»å³ÜÌýÌý

Location:ÌýLichtenberger Building on the corner of Main Street and Tavern Street in New Harmony.

Ã山ǿ¼é Maximillian Bodmer Exhibition in New Harmony: The exhibit showcases works from Karl Bodmer, a Swiss artist who accompanied German explorer Alexander Philip Maximilian, Prince of Weid, in 1832-1834. They had an extended stay in New Harmony and then traveled the Missouri River to present-day Montana, documenting the American landscape and Indigenous peoples.Ìý

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