Opportunities From: Volunteer Hub

Volunteers will hand out lists of Laramie Interfaith's most needed items and collect donations as shoppers leave. Groups are welcome to volunteer together, but please respect the maximum volunteers per location each hour. The primary audience for this opportunity is University of Wyoming student groups, individual students, faculty, and staff. 

Unlocking Student Potential Through Improved Literacy

Volunteer opportunities include narration, listening, and quality assurance.  Use the link below to get started: 

www.learningally.org

This opportunity allows University of Wyoming Users to track to virtual volunteer activity with the website listed above. The Service, Leadership, and Community Engagement Office does not manage this organization or opportunity.  

LibriVox provides free public domain audiobooks. Volunteers read and record books on the public domain and in all languages. Use the link below to get started:

www.librivox.org

This opportunity allows University of Wyoming Users to track to virtual volunteer activity with the website listed above. The Service, Leadership, and Community Engagement Office does not manage this organization or opportunity.  

The Stall Catchers project is designed by researchers at Cornell University to advance Alzheimer’s solutions. This project focuses on one aspect of the disease: reduced blood flow in the brain. Volunteers watch ultrasounds of mice brain blood flow and label flow/stall status to aid researchers. Use this link to get started: 

www.scistarter.org/stall-catchers-nlm

This opportunity allows University of Wyoming Users to track to virtual volunteer activity with the website listed above. The Service, Leadership, and Community Engagement Office does not manage this organization or opportunity.  

Smithsonian Digital Volunteers transcribe and review historical documents and biodiversity data. Use the link below to get started: 

www.transcription.si.edu

This opportunity allows University of Wyoming Users to track to virtual volunteer activity with the website listed above. The Service, Leadership, and Community Engagement Office does not manage this organization or opportunity.  

Operation Photo Rescue restores and re-prints damaged photos for people impacted by natural disasters. Volunteers use Photoshop to clean up damaged images. (Photoshop experience and access required). Use the link below to get started:

www.operationphotorescue.org

This opportunity allows University of Wyoming Users to track to virtual volunteer activity with the website listed above. The Service, Leadership, and Community Engagement Office does not manage this organization or opportunity.  

Help scientists transcribe arctic and worldwide weather observations recorded in ship’s logs since the mid-19th century. Use the link below to get started:

www.oldweather.org

This opportunity allows University of Wyoming Users to track to virtual volunteer activity with the website listed above. The Service, Leadership, and Community Engagement Office does not manage this organization or opportunity.  

The Missing Maps Project creates detailed maps for Non-Government Organizations such as the Red Cross. Volunteers can contribute to maps or validate others’ work.  Use this link to get started:

www.missingmaps.org

This opportunity allows University of Wyoming Users to track to virtual volunteer activity with the website listed above. The Service, Leadership, and Community Engagement Office does not manage this organization or opportunity.  

Mapping Prejudice is creating a database of criteria creating obstacles for people seeking safe, affordable  housing in large cities in the US. Volunteers read deeds that may contain discriminatory criteria language and add information to a database. Use the link below to get started:

https://mappingprejudice.umn.edu/take-action/volunteer

This opportunity allows University of Wyoming Users to track to virtual volunteer activity with the website listed above. The Service, Leadership, and Community Engagement Office does not manage this organization or opportunity.  

By the People from the Library of Congress allows volunteers to transcribe historical documents in English and Spanish. Use the link below to get started:

www.crowd.loc.gov

This opportunity allows University of Wyoming Users to track to virtual volunteer activity with the website listed above. The Service, Leadership, and Community Engagement Office does not manage this organization or opportunity.  

Bookshare formats books for people with dyslexia, learning disabilities, visual impairments, physical disabilities, and other reading barriers. Volunteers are needed to scan and proofread texts that will be modified for accessibility. Use the link below to get started:

www.bookshare.org

This opportunity allows University of Wyoming Users to track to virtual volunteer activity with the website listed above. The Service, Leadership, and Community Engagement Office does not manage this organization or opportunity.  

This project from the Boston Public Library asks volunteers to transcribe correspondence between anti-slavery activists from the 19th century. Use the link below to get started:

www.antislaverymanuscripts.org

This opportunity allows University of Wyoming Users to track to virtual volunteer activity with the website listed above. The Service, Leadership, and Community Engagement Office does not manage this organization or opportunity.  

Amnesty Decoders is an innovative platform for volunteers around the world to use their computers or phones to help researchers sift through pictures, information and documents. Use the link below to get started: 

decoders.amnesty.org

This opportunity allows University of Wyoming Users to track to virtual volunteer activity with Amnesty Decoders. The Service, Leadership, and Community Engagement Office does not manage this organization or opportunity.