BVU Volunteer Matching

Connecting businesses and individuals with opportunities to serves

We connect passionate people with opportunities to serve.

Ready to make a difference?

Team Volunteer Projects

Looking for a hands-on way to engage employees and support your community?

BVU-curated Team Volunteer Projects are the win you need—boosting collaboration, breaking up routine, and strengthening your company’s social impact.

Whether you have a team of 5 or 500+, BVU can connect you to a mission that resonates. (Want to serve meals? Mentor students? Get outdoors? We’ll make it happen.)

From project planning to on-site coordination, our team handles the logistics so your team can focus on what matters: making a difference together!

The Team Volunteer Project Process

Request

Businesses contact BVU with their team project needs.
Nonprofits contact BVU with their need for a group of volunteers.

Define

Businesses provide the goals and parameters of their desired project to help BVU find the perfect fit.
Nonprofits meet with BVU to determine project details such as volunteer expectations and scope.

Refer

Businesses select their top 2-3 projects from a list of matches provided by BVU, then relax while BVU handles the rest.
Nonprofits are notified when their project matches the needs of a volunteer group, then work with BVU to coordinate details.

Volunteer!*

Businesses connect with each other and the community while making a bigger difference during their project.
Nonprofits welcome and guide the business team through an impactful volunteer project.
*BVU staff support optional

Make a Difference with BVU’s Volunteer Center

Want to volunteer outside of work? Create a free account in BVU’s Volunteer Center, then sign up for one of the hundreds of volunteer opportunities posted by local nonprofits each month. Browse by impact area, check out the opportunity calendar, or use advanced search filters to find your perfect project.

Team Volunteer Projects and Counting

{Business Volunteers Unlimited has been an incredible resource for our nonprofit organization. Through their team’s coordination, Lake Erie Nature & Science Center has welcomed several corporate volunteer groups to maintain outdoor areas and assist with special projects this summer. Thank you to BVU for connecting us with passionate individuals and helping the Center share our mission.
Morgan Paskert
Lake Erie Nature & Science Center
{My sincerest thanks on behalf of the team for the opportunity to come out and work with at the Old Brooklyn Community Garden. It was great to be able to step away from the normal day-to-day work stuff, and spend some time bonding as a team and with the community. And in the process, we discovered an absolute gem of a place that very few of us even knew existed! Thank you to BVU for making the connection. We hope to get out and volunteer at the garden again in the near future.
Steve Comer
Hyland
{BVU makes it easy for small nonprofits, like RePlay for Kids, to reach volunteers. Their services of coordinating team events and connecting us to local business is invaluable and allows our small staff to focus on our mission of increasing the availability of adapted toys to kids in need.
Natalie Wardega
RePlay for Kids
{Community outreach has become a large focal point for our team here at OverDrive. Partnering with BVU was one of the best decisions we made this year for OverDrive, our team and the community. It has ignited our desire to give back and has helped us do it with success and impact.
Lori Ann Franklin
OverDrive, Inc
{This was an amazing opportunity! We all had such a great time volunteering at the zoo. It was a blast and I would do it again!
Stacie Rudolph
Medical Mutual
{Spending the time with my coworkers contributed to a sense of accomplishment for the day and left me with a positive mental state. I was able to enrich someone's life today!
Victoria Uschold
Medical Mutual
{There was a strong sense of accomplishment and feeling like a community after spending the afternoon together supporting children's literacy. The experience and information gained encouraged me to prioritize reading more often in my daily life.
Meriah Zeleny
Medical Mutual
{What a fun day at the zoo educating kids and making enrichment activities for the animals. I also loved being able to feed the giraffes! I hope to do it again someday!
Nicole Curtis
Medical Mutual
{Great environment (working outdoors surrounded by beautiful gardens), great people (who take good care of the volunteers). This has been a really enjoyable volunteering opportunity!
Maximilian Loeffler
{Gathering to volunteer with my team really helped remind us of what’s important, strengthened connections between staff members, and left us all feeling inspired. It was amazing to meet and support passionate people who make the world a better place. Lots of us are going to go back and continue to volunteer.
Bill Priemer
Hyland

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