Community Volunteer Opportunities

Student/School Groups

Revolution Club is a non-denominational Christian service group and Bible study meeting at Kennett High School. Contact Tiffany Pierce at 444-6518 for details.

Kennettic Energy is a school service and spirit organization in Kennett High School. Members participate in numerous community and school volunteer programs. Contact Mrs. Roselle at Kennett High School for details.

Leo Club is a service club in Kennett High School that participates in various community and school projects. Contact Mr. Replogle or Ms. Butler at Kennett High School for details.

Interact is a service club in Kennett High School that participates in different school projects. Contact Mr. Fetters at Kennett High School for details.

Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) is business-related organization in Kennett High School. Members participate in local, state, and national competition concerning the business world. Contact Ms. O’Neil at Kennett High School for details.

SAVE (Unionville High School) volunteers their time and effort at the Brandywine Valley Association, a nature preserve. Students plant trees, lop vines, build small structures, and various other important restorative projects. Contact Harriet Wentz at 610-793-1090.

Community Groups

YMCA offers a variety of sporting activities, team sports, and a Teen Program. Adults and teenagers over 16 are encouraged to volunteer their time. Contact Antoinette Gomez at 610-444-YMCA (bi-lingual) for details.

Good Neighbors Home Repair is a Christian home repair ministry that involves work on homes mainly in the Kennett Square community. Contact John J. Malthaner at 610-274-8449 for details.

Spanish Health Ministry works as a team to identify health needs and to use the available resources to help the Hispanic community in the area between Kennett Square and Oxford. Contact Dona J. Sensenig, B.S.N. at 610-444-1972 for details.

Kennett Fire Company allows qualified teenagers to participate as a volunteer junior firefighter. Contact the Kennett Fire Company at 610-444-4810 for details.

La Comunidad Hispana is committed to the empowerment and improvement of the lives of low-income Latino individuals, families and other by initiating, participating in and developing resources through educational, vocational, recreational, health care and employment programs. Contact Jean Searers (Voluneer Coordinator) at 610-444-4545 for details.

His Mission provides assistance in many areas to anyone in need of guidance. They also go into various churches to talk about God to Sunday schools and school children. Contact Margaret Valentine at 610-444-2559 for details.

WIC provides free healthy food and nutrition information for pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women and infants and children up to five. Contact 1-800-692-1100 ext. 6240 for details and locations.

Tick Tock Early Learning Center provides day care services to low-income working families through dramatic scholarships. Contact 610-268-8134 for details.

Rural Opportunities, Inc. is an organization committed to improving quality of life for migrant and seasonal farm workers and other economically disenfranchised people through programs and advocacy. Contact 717-731-8120 for details.

Rotary Club is an organization of business and professional persons united worldwide who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world. Contact the International World Headquarters at 847-866-3000 or write to the Rotary Club of Kennett at Longwood, P.O. BOX 897, Mendenhall, PA 19357 for details.

Alliance for the Mentally Ill (AMI, Chester County Chapter) is an organization whose members consist of families, friends, and persons with mental illness. They receive highly informative newsletters and are given the opportunity to participate in activities of organization. Contact 610-430-0177 for details.

Anson B. Nixon Park hosts a variety of events sponsored by KennParc, Inc. Contact 610-388-1303 for details.

Boy Scouts Troop 24 provides an educational program for boys and young adults to build character, to train in the responsibilities of participating citizenship, and to develop personal fitness. Contact the Chester County Council at 610-696-2900 for details.

Adult Literacy Program offers instruction in reading, writing, math and English as a second language to adults. Contact the Bayard Taylor Library at 610-444-9118 or Ana Feliciano at 610-444-2702 (Spanish-speaking) for details.

Kennett Area Senior Center provides motivational, recreational, and social experiences for those persons, age 50 and over, with physical problems which prevent them from participating in an active senior group. Contact 610-444-4819 for details.

Family Service Center supports and strengthens families in Chester County. Contact the Child Development Consultant at 610-696-4900 for details.

MYKE is a mentoring program for the Kennett Square area's three elementary schools. Adult and high school volunteers are trained to become the children's mentors. Contact Dr. Gerry Zippilli at 610-524-1061 or Pam Carter at 610-444-6443 for details.

Study Buddies List

Chester County Futures develops a unique, personal relationship with a young person who needs and wants the support, encouragement, and positive role-modeling of a successful adult. Contact 610-384-1777 for details.

New Choices helps homemakers and simple parents with little or no economic support to gain skills to become self-supporting. Contact YWCA of Greater West Chester at 610-692-3737 for details.

Mission Santa Maria allows the Hispanic Community to identify with the local church in a language and culture which they are able to understand and find welcoming. Contact 610-268-3365 for details.

Migrant Education provides supplemental education for children of migratory farm workers. Contact Maria Turse at 610-524-5052 for details.

Friends Home is a fully licensed Personal Care home providing assistance or emergency care 24 hours a day. Residents are able to participate in many activities. Call 610-444-2577 for details.

Community Gardens of Chester County is committed to improving the quality of life for low-income county residents through community gardening and greening. Volunteers are needed to help in planning, constructing, planting, maintaining and harvesting chemical-free, raised-bed vegetable gardens and beautifying neighborhoods with trees, shrubs and flowers. More information is available at 610-908-9549 and at www.gardenscc.org

Revitalization Committee has meetings monthly to discuss Kennett's business revitalization. Contact Mary Hutchins at 610-444-5212.

Bridging the Community has bi-monthly meetings held the second Wednesday of the month at 7:00pm at different locations around the Kennett community. The purpose of the meetings is to learn about volunteer opportunities, to initiate new ones and to make "bridges" to strengthen the volunteer impact in the community. Contact Joan Holliday at 610-358-0686 or at the Chester County Health Department 610-344-5550.