Health and Wellness Virtual Volunteer Opportunities

7 Cups   Health & Well-Being       Be an online emotional support person at 7 Cups. Community is at the heart of 7 Cups. You can find support and friendship in chat rooms and forums for many issues, like depression, anxiety, relationships, LGBTQ+ and more.              https://www.7cups.com/

Adopt a Nursing Home  Health & Well-Being       Adopt a Nursing Home recognizes the downsides of limiting nursing home residents’ visitors—seeing friends and family is crucial to emotional and mental health. So one solution The Texas Health Care Association has launched is the Adopt A Nursing Home campaign. This provides the ability to send online messages or physical letters of encouragement to residents and staff.                https://www.adoptanursinghome.com/

Ark of Hope        Health & Well-Being       Ark of Hope's Virtual serve-from-home positions: Ark of Hope for Children is empowering advocates and donors to bring care and awareness to those victimized as children by human trafficking, child abuse and bullying. Ark of Hope is a human rights umbrella organization using a trauma informed approach to serve survivors through our various programs     https://arkofhopeforchildren.org/support-us/volunteer

Be My Eyes         Health & Well-Being       Be My Eyes is a free mobile app that connects blind and low-vision individuals with sighted volunteers from all over the world through a live video call. You essentially lend your eyes to help with things like checking expiration dates, distinguishing colors, reading instructions or navigating new surroundings.                https://www.bemyeyes.com/

Binky Patrol        Health & Well-Being       Sew emotional support blankets. Volunteering doesn't have to be difficult. Whether you have a lot of time, a little time, no resources, some, court appointed hours, a group you need to get involved in a team building activity - we are your resource!           https://binkypatrol.org/

Charity Miles      Health & Well-Being       Volunteers download and app and pledge to run/walk a certain number of miles. Each volunteer picks a charity of their choice for proceeds to go to.              https://charitymiles.org/how-it-works/

CHD Living           Health & Well-Being       CHD Living owns 13 nursing homes around London, UK and is inviting English speakers from around the globe to apply online to be virtual volunteers for its “Adopt a Grandparent” program. Through this, you’ll be assigned a “grandparent” based on common interests to have video calls with                https://chdliving.co.uk/

Chemo Angels   Health & Well-Being       Send a card, letter or note once a week to someone undergoing chemotherapy. https://www.chemoangels.com/angel-pre-app

Crisis Text Line  Health & Well-Being       Crisis Text Line is the free, 24/7 text line for people in crisis in the United States. The service is powered by volunteer Crisis Counselors who work remotely—anywhere with a computer and secure internet connection works.           https://www.crisistextline.org/become-a-volunteer/

Health4the World            Health & Well-Being       Help raise awareness and support for PPE, ventilators and senior support through Health4the World.         https://www.health4theworld.org/get-involved/

Infinite Family    Health & Well-Being       Infinite Family is an online mentoring program matching adults and families in the U.S. with at-risk, impoverished children in South Africa.          https://www.infinitefamily.org/

OpenMRS           Health & Well-Being       OpenMRS is a worldwide network of volunteers from many different backgrounds, including technology, health care and international development. They are working to build the world’s largest and most flexible technology platform to support delivery of health care in some of the most challenging environments on the planet.       https://openmrs.org/

Operation Warm              Health & Well-Being       Help more kids receive brand-new winter coats with an Operation Warm Fundraiser. Encourage family and friends to donate for your celebrations, holidays, events and more. Their generosity will bring warmth, confidence and hope to more children living in need!                https://www.operationwarm.org/start-a-fundraiser-2/

Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network             Health & Well-Being       The National Sexual Assault Online Hotline, operated by RAINN, provides live, secure, anonymous crisis support to the growing number of people who prefer communicating online through a simple instant message format, giving those affected by sexual assault a safe place to receive support.               https://www.rainn.org/volunteer

Trevor Project    Health & Well-Being       Trevor Project is an online, social networking community for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth as well as their friends and allies. Online volunteers monitor the TrevorSpace site to ensure a safe online space for young LGBTQ people and answer texts or chat messages from struggling youth.              https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-involved/volunteer/