In this hectic world, with our busy lives, and that feeling that we’re always in a rush, it can be hard to find time to dedicate do volunteer work. What you may never have considered, however, is that the benefits of volunteering are enormous to you, your family, and your community.

Opportunities are varied, and the right match can help you:

Advance your career
Find new friends
Learn new skills
Reach out to the community

Volunteering can also help protect your mental and physical health. So if you have time and want to get involved, meet new people, stay active and make new friends, why not give volunteering a try?

Oakland Park Volunteers Corps’ Mission

To engage Oakland Park’s diverse community of residents and business owners through multi-media marketing, civic organization networking, outreach events, schools, faith-based organizations and business-to-business contacts in effort to educate, recruit and utilize volunteers by providing varied, meaningful and appropriate opportunities in which to participate for the betterment of the City of Oakland Park and its stakeholders.

Short-Term Opportunities / Events

Usually involves a single-day or 1-time event:

Lakeside Sand Pine Preserve Cleanup 2020
Sand Bag Saturdays 2019
Oktoberfest 2019
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Waterway Cleanup 2019
MLK Day 2019
Taste of Oakland Park 2019
Earth Day 2019

Long-Term Opportunities

Involves ongoing participation throughout the year:

Adopt-a-Street
Athletics Coaching
Soccer Coaching
Flag Football Coaching
Dog Bark Park
Feral Friends
Graffiti Patrol
Operation Our Neighbor
Parks Cleanup
Professional Support

Community Events & Volunteer Opportunities

The following events may be of interest to our residents, but are not organized by the City of Oakland Park Volunteer Corps. You must contact the event or organization directly for more information on how you might get involved:

Tour de Broward 2019
Fall in Love with Farming
Multi-Family Recycling

Contact Information For The City of Oakland Park’s Volunteer Corps

Bruce Garrison, Volunteer Services Manager
Email : BruceG@oaklandparkfl.gov

3650 NE 12th Avenue
Oakland Park, FL 33334

Phone: 954-630-4502
Fax: 954-630-4352

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