Get Affiliated!
There are many reasons to be an affiliated volunteer, but read the reasons below to get a few important reasons why you should get affiliated. After you've done that, please peruse our links below to find somewhere to get connected with a volunteer opportunity in your area!
Volunteers that are affiliated are:
* Easier to deploy to help in a disaster
* More likely to stay in-the-know about best practices in personal disaster preparedness
* More likely to stay in-the-know about best practices in disaster volunteerism
* More likely to be part of trainings on an annual (or more frequent) basis
* Accountable to an organization that receives funds based on their volunteer turnout
Where to volunteer?
OFBCI Volunteer Map - Locate where to volunteer by locating your county
United Way of Central Indiana Volunteer Center
Indiana Chapters of the American Red Cross
American Red Cross of Gibson County, Princeton
American Red Cross of Greater Indianapolis, Indianapolis
American Red Cross of Northeast Indiana, Fort Wayne
American Red Cross of Northwest Indiana, Merrillville
ARC of North Central Indiana, Wabash
Bartholomew-Brown County Chapter, Columbus
Cass County Chapter, Logansport
Clark County Chapter, Jeffersonville
Dearborn & Ohio County Chapter, Lawrenceburg
Elkhart County Chapter, Elkhart
Hoosier Hills Chapter, Bedford
Huntington County Chapter, Huntington
Jackson County Chapter, Seymour
Jefferson County Chapter, Madison
Kosciusko County Chapter, Warsaw
LaPorte County Chapter, Michigan City
Marshall County Chapter, Plymouth
Monroe County Chapter, Bloomington
Montgomery County Chapter, Crawfordsville
Porter County Chapter, Valparaiso
Posey County Chapter, Mount Vernon
Southwestern Indiana Chapter, Evansville
St Joseph County Chapter, South Bend
Tippecanoe County Chapter, Lafayette
Wabash Valley Chapter, Terre Haute
Warrick County Chapter, Boonville
Wayne/Union County Chapter, Richmond
Stay Connected
- What is the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives?
- Are there grants available from the government specifically for faith-based organizations?
- What is AmeriCorps?
- What is a volunteer center?
- How many people in Indiana volunteer?
- What is Body & Soul?
- How can I become a participating congregation of Body & Soul?
- Join AmeriCorps
- Get an AmeriCorps member for my program
- Find a volunteer opportunity in my area
- Sign up to receive e-Newsletters from OFBCI
- Find out more about other national service programs in my area (Senior Corps, AmeriCorps*VISTA, and Learn and Serve America).
- Learn more about Body & Soul
- Become a SHARE Network Indiana member
