The Adaptive Sports Program of New Mexico (ASPNM) enhances the lives of children and adults with disabilities through recreational activities including adaptive skiing, snowboarding, rock climbing, sailing, paddle boarding, kayaking, rafting, archery, and much more. ASPNM seeks volunteers to assist with its many adaptive sports programs, providing instruction, support, and fun! Volunteering with ASPNM is a rewarding and life-enriching opportunity. Come out, share your skills, and make many great friends in the process!

For more than 100 years, Big Brothers Big Sisters has operated under the belief that inherent in every child is the ability to succeed and thrive in life. As the nation’s largest donor and volunteer supported mentoring network, Big Brothers Big Sisters makes meaningful, monitored matches between adult volunteers (“Bigs”) and children (“Littles”), ages 6 through 18, in communities across the country. We develop positive relationships that have a direct and lasting effect on the lives of young people.

Civil Air Patrol, the volunteer auxiliary of the US Air Force, is a congressionally chartered national organization providing disaster relief, search and rescue, aerospace education, and youth development since 1941. The Santa Fe CAP squadron has 30 adult and cadet members and meets monthly at the NM National Guard facility at the Santa Fe Airport. Our pilots and aircrews are trained to FEMA standards and have been part of numerous searches for lost aircraft and hikers in Northern New Mexico. Our cadets are offered education in leadership, character development, physical fitness, and aerospace, and can take orientation flights in the squadron's Cessna aircraft and gliders and work toward a pilot's license if they wish. There are many ways to serve your community in Civil Air Patrol, and we welcome pilots and non-pilots alike to join us.

Inspiring New Mexicans to Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Eldorado/285 Recycles is a volunteer non-profit group dedicated to improving recycling and waste reduction in the Eldorado-Hwy 285 corridor communities and adjacent areas. Good planets are hard to find There is no Planet B!​

Home to great folks, rich culture and beautiful views, Eldorado at Santa Fe is a community of 2650 homes situated at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo mountains, approximately 25 minutes from the Santa Fe Plaza.

Eldorado Neighbors Helping Neighbors is a volunteer group affiliated with Santa Fe County Senior Services that provides basic volunteer services to help Eldorado area older residents stay in their homes. We are currently recruiting additional volunteers who would like to help provide these services

Literacy Volunteers of Santa Fe is dedicated to providing free, quality tutoring to adults in reading, writing, and speaking English to strengthen our community, families, and workforce. Our student-centered tutoring programs focus on improving basic reading and writing skills, empowering parents to help their children succeed in school, and helping immigrants prepare for citizenship.

SFMGA is a non-profit, non-discriminatory, educational association that trains & provides individuals to assist the New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service County Extension Agent through teaching & outreach to the general public. We provide research-based, best management practices promoting sustainability, and environmental initiatives. The SFMGA seeks to preserve and beautify the environment while improving the quality of life in the community.

Founded in 1937, The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian is New Mexico’s oldest non-profit, independent museum. The Wheelwright offers unique exhibitions of contemporary and historic Native American art. We’re famous for our focus on little-known genres and for solo shows by living Native American artists. We are the home of the Jim and Lauris Phillips Center for the Study of Southwestern Jewelry, the most comprehensive collection of Navajo and Pueblo jewelry in the world. Volunteers are needed as Gallery Hosts and to work in The Case Trading Post.

The New Mexico Aging and Long-Term Services Department (ALTSD) provides accessible, integrated services to older adults, adults with disabilities, and caregivers to assist them in maintaining their independence, dignity, autonomy, health, safety, and economic well-being, thereby empowering them to live on their own terms in their own communities as productively as possible.

Lifelong independence and healthy aging

Guiding Principles
…Protect the safety and rights of those we serve
…Promote personal choice and self-determination
…Treat all persons with respect, embracing cultural diversity
…Encourage collaborative partnerships
…Provide fiscally responsible services
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The Cactus Rescue Project was started in 2002 by two cactus collectors in an effort to educate people about and save the endangered Santa Fe cholla, Opuntia viridiflora. It has since grown to also promote the use of cacti in southwestern gardening.

For over ten years Coming Home Connection has provided skilled and compassionate in-home care to those in need in Santa Fe and the surrounding counties. Our unique volunteer-hybrid model combines free and low-cost care, allowing us to serve a wide range of people regardless of their ability to pay. Our caregivers, all of whom are trained and background checked, are committed to honoring the dignity and privacy of each care recipient, and providing the highest quality of care. We specialize in care for the elderly and disabled adults, dementia respite, end-of-life and hospice support, and post-operative care.

Eldorado Classes & Lectures (EC&L) is made possible by a dedicated group of residents who are committed to offering free classes, lectures, seminars, and cultural events as an opportunity to build community cohesion. In the social media age, where individuals find themselves increasingly isolated from society, the mission to forge bridges amongst residents is critically important. EC&L has two primary missions - one is to host events on a great diversity of topics, while the other is to provide a First Saturday of the Quarter Orientation to the Eldorado Community Improvement Association (E.C.I.A.) HOA.

Eldorado Fire & Rescue is looking for volunteers. No prior experience is necessary, just a willingness help in the Community. The level of commitment depends on how much time you can give.

The Eldorado Roadside Tree Project maintains the roadside trees along approximately 25 miles of paved roads and seeks to create a more attractive road scape in Eldorado. It is staffed by volunteers from the Eldorado area and works in collaboration with the ECIA Road Committee and the Santa Fe County Public Works Department. Volunteers trim and shape the deciduous trees, remove dead wood, suckers, water sprouts, and low hanging branches. Their goal is to improve the health of the trees, enhance the beauty of the roadside, remove trees that obstruct visibility, and assist the County in resolving resident complaints. The County reciprocates by picking up the brush and mowing around the younger trees. Once a year the Project organizes a pruning workshop for Eldorado residents, presented by the County Agricultural Extension Officer and co-sponsored by the Road Committee, the Conservation Committee, and the Santa fe Master Gardiner's Association. The Project focuses on deciduous trees in the right of way, which, for the most part are Siberian Elms and Russian Olives. These trees are much maligned as invasive species that are not native to New Mexico, but they are the only trees that survive without supplemental water in a landscape that is becoming increasingly hot and dry. The Project is dedicated to making otherwise messy trees into a community resource that provides shade, cooler temperatures, carbon sinks, and roadside adornments.

Many Mothers provides in-home support to parents with a new baby under 6 months of age. Volunteers are vetted and trained before being matched with a family to provide support to mothers (and some fathers) with the baby, older children, simple household tasks, trips to appointments or shopping, parenting questions, emotional support, and connections to resources in the community.

The Santa Fe Search and Rescue Group (SFSAR) is a search and rescue (SAR) team recognized as a state-certified team by the State of New Mexico. We are located in Santa Fe, New Mexico and participate in searches throughout the state. We have over 50 members and our members are required to become certified by the state as “NM State Field Certified” personnel. Many members are qualified in search team leadership, winter rescue team leadership, technical rescue team leadership, tracking, medical skills, and mission management. Many have Amateur Radio Licenses. SFSAR specializes in ground searches, winter searches, vehicle searches, technical (low angle) rescues and emergency locator transmitter (ELT) searches. Among the equipment we provide and maintain are: wheeled Stokes litter, 2 SKED litters and litter packaging, low angle raising and lowering equipment, hardware and ropes, snowshoe and winter search equipment, avalanche transceivers and probes.

Providing food for those in need as we work in community with them. Volunteers sort and pack food boxes as well as provide after school snacks and lunches for the homeless

The City of Santa Fe Senior Corps Volunteer Programs recruit volunteers 55 and over to help their communities solve some of the most pressing problems in the areas of Education, Health Futures, Economic Opportunity, Environmental Stewardship, and Veterans and Military Families. The purpose and goals of each program differ slightly. While the Foster Grandparent Program (FGP) and Senior Companion Program (SCP) focus exclusively on Education and Independent Living, respectively, the Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) is open to a wide variety of volunteer assignments. All three programs aim to meet critical community needs and provide a high quality experience for volunteers.

Communities in Schools of New Mexico (CIS) believes that all children deserve the opportunity to thrive. CISNM's mission is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. CISNM touches approximately 6,000 Santa Fe students and their families every year. We provide a holistic support system to ensure that students stay in school, learn, and graduate to college and career. CISNM's volunteers have the opportunity to be tutors for struggling students, be a part of the "foodies program" which distributes groceries to families in need and also help with special projects at the 10 Santa Fe Public Schools that CISNM serves.

We are a group of Eldorado (NM) residents who, in collaboration with the Eldorado Community School, are dedicated to the creation and stewardship of sustainable gardens in our community. We also foster a wonderful learning environment for students.

Eldorado Neighborhood Watch, the largest NW group in New Mexico with about 120 Block Captains, is a voluntary program organized and run by the residents of our community which employs the concept of neighbor to neighbor communication. The Eldorado Community Improvement Association provides logistical and financial support to Neighborhood Watch as we work to improve our community by addressing issues related to home, personal, pet and auto security, animal control, wildlife awareness, weather and traffic safety. Neighbors are encouraged to take responsibility by following security measures and reporting suspicious activity to the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office and Neighborhood Watch. Neighborhood Watch members are encouraged to serve as the eyes and ears for law enforcement, but never to directly intervene in possible criminal activity.

ESRV provides education and services contributing to the safe coexistence between Eldorado area residents and the indigenous snake population.

Information concerning coexisting with coyotes and a statewide COYOTE PHOTOGRAPHING CONTEST, coexisting with indigenous snakes, and the benefits of using cacti as a viable and contextually appropriate landscaping element that required little, if any, water.

VGPL is an independent, community built 501(C)(3) public library which opened in 2001 with the goal of fostering life-long learning in a supportive community environment. We are open Tues-Fri 10-6 and Sat 10-4 (Closed Sunday and Monday). We are almost entirely volunteer-staffed with a current group of approximately 50 volunteers who maintain daily operations under the supervision of the Library Director and Library Assistant. We also have an all-volunteer Board, multiple committees and several fundraising events during the year where volunteer support is essential.

We provide services such as physical materials for all ages -- books, audio books, DVDs, CDs, telescopes and museum passes. In addition we have free computer use, both patron computers and free WiFi during open hours. We collaborate with local organizations to create a diverse range of programming. Our offerings include but are not limited to family movie nights, Summer and After School Reading, Storytime (toddler through pre-k), reading to therapy dogs, author talks, local interest programs, local artist exhibitions and special events.

We receive some monetary and material support from Santa Fe County, but are neither a County nor City library and as a result raise more than 50% of our operating budget each year through various activities, none of which would be possible without volunteer assistance. We are also pleased to offer opportunities for local students to earn the community service hours that are often needed for graduation. We have an ongoing need for volunteers and a wide array of ways to become involved.