Volunteer Opportunities


You can help the NBA Cares cause by volunteering with our outstanding community partners. With more than 25 community partners, there are plenty of opportunities to give back in your local community or abroad. Click on the opportunities below to learn how you can begin to get involved starting today!


KaBOOM! is dedicated to bringing play back into the lives of our children. We passionately believe that play has purpose. We are driven to create a movement in support of this belief. VOLUNTEER
City Year unites young people of all backgrounds for a year of full-time service, giving them the skills and opportunities to change the world. VOLUNTEER
Countless individuals, organizations and media partners unite with Children’s Miracle Network hospitals to help sick and injured kids in local communities. VOLUNTEER
Rebuilding Together's network of more than 200 affiliates provides free rehabilitation and critical repairs to the homes of low-income Americans. VOLUNTEER
Since 1980, the Make-A-Wish Foundation® has given hope, strength and joy to children with life-threatening medical conditions. VOLUNTEER
Since 1968, Special Olympics has been bringing one message to the world: people with intellectual disabilities can and will succeed if given the opportunity. VOLUNTEER
Nothing But Nets is a grassroots campaign to save lives by preventing malaria, a leading killer of children in Africa. VOLUNTEER
The NRDC uses law, science and the support of 1.2 million members to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things. VOLUNTEER
Boys & Girls Clubs are a safe place to learn and grow – all while having fun. They are truly The Positive Place For Kids. VOLUNTEER
The goal of the ninemillion.org campaign is to give more than nine million children better access to education, sport and technology by 2010. VOLUNTEER
The American Red Cross is where people mobilize to help their neighbors—across the street, across the country, and across the world—in emergencies. VOLUNTEER
Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian ministry founded on the conviction that every man, woman and child should have a decent, safe and affordable place to live. VOLUNTEER
RMHC believes that when you change a child’s life, you change a family’s, which can change a community, and ultimately the world. VOLUNTEER
The guiding purposes of the NBP are to promote the literacy of blind children through braille, and to provide access to information that empowers blind people to actively engage in society. VOLUNTEER
Through community volunteers in every state and U.S. territory, RIF provides 4.5 million children with 16 million new, free books and literacy resources each year. VOLUNTEER
First Book provides new books to children in need addressing one of the most important factors affecting literacy – access to books. VOLUNTEER
Through our network of more than 250 HandsOn Action Centers, you can find volunteer projects and programs that align your passion with real needs in your local community. VOLUNTEER
As the nation’s leading organization working to reduce emotional distress and prevent suicide among college students, The Jed Foundation is protecting the mental health of students across the country. VOLUNTEER
Jack & Jill focuses on the cancer-stricken family structure as a whole, particularly in offering memory opportunities at a point where the family can experience and share the opportunity together. VOLUNTEER
The NCMEC acts as clearinghouse of information and as a contact point to parents, children, law enforcement agencies, schools, and communities providing assistance to help locate missing children. VOLUNTEER
The Partnership motivates and equips parents to prevent their children from using drugs and alcohol, and to find help and treatment for family and friends in trouble. VOLUNTEER
As the nation's premier civil rights/human relations agency, ADL fights anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry, defends democratic ideals and protects civil rights for all. VOLUNTEER
With the help of our state chapters and concerned individuals like you PCAA is valuing children, strengthening families and engaging communities nationwide. VOLUNTEER
The ACS is dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and service. VOLUNTEER