Featured Placements
These are organizations which are featured this semester, meaning that they are actively looking for volunteers and working with MIAD Service Learning to help accommodate MIAD students. Make sure to visit the organization’s website to get a feel for what they do and read through any linked additional information before contacting a volunteer coordinator.
All Placements
- 1107 West Historic Mitchell Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53204
- https://www.yourmovemke.org/
- 720 East Locust Street, Milwaukee
- https://woodlandpattern.org/
Woodland Pattern is a poet- and artist-run nonprofit book center, gallery, and performance space.
- 4500 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee
- https://www.wihumane.org/wildlife/about
We care for over 5000 sick, injured or orphaned wild animals of nearly 150 different species every year. Our goal is to rehabilitate these animals and release them back into the wild.
- 249 E. Concordia Avenue, Milwaukee
- https://victorygardeninitiative.org/
Our mission is to build communities that grow their own food in order to create a community-led, socially just, environmentally sustainable and nutritious food system for all.
- 10201 W Watertown Plank Rd, Wauwatosa
- https://www.wauwatosaschools.org/page/vel-r-phillips-school/
The Vel R. Phillips School Community helps students realize a successful future. We foster restorative practices so students build communication skills and positive relationships, gain academic confidence, and intentionally plan for and realize their goals.
- 930 E Hartford Ave, Milwaukee
- https://uwm.edu/biology/research/facilities/greenhouse/
The UWM greenhouse maximizes research capabilities and supports both undergraduate and graduate education.
- 161, West Wisconsin Avenue, Westown, Downtown, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, 53203, United States
- https://www.trueskool.org/
- Kosciuszko Community Center, 2201, South 7th Street, Lincoln Village, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, 53204, United States
- https://www.summitea.org/
Summit is a non-profit corporation serving economically disadvantaged inner-city Milwaukee students to support academic excellence and character development.
- St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care, 2801, East Morgan Avenue, Fernwood, Saint Francis, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, 53235, United States
- https://stanncenter.org/
- 1111 E Brown Deer Rd, Milwaukee
- https://www.schlitzaudubon.org/
Our mission is to conserve our land’s diverse habitats on Lake Michigan and provide meaningful experiences and environmental education for all.
- 2134 N Riverboat Rd. Milwaukee
- https://www.riverrevitalizationfoundation.org/
The mission of the River Revitalization Foundation is to establish a parkway for public access, walkways, recreation and education, bordering the Milwaukee, Menomonee and Kinnickinnic Rivers; to use the rivers to revitalize surrounding neighborhoods; and to improve water quality.
- Ovation Jewish Home, 1414 North Prospect Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53202
- https://ovation.org/
- https://www.nourishmke.org/volunteer/
We’re a network of community food centers that specializes in food, love, and community.
- 1425 S. 26th St., Milwaukee, WI 53204
- https://notredamemke.org/
- Neighborhood House of Milwaukee, 2819, West Richardson Place, Concordia, Near West Side, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, 53208, United States
- neighborhoodhousemke.org
- https://namisoutheastwi.org/
NAMI Southeast Wisconsin inspires the hope of recovery and deepens the understanding of mental health conditions for individuals, families, and communities.
- 2414 W. Mitchell St. Milwaukee, WI 53204
- https://milwaukeerecreation.net/
- 1100 S 5th Street, Suite 310
- https://www.milwaukeepreservationalliance.org/