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
- https://www.yourmovemke.org/
Bringing families on the south-side of Milwaukee closer together, using programs that focus on higher-level thinking and self-expression through the elements of hip hop.
- 111 East Wisconsin Avenue
- https://www.wuwm.com/
Our Mission is to weave stories of southeastern Wisconsin together to engage, inspire, and connect people with a shared understanding of each other, the region, and the world.
- 720 E Locust St and 347 E Ward St
- 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.
- 187 E Becher Street Suite B
- https://mkewalks.wisconsinbikefed.org/
The Bike Fed Mission: To foster and unite active communities to advance cycling and walking in Wisconsin through education, legislation, and infrastructure. MilWALKee Walks’s Program Mission: To get all people walking and rolling safely throughout Milwaukee County through community building, interactive education and pedestrian advocacy.
- 630 Poplar Street - West Bend
- www.westbendlibrary.org
Our mission is to transform lives in the community by providing experiences and resources that support life-long learning.
- 9701 W College Ave Franklin WI 53132
- https://www.friendsofwehr.org/
At Wehr Nature Center, we believe nature is for everyone, and we’re dedicated to making it a reality.
- 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.
- 3524 W. National Ave.
- https://viacdc.org/30thanniversary/
VIA is a partner in building strong, healthy neighborhoods where all of us can thrive.
- 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.
- 1830 East Hartford Avenue
- https://uwm.edu/biology/research/facilities/greenhouse/
The UWM greenhouse maximizes research capabilities and supports both undergraduate and graduate education.
- 1028 S 9th St
- www.unitedcc.org
UCC's Mission is to transform the lives of Hispanics, families and individuals of all ages by providing the highest quality comprehensive services in education, human services, health, community development and cultural arts.
- https://www.thegatheringwis.org/volunteer
Our mission is to provide meals and other associated services to those who would otherwise go hungry or be without.
- Kosciuszko Community Center, 2201 South 7th Street
- https://www.summitea.org/
Summit is a non-profit corporation serving economically disadvantaged inner-city Milwaukee students to support academic excellence and character development.
- https://www.stryv365.org/
STRYV365 is an award winning, non-profit organization that creates customized non-clinical trauma-informed programming.
- 2801 East Morgan Avenue
- https://stanncenter.org/
The mission of St Ann Center for Intergenerational Care is to provide community-based health and educational services for children and frail adults and to serve as a resource and support for caregivers.
- Schlitz Audubon Nature Center, 1111, Bayside, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, 53217, United States
- https://www.schlitzaudubon.org/get-involved/volunteer/
Located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, our mission is to conserve our land’s diverse habitats on Lake Michigan and provide meaningful experiences and environmental education for all.
- 220 E Pittsburgh Ave
- https://radiomilwaukee.org/
Through music and stories created for a culturally open-minded community, Radio Milwaukee is a catalyst for creating a better, more inclusive and engaged Milwaukee.
- Ovation Jewish Home, 1414 North Prospect Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53202
- https://ovation.org/
- Multiple locations (see description)
- https://www.nourishmke.org/volunteer/
We’re a network of community food centers that specializes in food, love, and community.