About Buffalo State
Volunteering
0-2 miles from campus
Albright-Knox Art Gallery
1285 Elmwood Avenue
(0.2 miles)
Volunteer and student internship opportunities
(716) 270-8262 or (716) 270-8218 (docent opportunities)
www.albrightknox.org/volunteers.html
Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society
65 Nottingham Court
(0.32 miles)
Assist with special events, exhibits, gardening, children's programs, daily activities
(716) 873-9644 ext. 316 or 323
www.bechs.org
Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy
84 Parkside Avenue (Parkside Lodge, Delaware Park)
(Various park locations)
Volunteers assist with office work (Parkside Lodge, Delaware Park), landscape enhancement, and various jobs in several parks during the week, and provide information during park events and activities.
(716) 838-1249, ext. 11
www.buffaloolmstedparks.org/volunteers/index.htm
Buffalo Zoo
300 Parkside Avenue
(1.94 miles)
Volunteer and student internship opportunities. Assist with promotions, events, fundraisers. Docents (age 21+) provide education services.
(716) 837-3900 ext. 111
www.buffalozoo.org
Burchfield-Penney Art Center
1300 Elmwood Avenue, Rockwell Hall, third floor
(0.0 miles)
Volunteer docents conduct museum tours. Select student internships may be available.
(716) 878-6011
www.burchfield-penney.org
Darwin D. Martin Complex
125 Jewett Parkway
(1.92 miles)
Assist with tours, gardening, events, retail sales, fund raising, public presentations, and research projects.
(716) 856-3858
www.darwinmartinhouse.org
2-10 miles from campus
American Red Cross, Greater Buffalo Chapter
786 Delaware Avenue
(2.2 miles)
Flexible volunteer opportunities include working with local seniors and youth, providing disaster relief, teaching health and safety courses, working at blood drives, and providing administrative assistance.
(716) 878-2159 (general opportunities) or
(585) 760-5535 (Blood services opportunities)
www.buffaloredcross.org
Art Dialogue Gallery/Western New York Artists Group
1 Linwood Avenue
(2.44 miles)
Internship opportunities with local cultural, nonprofit organizations.
(716) 885-2251
Buffalo/Niagara International Airport
4200 Genesee Street at Cayuga Road, Cheektowaga
(8.86 miles)
Ambassadors Program volunteers assist with customer service, provide information, and promote the Buffalo Niagara region to travelers.
(716) 630-6063
http://www.buffaloairport.com/about_bnia/ambassadors_program.asp
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Kleinhans Music Hall
71 Symphony Circle (370 Pennsylvania Street)
(2.42 miles)
Volunteers chauffeur guest performers to and from the airport, hotels, and the concert hall, and assist with office work.
(716) 885-0331
www.bpo.org
CEPA Gallery (Center for Exploratory and Perceptual Art)
Market Arcade, 617 Main Street
(3.75 miles)
Internship and volunteer opportunities include working with youth education programs; newsletter/advertising/Web site production and/or design; grant preparation; exhibition preparation and installation; public relations; events; fund raising; and administration
(716) 856-2717
www.cepagallery.com
Buffalo Museum of Science/Tifft Nature Preserve
1020 Humboldt Parkway/1200 Fuhrmann Boulevard
(3.25 miles)/(9.02 miles)
Help raise funds, create databases, archive library materials, and assist in research labs and with exhibits. Positions include education facilitator, camp-in assistant, Camp Wee Explorers gallery attendant, greeter, admissions clerk. Weekday/weekend volunteer opportunities; internship opportunities
(716) 896-5200, ext. 342
http://www.sciencebuff.org/volunteering.php
Tifft Nature Preserve: (716) 896-5200, ext. 331 or http://www.sciencebuff.org/volunteering.php
Studio Arena Theatre
(3.09 miles)
710 Main Street
(716) 856-8025
www.studioarena.org
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
641 Delaware Avenue
(2.37 miles)
Volunteers conduct tours and group presentations; assist with children's programs and special events; work in the gift shop, office, and period gardens; and make and sell crafts.
(716) 884-0095
www.nps.gov/thri/volop.htm
United Way of Buffalo and Erie County Volunteer Center
742 Delaware Avenue
(2.37 miles-office, various volunteer locations)
Gain experience working with agencies that serve children and youth, older adults, the ill, homeless, neighborhood groups, arts and cultural programs, disaster victims, and persons with disabilities, to name a few.
Database lists hundreds of volunteer and internship opportunities with nearly 200 social/community service organizations.
(716) 887-2690
www.volunteersolutions.org/uwbec/volunteer/
Online volunteer opportunities and internship search service
10-30 miles from campus
Artpark
450 South 4th Street, Lewiston, New York
(24.54 miles)
Summer volunteers serve as ushers, greeters, ticket takers, store attendants, and assist with administration and special projects.
(716) 754-9000, ext. 231
www.artpark.net/employment_volunteer.php
Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens
2655 South Park Avenue
(10.76 miles)
Flexible volunteer opportunities include assistance with special events. Learn as you contribute—no knowledge of plants necessary.
(716) 827-1584
www.buffalogardens.com
Meals on Wheels of Western New York
100 James E. Casey Drive
(10.35 miles)
Deliver meals and spend time with older adults. Assist with fundraisers (such as the annual Wheel-a-Thon walk in Delaware Park).
(716) 822-2201 or Erie County (716) 822-2002
www.mowfdnwny.org
Get Credit, Experience
Buffalo State's Career Development Center offers volunteer and service learning, experiential learning that links the classroom and the "real world." A win/win for students and the city: students gain the experience employers look for and, when possible, earn credit, while helping build the community.
Current students and faculty can learn more about volunteer opportunities or service learning or browse volunteer listings using ORCA (logon required).
