Needs From: Baltimore County Volunteers

Volunteer: Volunteer for the Baltimore County Department of Aging 5K Walk/Run – Support a Great Cause!

Event Date: Sunday, September 21, 2025
Time: Volunteers may start as early as 6:30 a.m. (depending on shift)
Location: CCBC Essex Campus
7201 Rossville Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21237

About the Event:
Join the Baltimore County Department of Aging at the annual CCBC Essex 5K Walk/Run! This fun and energetic community event promotes active living, raises awareness, and supports programs for older adults in Baltimore County. Whether cheering participants on, helping with race logistics, or ensuring smooth check-in, your support makes all the difference.

Volunteer Details:

Shifts Available: Multiple—starting as early as 6:30 a.m.

Roles May Include: Registration, water stations, cheering squads, course assistance, and post-race clean-up.

Age Requirement: Volunteers must be 18+ unless accompanied by a parent/guardian.

How to Sign Up:
Call 410-887-2040 to register or learn more. On race day, volunteers check in at the Volunteer Table.

Help make race day an unforgettable experience for our community—sign up today and bring your energy, smiles, and team spirit!


Agency: Baltimore County Department of Aging

Event Date: Sunday, September 21, 2025
Time: Volunteers may start as early as 6:30 a.m. (depending on shift)
Location: CCBC Essex Campus
7201 Rossville Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21237

About the Event:
Join the Baltimore County Department of Aging at the annual CCBC Essex 5K Walk/Run! This fun and energetic community event promotes active living, raises awareness, and supports programs for older adults in Baltimore County. Whether cheering participants on, helping with race logistics, or ensuring smooth check-in, your support makes all the difference.

Volunteer Details:

Shifts Available: Multiple—starting as early as 6:30 a.m.

Roles May Include: Registration, water stations, cheering squads, course assistance, and post-race clean-up.

Age Requirement: Volunteers must be 18+ unless accompanied by a parent/guardian.

How to Sign Up:
Call 410-887-2040 to register or learn more. On race day, volunteers check in at the Volunteer Table.

Help make race day an unforgettable experience for our community—sign up today and bring your energy, smiles, and team spirit!


Agency: Baltimore County Department of Aging

Need Type: Volunteer

Date: Happens On Sep 21, 2025

Zip Code: 21237

Allow Groups: No


Volunteer: STATE HEALTH INSURANCE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SHIP)

SHIP - State Health Insurance Assistance program provides free, unbiased help to Medicare-eligible beneficiaries, their families, and caregivers. Whether you are new to Medicare, reviewing Medicare plan options, or have questions about how to use your Medicare, SHIP can help.

What We Do – Baltimore County’s SHIP Program Provides Assistance

Plan comparison and enrollment Understanding coverage and costs Medicare Supplement Plans (Medigap) Eligibility and enrollment for financial assistance programs Preventive services and referrals to other resources Billing issues and appeals Health care fraud and marketing violations

 

Agency: Baltimore County Department of Aging

SHIP - State Health Insurance Assistance program provides free, unbiased help to Medicare-eligible beneficiaries, their families, and caregivers. Whether you are new to Medicare, reviewing Medicare plan options, or have questions about how to use your Medicare, SHIP can help.

What We Do – Baltimore County’s SHIP Program Provides Assistance

Plan comparison and enrollment Understanding coverage and costs Medicare Supplement Plans (Medigap) Eligibility and enrollment for financial assistance programs Preventive services and referrals to other resources Billing issues and appeals Health care fraud and marketing violations

 

Agency: Baltimore County Department of Aging

Need Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Zip Code: 21204

Allow Groups: No


Volunteer: SENIOR CENTERS

Baltimore County has 20 senior centers located throughout the county as well as 1 virtual center. These centers offer many activities to engage the mind, increase health and wellbeing, connect to the community, travel the world and meet new friends. 

Volunteering at a senior center allows you to share your professional or personal skills in a rewarding work environment. Each year, over 2,200 individuals volunteer in County senior centers. As nonprofits, volunteers are critical to senior center operation.

There are a wide range of volunteer opportunities available, including those in:

Customer Service—Answer questions and provide administrative assistance at the front desk or in the staff offices. Creative/Technical Assistance—Individuals with training in graphic design, accounting, grant-writing, computers, social media, marketing, photography and more can help enhance the center’s operations and marketing efforts.  Instruction—Share your talents by teaching others new skills. Leadership—Become a member of the and help raise funds and provide input to the programs and activities at the center. Supervision—Monitor the fitness room or Eating Together participants to insure a safe and enjoyable environment.

Agency: Baltimore County Department of Aging

Baltimore County has 20 senior centers located throughout the county as well as 1 virtual center. These centers offer many activities to engage the mind, increase health and wellbeing, connect to the community, travel the world and meet new friends. 

Volunteering at a senior center allows you to share your professional or personal skills in a rewarding work environment. Each year, over 2,200 individuals volunteer in County senior centers. As nonprofits, volunteers are critical to senior center operation.

There are a wide range of volunteer opportunities available, including those in:

Customer Service—Answer questions and provide administrative assistance at the front desk or in the staff offices. Creative/Technical Assistance—Individuals with training in graphic design, accounting, grant-writing, computers, social media, marketing, photography and more can help enhance the center’s operations and marketing efforts.  Instruction—Share your talents by teaching others new skills. Leadership—Become a member of the and help raise funds and provide input to the programs and activities at the center. Supervision—Monitor the fitness room or Eating Together participants to insure a safe and enjoyable environment.

Agency: Baltimore County Department of Aging

Need Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Zip Code: 21204

Allow Groups: No


Volunteer: HOME TEAM PROGRAM

The Baltimore County Home Team Program offers weekly friendly in-home and telephone visits to eligible older adults who lack social supports and are at risk of social isolation. Volunteers and program participants engage in friendly conversation or a shared mutual activity such as a game, craft activity or reminiscence.

Additionally, we offer the Food Agent program. This program helps older adults who are in need of supplemental food and who qualify for food pantry assistance. A volunteer picks up food from a partnering food pantry and delivers it to Home Team participants.

The Home Team program provides ongoing training and recognition to volunteers. This program reflects a caring sense of community by providing reassurance and security to older persons wishing to remain in their own homes. The program’s main focus is to foster a greater sense of independence, enhance the quality of life, create new friendships, and reduce socialized loneliness.

Agency: Baltimore County Department of Aging

The Baltimore County Home Team Program offers weekly friendly in-home and telephone visits to eligible older adults who lack social supports and are at risk of social isolation. Volunteers and program participants engage in friendly conversation or a shared mutual activity such as a game, craft activity or reminiscence.

Additionally, we offer the Food Agent program. This program helps older adults who are in need of supplemental food and who qualify for food pantry assistance. A volunteer picks up food from a partnering food pantry and delivers it to Home Team participants.

The Home Team program provides ongoing training and recognition to volunteers. This program reflects a caring sense of community by providing reassurance and security to older persons wishing to remain in their own homes. The program’s main focus is to foster a greater sense of independence, enhance the quality of life, create new friendships, and reduce socialized loneliness.

Agency: Baltimore County Department of Aging

Need Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Zip Code: 21204

Allow Groups: No


Volunteer: OMBUDSMAN

Ombudsman is an advocacy program established by the Older Americans Act and Maryland law to protect the rights and promote the well-being of long-term care (LTC) residents in facilities like nursing homes and Skilled Nursing Facilities, Assisted Living Facilities (ALFs) and continuing care retirement communities (CCRC).

What We Do – The Baltimore County Ombudsman Program

Investigate and attempt to help residents resolve problems and complaints Helps educate family members, residents and facility staff about long-term care rights Provide accomplished volunteers to educate and advocate for long-term care residents Lending Library offers materials that provide information on elder abuse and caregiving 

Ombudsman Volunteers

Make visits to residents of long-term care facilities Investigate and resolve complaints raised by long-term care residents Collect, manage, and report data about casework activities Provide information and consultation to residents, families, and the general public Participate as a resident advocate in facility licensure surveys

Agency: Baltimore County Department of Aging

Ombudsman is an advocacy program established by the Older Americans Act and Maryland law to protect the rights and promote the well-being of long-term care (LTC) residents in facilities like nursing homes and Skilled Nursing Facilities, Assisted Living Facilities (ALFs) and continuing care retirement communities (CCRC).

What We Do – The Baltimore County Ombudsman Program

Investigate and attempt to help residents resolve problems and complaints Helps educate family members, residents and facility staff about long-term care rights Provide accomplished volunteers to educate and advocate for long-term care residents Lending Library offers materials that provide information on elder abuse and caregiving 

Ombudsman Volunteers

Make visits to residents of long-term care facilities Investigate and resolve complaints raised by long-term care residents Collect, manage, and report data about casework activities Provide information and consultation to residents, families, and the general public Participate as a resident advocate in facility licensure surveys

Agency: Baltimore County Department of Aging

Need Type: Volunteer

Date: Is Ongoing

Zip Code: 21204

Allow Groups: No