Volunteer Opportunities
Are you looking to get more involved in the community, accumulate volunteer hours or simply help out? There are a number of great opportunities available throughout the year for friendly and enthusiastic individuals and groups of all ages to volunteer their time and talents to the City of Cape Coral. The gift of your talent and time is appreciated!Development Services:
Code Enforcement | 239-574-0624
Financial Services | 239-574-0497
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) | (239) 574-0501
Cape Coral Art Center | (239) 574-0802
Code Enforcement | 239-574-0624
- Answering phone and email inquiries, printing forms, data entry, greeting citizens, and providing assistance.
Financial Services | 239-574-0497
- Help staff with various office work
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) | (239) 574-0501
- Become more informed and better prepared to cope with a major disaster. CERT volunteers are encouraged to support emergency response agencies by taking an active role in emergency preparedness projects (8-week class).
Cape Coral Art Center | (239) 574-0802
- Help staff with various art-related projects.
- Serve as a golf cart attendant, ranger, driving range picker, etc.
- Assist with set-up and/or clean-up of dinner shows/special events; front desk & light clerical assistance; decorating for the holidays.
- Assist with nature trail clean-up & other environmental-related projects
- Help people with developmental disabilities engage in craft workshops, cooking classes, dances, bowling & other activities.
- Assist at City-wide special events (i.e. Coconut Festival, Bike Night) with registration, ticket sales, food service, merchandising, etc
- Act as an instructor teaching a special skill to seniors.
- Assist staff with planning & facilitating youth programs and activities.
Police Volunteer Unit | 239-242-3346
- Duties range from administrative tasks at Police Headquarters to checking vacant homes on behalf of residents who are on vacation, to helping patrol the roads and waterways of Cape Coral.
Adopt a Median | 239-574-0811
- Help keep Cape Coral beautiful by adopting all or part of a median or cul-de-sac. This includes landscape installation and maintenance, supplies are not provided.
- Take pride in your community and adopt a road! All materials provided, including trash bags, gloves, and safety vests. Public Works will pick up and dispose of full bags of trash
- Each month, volunteers collect environmental data and water samples from their canal. The samples and data are then brought to the City's water quality laboratory for analysis.
- Citizens of Cape Coral venture out by land or by boat to remove litter and debris from the Cape's waterways and waterfronts
Volunteer packets and mandatory fingerprinting forms may be accessed in the Human Resources section of the City's website by clicking here.