Twin Cities

Volunteering can be just as powerful when we do it at home! Explore these opportunities to give back to our community from the comfort of your own home or in small groups.

  • iNaturalist

    Become involved in a community for Naturalists! Record your observations, share your findings, and discuss future change with global nature lovers.

  • Litterati App

    Track your litter collection through the Litterati mobile app. You can even join challenges near you to become part of a community of changemakers. Click below to learn how to find a challenge near you. Download the app and start tracking your litter.

  • Food Recovery Network - Power Hour

    Join the FUN, virtual, communal, easy, and impactful power hour volunteer opportunity! You will partner with the Food Recovery Network and the Farmlink project to help recover 26,000 pounds of suplus food.

  • Missing Maps

    Help put the world’s vulnerable communities on the map, one map at a time. Join humanitarian organizations in this remote volunteer opportunity to save lives.

  • Skills Based Volunteering: Partners in Food Solutions

    Partners in Food Solutions is a nonprofit organization that works to improve food security in Africa by linking the expertise from General Mills employees with small-and-growing food companies in Africa. Employees remotely provide ~1 hour/week of pro-bono consulting services to help an African food company address some of their biggest challenges. Learn how you can get involved!

  • Connected for Sustainability

    You are invited to the HandsOn Twin Cities virtual Connected for Sustainability day on Friday, May 20, 2022 from 9am-3pm CST via Zoom. Come alongside a community of collaborators to build capacity for nonprofits focused on environmental and social dimensions of sustainability.

  • Volunteer Guides

    Access our volunteer guides, which will guide you in creating high need items for our community. Each link will take you to instruction pages with everything you need to complete these activities including a purchase list, suggested types of nonprofit recipients and why these items are a priority in our communities.

  • Habitat for Humanity MN

    Come alongside volunteers to build strength, stability, and self-reliance through shelter in the Twin Cities and other Minnesota communities.

  • Big Brothers Big Sisters Twin Cities

    Every child has potential and the pandemic hasn’t stopped us from creating rewarding, life-changing relationships. Mentor Twin Cities youth one conversation at a time. Note: there is currently a high need for adult mentors in the Twin Cities.

  • Hunger Free America

    Join the movement to end food insecurity and become a Hunger Volunteer!

    Hunger Free America needs your help creating the most current database of food resources. The crowd-sourced information will be freely available to all who might need assistance and will help the national USDA Hunger Hotline provide the most current information to callers.

  • HandsOn Twin Cities Database

    Explore hundreds of volunteering opportunities through the HandsOn Twin Cities volunteer database. Nonprofits list their needs and connections, with YOU only a click away! There is an at-home volunteering option for everyone, just search for it!

  • Force for Good Nomination

    Is there a nonprofit that you volunteer with that you would like to bring awareness to? Is there a colleague that you feel deserves a pat on the back? We want to recognize those that have made a meaningful impact on the communities where our employees live and work. Winners will be notified by the Global Impact Team and highlighted in a future Champions story.

  • Board Member Connect & Training

    Whether you are an employee interested in joining a nonprofit board or currently serving on one, our Nonprofit Board Governance Training and Board Member Connect Teams Channel are great opportunities to engage. Watch the training linked below, which will cover the fundamentals of nonprofit board governance. Or join Board Member Connect, a forum to ask questions, share best practices, sign up for training opportunities or find colleagues with similar interests by sending us an email.

  • Get2Give

    Shop to give back. Get2Give provides support through self-care boxes, believing in conscious consumerism and truly giving back to others!