A wide variety of local nonprofit organizations are in need of board and committee members to help advance their missions and support their work. Scroll through the list below to find an organization that resonates with you. To get connected, contact Jean Morrow at jeanmor@uwberks.org or 610-685-4587.
Abilities in Motion
Abilities in Motion is Berks County’s Center for Independent Living, offering services, education, and advocacy for over 3,000 individuals with disabilities in over 30 PA counties.
- Board Positions Available
Adalyn Rose Foundation
The Adalyn Rose Foundation helps families who have lost a child before or just after birth by giving them ongoing support and care.
- Committee Positions Available
Aldea - The People's Justice Center
Aldea – The People Justice Center is a women-led team of attorneys, paralegals, and community-rooted advocates who believe in the power of lawyering for justice and radical care.
- Board Positions Available
American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society is a nationwide voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer.
- Board Positions Available
- Committee Positions Available
American Red Cross PA Rivers Chapter
American Red Cross provides emergency assistance, disaster relief, and disaster preparedness education in the United States.
- Board Positions Available
- Committee Positions Available
Animal Rescue League of Berks County
The Animal Rescue League of Berks County has been helping animals in need find homes or reunite with owners for nearly 70 years.
- Board Positions Available
- Committee Positions Available
Berks Coalition to End Homelessness
BCEH is a collaboration of agencies, businesses, and individuals all working toward preventing, reducing, and ending homelessness in Berks County.
- Board Positions Available
Berks Community Health Center
- Board Positions Available
- Committee Positions Available
Berks Counseling Center
Berks Counseling Center has been offering holistic client-centered, family inclusive and recovery oriented care since 1977.
- Board Positions Available
- Committee Positions Available
Berks ENCORE
Berks Encore develops aging-confident individuals to enhance their ability to live well later in life.
- Board Positions Available
- Committee Positions Available
Berks Free Medical Clinic
Western Berks Free Medical Clinic meets the minor healthcare needs of people who are uninsured and do not have the financial means to pay for their medical care.
- Board Positions Available
- Committee Positions Available
Breast Cancer Support Services
Breast Cancer Support Services of Berks County provides hope, information and emotional support to women and men affected by breast cancer.
- Board Positions Available
- Committee Positions Available
Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA)
CASA provides volunteers to advocate for abused, neglected, and abandoned children, ensuring their well-being and right to a safe, nurturing, and permanent home.
- Board Positions Available
- Committee Positions Available
Daniel Boone Homestead Associates
Daniel Boone Homestead Associates works with the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission to preserve and operate the Daniel Boone Homestead.
- Board Positions Available
Dreibelbis Historical Farm
The Dreibelbis Farm Historical Society was formed to preserve and protect the historic farm and to make it available to the public for educational, historical, and environmental purposes.
- Committee Positions Available
Easterseals Eastern Pennsylvania
Easterseals creates life-changing solutions for individuals with disabilities and their families.
- Board Positions Available
- Committee Positions Available
FairView Counseling
FairView Counseling provides child-specific mental health services, including Play and Art Therapy, while fostering an inclusive, supportive environment for all families.
- Board Positions Available
Family Guidance Center
Family Guidance empowers individuals, families, and communities in Berks County and nearby areas through quality, culturally relevant counseling and services, fostering personal and professional growth for a better quality of life.
- Board Positions Available
Family Promise of Berks County
Family Promise helps families experiencing homelessness and low-income families achieve sustainable independence through a community-based response.
- Board Positions Available
- Committee Positions Available
Girls on the Run of Berks County
Girls on the Run has fun, evidence-based programs that inspire participants to recognize their inner strength, increase their level of physical activity, imagine their possibilities, and confidently stand up for themselves and others.
- Board Positions Available
- Committee Positions Available
John Paul II Center for Special Learning
John Paul II Center offers programs for people with disabilities in a nurturing environment, helping them reach their full potential.
- Committee Positions Available
Little Acts of Love
Little Acts of Love is committed to assisting elderly, disabled and veterans aged 60 and older in Berks County.
- Board Positions Available
- Committee Positions Available
NAMI Berks County PA
NAMI Berks County and dedicated volunteers, members and leaders work tirelessly to raise awareness and provide essential education, advocacy and support group programs for people in our community living with mental illness and their loved ones.
- Board Positions Available
- Committee Positions Available
Opportunity House
Opportunity House empowers individuals to improve their lives by providing security, stability, safety, and community to their clients.
- Board Positions Available
- Committee Positions Available
Reading Area Firefighters Museum
The Reading Area Firefighters Museum serves as a permanent facility for the public exhibition and the safe storage of items related to the history of firefighting in the Reading & Berks County area.
- Board Positions Available
- Committee Positions Available
Reading Public Library
The Reading Public Library meets the informational, educational, and recreational needs of library consumers.
- Committee Positions Available
Reading Science Center
Reading Science Center exists to foster a love of Science through exciting and experiential STEM education for the Greater Reading community.
- Committee Positions Available
ReadingFilm Office
The ReadingFilm Office was founded to promote the region as a location destination for film and media production.
- Board Positions Available
- Committee Positions Available
Shady Hollow Assisted Riding
Shady Hollow Assisted Riding provides people of all ages and abilities the benefits of experiencing a working farm and interacting with our horses. We offer a supportive equine environment to empower those with physical, social, cognitive and emotional challenges.
- Board Positions Available
- Committee Positions Available
The Berks County Fair
The Berks County Fair provides fun for the entire family to enjoy including farm and agricultural events, track events and delicious Pennsylvania Dutch cooking.
- Board Positions Available
- Committee Positions Available
The Camel Project
The mission of The Camel Project is to empower individuals and organizations to recognize and change the culture of bullying and unacceptable behaviors that result in violence, trauma, and abuse through education, advocacy, and support.
- Board Positions Available
- Committee Positions Available
LGBT Center of Greater Reading
The LGBT Center of Greater Reading creates, administers, and provides services, advocacy, and support to the Greater Reading LGBTQ+ community, including our allies, with the goal that all may live a life of fulfillment, inclusion, and celebration.
- Board Positions Available
- Committee Positions Available
The Stone Independent School
The Stone Independent School is a progressive, interdisciplinary 7-12 school which believes that all students learn best by doing.
- Board Positions Available
- Committee Positions Available
Vision Resource Center of Berks County
Visions Resource Center of Berks County works to prevent blindness and to enable visually impaired residents to live independently and productively.
- Board Positions Available
- Committee Positions Available
Yocum Institute for Arts Education
Yocum Institute for Arts Education educates, inspires, and shapes our community through the arts.
- Board Positions Available
- Committee Positions Available