Make an Impact Through Service
Celebrate service to country and community, and create opportunities that promote social responsibility, compassion, and understanding that will unite and strengthen MD’s diverse communities for the benefit of all
Service Opportunities
Acts of service are an excellent way to experience America through the eyes of another. No matter your age, where you come from, or any other label, you have the power to build a better future for yourself, your community, and generations to come.
Statewide
Maryland Service Year Option | Maryland Corps
A first-in-the-nation public service year program for high school graduates. It offers a year of professional growth and career explorations where you can earn a salary, gain new skills, and identify where your talents and purpose intersect, all while serving your community.
Statewide
Governor's Office on Service and Volunteerism
The Governor's Office on Service and Volunteerism is part of the Maryland State Service Commission, responsible for promoting service through recognition, providing training, and allocating resources to AmeriCorps programs.
Statewide
Volunteer Maryland
Volunteer Maryland, a statewide program, develops volunteer programs with nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and schools.
Statewide
Leadership Maryland
A statewide adult educational community leadership program with a 9-month executive program focused on learning about Maryland's issues and assets, leadership, and building relationships, and a new 6-month emerging leaders program.
Baltimore City and Baltimore region
The Leadership
A 9-month regional adult community leadership program exploring Baltimore's history, challenges, assets, and people; developing leadership competencies; and building relationships.
Harford County
Harford Leadership Academy
Harford Leadership Academy (HLA) is designed to promote the development of emerging and existing leaders and to create a committed, involved, and diverse network within Harford County. Through the Academy, future leaders are given the unique opportunity to learn from those who are leading today.
Allegany County
Leadership Allegany
A 9-month program dedicated to promoting positive change by creating a network of leaders with a clear understanding of the community and a commitment to its advancement.
Anne Arundel County
Leadership Anne Arundel
A nexus of leadership in Anne Arundel County, connecting business, nonprofit, government and individual community leaders. LAA’s mission is to provide people of diverse backgrounds with the education, resources, and networks necessary to become successful, proactive leaders. The vision of Leadership Anne Arundel is to develop and nurture community trustees who improve the quality of life in Anne Arundel County by convening diverse stakeholders, bridging their divides, and facilitating resolutions for the common good.
Baltimore County
Leadership Baltimore County
Leadership Baltimore County (LBC) is a community leadership program with a mission to bring high achievers with diverse perspectives together to heighten their civic awareness, enhance their organizational effectiveness, become a driving force for positive change in their workplace and Baltimore County as a whole.
Carroll County
Leadership Carroll County
Since its debut in 1990, Leadership Carroll has been the premier leadership development program in Carroll County. Its purpose is to provide existing and emerging leaders with a combination of leadership training and detailed knowledge of the community, including a description of the problems, opportunities and issues facing our community. Employers from every size business, along with nonprofit and government organizations, enroll their managers and key professional staff in the program and provide them direct contact with the leaders and the institutions central to the process of change in Carroll County. Leadership Carroll is your best opportunity to enhance your own or your employees’ knowledge of who to call on and how to get things done in Carroll County.
Frederick County
Leadership Frederick County
For Frederick County professionals who want to connect and contribute to their community! Leadership Frederick County (LFC) provides in-depth, experiential learning designed by distinguished county leaders coupled with graduate-level leadership masterclasses taught by organizational leadership experts from Hood College.
Howard County
Leadership Howard County
Leadership Howard County is the critical force in preparing, inspiring, connecting and sustaining community leaders to make Howard County the best place to live, work and play.
Montgomery County
Leadership Montgomery
Leadership Montgomery (LM) is an award-winning organization that supports public, private, and nonprofit leaders in Montgomery County, MD, and beyond. Connecting the community for over thirty years, LM is committed to unlocking the potential of cross-sector leaders in understanding and addressing complex issues in our region. Through curriculum-based leadership programs, meaningful alumni engagement, and impactful corporate activation, LM mobilizes leaders to build thriving and inclusive workplaces and communities.
Calvert, Charles, St. Mary’s Counties
Leadership Southern Maryland
Leadership Southern Maryland (LSM) is not your typical leadership development program. We leave the textbooks behind and go behind the scenes to focus on our region’s challenges. Founded in 2008 as a community leadership development nonprofit, LSM provides local leaders experiential opportunities to connect, broaden their knowledge of our community and its needs, and expand their leadership capabilities for the greater good of Southern Maryland.
Washington County
Leadership Washington County
Leadership Washington County (LWC) takes a select group of individuals from diverse backgrounds through an intense ten-month program. During the program, they will strengthen their network of contacts and actively engage in issues around topics like economic development, history, art and culture, education, religion, politics, and social service needs.
Kent, Talbot, Caroline, Dorchester, Wicomico, Queen Anne’s
Shore Leadership
An adult community leadership and information program for executives, managers, and leaders in the eastern shore counties.
Baltimore County
Baltimore County Volunteer Center
An online volunteer center that connects volunteers of all ages with nonprofits and public agencies.
Montgomery County
Montgomery County Volunteer Center
A searchable database of opportunities for volunteers of all ages.
Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, and Worcester Counties
Shore Get Connected Volunteer Center
A searchable database of opportunities for volunteers of all ages.
Baltimore City, Anne Arundel, Carroll, Harford, and Howard Counties
United Way of Central Maryland
A searchable database of opportunities for in-person volunteering, skills-based volunteering, and large scale volunteer events.
Frederick County
United Way of Frederick County JustServe
A list of organizations and projects in need of volunteers.
Kent, Talbot, and Caroline County
Upper Shore Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP)
The Upper Shore RSVP is a network in Kent, Caroline, and Talbot Counties, connecting active senior volunteers (age 55 and up) to volunteer opportunities in their community.