There are no more meetings left for the 2025 - 2026 school year! Our end of year banquet will be Thursday, May 21st, afterschool in the media center!
Our year-long project this year is a Canned Food Drive!
You can drop off your donations in Ms. Gonzalez’s room 3106 or during our meetings.
We will update the current needs every meeting but feel free to donate anything canned!
You get 30 minutes for every can you donate!
You can donate 4 cans per semester for a maximum of 2 hours per semester!
You are always welcome to donate more cans if you have them, but you will only receive a maximum on 2 hours.
GOAL: 500 CANS
Apex vs. Friendship Neighbor Up Food Drive
Competition against Apex Friendship High School
Donations will go to the Western Wake Ministry!
March 11th - March 18th
You can donate a maximum of 4 food items for 2 hours.
To the right is the list of items you can donate:
Community and Good Food for All
At 300 W Hargett St, Raleigh, NC 27601
Opportunities ongoing from March 5th to the end of the year
Volunteers will help run food and drinks, greet people, and help out in the kitchen
More Info: Sign Up
Process Clothes In Durham
At 1010 Martin Luther King Jr Pkwy, Durham, NC
Opportunities from Feb 13th to Feb 24th
Volunteers help sort clothes and may also help with folding, labeling, or shelving clothes
More Info: Sign Up
Raleigh Parks and Recreation
An organization that organizes and pulls together volunteers for events.
List of many volunteer events!
More Info: Sign Up (go to upcoming events and scroll down)
Extra Weekend Help
At 300 W Hargett Street, Raleigh NC
Opportunities from Dec 28th to Mar 1st, 12pm to 3pm (lots of slots)
Volunteers will help at tables with various jobs
More Info: Sign Up
Greenhouse Growing Forward Project
At 4225 Daly Rd Raleigh, NC 27604
Lots of slots from Feb to April
Volunteer will fill pots with soil
More Info: Sign Up
Dogs with a Purpose
230 E Johnson Street Cary, NC
Saturday, March 7th
Volunteers will help set up and clean up the event, as well as being able to watch it.
More Info: Sign Up
Tree Planting @ TMSA
At 3570 Amberlight Rd, Apex, NC 27502
On Saturday, Mar 14, 1pm-4pm
Volunteers will help plant 14 trees, light outdoor physical work
More Info: Sign Up
Tobacco Road Marathon
At 280 Brooks Park Lane, Cary NC 27519
March 13-15
Volunteers will direct runners, setup the event, and facilitate the event.
More Info: Sign Up
Textbook Donations
Donate new or used textbooks/test prep books to the Apex High School Library!
Each textbook donated is 1 hour, with a maximum of 2 hours
REMINDER: For each drive, the maximum number of hours earned is 2!
Apex Multilingual Learner's Club
Work with multilingual kids
Every Monday on school days
At Olive Chapel Elementary from 3:00pm-3:30pm
Remind: @ahs.mlc
Instagram: @ahsmlc
Second Chance Pet Adoptions
Help clean cat rooms and wash dogs, as well as fostering special needs animals or helping with administrative needs.
Check the website for age restrictions and minor forms! (whether you need a parent to accompany you and the forms you need depend on your age)
St. Judes
Send digital cards to children with life-threatening illnesses
Include an uplifting message
2 cards for 0.5 hour (4 cards = 1 hour ← max)
Western Wake Crisis Ministry
Their goal is to provide for people who can't afford it.
You can volunteer (different jobs available) to pack and distribute food!
You can an also donate food, (Contact us before donating for hours)
Amy’s Rays of Sunshine
Write cards for cancer patients
“Amy's Rays of Sunshine seeks to provide encouragement, positivity, and hope to young adult patients during bone marrow transplants”
*Please take a picture of your cards, with the message inside for credit.
*2 cards = 0.5hr with a max of 2hrs.
Volunteers will be helping pack food, opportunities are available at many branches.
Find more information and sign up here
Help pack and distribute food donations! More info and sign-up slots are available for Mondays and Tuesdays.
Help sort school supplies for Wake County teachers!
To sign up, click "volunteer" at this link
Raleigh Parks Volunteer Program
There are a wide variety of volunteer opportunities available in the Raleigh park's system throughout the semester. More information can be found here.
*Pre-registration is required! Register on the website.
It's more important than ever to fight the loneliness with love for our elders. Please take some of your time off to create letters for Love For The Elderly.
*Please take a picture of your cards, with the message inside for credit.
*2 cards = 0.5hr with a max of 2hrs.
Details: https://lovefortheelderly.org/letters
Help those in need by knitting rectangles or blankets. You do not need to donate to receive hours.
*Each 7" x 9" rectangle = 1hr
Details: https://warmupamerica.org/make/
Color pages to put a smile on someone's face! Choose your age group and start coloring!
*Every 2 pages = 0.5hr with a max of 2 hrs.
Details: https://colorasmile.org/volunteer/instructions---adults.html
Donate rice to families in need by playing a multiple-choice quiz game! For each question you answer correctly, about 5 grains of rice will be donated via the UN's World Food Program. For each 100 questions you get correct, you will earn 1 hour for Key Club (max of 2 hours).
Steps:
Download Freerice and create an account
Go to the menu bar on the top left corner of the screen and select groups
Enter code: LYF2GMKV
Start playing!
*There are different categories of questions. Click on menu > categories to see them all.
*(Submit a screenshot of the amount of rice you have collected as proof for your Google Forms)
Volunteer with Note in the Pocket! Go to their website and fill out the Volunteer Registration Form, then sign up for a shift. There are lots of different ways to volunteer listed on their website, so find out which one appeals most to you and get volunteering!
Website: noteinthepocket.org/volunteer/
You must complete a one time training before participating, see website for details.
https://westernwaketennis.com/community/abilities-tennis/
*If you have any questions about participating, contact Laura (contact info on website above)
Help advocate for autism acceptance! If you're interested, sign up for a virtual information call here.
Help build houses!
Date: Various dates on their signup site
Location: Varies on construction date and site
*Volunteers on a construction site must be 16 years of age.
*Volunteers under 18 must print this parent-guardian permission slip and bring it completed and signed.
Signup: habitatwake.volunteerhub.com/lp/wakeconstruction/events
Date: Every Saturday (8:50 am - 11:15 am)
Prepare and pack up to 1,200 bags and leave at 11:15 AM to go to the Oak City Outreach Center in Raleigh. We bring various items with us to the center and our volunteers can help distribute them along with the bags.
Location: St. Andrew's in Apex (3008 Old Raleigh Rd, Apex, NC 27502)
Help organize merchandise/any other tasks needed
Have fun while helping special needs children play baseball!
Date: Various shifts
Location: Multiple locations (North Raleigh and Cary, more info on their website)
Miracle League Registration: https://www.mltriangle.com/volunteer/sign-up/
Help plant and clean urban gardens!
Help with maintenance task on the farm. (minimum age 15, must be accompanied by an adult)
Help farm staff with weekly harvesting! (minimum age 15, must be accompanied by an adult)
Volunteer with a group to help out with various gardening activities. ( minimum age 11 years, all youth under 16 must be accompanied by an adult chaperone)
Volunteer to help with weeding, mulching, moving compost, transplanting and more!(all volunteers under 16 must be accompanied by an adult chaperone)
More opportunities and info on the website below!
Location: Varies
Date: Varies
Join the Do Re Mi Project in tutoring middle and elementary school musicians to play an instrument over Zoom or other video platforms.
The Do Re Mi Project has:
5000+ total free lessons booked
250+ tutors and 500+ students from 31+ states
Featured on Tri-M Music Honor Society's Website, Baltimore Sun, US Army Band Broadcast, & World Journal
Interested? Sign up here!
Join the Do Re Mi Project in tutoring middle and elementary school musicians to play an instrument over Zoom or other video platforms.
The Do Re Mi Project has:
5000+ total free lessons booked
250+ tutors and 500+ students from 31+ states
Featured on Tri-M Music Honor Society's Website, Baltimore Sun, US Army Band Broadcast, & World Journal
Interested? Sign up here!