Seeking a volunteer opportunity to engage your skills or learn new ones? EWB-USA offers a variety of options for skilled professionals, student volunteers, and corporate teams, whether or not they are engineers. Fill out your registration below to join our volunteer network, or keep reading for more information on getting involved and meeting current volunteers.
FIND A CHAPTER
Join a global movement of engineers using their expertise to make a real difference. Your skills can help transform communities, creating lasting impact one project at a time.
WE’RE NOT JUST ENGINEERS!
EWB-USA needs assistance from all different disciplines in order to be more well rounded in our impact to our communities!
- We need people with backgrounds and experience across all STEM fields and in public health, public policy, project and non-profit management, chemistry, social work, sales and finance, human resources, communications, and so many more backgrounds
- Retirees are some of our strongest volunteers
Help make us a better, more well rounded organization!
FIND THE
RIGHT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU
Take these steps to join our volunteer program if you are a university student
Students from all majors are needed and welcome! Participation in chapter activities is the main way that EWB-USA volunteers further our mission. If you are a student at a university in the
United States, your university may already have a chapter with us.
Find them here.
Can’t find a student chapter near you?
Reach out to a chapter directly via email or website to learn how to get involved remotely. (Note: Some but not all chapters have these opportunities
available.)
Or you and your team can apply to start a new chapter at your university.
Don’t want to join a chapter?
Continue onto the steps below to get involved as an individual.
Use Volunteer Village, our online volunteer portal to:
- Share more about yourself with the EWB-USA community, connect with peers and mentors, and keep up on all things EWB-USA. Complete the registration form to access Volunteer Village.
- If joining a chapter, connect with other volunteers within your chapter and view the projects your team is working on.
- Find resources to start a chapter, explore technical resources, and learn how EWB-USA projects work.
- Identify and apply for additional individual volunteer opportunities on our Volunteer Opportunities Board. You can join a content committee focused on technical resources, apply for volunteer leadership positions to help the organization fulfill its mission, and connect with remote opportunities.
Take these steps to join our volunteer program if you are a professional
WHAT ARE YOU INTERESTED IN DOING?
- Participation in chapter activities is the main way that EWB-USA volunteers further our mission. Find a chapter locally and reach out to them directly via email.
- Join Volunteer Village and connect with your chapter, explore more information about the chapter’s work, and get connected with other volunteers and staff.
- If there isn’t a chapter locally, consider other volunteer opportunities like serving on a content committee, becoming a volunteer leader, or joining a chapter remotely.
- Start by registering in Volunteer Village.
- Fill out your profile with your expertise on Volunteer Village.
- Join our Mentor Matching chatter group and check out our Volunteer Opportunities Board.
- EWB-USA offers a variety of options to empower employees to start building a better world. Companies of all sizes can engage their employees in service and encourage stronger interpersonal relationships, all while developing the skills of their workers.
- Learn more about getting your company involved or reach out to corporate@ewb-usa.org
- Individual collaboration opportunities are listed on our Volunteer Opportunities Board on Volunteer Village. Start by registering for Volunteer Village.
- Have experience with engineering projects or a PE license? Apply to become a reviewer. If you are looking for lower time commitment opportunities, reach out to the standing technical content committees
Diverse backgrounds, skills, and experiences allow people’s strengths to shine - whether it’s working with community members, determining a root problem, or coordinating with government and other stakeholders. It takes a team to make an engineering project successful.
- Volunteer Village is how you can get connected the greater EWB-USA community, share your expertise, find some of our opportunities, and learn more about EWB-USA.
- Fill out your profile with your expertise on Volunteer Village. This will highlight how you can best plug into the organization.
- Chapters need assistance with many things beyond technical project work such as report writing, grant applications, financial tracking, communications and media, public health research, and language skills.
- Participation in chapter activities is the main way that EWB-USA volunteers further our mission. Find a chapter locally and reach out to them directly via email.
- If you have expertise in any field, our chapters are always looking for mentors! This is not just limited to engineering technical expertise: professional experience from all backgrounds can help a chapter operate.
- To get connected to chapters as a mentor, join our Mentor Matching Chatter group and check out our Volunteer Opportunities Board. (Don’t forget to add your expertise to your profile).
- Staff is always looking for other resources to add to our Volunteer Village portfolio that volunteers can utilize. Got an idea? Send an email to info@ewb-usa.org
- Individual collaboration opportunities are listed on our Volunteer Opportunities Board on Volunteer Village. Start by registering for Volunteer Village.
- We rely on a great foundation of volunteer leaders to help spread information to chapters, put on regional conferences, and manage our large network through the Council of Regional Presidents and State Reps. If you have leadership experience, consider these opportunities.
Most of our staff positions as well as internship opportunities are not engineering related roles. Keep up to date with our openings here.