Volunteer
We would love for you to join the Cleveland Sight Center community as a volunteer! Opportunities to volunteer will mostly be within CSC operating hours (Monday - Thursday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.), with occasional opportunities on weeknights and weekends.
How to become a registered volunteer at Cleveland Sight Center:
1. Fill out a volunteer application form
2. Complete a mini interview with the Volunteer Coordinator
3. Complete and pass a background check
4. Complete a volunteer orientation
Please contact us at 216-791-8118 or info@clevelandsightcenter.org if you have questions.
Open Volunteer Positions:
Current opportunities:
- Share the Vision Volunteer: For those who are well-adjusted to blindness or low vision, share advice and support to encourage those new to vision loss. This is a remote volunteering opportunity.
- Radio Reading: Our volunteers read and record newspapers, magazine articles and stories to keep listeners of CSC's radio station, CSCR, up to date with important events worldwide. An audition is required, and after passing, radio readers commit to reading for two hours every week onsite at Cleveland Sight Center.
- Tuesday Recreation Volunteer: Every Tuesday is Rec Tuesday at CSC, and volunteers are needed between the hours of noon - 4 p.m. for assistance during recreational programming. Volunteers will assist clients by guiding and audio-describing activities, crafts, lunch, dance class, piano class, exercise, etc.
- Field Trip Volunteer: Volunteers are needed to support one-time outings to places in Northeast Ohio as clients attend on field trips. Volunteers are expected to support the entire event and assist instructors and staff by audio describing and guiding clients through the field trip.
- Administrative Support: Volunteers will support on a weekly or monthly basis with materials prep, making calls, filing, etc.
Save the Date for Upcoming Opportunities:
- Tuesday Recreation returns September 8! We hope you can join us.
- Lunch and Learn: Thursday, September 10, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. A performance from CSC's choir starts at 10:00 a.m.
- Origami Class at a local library: Thursday, September 17, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. (location to be announced)
- Glass Blowing at the Glass Bubble Project: Wednesday, September 23, 1:00 - 3:30 p.m.
- Red Wagon Farms: Thursday, October 8, 10:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
- Diabetes Workshop: Wednesdays, October 14 - November 18, 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
- Lunch and Learn: Thursday, October 22, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Volunteer Projects:
For those who are unable to commit to ongoing volunteer positions, Cleveland Sight Center offers volunteer projects that do not require continuous commitment beyond the completion of defined projects. Those who support volunteer projects contribute to Cleveland Sight Center's mission in critical ways, providing resources that fuel our programs and deeply impact our clients.
Volunteer Projects Application
Volunteer Impact
Cleveland Sight Center volunteers and volunteer groups make an important difference for our community. Through their support, volunteers create meaningful experiences and sustain important services for those who are blind or visually impaired. In the last year, our volunteers helped over 1,000 clients and contributed 3,981 volunteer hours to support our organization. THANK YOU!
