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 - Friday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.) with occasional opportunities on weeknights and weekends. If you are interested in volunteering, please fill out the application form. Please contact us at 216-791-8118 or info@clevelandsightcenter.org if you have questions.

Open Volunteer Positions:

Client-Facing Support:

• White Cane Walk: We are so excited to celebrate White Cane Walk’s 20th anniversary on Saturday, May, 31! At this milestone event, we are celebrating Cleveland Sight Center’s community with food, games, live music, and of course our 1K! We expect record-breaking attendance this year and need your support. Please fill out this form to volunteer at White Cane Walk.
• 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. 
• Recreation Volunteer: Our recreation team's spring programs are in full swing, and we need volunteers to help them run smoothly. Volunteer support needed includes human guide, audio description and support with completing tasks.​
  • Bike and Hike Assistant: Steer tandem bikes, provide human guide and audio description once a month with CSC's clients.  
  • Field Trip Assistant: Join CSC clients and staff as they attend different field trips across Northeast Ohio. Duties may include human guide, audio description, serving lunch and more.
  • Tuesday Recreation Assistant: Join and assist recreation participants in weekly programming. Duties may include human guide, audio description, helping with crafts, serving lunch and more.
  • Special Skill Instructor:  Lead a weekly class of 10+ adults on a topic they are specialized in (preferred topics include: piano, acting, art, etc.).
  • Acting Class Volunteer: Every Friday 1 - 3 p.m. at CSC, volunteers will assist participants in an acting workshop.

Behind-the-Scenes Support:

• Radio Reader: These volunteers visit Cleveland Sight Center on a weekly basis to read aloud print materials and record themselves for CSC Radio Network (CSCN) and other audio formats. This is a weekly, in-person volunteer opportunity. Radio Readers record in one of CSC's radio recording rooms.
• ​CSC Store Volunteer: Equipment maintenance (ex. Cane repair) 
• Survey Coordinator: Contact clients to administer satisfaction surveys

Save the Date for Upcoming Opportunities:

Museum of Natural History Field Trip: Thursday, April 17 - 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Bike and Hike: Saturday, May 17, June 14, July 12 and August 9.​

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!