Voluntourism in Raleigh, N.C.
We could use your energy and help while you visit!
Some of the Raleigh area's greatest assets are its friendly people who are on a mission to help others.
More and more, meeting planners are asking how they can support the Raleigh area's causes while their attendees are meeting here. We call this voluntourism. Not only does it give the visiting attendees new and positive experiences, but also it makes a positive impact on our destination.
Visit Raleigh has partnered with Activate Good, which can assist you in choosing the best contribution for your group.
About Activate Good
Activate Good provides sponsorship opportunities and custom services for companies, including planning turnkey days of service, on-site projects, transformative projects, and more. With our experience working with over 100 area businesses and over 600 local nonprofits, schools, and other community organizations, we can save your team hours of staff time necessary for research, planning, and the execution of your vision for employee engagement.
They believe, "we all have a responsibility to work towards a better world. That’s why Activate Good improves our community through people-powered projects for good. Activate Good envisions a world in which all people realize and act on their power to improve their communities."
Voluntourism Services
For individuals
Browse hundreds of volunteer needs and sign up for the opportunity of your choice. See opportunities for individuals.
For groups and event and meeting strategists
Activate Good makes it easy to include volunteer opportunities in your event's schedule, providing turnkey team-building service project planning services. Work with the experienced, knowledgeable Activate Good team to customize volunteer efforts for your initiative quickly and easily. To view examples of corporate service projects, click here.
- Off-Site Service Projects: Activate Good will coordinate your service project(s) from start to finish. They can help you select the perfect project and worksite that fits your interests and needs, handle logistics and registrations, provide on-site leadership and collect testimonies from participants and hosts to report back to your team. All your team has to do is sign up and show up!
- Portable (On-Site) Service Projects: Activate Good can bring the service project to you! They customize a portable service project based on your needs and event space, transport supplies, provide leadership and instruction and collect testimonies from participants. When the project is complete, Activate Good delivers finished products (if applicable) to the benefiting cause.