Volunteer Cover Letter Sample

You might wonder why you need a Cover Letter for Volunteering.

For many establishments, you don’t need a cover letter or resume – they’re thrilled to have someone volunteer their time without getting paid.
There are, however, organizations that people want to Volunteer at, hoping that eventually their volunteer job will turn into a paying position. Or, the organization deals with special needs populations and wants to ensure that their volunteers will not cause more damage than benefit.

• View the below example. You can download this Volunteer Cover Letter Template in Word and tailor it to meet your specific needs.

And even Volunteers should have a strong work ethic – to know that if they’re expected to show up at a particular time and on certain days.

Volunteer Cover Letter Sample

Family Support and Community Engagement
Susan Thompson
Street Address, City, State, Zip | Cell Phone | Email Address

Today’s date

Mr. Joel Bryant, Director
ABC Organization
Address, City, State, zip

Re: Volunteering

Dear Mr. Bryant,
I’ve seen in our local news bulletin that your organization is looking for volunteers.

I would like to offer my services (during the early morning hours, once a week, on the weekends, or whatever).

I have five years of experience in (preferably something related to what you want to volunteer with. For example, if you’ve worked as a chef in a restaurant, that would be useful in cooking in a soup kitchen. If you’ve babysat, tutored, or taught, that experience with children can be transferred to chaperoning a special child at the park or other activities with children).

Some volunteering activities may include:

• Distributing food to the homeless
• Collecting and/or sort used clothing for the thrift store
• Answering phones during the 24-hour call-in campaign
• Supervising a special child at the amusement park
• Cooking meals at your soup kitchen
• Visiting oncology patients at the hospital
• Delivering cooked meals to the elderly and helping with minor household repairs
• Driving dialysis patients to their weekly appointments, or whatever).

Your organization once helped me (if it’s true), and I’d consider it an honor to be able to give back to such a beautiful group.

With heartfelt thanks,
Susan Thompson