Clubs
Interested in enriching your undergraduate experience? Join one of our many undergraduate-led clubs in Psychology and Neuroscience to connect with other majors, attend club events, bolster your resume, and make new friends!
- Carolina Neuroscience Club
- Helping Give Away Psychological Science
- Psi Chi
- Nu Rho Psi
- Psychology and Neuroscience Ambassador Program
Volunteer Opportunities
Looking to volunteer in the community? Volunteering is an excellent way to develop professionalism skills, learn more about psychology, get hands-on experience, and enhance your undergraduate career. Check out some volunteer opportunities below!
Provide support as a mentor and friend to a community member with mental health issues
Mental Health Association Volunteer Services
(919) 942-2128
(919) 942-2128
Empower children and adults with disabilities through horseback riding and equine-assisted activities
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Teach skills to individuals with developmental disabilities including autism, Down Syndrome, cerebral palsy, by providing services in the family’s home and surrounding community
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Provide support to teenage parents by spending time with a parent, attending monthly peer group meetings, and reinforcing program goals
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Provide ongoing support for children and adults with development disabilities, including autism, cerebral palsy, Down Syndrome, and other conditions
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Durham/Orange County Office
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Instruct and support children and adults with autism in Chapel Hill
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Tutor grades 6-12 students who need additional academic support
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Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools
(919) 929-2106 |
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Volunteer with a variety of patients at the state psychiatric facility
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Department of Health and Human Services
(919) 855-4800 |
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Volunteer for a variety of placements throughout the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school system working with pre-K through grade 12 students
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Central Office
(919) 967-8211 |
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Help with tasks at a clubhouse rehabilitation program for members living with mental illness
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Club Nova
(919) 968-6682 |
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Empower youth by equipping them with necessary skills, cultural enrichment, and academic enhancement while establishing mentor relationships and teaching children to identify community resources
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Provide hotline and in-person crisis counseling, career and financial counseling
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Provide one-on-one supervision to individuals with autism or other developmental disabilities
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Extraordinary Ventures
(919) 967-1100 |
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Volunteer in a variety ways to assist with the food pantry, community kitchen, HomeStart, or Community House
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Serve on the crisis phone line to help prevent teen suicide
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Volunteer to to provide healthy food and nutrition lessons to hundreds of local children every week in Orange County
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Provide one-on-one instruction in a sport to youth and adults with developmental disabilities
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Special Olympics Orange County
(919) 968-2810 |
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Respond to the 24-hour help line or present violence prevention programs to K-12 students
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Serve as a mentor for at-risk youth
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Volunteers for Youth
(919) 967-4511 |
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Use hands-on science and nature activities to bring joy and well-being to patients, outpatients, and families at UNC Children’s Hospital
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