Community Service

The Good Samaritan Thrift Store's mission is to meet the physical, social, emotional, and spiritual needs of individuals and families of all faiths experiencing housing and other economic struggles.

Dr. Ries will be leading students to volunteer weekly at Good Samaritan Ministries on Fridays that classes are in session at 1:00 starting in September, 2025. Just meet in the Cube, outside Holy Grounds to head on over together! You can get more information through Dr. Ries at jries@carroll.edu.

Exploration Works offers interactive STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) exhibits, programs, workshops, classes, and camps for kids and families as well as school and community groups.

ExplorationWorks Science Center needs YOU! We want enthusiastic, fun-loving individuals who enjoy interacting with the public. No science background is necessary! Volunteer for our TinkerLabs to help facilitate quick, fun, activities with children and their families. If you can commit to one Saturday a month, 12:15 - 2:30, you can satisfy service requirements, get valuable experience, AND have a blast learning new things. To apply, fill out the volunteer application today!

Sign up HERE to serve lunches or dinners with other Carroll students weekly at Helena's local homeless shelter, God's Love. Sydney Forrey will be in touch soon!

CPJ is proud to announce our new street ministry initiative as an opportunity for weekly service here at Carroll! 

SPIRITUS Ministry is an opportunity for adults 19-29 years of age who are seeking more formation, ministry experience, or discerning vocations. Missionaries will serve 9 months inspiring Catholic youth through retreats and youth ministry internships at parishes and schools throughout Wisconsin. 

SPIRIT missionaries will receive 

• One-on-one coaching in evangelization, communication, and ministry skills.
• A vibrant community for young adults who desire to grow in holiness together.
• A prayer including daily Mass, Adoration, and Liturgy of the Hours.
• Weekly formation and monthly spiritual direction given by priests and lay ministers.
• $3,000 for completing the service period.
• Housing, food, health insurance and monthly allowance.
• Leadership development that transforms team members into missionary disciples.

If you are interested or want more information, please contact Sarah at recruiter@spiritusministries.org.

Montana Campus Compact is accepting applications for AmeriCorps College Coach and AmeriCorps VISTA members. AmeriCorps members enter Montana high schools, colleges, and nonprofit organizations to provide college-positive mentorship or build new climate resilience and poverty alleviation programs. Project locations include: Blackfeet Community College, the Missoula Writing Collaborative, the Montana State Energy Office, and the International Rescue Committee, among many others.

AmeriCorps positions include a number of benefits, such as.

Living Allowance: $629 or $712, paid every two weeks, amount is position dependent

Education Award: $1,342 (summer) or $6,895 (year-long), can be used to cover tuition costs or repay student loans.

Relocation Assistance: (year-long only) $100-$750+, dependent on position and distance travelled

Personal & Medical Leave: (year-long only) 20 days

Other Benefits: (year-long only) Health coverage, childcare support, Noncompetitive Hiring Eligibility for Federal Government Jobs (position dependent)

Want to learn more?

Contact: Eli Bowe, bowe@mtcompact.org, 406-243-5458

Position Openings: https://mtcompact.org/available-positions/

AmeriCorps National Website: https://americorps.gov/

Farm of the Child is a children's home, school, and clinic in Honduras. Children receive care from a team of professional Honduran staff, Franciscan sisters, and international volunteers. 

Requirements:

• 27 month commitment (Aug 2023-Dec 2025).
• A College Degree. 

Benefits

• Language school in Guatemala.
• BI-yearly retreats and daily prayer.
• Live in International Catholic community in a beautiful location.
• Extensive network of former volunteers.  

If you are interested or want more information go to Farmofthechild.org or email them at missions@farmofthechild.org. 

VIDES (Volunteers International for Development, Education and Solidarity) is dedicated to the education and development of young people and women in poverty or difficult situations. VIDES volunteers serve throughout the world with the Salesian Sisters to promote social justice.

HAVE YOU EVER...

• Felt compassion for the less fortunate?
• Felt called to speak out against social injustices?
• Felt moved to go the extra mile but didn't know where to start?
• Wanted to serve Christ present in those who suffer?

VIDES might be a way for you to do something about it!

We are currently accepting applicants for our 2026-2027 Year of Service (YOS) program! For eleven months, young men and women live in a community with one another and share their love with the poorest of the poor in Denver or Philadelphia. The formation that our missionaries receive through walking the streets and through living a life of prayer and community, extends to all aspects of life.

This year of service is a chance to:

• Live in intentional Catholic community
• Encounter Christ in the poor through street ministry
• Grow in prayer, formation, and purpose

Whether you’re discerning your next step after high school, college, or a job - this could be the year that changes everything.

Inquire HERE for more information and an application!

GSV is a service program that embodies social justice, community, simplicity, and spirituality. These tenets are manifested in different ways across a variety of domestic and international placements focused on alleviating poverty and marginalization of women, children, and families. Furthermore, we are integrating Laudato Si more into our work.  

We offer a full range of benefits for volunteers: housing, stipend, insurance including mental health, transportation allowance, relocation funding and professional mentoring/development through courses, workshops and individual career sessions.

Find out more and apply HERE!

The End of Year Free Market was created in 2021 as a campus-wide effort to divert student "trash" away from the dumpster and into new homes. Each year, Carroll is able to divert nearly 10,000 pounds from going to our local land fill. 

This event is an opportunity during the last week of school for students to donate their gently used items down at the Perkins Call Canine Center (ANZ area on campus, near YMCA park). After being donated, the students, staff and faculty at Carroll are able to go pick out items they need for free! The final items are then picked up by local non-profit organizations which go out to local Helena community members. 

We'll need your help gathering and sorting donations! If you are able to volunteer to help with this event on any of the days from May 4-13, 2026, between 9am-5pm, please reach out to hunthausencenter@carroll.edu for more info!