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Volunteer Opportunities
Reimagine YO Baltimore’s West Side Youth Opportunity Center
Baltimore
We’re looking for architects, landscape designers, and artists to support an exciting beautification effort at YO Baltimore’s West Side Youth Opportunity Center in Harlem Park. For 25 years, YO Baltimore has been a vital hub for young people ages 17–24, offering career development, education, mental health services, and more. Now, with support from NDC, the Center is looking to revitalize its exterior to reflect the energy and impact of its programs. Volunteers will contribute to a site study, conceptual facade designs, and creative placemaking ideas—including youth-led installations—for the building at 1510 W. Lafayette Ave. This is a great opportunity to use your skills to uplift a space that’s central to the lives of so many in the community.
Interested in getting involved? This project is set to begin in mid- to late May. Please reach out to Julia DiMauro at jdimauro@ndc-md.org if you are interested or have any questions.
Help Shape the Vision for a More Welcoming Harwood Park
Baltimore
Harwood Community Association (HCA) is partnering with NDC to breathe new life into Harwood Park—and we need your creativity and expertise! We're looking for landscape designers, play space designers, and volunteers interested in community engagement to support a conceptual redesign of this important neighborhood green space.
Volunteers will help conduct a site study, participate in community visioning sessions, and develop a landscape plan with thoughtful recommendations for plantings, materials, and play features. The goal? A more welcoming, shaded, and accessible park that serves residents of all ages and supports gathering, play, and events.
Help shape a greener, more inviting future for Harwood Park. Interested? This project is set to begin in mid- to late May. Please reach out to Julia DiMauro at jdimauro@ndc-md.org if you are interested or have any questions.
Check back soon! More to come...
Prince George's County
Thanks for your interest in volunteering with NDC. We are currently scoping projects and getting them ready for volunteers. If you are new to volunteering with NDC, please reach out to Angelica Arias, aarias@ndc-md.org, to schedule a chat.
We look forward to working with you!
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Put simply, NDC wouldn’t exist without the dedication of our amazing volunteers and community partners. Every year, we celebrate them!
Our volunteers come from a range of backgrounds.
If you want to support NDC’s work and have experience in the below disciplines (or something related), we’d love to collaborate.
There’s an amazing symbiotic relationship between our volunteers and community members.
The local designers and experts who dedicate their talents to community projects learn from the community about the area’s needs and challenges, while residents get exposed to key design and implementation processes. Volunteers report their experience to be engaging and enriching!
“Working with NDC has taught me to listen to every unique voice in a design process and to always include those voices in design decisions.”
— Carol Currotto, Interior Designer
