Volunteer Opportunities From: United Way of the Midlands

Type of Online Volunteering:

Business research for RISE’s In-Prison Program participants.

This is self-paced and done at your leisure, wherever, whenever…so long as you meet our deadline. There is no actual “event” or meeting of any kind.

Materials needed for this event will be emailed to volunteers on the afternoon of Thursday, September 3rd, 2026.

Deadline to Complete:

Monday, September 21st, 2026 | 12:00pm

Where:

Anywhere you have access to a computer and internet.

Again, this is self-paced and can be done at your home, your office if your boss allows, the library, or from your laptop at your kid’s double header baseball game.

We do not actually meet in person for this volunteering opportunity.

Requirements:

2-3 Hours of time to work at your leisure.

Computer (A phone or tablet will get wonky and frustrating for you - we’ve had people try, and we don’t want to put you through it.)

Do you need to be an expert?

No! While being an expert and/or having experience in a specific field is extremely helpful, it's certainly not required! Volunteers can (and are encouraged to) use Google and other resources available to provide the research our participants need.

Details:

RISE’s In-Prison Program participant’s are at the stage in their programming where they are beginning to put bigger thought into their business ideas. Research is very difficult for our participants due to lack of internet inside facilities and modern resources, but crucial to their final plans for their upcoming business pitch competition in a few months!

Volunteers will be answering the questions RISE participants have regarding the specific industry they are looking at entering or creating businesses in. These questions range from marketing and pricing strategies, startup needs, target market brainstorming and competition research, tips, products or other services to offer, general industry or business ownership questions, licensing questions, etc.

These questions have been thoughtfully collected by RISE’s In-Prison Program Director, Andrea Wright, and Prison Program Associate, Bryan Dahlberg. Together, they have created a form for volunteers to complete providing anonymous feedback and research to support our participants programming needs at this time.

All the materials needed will be sent to volunteers via email.

How to sign up:

Type of Online Volunteering:

Business research for RISE’s In-Prison Program participants.

This is self-paced and done at your leisure, wherever, whenever…so long as you meet our deadline. There is no actual “event” or meeting of any kind.

Materials needed for this event will be emailed to volunteers on the afternoon of Wednesday, September 9th, 2026.

Deadline to Complete:

Thursday, October 1st, 2026 | 12:00pm

Where:

Anywhere you have access to a computer and internet.

Again, this is self-paced and can be done at your home, your office if your boss allows, the library, or from your laptop at your kid’s double header baseball game.

We do not actually meet in person for this volunteering opportunity.

Requirements:

2-3 Hours of time to work at your leisure.

Computer (A phone or tablet will get wonky and frustrating for you - we’ve had people try, and we don’t want to put you through it.)

Do you need to be an expert?

No! While being an expert and/or having experience in a specific field is extremely helpful, it's certainly not required! Volunteers can (and are encouraged to) use Google and other resources available to provide the research our participants need.

Details:

RISE’s In-Prison Program participant’s are at the stage in their programming where they are beginning to put bigger thought into their business ideas. Research is very difficult for our participants due to lack of internet inside facilities and modern resources, but crucial to their final plans for their upcoming business pitch competition in a few months!

Volunteers will be answering the questions RISE participants have regarding the specific industry they are looking at entering or creating businesses in. These questions range from marketing and pricing strategies, startup needs, target market brainstorming and competition research, tips, products or other services to offer, general industry or business ownership questions, licensing questions, etc.

These questions have been thoughtfully collected by RISE’s In-Prison Program Director, Andrea Wright, and Prison Program Associate, Dr. Tommy Moore. Together, they have created a form for volunteers to complete providing anonymous feedback and research to support our participants programming needs at this time.

All the materials needed will be sent to volunteers via email.

How to sign up:

Ahead of the 2026 voter registration deadlines, RISE Policy & Advocacy is making sure interested community members know about the removal of the two year waiting period for people with felony convictions and sharing resources to register to vote. Join us to make phone calls to remind our neighbors of the removal of this barrier to civic participation and share resources to register to vote! Refreshments and training provided on-site.

Each Tuesday and Thursday evening from 5:30 - 7:30 from July 7th through October 15th, join us for phone banking at the RISE Omaha office. Sign up for shifts on the RISE website here.

To register for this volunteer project, please register above and click the blue “sign-up” button on the top right. This process of registering in both places is vital to track volunteer outcomes and measure the efficiency of United Way of the Midlands’ Get Connected platform to meet the volunteer recruitment and referral needs of the nonprofits we serve.