Our Mission

To engage Oakland Park's diverse community of residents and business owners through multi-media marketing, civic organization networking, outreach events, schools, faith-based organizations and business-to-business contacts in effort to educate, recruit and utilize volunteers by providing varied, meaningful and appropriate opportunities in which to participate for the betterment of the City of Oakland Park and its stakeholders.

Short-Term Opportunities / Events

Usually involves a single-day or 1-time event:

• Fathers Day Fishing, June 17 (PDF)
• Fall-O-Ween, October 24 (PDF)
• Holiday Village, December 8-10 (PDF)
• Make a Difference Day (PDF)
• Oakland Park Oktoberfest (PDF)
• Professional Speakers (PDF)
• Sand Pine Nature Preserve Cleanup 2018 (PDF)
• Tree Giveaway Spring, February 24 (PDF)
• Tree Giveaway Summer, June 23
• Waterway Cleanup (PDF)

Long-Term Opportunities

Involves ongoing participation throughout the year:

• Adopt-a-Street (PDF)
• Athletics Coaching (PDF)
• Dog Bark Park (PDF)
• Feral Friends (PDF)
• Graffiti Patrol (PDF)
• Moonlit Movie (PDF)
• Operation Our Neighbor (PDF)
• Parks Cleanup (PDF)
• Professional Support (PDF)
• Urban Farming Institute at Jaco Pastorius Park (PDF)

Community Events & Volunteer Opportunities

The following events may be of interest to our residents, but are not organized by the City of Oakland Park Volunteer Corps. You must contact the event or organization directly for more information on how you might get involved:

• Fall in Love with Farming (PDF)
• Multi-Family Recycling (PDF)

Community Volunteer Corps Highlights

• Operation Our Neighbor February 2018 (PDF)
• Operation Our Neighbor Post-Event Report (PDF)
• Operation Our Neighbor Post-Event Report 2 (PDF)
• Operation Our Neighbor 5-2-2015 (PDF)