City of Fort Collins Engage
Welcome to Engage! Engage helps you manage your involvement, either as a participant or volunteer, sponsored by the FC Volunteer Program. Browse the calendar, edit your profile, and get involved!
Volunteer Services
Our Vision: Creatively engaging volunteers in their unique talents.
Our Mission: Promote volunteer involvement to improve services and create community.
The City of Fort Collins is a wonderful place to live in large part because the residents are active and involved in their community. Part of an engaged City is a community that selflessly gives back, making the world a better place for those around them. Using their time, talents, hearts and hands to help others, these people are the backbone of a community. They are Volunteers.
The City of Fort Collins Volunteer Services Program (VSP) is designed to creatively engage people in their unique talents. Everyone has something treasured to give and when those talents are paired with a passion to help, the results can be amazing.
VSP recognizes the impact that both new and experienced volunteers have on our community. We help match new volunteers with potential interest areas and offer continuing education opportunities to our existing volunteers.
Signing up for a volunteer position is just the beginning -- Welcome to the City!
Several departments rely on volunteers to succeed.
Community Development & Neighborhood Services
Mediation & Restorative Justice
Pictured Above: Volunteers joining hands, Volunteer getting trained for safety outdoors, and Volunteer with Staff T-shirt at a gathering.
The General Application Process (pictured above):
Step 1: Fill out the General Volunteer Application. This application will allow you to share your interests and skills with a Volunteer Services staff member. We will facilitate a conversation one-on-one with you to discover your WHY. Volunteering is meaningful to you and the program you impact -- we want you to enjoy it every step of the way!
Step 2: Support from the VSP Staff. You will get a personalized email response listing possible opportunities and next steps...you can opt into an informal interview with a member of the VSP team to connect, discuss multiple options, and direct you to a department (or several departments) that might be a good fit!
Step 3: Discover Opportunities to find your WHY. Visit the Fcgov.com/volunteer web pages to browse City departments. Visit the Get Involved page to browse current openings for volunteer opportunities.
Step 4: Start Volunteering! Try new things, volunteer with a variety of departments, and find the reason WHY volunteering brings you joy!
Note: We may ask you to fill out department-specific applications throughout your time volunteering with the City. We encourage you to apply for any and all opportunities that interest you, but some opportunities require more experience, prerequisite training, or a more extensive interview process. By filling out an application for each of your interests, our Volunteer Managers can contact you and get the interview process rolling.
If you ever have questions about programming, applying, volunteering, or navigating Engage, feel free to email us at [email protected]!
Upcoming Activities Calendar
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NextGen Pro with Respite Care
Tuesday, 28 July 2026 | 12:00 PMNextGen Pro spends the afternoon at Respite Care in Timnath. Respite Care is an organization that supports families with special needs children. NextGen Pro will be serving as BUDDIES for a Respite Care summer camper at the City park Pool! The day... more |
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NextGenServe TTH Cohort with Rocky Mountain Raptor Program
Tuesday, 28 July 2026 | 09:00 AM | City HallNextGen travels to the Rocky Mountain Raptor Center today for a day of maintenance and conservation work. Service activities might include: - picking up trash and sticks from the rehabilitation yard, - Spreading gravel and mulch, - Staining ... more |
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NextGenServe MW Cohort with City Park Pool
Wednesday, 29 July 2026 | 09:00 AM | City HallToday NextGen works with Fort Collins Recreation to visit the City Park Pool! We'll do some general maintenance but also practice CPR skills. With time permitting, we can jump in the pool so bring your suit! We can also make this an extended da... more |
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NextGenServe TTH Cohort at City Park Pool
Thursday, 30 July 2026 | 09:00 AM | City HallToday NextGen works with Fort Collins Recreation to visit the City Park Pool! We'll do some general maintenance but also practice CPR skills. With time permitting, we can jump in the pool so bring your suit! We can also make this an extended da... more |
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NextGen Pro with Bluff Lake
Thursday, 30 July 2026 | 09:00 AMToday the NextGen Pro journey all the way to Denver near the old Stapleton Airport. We'll be visiting Bluff Lake, a large nature reserve. We'll doing a variety of park maintenance tasks, and it should make for an awesome, end-of-summer field trip. more |
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NextGenServe MW Cohort with Grandview Cemetery
Monday, 03 August 2026 | 09:00 AM | City HallToday NextGen visits Grandview Cemetery! Teens will have options to conduct general maintenance, including pouring new bases for headstones, setting headstones that have shifted due to winter precipitation, or leveling footstones that have sunken ... more |
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NextGenServe TTH Cohort with Grandview Cemetery
Tuesday, 04 August 2026 | 09:00 AM | City HallToday NextGen visits Grandview Cemetery! Teens will have options to conduct general maintenance, including pouring new bases for headstones, setting headstones that have shifted due to winter precipitation, or leveling footstones that have sunken ... more |
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NextGen End of Summer Picnic
Wednesday, 05 August 2026 | 11:00 AM | Washington Park | Registration RequiredJoin us to celebrate all that NextGen teens have accomplished this summer. This event is for NextGen teens and their parents, guardians and siblings. We'll provide a free taco bar and drinks. more |
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Disability Etiquette & Ableism Training
Tuesday, 22 September 2026 | 04:00 PM | Elevations Credit Union 136 W Mountain AveJoin us at the Elevations Credit Union community room, 221 E. Mountain Ave. From 4:00 to 5:00 pm on September 22nd, join us in learning from Adam Shake! Adam will be presenting on disability etiquette and ableism. Please come with an open mind and... more |
