Needs From: MC Serves!

Let’s Play America is a nonprofit organization based in Takoma Park, Maryland, dedicated to strengthening communities through the power of play. We are seeking enthusiastic, mission-driven individuals who value play and want to share their talents. These volunteer roles have the potential to grow into paid positions.

Current Volunteer Opportunities:

1. Play Event Planner
Volunteer for 3–6 months alongside our Co-Founder and Executive Director, Pat Rumbaugh, The Play Lady. Learn the ins and outs of planning a community play event.

Mostly virtual commitment

Required to attend and actively participate in play events

2. Website Volunteer (WordPress)
Support and maintain the Let’s Play America website, letsplayamerica.org.

WordPress experience required

Attendance at play events expected

3. Newsletter Specialist
Assist with our quarterly Play Page newsletter.

Experience with Flodesk.com required

4. Grant Researcher/Writer
Help identify grant opportunities and write grant proposals.

Grant writing experience preferred

If you enjoy contributing your skills to a meaningful cause and want to help connect communities through play, we’d love to hear from you.

Volunteer Opportunity: Play Event Planner

We are looking for a creative and organized volunteer to help us plan and coordinate play-based events for our community!

What you’ll do:

Assist in designing and organizing engaging play events

Collaborate with our team to bring new ideas to life

Help with scheduling, setup, and event logistics

Training & Support:

You will receive direct training and guidance from our Director

Ongoing support to help you feel confident in planning and managing events

Ideal for you if you:

Enjoy working with people and bringing communities together

Are creative, organized, and detail-oriented

Want to gain hands-on experience in event planning

Have flexible availability to help with planning and events

Time Commitment: A minimum of three hours a week & increases the week of events.

This is a volunteer position that has the opportunity to become a paid position.

Let's Play America is seeking a volunteer who is enthusiastic about connecting a nonprofit with sustainable funding!

The nonprofit Let’s Play America is based in Takoma Park, Maryland. LPA’s mission is to increase opportunities for all people to enjoy play through partnering with communities, organizations, and individuals to create locally-inspired, playful events.

LPA is looking for person(s) that enjoy looking for grants and writing grant proposals. Experience in writing grants is preferred, but not mandatory. LPA has received grants locally and nationally. The grant writer would work directly with the Executive Director.

If you are interested in supporting LPA through grant research and writing, please email us at info@letsplayamerica.org. We look forward to hearing from you!

Let's Play America is a nonprofit based in Takoma Park, MD. We believe that everyone deserves to play! If you love to play and see the value in people of all abilities, ages, and backgrounds having the opportunity to play please consider how you can volunteer your talents and time to support our mission: to increase opportunities for all people to enjoy play through partnering with communities, organizations, and individuals to create locally-inspired, playful events.

LPA is looking for individuals who value play and would enjoy working behind the scenes to prepare for Play Days and other play events. You would also join us at these events in person. We are in need of people with computer skills, assisting with a variety of tasks from helping our executive director write articles, edit articles, look for funders, and sponsors. We are looking for volunteers that are sixteen years of age and older. If you are in need of community service we will discuss your volunteer service with you prior to you starting. If you just wish to volunteer from as little as two hours a week or more please let us know.

Reach out to info@letsplayamerica.org