Volunteer Opportunities From: Volunteer Fishers

Fishers’ 2025 MLK Jr. Day celebration will offer residents several ways to give back to the community and celebrate the message of kindness from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., with a community wide food drive and volunteer opportunities throughout the city. Volunteers are needed at Kroger (7450 Fishers Station Drive) to help with the MLK Day of Service Food Drive. Volunteers will greet residents, pass out informational flyers, collect, and organize food donations. Hand warmers and volunteer vests will be provided. Volunteers under the age of 13 must be accompanied by an adult with an active volunteer profile. 

Fishers’ 2026 MLK Jr. Day celebration will offer residents several ways to give back to the community and celebrate the message of kindness from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., with a community wide food drive and volunteer opportunities throughout the city. Volunteers are needed at Kroger (11700 Olio Road) to help with the MLK Day of Service Food Drive. Volunteers will greet residents, distribute informational flyers, collect, and organize food donations. Hand warmers and volunteer vests will be provided. Volunteers under the age of 13 must be accompanied by an adult with an active volunteer profile. 

Fishers’ 2026 MLK Jr. Day celebration will offer residents several ways to give back to the community and celebrate the message of kindness from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., with a community wide food drive and volunteer opportunities throughout the city. Volunteers are needed at Kroger (9799 East 116th Street) to help with the MLK Day of Service Food Drive. Volunteers will greet residents, pass out informational flyers, collect, and organize food donations. Hand warmers and volunteer vests will be provided. Volunteers under the age of 13 must be accompanied by an adult with an active volunteer profile. 

Fishers’ 2026 MLK Jr. Day celebration will offer residents several ways to give back to the community and celebrate the message of kindness from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., with a community wide food drive and volunteer opportunities throughout the city. Volunteers are needed to assist with unloading and organizing food donations. Volunteers under the age of 13 must be accompanied by an adult with an active volunteer profile. 

Help spread holiday joy to City of Fishers staff by helping set up for the City of Fishers Annual Holiday Luncheon. Set up will take place on Friday, December 5 from 9 - 11 a.m. at the Fishers Community Center, 11400 Johnson Farm Way. Some volunteers maybe required to lift up to 20 lbs. 

Would you like an ongoing volunteer opportunity that will foster relationships and connect with the youth of Hamilton Southeastern Schools? We are seeking dedicated volunteers who are available to assist with 3rd grade local government study trips at the new City Government Complex on select Fridays from 9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.  Due to the nature of this opportunity, we are asking volunteers to commit to at least 10 of the 20 sessions. Lunch will be provided.

Volunteers will assist with navigating students to their proper location, keep our presenters on time, guide students through activities, distribute supplies, and help answer general questions. Training will be provided.

If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Amy Crell via email, or 317-670-9437.

Become a Fishers Park Steward! Fishers Park Steward program helps ensure that Fishers parks are clean, welcoming, and thriving ecosystems for the community. The program coordinates with volunteers who provide monthly trash cleanup, trail maintenance, invasive species removal, and reporting vandalism or park damage at one of 12 different parks around Fishers. Individuals and groups are welcome, and stewards are asked to work on their park at least once a month for a year.  Available park steward locations include:

Become a Fishers Park Steward! Fishers Park Steward program helps ensure that Fishers parks are clean, welcoming, and thriving ecosystems for the community. The program coordinates with volunteers who provide monthly trash cleanup, trail maintenance, invasive species removal, and reporting vandalism or park damage at one of 12 different parks around Fishers. Individuals and groups are welcome, and stewards are asked to work on their park at least once a month for a year.  Available park steward locations include:

Become a Fishers Park Steward! Fishers Park Steward program helps ensure that Fishers parks are clean, welcoming, and thriving ecosystems for the community. The program coordinates with volunteers who provide monthly trash cleanup, trail maintenance, invasive species removal, and reporting vandalism or park damage at one of 12 different parks around Fishers. Individuals and groups are welcome, and stewards are asked to work on their park at least once a month for a year.  Available park steward locations include:

Become a Fishers Park Steward! Fishers Park Steward program helps ensure that Fishers parks are clean, welcoming, and thriving ecosystems for the community. The program coordinates with volunteers who provide monthly trash cleanup, trail maintenance, invasive species removal, and reporting vandalism or park damage at one of 12 different parks around Fishers. Individuals and groups are welcome, and stewards are asked to work on their park at least once a month for a year.  Available park steward locations include:

Become a Fishers Park Steward! Fishers Park Steward program helps ensure that Fishers parks are clean, welcoming, and thriving ecosystems for the community. The program coordinates with volunteers who provide monthly trash cleanup, trail maintenance, invasive species removal, and reporting vandalism or park damage at one of 12 different parks around Fishers. Individuals and groups are welcome, and stewards are asked to work on their park at least once a month for a year.  Available park steward locations include:

Become a Fishers Park Steward! Fishers Park Steward program helps ensure that Fishers parks are clean, welcoming, and thriving ecosystems for the community. The program coordinates with volunteers who provide monthly trash cleanup, trail maintenance, invasive species removal, and reporting vandalism or park damage at one of 12 different parks around Fishers. Individuals and groups are welcome, and stewards are asked to work on their park at least once a month for a year.  Available park steward locations include:

Become a Fishers Park Steward! Fishers Park Steward program helps ensure that Fishers parks are clean, welcoming, and thriving ecosystems for the community. The program coordinates with volunteers who provide monthly trash cleanup, trail maintenance, invasive species removal, and reporting vandalism or park damage at one of 12 different parks around Fishers. Individuals and groups are welcome, and stewards are asked to work on their park at least once a month for a year.  Available park steward locations include:

Fishers Park Steward program helps ensure that Fishers parks are clean, welcoming, and thriving ecosystems for the community. The program coordinates with volunteers who provide monthly trash cleanup, trail maintenance, invasive species removal, and reporting vandalism or park damage at one of 12 different parks around Fishers. Individuals and groups are welcome, and stewards are asked to work on their park at least once a month for a year.

Available park steward locations include:

Fishers Park Steward program helps ensure that Fishers parks are clean, welcoming, and thriving ecosystems for the community. The program coordinates with volunteers who provide monthly trash cleanup, trail maintenance, invasive species removal, and reporting vandalism or park damage at one of 12 different parks around Fishers. Individuals and groups are welcome, and stewards are asked to work on their park at least once a month for a year.

Available park steward locations include:

Fishers Park Steward program helps ensure that Fishers parks are clean, welcoming, and thriving ecosystems for the community. The program coordinates with volunteers who provide monthly trash cleanup, trail maintenance, invasive species removal, and reporting vandalism or park damage at one of 12 different parks around Fishers. Individuals and groups are welcome, and stewards are asked to work on their park at least once a month for a year.

Available park steward locations include:

Become a Fishers Park Steward!

Fishers Park Steward program helps ensure that Fishers parks are clean, welcoming, and thriving ecosystems for the community. The program coordinates with volunteers who provide monthly trash cleanup, trail maintenance, invasive species removal, and reporting vandalism or park damage at one of 12 different parks around Fishers. Individuals and groups are welcome, and stewards are asked to work on their park at least once a month for a year. 

Available park steward locations include:

Become a Fishers Park Steward! The Fishers Park Steward program allows the public to be directly engaged in caring for the local parks and greenways and thus benefit the entire community by ensuring the long-term sustainability of our natural resources. Holland Park Stewards will assist with the removal of trash and debris, pull weeds and invasives, and report damage and/or vandalism. Ideal for individuals, families, neighbors, groups, troops and organizations.

Fishers residents can go behind the scenes of local government and hear from staff, tour City facilities and engage in the collaborative city governing process in the City of Fishers’ City Government Academy (CGA). At the end of the 9-week course, participants will have a greater understanding of how the Fishers government works. The academy is free and open to Fishers residents who are ages 18+.

Registration for the Spring 2024 Session is now closed.

Please contact Samantha Wisecup at wisecups@fishers.in.us or by phone at (317) 517-2892 with any questions.

In partnership with the City of Fishers, Hamilton Southeastern Schools, and the Eman schools, the Mayor’s Youth Academy offers the opportunity to build community awareness, provide hands-on learning opportunities that enhance curriculum, and inspire future careers in the public sector. The Fishers Mayor’s Youth Academy is a year-long experience provided by the City of Fishers for high school juniors and seniors who live in and or attend school in Fishers with a GPA of at least 3.0 to be eligible for the program.Registration for the 2023-2024 school year is closed.

To find out more regarding program requirements, course agendas, and to apply visit the link below.

Find out more & apply here

The academy is an opportunity for the community to participate in police-style training through a 12-week course. Topics include criminal law, crime prevention, the K9 program, defensive tactics, and narcotics training through demonstrations and classroom instruction. Email Allison Nicholson for more info.

Open to young adults 14 to 19 years old, this free program exposes participants to the Police Department and helps those interested in law enforcement careers to make an informed decision. Programs offered include crime scene investigation, traffic stops, use of police dogs, SWAT, computer crimes, and more. All meetings are open to new members. Please contact Allison Nicholson for further information.

The 15th annual Fishers Police Department Teen Academy will be held June 20th - 24th in conjunction with the Fishers YMCA.  This year’s academy will be held at Riverside Intermediate in Fishers.  The academy is one week of law enforcement type training that will allow teens to better understand how law enforcement works.  The academy will also allow teens to get to know several officers through a variety of social activities. 

 The academy is open to any applicant 13 years of age or older.  Applicants must be enrolled in a junior high or high school in Fishers.  Each applicant is subject to a screening process and therefore walk-ins will not be allowed. We only have 40 spots available for this year’s academy!  If you are interested, please contact Officer Cory Robinson at robinsonc@fishers.in.us to begin the screening process.

The Fishers Police Corps is a group of volunteers comprised of citizens who have completed the Fishers Police Citizens Academy and who wish to continue to support the Fishers Police Department through volunteer activities. The Corps volunteers at Touch-A-Truck, Pack the Cruiser, Teen Academy and Police Explorers Summer Camps, National Night Out, the Octoberfest FOP event, Boo Bash, Cops & Kids, the Awards Banquet, vehicle fleet checks, the FPD annual meeting, and other community events. The group also raises funds in order to support the department by providing food for the officers at various events, recognition during the holidays and on their birthdays, conducting fleet checks of the vehicles and many other activities as they arise.  Every year our group provides a $1,500 scholarship for a student at Hamilton Southeastern or Fishers High School who is interested in pursuing a law related career.  CLICK HERE for further information.

The Fishers Fire Department Citizen’s Academy is a free 8-week program designed to increase understanding of fire and emergency medical operations and to promote citizen interaction with the Fishers Fire Department Personnel. The program is designed to enhance awareness of the department’s capabilities, develop realistic expectations of response times from the point of dispatch, and develop a cooperative relationship between firefighters and the citizens of Fishers. Learn more about the Citizen’s Fire Academy and submit an application.

A Fire Corps member provides support to the firefighters by performing services at emergency incidents and non-emergency events at department facilities and department functions. This includes responding to incidents to provide incident rehabilitation to firefighters and support to individuals affected by an emergency. The Fire Corps maintains the Rehab Support Unit (RSU) apparatus, equipment, and supplies, and provides rehabilitation services during hands-on training events.

 Responsibilities include:

Candidates must be at least 18 years of age, pass a criminal background check, and have received a high school diploma or GED. All candidates must complete the Fire Corp Application and Background Disclosure and Authorization Form.

The Geist Half Marathon is a dynamic, festive community event drawing runners and walkers from across the region. Each year we seek to line the course route with spirit squads and entertainment groups to cheer on our participants. Your group may be large or small, and it may feature cheer routines, high-energy dance and/or music, posters, noisemakers, or any other approved activity. Please CLICK HERE to apply. 

What is a Corporate Volunteer Program (CVP)? 

A Corporate Volunteer Program (CVP) is defined as a planned and managed effort to motivate and enable corporate partners to engage employees to effectively serve community needs with the support of their employer.  

Why are CVP programs important?   

What is the Volunteer Fishers User Group Program?  

The Volunteer Fishers platform is a complimentary web-based volunteer management tool for companies to manage employees’ volunteer opportunities and hours volunteered. The Volunteer Fishers platform makes it easy for companies to create and manage a landing page that provides resources and volunteer opportunities approved by the company within the Fishers community. Volunteer leadership has access to reports that allow them to share their impact within the community. While the Volunteer Fishers site is designed to create and support large group company volunteer opportunities, we also invite businesses to encourage their employees to utilize Volunteer Fishers to find, sign-up for, and participate in other individual volunteer opportunities.  

How to Get Involved:  

The City of Fishers values volunteerism and can provide free consultation for your business to create custom volunteer opportunities such as a park cleanup, mulch spreads, or a planting event at the Fishers AgriPark.  In addition, the City offers many volunteer opportunities in conjunction with the following City events:  

New to the CV Program and want to get your business involved? Already a member looking to create a volunteer opportunity? 

Please CLICK HERE to complete our Corporate/Group Volunteer Opportunity Request From.

If you have additional questions, please contact Amy Crell, Volunteer Coordinator at crella@fishers.in.us or 317-670-9437 to learn more. 

The City of Fishers has enacted the Adopt-A-Fire Hydrant program to ensure the safety of our residents and to assist the Fishers Fire Department.

In the winter months heavy snowfall can bury fire hydrants, making it difficult for firefighters to locate and access them during an emergency, when every second counts! The City of Fishers is asking residents and other community members to sign up and Adopt-A-Fire Hydrant to help keep Fishers safe.

The Role of an Adopt-A-Fire Hydrant Participant

The primary role is to make sure the adopted fire hydrant is clearly visible from the street

Duties

Please CLICK HERE to choose your adopted fire hydrant.