Volunteer Opportunities From: Volunteer Fishers

Turn Your Volunteer Hours into Recognition             

If you’re a Fishers student in junior high or high school, the Mayor’s Youth Service Award is your chance to get recognized for giving back to the community.  By volunteering with nonprofits and community partners, you can earn awards, build leadership experience and make a real impact in Fishers. 

Who Can Participate? 

You’re eligible if you are: 

Volunteer hours can start counting in eighth grade and continue through high school graduation. 

How It Works

1. Create your account through Volunteer Fishers if you don’t already have one.

2. Sign up for the Mayor’s Youth Service Award program.  

3. Track your volunteer hours using the tracking form sent to your email. You may also submit previously completed volunteer hours dating back to eighth grade through graduation using this form.

4. Earn recognition based on your total hours completed. Be sure to submit the tracking form each time you volunteer for your hours to count.

Award Levels 

If you are interested in participating in the Fishers Mayor's Youth Service Award program, please respond to this opportunity. Questions? Please contact Amy Crell, City of Fishers Volunteer Coordinator, at crealla@fishersin.gov.

Geist Half Marathon – Packet Pickup Volunteer Opportunities

Join the Geist Half Marathon team and help support packet pickup for race participants. Volunteers play an important role in ensuring a smooth and welcoming experience for runners.

Friday First Shift Volunteers Assist with event setup, including:

Friday Second and Third Shift Volunteers Support packet pickup operations by:

Saturday Volunteers Provide support during peak packet pickup and event wrap-up by:

Geist Half Marathon – Parking Support Volunteer

Join the Geist Half Marathon volunteer team and help ensure safe and organized parking for VIP participants and fellow volunteers.

Volunteer Responsibilities:

Additional Information:

This role is essential in creating a smooth arrival experience and supporting overall event operations.

Geist Half Marathon – Race Day Support Volunteer

Join the Geist Half Marathon volunteer team and help create a positive and welcoming experience for runners from start to finish.

Volunteer Responsibilities:

Additional Information:

This is a fun and rewarding way to support runners and be part of an exciting community event.

Be part of the action and help power one of the most exciting race days in the community. As a Course Marshal, you’re not just a volunteer—you’re the hype crew, the guide, and the reason runners keep pushing to the finish line. You’ll be stationed along the course making sure everything runs smoothly, safely, and with big energy. Think high-fives, loud cheers, ringing cowbells, and even music as runners pass by—you set the vibe.

What You’ll Do:

What You Need:

What You Get:

Whether you’re there for the fun, the community, or the early morning adrenaline, this is your chance to be part of something big and make race day unforgettable. Please find below a list of Course Marshal locations. If you have a preferred location, please indicate the location in the response notes section when you respond. Locations will be filled on a first come, first served basis.

Time Commitment Per Location:

5K:

10K/Half Marathon:

Municipal Complex Tour Ambassador 

Do you love Fishers and enjoy meeting new people? The City of Fishers is looking for enthusiastic volunteers to serve as Tour Ambassadors for our Municipal Complex. As the city continues to grow, we host a variety of guests who want to go "behind the scenes" of local government. As a Tour Ambassador, you will play a vital role in ensuring these visits run smoothly by helping organize groups, providing a warm welcome, and leading visitors through our state-of-the-art facilities. Due to the nature of this opportunity, we are asking volunteers to commit to at least 4 of the 9 sessions.

Key Responsibilities

What We’re Looking For

Tour Highlights

Perks of Volunteering

Volunteer Position: Scout Tour Ambassador

Location: Fishers Municipal Complex (1 Municipal Drive, Fishers, IN)

Organization: City of Fishers

Position Overview:

Are you passionate about civic engagement and inspiring the next generation? The City of Fishers is looking for enthusiastic Tour Ambassadors to lead local Girl Scout and Scouts of America (BSA) troops through the Fishers Municipal Complex. As a Tour Ambassador, you will serve as the primary host for visiting scouts as they explore the inner workings of local government. You will help them navigate City Hall, the Fishers Art Center, and the Police and Fire Departments, ensuring they have an educational and memorable experience while working toward badges in public safety, first aid, and citizenship.

Key Responsibilities

Qualifications & Requirements

Why Volunteer? Civic Impact:

Would you like an ongoing volunteer opportunity that will foster relationships and connect with Fishers youth? We are seeking dedicated volunteers who are available to assist with student local government study trips at the new Fishers Municipal Complex.  Due to the nature of this opportunity, we are asking volunteers to commit to at least 10 of the 20 sessions.

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.

To foster connections and support among various Fishers organizations, businesses, and residents in our community, the City of Fishers hosts a monthly Mayor's Breakfast event. This gathering takes place in the theater at Fishers Municipal Center, 1 Municipal Drive. 

We are seeking enthusiastic volunteers to assist with setup, attendee check-in, and tear-down. Volunteers should be comfortable using a computer and able to work efficiently. Breakfast will be provided.

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.

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.