Kalamazoo Community Foundation, in partnership with Gryphon Place Volunteer Services, is hosting its fourth annual Find Your Cause event 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 18 at The Foundry to connect volunteers of all ages with nonprofits throughout Kalamazoo County.

A total of 31 agency representatives will be available to meet with interested volunteers.

"Volunteerism is just one of the ways to simultaneously give back and make an impact in our community," says KZCF Development Officer Raven Britt. "Find Your Cause provides this platform, and we’re excited to be partnering with Gryphon Place Volunteer Services again."

Vershun Ford, volunteer and outreach coordinator for Gryphon Place Volunteer Services, also adds, "This event allows us to bring passionate people who want to help [our community] by meeting face-to-face with many organizations who need volunteers."

Participating organizations include:

AACORN
Air Zoo
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Black Arts Cultural Center
Boys and Girls Club
Building Blocks
Center for Transformation
Chef Therapeutic Riding Center
Community In Schools
Community Healing Centers
Community Homeworks
Douglass Community Association
Ecumenical Senior Center
El Concilio
Fair Housing of Southwest Michigan
First Day Shoe Fund
Gryphon Place
Hospice Care of Southwest Michigan
ISAAC
Kalamazoo Drop-in Child Care Center
Kalamazoo Literacy Council
Kalamazoo Loaves and Fishes
Kalamazoo Nature Center
Lending Hands
Open Roads
OutFront Kalamazoo
Read & Write Kalamazoo
Senior Services of Southwest Michigan
SHARE
Urban Alliance Inc.
YWCA

To learn more about the event, visit kalfound.org or call Gryphon Place Volunteer Services 269.381.1510.