Quixote Quest is for all teens who want to make a difference through volunteering. To truly make a difference, volunteers need to be committed to their volunteer service, and be willing to invest their time to make a change in the lives of people or animals needing their help.
Quixote Quest provides high school aged teens (ages 14 through 18) with the opportunity and the support to make a difference in their community through volunteering. Through a unique approach, which bonds young volunteers together in a club atmosphere, QQ exposes teens to positive experiences that affect their view of community service... now and in the future.
Quixote Quest maintains strong relationships with community organizations needing quality and committed volunteers, and who have opportunities that include teenagers in their important work. QQ helps each teen member to connect with a good cause, while taking into consideration the time and location of the community service, in order that it fits their schedule and transportation needs.
Quixote Quest currently has clubs in Burlington, Camden, Mercer, Gloucester and Middlesex counties. Quixote Quest seeks members that have the desire to be a dependable volunteer, volunteering once per week, and being an active part the club, attending two evening club gatherings each month with other teens who feel the same way about the importance of community service and helping others.
In the 2009-2010 school year, Quixote Quest members (called the Qrew) came from over 40 New Jersey high schools, and volunteered at nearly 35 different community causes. The Qrew volunteered over 8000 hours. Each teen chooses the kind of volunteering that he/she would like to do. 100 teens will voluntarily give of their heart, their talents, and their time so that others will have a better life.
Members also have the option to join with other Quixote Quest Qrews (clubs) once a month to do a large Group Service Project (GSP) that benefits an important local, state, national or international cause. GSPs are hard work but they are great fun and are a way to meet people from other parts of the state who feel the same about the importance of volunteering. Group Service Projects are not mandatory but nearly half the membership enjoys doing the large service events. It feels like being part of a college sorority/fraternity which exists to help worthy community causes. QQ is a special family.
Quixote Quest is fortunate to work with great community causes who offer meaningful volunteer opportunities to high school aged teens...opportunities where they can touch lives of those who are struggling with life. We call this "Starfish" volunteering, where teens actually have a the opportunity to really make a difference with their weekly donation of time…helping specific disadvantaged children, abandoned animals, lonely senior citizens, or those with disabilities.
"It’s hard to put QQ into words, probably because it means so much to everyone that’s in it, and everyone that’s helped by the club. As a former President of QQ, I think that QQ was definitely a huge part of my life, and I loved every minute of it. I think what really says a lot about our club, the type of people that we have involved in it. Even if they have just met you, everyone talks like they’ve know each other forever, laughing, having a good time, and including everyone in it. It’s the perfect mix of volunteering and fun and I’ll never forget it."
Chelsea - 07 (Burlington Twp.)
American University
Email us at the address above to get information on one of our six clubs in South and Central New Jersey.
Voorhees - Camden County East Chapter
Merchantville - Camden County West Chapter
Marlton - Burlington County Chapter
Deptford - Gloucester County Chapter
Hamilton - Mercer County Chapter
East Brunswick - Middlesex County Chapter
