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    Olmsted County has involved volunteers for more than 30 years. Community members serve on mediation panels, as library volunteers, on boards and commissions, as victim advocates, in probation, and as advocates for families in the courts and out of the courts.

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    Learn more about available volunteer board and commission positions

    Olmsted County is committed to building diverse Advisory Boards and Commissions to provide community input to the Olmsted County Board of Commissioners on the public services which the county provides.  We seek members representing an array of the protected classes outlined in the Minnesota Human Rights Act.

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