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The hard work of these individuals brings in needed funding, operates a busy administrative office, and supports the logistical needs of a complex organization. Volunteering opportunities for support members can be tailored to your interests, abilities, and schedule.
Lead assistant coaches organize and lead other volunteers in the delivery of life skills, golf skills, class set up, and procedures. They ensure that programming and activities are consistent with The First Tee Life Skills Experience.
Help connect, plan, and deliver The First Tee exploratory events focused on helping our participants become College, Career and Community Ready.
Volunteers that help with special events assist staff with fundraising events throughout the year. Support is needed with event planning, production, and follow up.
The First Tee Coaches are actively enrolled in The First Tee Coach Program and attend network training over a period of 3-4 years. An individual interested in leading classes and dedicating more than 75 hours a year to instruction should consider this avenue.
Volunteer coaches assist head and lead coaches in teaching The First Tee Life Skills Experience to participants, provide positive feedback, and encourage participant behavior to help ensure a safe learning environment.
We are looking for creative, passionate, empathetic individuals to partner with the k9 staff in mentoring, educating and inspiring our students. k9 connection’s year-around programs in continuation high schools offer teens the opportunity to break through learning and life barriers by training and bonding with homeless dogs. Each three-week session requires a minimum commitment of…
This is our most demanding, yet incredibly rewarding volunteer opportunity. CYS’ 40-hour Volunteer Mediation Training consists of basic mediation fundamentals with an emphasis on restorative justice principles. It will prepare you to become a highly-skilled volunteer community mediator in our Victim Offender Restitution Program (VORS). Subsequent training is available to become a mediator in our…
As a Volunteer Translator/Interpreter, you hold an invaluable role in the execution of our services, as many of our mediations simply wouldn’t be possible without a Translator/Interpreter present. The Translator/Interpreter accurately facilitates communications between two parties (in a restorative justice mediation) who speak two different languages. Duties include but are not limited to: detailed interpretation…