Do you have professional or personal experience that you would like to share with victims to help rebuild their lives? You might serve as mentor, coach or educator in areas such as career building, budgeting or self-care. Do you enjoy working independently to assist clients with boosting confidence and building skills to empower their ability…
Are you compassionate, non-judgmental and calm in a crisis? Do you excel at listening and empathizing without trying to solve someone else’s problem? Our 24 hour crisis line receives calls from those experiencing domestic violence and/or sexual assault. Volunteers provide support, validation, information and resources to callers. This position requires 4 hour weekly availability between…
Are you passionate about preventing domestic violence and/or sexual assault? Do you like speaking with groups of students or adults? Volunteers can help increase community awareness about the agency and the issues of domestic violence and sexual assault by presenting information directly to groups or at display tables. Events range in size from small community…
Are you friendly and possess a welcoming and calming personality? Do you enjoy working with a wide variety and ages of people? Do you thrive in a busy work environment? Volunteers will provide assistance and care to the adults and children residing in HAVEN’s shelter. Volunteers are needed at varied hours for this 24 hour…
Become an ambassador for Washtenaw Literacy: organize a volunteer orientation at your place of worship, your book club, service organization or workplace. Share information about volunteering and literacy issues at your favorite business or health club.
Help small clusters or groups of ESL learners with speaking, listening, reading, writing, and cultural understanding.
Help an individual or small cluster of learners with reading, writing, math, or other basic life skills (computer literacy, financial literacy, etc).
Learn the fascinating history of the Detroit Opera House and share your expertise as you lead tours through the facility.
United Way of Southwest Michigan can provide guidance to any corporation or group interested in holding a DIY kit packing. Items can be collected from your group for anything from dinner basket kits, soup kits, spice kits, or power packs for kids. UWSM can also identify organizations in need to receive the donations. We will…
Whether you have an hour a week or an hour a day that you can contribute, we have something for you to work on. Some of the things our volunteers do include: writing articles for the newsletter, updating our database, writing grant applications, being a mentor for selected clients, speaking to one of our support…