Volunteers will be providing advocacy, assisting with paperwork, answering questions, providing referrals, and crisis intervention to individuals seeking a Personal Protection Order. Training: Must complete Turning Point’s 40-hour Core Volunteer Training. Time: 4 hours per week.
Volunteers will be assisting staff meet the needs of the children in shelter. This position may include light cleaning, organization or other projects that arise in the children’s department. Working with children can consist of providing childcare for mothers in shelter or while they are in group, playing with children, helping children with homework, assisting…
Volunteers will be assisting staff to meet the needs of shelter clients. This can include light cleaning, organizing, working in the kitchen/pantry, transportation, providing referrals and providing support for staff. When working with the families and women in shelter you may be providing crisis intervention, referrals and information as well. Our shelter houses women and…
Studies show it takes three adult role models in a child’s life to provide the guidance necessary to become a successful and productive young adult. At MCHS, we offer our children the chance to be matched with a community member who can serve in this capacity for at least one year. Our mentors and children…
Washtenaw Promise supports the advancement of STEM education for boys and girls in Ypsilanti Community Schools. If you might have an interest in helping young people in our community imagine, problem solve, design, build, invent, and program robots, come join us as a mentor or coach. We will provide all the necessary training and support…
Our Big Friends program enables adult volunteers the opportunity to offer at least two hours of weekly support to preschool children, within the school day, in public and private preschools in Ypsilanti. Our mentors help support kids who sometimes struggle with the demands and expectations of their school experience. We help them to be successful…
This volunteer will greet teens and assist with the registration process; engage teens through conversations, games, planned activities; provide tutoring in academic subject areas; set up and clean up snack for the tutoring program; and assist in maintaining the cleanliness of the cafe/kitchen space. Volunteers should be available weekly for at least two hours weekday…
Present advocacy initiatives include: early school intervention, criminal justice/diversion, affordable and supported housing, and the November election. No skills necessary, just a keen interest in advocacy, previous experience helpful. Estimated time commitment is 3 hours per month.
The leader role would be to facilitate the Young Adult Connection Recovery support group. Leader must attend at least 6 groups, attend weekend training, and must have the experience of living with a mental health diagnosis. The estimated time commitment is 3-4 hours per month on Wednesday evenings.
Please consider volunteering to be part of a team of two people (One person who lives with a mental health condition and another person who lives in support of.) who tell patients and families (mostly patients) a bit about themselves and about NAMI Washtenaw’s mission and programs. The purpose of these informal presentations is to…