Sew book bags! These bags are given to children at participating pantries, sites of family assistance, and WIC! Book bags are at the heart of our programs! Consider making one a week or one a month or whatever you have the time to do.
Drive books to participating sites!
The work we do requires the hands and hearts of many volunteers. If you have the skills, the time, or the resources (or any combination of those things) we know just how you can fit into the Fire community!
We need more than construction volunteers to build safe, stable, and affordable homes. Building safe, stable, and affordable homes takes more than saws and nails. We need volunteers in office support, hospitality, photography, gardening, coaching, finance, interior design, and more!
Create a personal fundraising page. Organize a diaper or personal care product drive for our pantry. Collect books and board games for our Family Center Resource Room. Support a family we serve for the holidays by purchasing gifts and a holiday meal.
Make create-your-own story booklets! Take four pieces of copy paper with a colored cover, fold the stack in half, and staple it together!
Mentor2Youth is always looking for help with with planning and running our events and fieldtrips. We have fieldtrips to museums, sporting events, gaming centers and theme parks. We hold family game nights, award shows, and other events for our families, volunteers and donors.
Our Mental Health Wellness component helps our Mentees cope with life’s challenges by strengthening their social, emotional and psychological well-being. BINGO gives Mentees encouragement and hope by promoting healthy relationships with family and friends, conflict resolution, and emotional stability.
Mentors are volunteers who build a relationship of unconditional caring and friendship to help refugee teens learn independent living and social skills. As positive role models, mentors share their knowledge and experience to help the youth adjust to differences they experience in the United States. Mentors also help them explore educational and career choices.
Tutors help youth succeed in a new educational system and develop positive study habits. Tutors must have a bachelor’s degree in any field of study and may work with one youth or several.