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.

To take a dog into your home while we are looking for a permanent home for them. You provide a safe secure enviroment – we provide food and supplies and take care of any medical needs during this time. You provide the space where they can get aclimated to living in a home – taking…

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…

Serving as a Surrogate Victim Advocate is a great way to become familiar with the mediation process and prepare yourself for the training to become a Mediator. As a Surrogate Victim Advocate, you hold the critical role of standing in place of an “actual” victim, (also referred to as the “identified victim”) in a mediation…

JANM’s Discover Nikkei project is a community-based web project that shares the stories and perspectives of Nikkei around the world in four languages—English, Japanese, Spanish, and Portuguese. Volunteers write about JANM exhibitions and upcoming programs; interview authors, artists, filmmakers, and others; review books and films; and more. Other volunteer opportunities include translations, transcribing oral history…

Do you love spending time with animals? Maybe it’s joining us for our weekly mobile events, taking our pups out for some outdoor adventures, or assisting with transportation.

Assist with the planning and execution of fundraisers such as Walk to End Alzheimer’s, The Longest Day and The Village at Gordon House 21st anniversary Bill Howard Golf Tournament. Committee member tasks include recruiting team members, raising revenue, increasing awareness and implementing event activities.

Help facilitate support groups that offer dementia-related education, emotional support, and connections with resources so that group members may live their best life for as long as possible.

We need volunteers skilled in mediation, trauma healing, counseling, tropical gardening and animal husbandry business management and other areas. Talk with us about how you can help share these skills in Rwanda.