The following are potential volunteer opportunities within Volunteers of America Wyoming & Montana’s programs. These are considered short-term or one-time projects with the potential of becoming long-term projects.  For more information on volunteer opportunities contact Jessica Flahive at jflahive@voawy.org.

Day Care 

• Story-Time Volunteer: Read with day care children
• Activities Assistant: Teach or conduct recreational activities including arts and craft projects

Youth Home

• Activities Assistant: Teach or conduct recreational activities including arts and craft projects
• Tutor: Help with homework and present programs on subjects of interest to age group
• Recreational Aid: Assist with sports and share talents and interests with youth
• Life Skills Trainer: Teach life skills to young adults
• Mentor: Serve as a role model, share career experience, provide guidance/education in areas of budgeting, homemaking, parenting, car maintenance, etc

Foster Care

• Activities Assistant: Teach or conduct recreational activities including arts and craft projects
• Tutor: Help with homework and present programs on subjects of interest to age group
• Extended Family: Provide extended family support to children in our care
• Mentor: Serve as a role model, share career experience, provide guidance/education in areas of budgeting, homemaking, parenting, car maintenance, etc

Independent Living

• Activities Assistant: Teach or conduct recreational activities including arts and craft projects
• Tutor: Help with homework and present programs on subjects of interest to age group
• Mentor: Serve as a role model, share career experience, provide guidance/education in areas of budgeting, homemaking, parenting, car maintenance, etc
• Career Speaker: Teach or demonstrate a skill you excel in or discuss your profession with youth
• Career Aids: Assist young adults to find and keep jobs
• Recreational Aid: Assist with sports and share talents and interests with young adults
• Life Skills Trainer: Teach life skills to young adults

Substance Abuse

• Activities Assistant: Teach or conduct recreational activities including arts and craft projects
• Bible Study Facilitator: Teach a Bible study group
• Career Speaker: Teach or demonstrate a skill you excel in or discuss your profession with adults
• Parent Support Group Facilitator: Co-facilitate support groups for parents in recovery
• Career Aids: Assist young adults to find and keep jobs
• Childcare Assistant: Provide care for children while their parents attend parenting classes
• Recreational Aid: Provide education and assistance with physical health
• Life Skills Trainer: Teach life skills to adults
• Fifth Step Listener

Community Enhancement

• Book Donation Volunteer: Sort books and help distribute
• Special Projects Volunteer: Assist with seasonal and holiday projects including fruit and food basket distribution

Shelter

• Clothing Sorter: Sort clothing at homeless shelter
• Career Aids: Assist individuals to find and keep jobs
• Instructors: Teach computer skills and job skills
• Garage Sale: Assist with summer garage sale fundraiser

Corrections

• Life Skills Trainer: Teach life skills to young adults
• Mentor: Serve as a role model, share career experience, provide guidance/education in areas of budgeting, homemaking, parenting, car maintenance, etc
• Career Aids: Assist young adults to find and keep jobs
• Career Speaker: Teach or demonstrate a skill you excel in or discuss your profession with adults

Elderly

• Caring Companion: Visit in the home, telephone buddy, letter buddy, outing buddy, church buddy
• Bridge Builders: Assist with independent living activities such as shopping and cooking
• Homemaker Aide: Help an elderly person keep his/her apartment clean
• Handyman: Perform minor home repairs to keep seniors safe in their homes

Miscellaneous

• Administrative Assistant: Provide clerical support to programs
• Food Deliverers
• Christmas Decorations Program: Decorate homes of low-income families, residential facilities and shelter
• Special Events/Projects Committee
• Groundskeeper: Maintain the grounds of program facilities