Volunteer
Open Doors With Your Heart
Volunteers play an integral role in the healing process at Helping Hand Home. Many of the children in our care have experienced broken trust and relational trauma caused by the adults and peers around them. Healing happens through safe, supportive relationships. At the Home, children learn to trust again by building healthy, authentic connections with caregivers, peers, and mentors who show up consistently with compassion and care. Volunteer engagement helps extend that trust beyond our campus, reminding children that there are safe and caring people throughout our community and beyond.
You can make a meaningful difference in a child’s life by becoming a volunteer and helping provide hope, healing, and connection.
Volunteer Opportunities
On-Site Childcare During Foster Care Training
Saturday 9am-1pm Monthly, Based on Set Schedule
Support our foster team and families by serving as a childcare aid during their monthly trainings.
Volunteer Onboarding Schedule & Steps:
We onboard volunteers two times per year, Fall and Spring. The fall application window is open from May 1st through August 31st. The spring application window is November 1st through January 31st.
After reviewing applications, the Volunteer Manager will reach out to you with dates and times for the following steps:
- Virtual Volunteer Information Session
- Zoom Interview with the Volunteer Manager
- Documentation and testing, including: background check, drug screening, tuberculosis testing, and Helping Hand Home documentation
- In-Person Volunteer Orientation