Volunteer
We depend on our partners to make our mission a success.
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We could not serve the needs of young parents without the support and help from individuals and companies like you. There are many ways to get involved in the Young Parents United Community. You can volunteer your time, materials or even money to make our mission a success. Fill out our volunteer form at the end of the page if you are interested in any of these opportunities to connect with YPU.
Mentors
We need parents who have already successfully raised children to help mentor young parents and support them on this journey. While we would love to connect with people who were young parents themselves, we are happy to have any mothers and fathers give their advice and time.
We hold many seminars, classes and programs for our young parents throughout the year on many topics.
If you have knowledge that you can pass on to these young parents, we would love to have you volunteer your time to come host one of these events.
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We need volunteers for General office support, data entry, donation intake and organizing of donations. Many other activities and daily functions.
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Events and
Fundraising Volunteers
We have many fundraising events every year, and we are always looking for people to host an event or get involved.
General Activities:
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In the Office - help with office tasks such as stuffing envelopes, making phone calls, filing, putting together packets, etc. You can do some of these things from home too!
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At events -- to help with registration, parking, silent auction, raffle, etc. (tasks will vary depending on the event).
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YPU’s Clothing and Household Items Free Shop – assist participants, sort donations,data entry etc.
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Food Pantry – assist guests with obtaining a 3-day supply of emergency food
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Driver – for pickup of donated items, events, and/or taking people to the food pantry, or other essential appointment
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Assist in repairing donated items and office maintenance / repairs
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Snack Prep for Homework assistance
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Assistance with holiday programs and Other Special Giving or Seasonal Programs – such as organizing donations, writing and sending donation requests and thank you’s etc. (as-needed basis)
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Auxiliary—professionals group to help fundraise to help teen parent families or by joining a special event or project committee to help us with event planning and logistics, and other forms of organizational planning as applicable
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Professional Capacity – Offering services to participants or consulting in your professional area of expertise – (such as RN case management, business and financial etc.)
Education:
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Homework Assistance Volunteer – work with students (teen parents) working to complete Middle / High School or GED homework and study
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Literacy volunteers
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Activity and Program leaders
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Volunteer Educators: we hold many seminars, classes and programs for our young parents throughout the year on many topics. If you have knowledge that you can pass on to these young parents, we would love to have you volunteer your time to come host one of these events. In particular, we always need parenting specialists and medical professionals for parenting and wellness classes or artists, musicians or dancers for creative arts programs. However, we are happy to have your expertise on any subject that would support the development of young parents.
Family Support and Development
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Mentors - mentor individuals (teen and / or young) mothers and fathers to learn life skills, increase self-sufficiency, and develop stronger parenting skills (Former successful teen parents and others – too meet monthly in office with participants – more frequently in some cases – as needed)
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Childcare on site —time as available in the office to care for children in the playroom / nursery when parents are taking online parenting class, participating in programs, utilizing computers for school study, career planning or job search, emergency drop-in etc.
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Provide supportive services such as transportation, or shopping, laundry, appointments etc.