Volunteer Highlight 5th Annual Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon From 2007-2008, volunteers at Helping Hand Home contributed over 4100 hours of service.

Our next New Volunteer Information sessions will occur on Saturday, August 30th at 10am and Wednesday, September 3rd at 6pm. Please RSVP to Katherine Skanse at kskanse@helpinghandhome.org with the date of the Information Session you will be attending.

Open doors with your heart.
Volunteers play an integral role in the healing process that occurs at Helping Hand Home. Because our children have experienced strong violations of trust, it is often the greatest challenge for them to develop healthy relationships with others, particularly adults. While at HHH, the children slowly learn that they can trust the adults who work here, and do indeed develop those types of relationships they never had the opportunity to experience before.

However, this new-found trust in adults rarely extends to the world beyond the walls of Helping Hand, which the children often view as "scary" or "unpredictable". Thus, in bringing volunteers into the Home, we introduce the children to the reality that there are in fact safe, caring individuals in the world, and provide them the opportunity to learn to trust the world again.

You can provide hope and love in a child’s life by becoming an HHH volunteer!

Volunteer Opportunities

Special Events: Attend off-grounds activities with the children on Saturday mornings.

Homework Helpers assist children with schoolwork and help develop academic skills, such as reading and writing. Homework time is Monday through Thursday from 3:30pm to 4:30pm.

Bedtime Story Volunteers help children feel safe and secure at bedtime by reading them stories as they fall asleep. Bedtime Hour is 8:00 pm to 9:00 PM every evening.

Volunteer Groups facilitate recreational activities with children.

Hero Volunteers Hero volunteers help with the "behind-the-scenes" work that is integral to the successful operation of our agency. Hero volunteers help with tasks such as administrative work (filing, organizing, preparing packets, etc.), as well as preparing for projects, organizing various spaces in the home, etc.

Group or individual volunteers may also perform a community service (wash vans, bike maintenance, grounds beatification, etc.) or sponsor an activity in the community.

Steps to becoming a volunteer

Commit to at least 1 hour a week of service for a minimum of 3 months

Fill out and submit a volunteer application

Attend a New Volunteer Information Session

Schedule an Interview with the Volunteer Coordinator

Attend a New Volunteer Orientation and Training Session

Complete a background check and drug screen

Complete a TB test

Volunteers must be a minimum of 18 years of age

Please note: We do not fulfill court ordered community service requests

Volunteers are accepted and placed based solely on the needs of the children in care.

Katherine Skanse– Volunteer Coordinator
kskanse@helpinghandhome.org (preferred contact method)
(512) 459-3353 ext. 124
(512) 459-1658 fax

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