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Volunteers have been a vital part of our mission for over 20 years. Volunteers help the Center run programs and ensure that our clients are supported.
To apply to volunteer with the Center, or to learn more about available opportunities, email deborahogunti@cwitstl.org, or download an application here. |
Immediate Volunteer Needs
Grocery Shoppers Needed
Due to Covid-19, we are in need of volunteers willing to grocery shop for women living in our transitional housing. We shop for the ladies on the 1st and 15th of each month alternating between Schnucks and Aldi. Volunteers will not have any contact with the residents. A staff member from the Center for Women in Transition will be on-site to provide grocery lists and gift cards for payment. Upon returning, someone would be available to get the groceries curbside. Please contact Deborah Ogunti at deborahogunti@cwitstl.org if you're interested in learning more.
Due to Covid-19, we are in need of volunteers willing to grocery shop for women living in our transitional housing. We shop for the ladies on the 1st and 15th of each month alternating between Schnucks and Aldi. Volunteers will not have any contact with the residents. A staff member from the Center for Women in Transition will be on-site to provide grocery lists and gift cards for payment. Upon returning, someone would be available to get the groceries curbside. Please contact Deborah Ogunti at deborahogunti@cwitstl.org if you're interested in learning more.
Ongoing Opportunities
Become a Mentor!
Mentors work with women who are rebuilding their lives. Mentors must be women over the age of 30 and willing to commit a minimum of one hour per week for a period of one year and assist a woman develop healthy and productive goals. To learn more, and to download an application, click here.
Volunteer Office Assistant
Provide administrative assistance to the Center’s main office, including help with mass mailings, correspondence, filing, and answering the telephones.
Time commitment: 5-15 hours weekly
Special Event Volunteer
Help at our annual fundraiser in the spring with registration, set up, clean up and other tasks as needed. Click here for information about our upcoming events!
Time commitment: Varies
Share your talents and passion
Teach a class or give a presentation in an area of your interest. Do you love to cook, or garden? Are you a professional with experience that would be of use to the women we work with? Whether it's tax preparation or scrapbooking, share what you love with clients of the Center. Must be twenty-one years of age or older. Popular learning areas include gardening, computer skills, and arts & crafts.
Become a Mentor!
Mentors work with women who are rebuilding their lives. Mentors must be women over the age of 30 and willing to commit a minimum of one hour per week for a period of one year and assist a woman develop healthy and productive goals. To learn more, and to download an application, click here.
Volunteer Office Assistant
Provide administrative assistance to the Center’s main office, including help with mass mailings, correspondence, filing, and answering the telephones.
Time commitment: 5-15 hours weekly
Special Event Volunteer
Help at our annual fundraiser in the spring with registration, set up, clean up and other tasks as needed. Click here for information about our upcoming events!
Time commitment: Varies
Share your talents and passion
Teach a class or give a presentation in an area of your interest. Do you love to cook, or garden? Are you a professional with experience that would be of use to the women we work with? Whether it's tax preparation or scrapbooking, share what you love with clients of the Center. Must be twenty-one years of age or older. Popular learning areas include gardening, computer skills, and arts & crafts.
Group Opportunities:
We would love to have your group volunteer with us! Contact deborahogunti@cwitstl.org about group volunteer opportunities.
Donation Crew
We need ongoing volunteers to assist the Center in sorting and organizing our in-kind donations.
Time Commitment: However long you like!
Special Event Volunteer
Help at one of our fundraising events with registration, set up, clean up and other tasks as needed.
Time commitment: Varies
We would love to have your group volunteer with us! Contact deborahogunti@cwitstl.org about group volunteer opportunities.
Donation Crew
We need ongoing volunteers to assist the Center in sorting and organizing our in-kind donations.
Time Commitment: However long you like!
Special Event Volunteer
Help at one of our fundraising events with registration, set up, clean up and other tasks as needed.
Time commitment: Varies
Past Opportunities:
Trivia Night Planning Committee
Our 2020 Trivia Night, Trick...or TRIVIA! was an amazing success this year. We cannot thank our Trivia Night Planning Committee enough. Check back here in August 2021 if you'd like to be part of the committee.
Missed Trivia Night? Check out the highlights.
The Center for Women in Transition is seeking volunteers to serve on a trivia event planning committee. We'll be hosting a trivia night fundraiser in late September or early October to support our mission of assisting women in the criminal justice system successfully transition back to their families and communities. Trivia night will take place virtually, as will planning committee meetings. The event will include impactful mission moments, a silent auction, raffles, games, and, of course, trivia.
Different committee members can have different roles, depending on what committee members' interests and skillsets are. Roles may include:
Trivia Night Planning Committee
Our 2020 Trivia Night, Trick...or TRIVIA! was an amazing success this year. We cannot thank our Trivia Night Planning Committee enough. Check back here in August 2021 if you'd like to be part of the committee.
Missed Trivia Night? Check out the highlights.
The Center for Women in Transition is seeking volunteers to serve on a trivia event planning committee. We'll be hosting a trivia night fundraiser in late September or early October to support our mission of assisting women in the criminal justice system successfully transition back to their families and communities. Trivia night will take place virtually, as will planning committee meetings. The event will include impactful mission moments, a silent auction, raffles, games, and, of course, trivia.
Different committee members can have different roles, depending on what committee members' interests and skillsets are. Roles may include:
- Attending planning meetings via Zoom starting in June through the event in October. Meetings would start off being once a month and grow in frequency closer to the date. There would be around 5 meetings total, each meeting lasting about 1 hour.
- Communicating as a group via email in between meetings to address immediate details that may need attention.
- Helping plan the details of the event--we will need lots of creativity and flexibility as we think through virtual options.
- Curating unique and exciting silent auction items.
- Picking up silent auction items from businesses and delivering them to local winners.
- Helping to spread the word about the event to your networks and through social media.
- Marketing and communications related to the event, including ideas for social media posts, mailings, emails, etc.
- Data entry--helping to keep track of registrations, people’s contact info for the silent auction, etc.
- Writing and mailing thank you cards after the event
