Volunteer
While we anticipate needing volunteers in the coming weeks and months, we are currently pausing new volunteers as we adjust to a rapidly changing landscape in our field and while we assess our capacity and immediate priorities.
Please feel free to fill out the volunteer interest form on this page, and we will reach out to you once we are onboarding new volunteers again.
In the meantime, here are other ways you can consider supporting AWE and our clients in the meantime. Thank you so much for your interest in volunteering with AWE!
Volunteer Form
All volunteers must complete a background check and be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Due to the nature of our organization, short-term and project-based volunteer opportunities are limited. Most volunteer opportunities are Monday-Friday during working hours. All volunteers are asked to commit to at least five hours of volunteer time a week.
Cathy O., Volunteer
In 2014, recently retired, I was looking for someplace to volunteer when I saw a brochure about Asylee Women in the gallery of my church. I had no idea what I could do there, but decided to give it a try. As I got to know the AWE family of staff and asylum seekers, my understanding of the world broadened and I saw how I didn’t need special training to be of use. I take care of the donated clothes and teach English to beginners two days a week.
AWE is so much more than a place to volunteer. It is a true community. People who have moved on from the program, keep in touch and stop in to visit anytime they like. They know that AWE is a place where they can see friends, re-connect and be welcome. They can “come home” for holiday celebrations and events, laugh and relax a bit. People who have lost everything, can find support for the transition to a new language and culture.