VOLUNTEER ADVOCATES ARE VITALLY IMPORTANT TO THE WILLOW DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER

For many years since its inception, a team of dedicated and diligent volunteers staffed The Willow Domestic Violence Center.

Today, volunteers are still the backbone of the agency. Volunteer advocates are essential in order for The Willow Domestic Violence Center to meet its core services providing shelter, peer counseling and advocacy to survivors of domestic abuse.

VOLUNTEER ADVOCATES PLAY KEY ROLES AT WTCS

The Willow Domestic Violence Center volunteer advocates are key to ensuring that The Willow Domestic Violence Center provides our core services. This is not your typical volunteer job where you file papers or answer the business line. The Willow Domestic Violence Center volunteers are in the front line of services, working right alongside staff.

The Willow Domestic Violence Center volunteer advocates provide peer-counseling to women and children survivors of domestic violence, provide court advocacy, do activities with children in the shelter, do community education, and answer the crisis line!

Both the community support groups and the shelter support groups for women and children survivors are facilitated by volunteer advocates.

Volunteers have also been the inspiration for many projects at The Willow Domestic Violence Center, including: shelter recycling, community outreach efforts, and this website!

Volunteer have made The Willow Domestic Violence Center an truly empowering agency; for women and children using our services, and for the advocates working alongside them.

Volunteer Training Schedule

Thank you for your interest in volunteering at The Willow Domestic Violence Center!

Volunteer training is held two to three times every year. This is a thorough training consisting of domestic violence education as well as providing fundamental preparation for the hands-on work done by The Willow Domestic Violence Center volunteer advocates.

As a The Willow Domestic Violence Center advocate you will be able to provide a variety of services to survivors of domestic violence. You will be able to answer the crisis line, provide peer counseling, facilitate support groups, do activities with kids, provide court advocacy, and a million other services.

Additional advocate training sessions coming soon!

 Outreach Volunteers

• Outreach Volunteers help with table displays, brochures, fliers, mailing lists, presentations, phone calls, or office organization.
• Outreach Volunteers must complete 3-4 hours of training.
• Trainings are scheduled as needed

If you would like to use your unique talents and skills to help, please contact the Volunteer Coordinator 785-865-3956 or click here to email.