Volunteer

Summer Youth Volunteer Program 2011

Established in 1993, the Women In Needs Center is the only non-profit organization in the country founded specifically to address the needs of interracially married Korean women. Women In Need Center is seeking committed and energetic youth volunteers who are age from 12 to 17 and interested in volunteering at least 100 hours during summer in exchange for service project hours, a nomination for president’s volunteer service awards and resume-building professional work experience.

The Center’s Summer Youth Volunteer Program is really huge opportunity for Youth to promote their leadership skills as well as learn the value of volunteerism. During the three-month commitment, youth volunteers can experience the respect, encouragement, and responsibility involved in dynamic and various Fundraising events.

The WINC summer Youth Program is divided into four subcategories from which you can choose from.

  • Art Project – the jewelry and art project will assist residents in Women In Need Center with the fundraising craft project. There are many jobs you can do to help including productions from jewelry, soaps to flower-pressed bookmarkers.
  • Landscaping and Shelter decoration – this project makes the shelter be more neat and vibrant places to stay. We need energetic youth to assist with mowing the grass at the shelter and work on flowerbeds.
  • Fundraising event – one day food house, piggy bank, and garage sale

Our summer youth volunteer program is volunteer-led, and you will see tangible results from your commitment to this program.

To Apply:

Please download the following application form for summer volunteer and send completed form to info@wincny.org . Please reference ‘ Summer volunteer Application ’ in the subject line.

Application form for summer volunteer – application form for summer volunteer

What they do

The Women In Need Center is always in need of extra help. Service that seems trivial and common in our daily lives is seen wholeheartedly as a big resource to the Center. Please do not think of volunteering as something difficult and do not hesitate to knock on our door.

 

General Activity

  1. Continuous Volunteers: Volunteers with set amount of hours
    1. Transportation Service: Using own vehicle to provide routine transportation for shopping, delivery, mail collecting, etc.
    2. Center Management: Maintenance of house including interior and outdoor management, and providing a clean and safe resting environment.
    3. Guidance Services: Providing help when necessary for individual’s specific case, or one’s child in Korean, English, Mathematics, Computer, History, Arts and Crafts, Music, Theater, and Dance studies.
    4. Administrative Services: Newspaper scrapping, organization of contact database, filing, translations, etc.
    5. Campaign: Informing of agency or support issues, website/newspaper contributions, etc.
    6. Mentoring: Providing counseling and support group to an individual
    7. Homepage and Web update: Collecting important articles that relates to the agency and keeping the website updated.
    8. Case Worker: Translation for those cases who are not fluent in English
    9. Public Relations: Provide public information through photography or video
  2. Periodic Volunteers: Volunteers that are unable to work a set amount of hours
    1. One Day Event services: Participation in events and workshops
    2. Management of Donations: Organizing donations received and moving them to the warehouse

 

Group Work:

1. Youth group work

  • Campaign: Planning and execution of providing improvement on social issues of women in multicultural marriages.

2. Adult group work

  • Korean Culture Informing: Informing Korean 2nd generation or multicultural 2nd generation about the Korean culture (language, customs, history, etc.)
  • Healthy Living: Gardening and helping to learn about healthy cooking and diet

 

Specialty Services:

  1. Legal Services: Work on individual’s case and provide help with legal issues
  2. MSW, LCSW, MFT, Psychiatrist, psychologist: Provide services in the specific specialty to individual’s case.

 

Summer Youth Volunteer Program

The Women In Need Center developed a summer service program for young people to volunteer and work together in groups to accomplish projects. For three months during the summer, the volunteers work to gather information for important public events as well as working to design advertisements for the events. The volunteers are given an opportunity to take charge and be leaders of groups and see the importance of being part of a team and taking on roles of duty and responsibility while allowing them to learn how to encourage and respect one another.

Apply now

Application Process:

  1. Fill out the Volunteer Application form and email it to info@wincny.org
  2. Refer to the resource service program and the web site that is sent back with an email and obtain basic information about the Center.
  3. Visit the Center and after an interview with the supervisor, a volunteer schedule is planned.
  4. After training is received, volunteer service can start.

Benefits:

  1. You will be able to volunteer in the area they are interested in and receive proper training for that area.
  2. You will be placed in a small group to receive experience and support from other members
  3. You will be able to participate in public events such as health related events or cultural events.
  4. You can receive authentication for any resources and pictures during the volunteer service
  5. A recommendation to receive the Presidential Service Award can be given to anyone volunteering over 100 hours.
  6. Recommendation can be given to introduce the volunteer to the media agency.

To Apply: Please Download and fill out the Application through the website.

Please send the application by email to: info@wincny.org

 

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