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Volunteer opportunities for every schedule, skill, and heart

Volunteering with the Coalition is a powerful way to make a difference for children and families impacted by foster care. From lending a hand at special events to helping in day-to-day programs, our volunteers bring joy, relief, and support where it’s needed most. With flexible opportunities for every schedule, it’s easy to get involved and create lasting impact.

Individual Opportunities

Host and supervise fun, safe events for foster children at places like MADE for Kids and Urban Air. Foster friends are also invited to help at other Coalition events throughout the year to support foster children waiting to be adopted.

Length of Commitment: Foster Friends have the opportunity to help at an event about once every 4-6 weeks, but participation is not mandatory. Foster Friends is a flexible volunteer opportunity; they help when their schedule allows.

Requirements: All Foster Friends must be 21 years or older and submit to an annual criminal background screening through the Family Care Safety Registry.

Help at our resale store which provides free clothing to youth impacted by foster care and is also open to the public. Proceeds from ReFresh are used to support our mission of finding and supporting foster and adoptive families. Volunteers merchandise clothing on the floor according to color and size, sort through clothing donations to select the fashions to sell in the store, and/or use tagging guns to tag merchandise.

Length of Commitment: At least 20 hours annually.

Requirements: ReFresh volunteers must be at least 15 years or older. Adult volunteers must submit to an annual criminal background screening through the Family Care Safety Registry.

Project Dream Dress provides free prom dresses to teen youth impacted by foster care and those referred by high school counselors and social workers. During the giveaway week, Personal Shopper volunteers are matched with students to help them choose the perfect dress.

Length of Commitment: One or more 3-hour shift(s).

Registration volunteers answer phones and enter holiday gift requests into our system. Online shoppers process holiday gift requests, ordering them online and sending them directly to the children.

Length of Commitment: One or more 4-5 hour shift for phone registration volunteers and 7-8 hour shift for online shoppers.

Requirements: Volunteers must be at least 21 years old and have a clean criminal background screening through the Family Care Safety Registry.

If you are looking for a way to support our organization where you can get your community or colleagues involved, organizing a drive can be an amazing way to support kids and families. We provide clothing, hygiene products, and school supplies to children impacted by foster care year-round. For us to maintain a great selection of materials, community members host drives and collect different items we need year-round.

Recruit your community or colleagues to make a birthday or the holidays brighter for children impacted by foster care. You can collect monetary donations to purchase birthday and holiday gifts for a child or pay for them to get a special birthday party at a location they choose. We also have opportunities for teams to purchase and wrap holiday gifts for a family or group of children in foster care.

The Junior Board acts acts as ambassadors for the Coalition in the community. This fun group hosts fundraisers, does community service projects with children impacted by foster care, and helps at events like Foster Hope Day, trivia night, and happy hours.

Length of Commitment: Renewable 3-year terms.

Requirements: Junior Board members are generally young professionals between 20–35 years of age.

For more information about our Junior Board, email development@foster-adopt.org.

Group Volunteering

Groups of 10 volunteers or fewer help at ReFresh by merchandising clothing on the floor according to color and size, sorting through clothing donations to select the fashions to sell in the store, and/or using tagging guns to tag merchandise.

Length of Commitment: Groups can schedule a 3 hour volunteer shift on a Tuesday, Thursday, or Saturday between 12:30 to 5:30 pm.

Requirements: Group volunteers must be 13 years or older. One adult chaperone is required for every 4 youth, for a maximum of 8 youth and 2 adults per volunteer opportunity.

Resources

Here’s some editable Canva templates to help spread the word about your own donation drives!

Clothing Drive 4:5 Social Media Graphic Template
Clothing Drive Social Media Template
Clothing Drive Flyer Template
  • I keep coming back because it’s such a worthwhile organization. It’s very humbling to see firsthand how the Coalition works to support foster families,” Colleen said. “I always feel a part of the family when I come there [the Coalition]. Everyone is always so warm and welcoming, and it makes you feel good.
    – Colleen Sullivan, Volunteer since 2019

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