Volunteer Information

Women's Aid Service, Inc. offers many volunteer services including crisis intervention (crisis line workers, shelter supervisors, on-call advocates), child care providers, lawn/landscape assistance, and maintenance.

Crisis intervention volunteers must complete a 40 hour training (30 hours of session training, 10 hours of supervised shifts). Child care volunteers must complete a four hour training. Both crisis intervention and child care volunteers must commit to at least six months of service, five shifts each month (two advocate shifts, one crisis line shift and one shelter supervisor shift - at least one of these shifts must be on a weekend).

Trainings are scheduled as follows:

Crisis Intervention-Every January, May and September

Child Care-As needed

All volunteers must complete an application, interview, and criminal background check. For more information, or to request an application, please contact:

Isabella County

Bonnie Simon
Client Advocate/Volunteer Coordinator
(517) 773-0078
 

Gratiot County

Jessicca Sommer
Shelter Manager/Client Advocate
(517) 463-6014

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