Women’s
Advocate
Provide support, information, and referrals to shelter residents
and to women accessing the crisis line; assist with shelter
activities; complete shelter intakes and departures; and
assist staff with meeting individual resident needs.
Support
Group Co-Facilitator
Co-facilitate one of three community support groups for women
who are experiencing domestic abuse. Must have at
least six months of volunteer experience with Alexandra
House.
Childcare
Provider
Assist in preparing and providing activities, childcare,
children’s intakes and support groups for community
children and/or children and youth residing in shelter.
Summer
Violence Prevention Advocate
Assist the Violence Prevention Coordinator in providing support
groups and violence prevention education in the community.
On-Call
Hospital Advocate
Respond to referrals from area hospitals and clinics; meet
with patients who have experienced domestic violence and
provide support, information, referrals and safety planning.
Facility
Volunteer
Assist property staff with various tasks; baking, cleaning,
serving meals, picking up supplies, stocking shelves and
sorting donations.
Special
Service Projects
Alexandra House welcomes various community and or civic groups, churches, students,
families and others who have interest in doing one-time volunteer projects
or helping with special events.
Internship positions are available
in Shelter, Community and Administrative programs. Internships
are designed to meet the requirements of the individual students
and Alexandra House. Students are accepted from all Minnesota
and out of state technical schools, community colleges and
universities.
The next volunteer training
will begin with an informational meeting on Monday, May
19th, from 7:00-8:30pm. Potential
volunteers must attend all dates to complete the 30 hour
required training.
For more information
or to register,
contact Christine Stout, Volunteer Coordinator, at
763-780-2332 or email
cstout@alexandrahouse.org
2008 Training
Dates:
Informational Meeting Monday,
May 19th 7-8:30pm
Monday, June 2nd 6:00-9:00pm
Wednesday, June 4th
6:00-9:00pm
Saturday, June 7th
8:00am-4:00pm
Monday, June 9th 6:00-9:00pm
Wednesday, June 11th
6:00-9:00pm
Saturday, June 14th
8:00am-4:00pm
Monday, June 16th 6:00-9:00pm
Wednesday, June 18th
6:00-9:00pm
Informational Meeting
Monday, October 20th 7-830pm
Monday, November 3rd
6:00-9:00pm
Wednesday, November 5th
6:00-9:00pm
Saturday, November 8th
8:00am-4:00pm
Monday, November 10th
6:00-9:00pm
Wednesday, November 12th
6:00-9:00pm
Saturday, November 15th
8:00am-4:00pm
Monday, November 17th
6:00-9:00pm
Wednesday, November 19th
6:00-9:00pm
Application Materials Download the volunteer application here:
PDF Word
You can
either print the application and mail it to: Volunteer
Coordinator, Alexandra House, P.O. Box 49039, Blaine, MN 55414
or email the completed application (word document) to
cstout@alexandrahouse.org.
