Volunteers

 

Volunteer Residential Counselor Opportunities

You can make a difference in the lives of an entire group of children by volunteering to live and work for a year with children in-need who benefit from your role-modeling, guidance, support, care and nurturing.

 

Boys Hope Girls Hope recruits, screens, trains, and places volunteers to work alongside professional staff in providing surrogate parenting for a group of 8 children, ages 10 to 18. The annual Boys Hope Girls Hope volunteer corps program runs from June to June of each year and provides a rewarding experience of helping children develop into young adults. However, we do look for and interview volunteers throughout the year.

 

Volunteer benefits include:

 

The opportunity to live and work in a community with caring individuals who share a common commitment toward youth.

• $200 per month stipend for one year.
• Room and board for one year.
• Health Insurance for one year.
• Transportation assistance.
• Initial group orientation and training.
• On-the-job training, support and supervision.

 

Applicants are encouraged to have their application materials completed by May 1 of each year. Volunteers may renew their commitment for additional years and after one year service completion may apply for full-time residential house-parent employment status.

After a one year service completion, Boys Hope Girls Hope provides a year-end stipend, called "Commitment to Service" award of $2,500.

 

For more information please contact Julie Gray at:
847-920-2786.