First Call for Help
Purpose: Providing telephone crisis intervention, supportive listening, and community resource information.
Opportunities: Volunteers, 4-hr shifts, flexible schedule, once a week or more, 30 hour training program, 1 year commitment or 200 hours. To learn more visit http://www.smhca.org/
Contact: Levi Van Dyke, (509) 838-4651 ext 2123
L’Arche Spokane
Purpose: Creating a welcoming living community for individuals with developmental disabilities to stay involved in society.
Opportunities: Volunteers in three homes as well as the office. To learn more visit http://larcheofspokane.org/
Contact: (509)483-0438, info@larcheofspokane.org
Our Place Community Ministries
Purpose: Promoting Healthy Community through food assistance, clothing, hygiene, and laundry services
Opportunities: Seeks volunteers. To learn more visit http://www.ourplacespokane.org/
Contact: (509)326-7267, ourplace@cet.com
Free Rein Therapeutic Riding
Purpose: Enhances the physical, mental and emotional well-being of individuals with disabilities through equine activities.
Opportunities: Therapeutic Riding Program, Tuesday evenings, Friday and Saturday, 1.5 to 2 hrs per week, 8 sessions. To learn more visit http://www.freereinspokane.org/
Contact:
Freereinvolunteer@hotmail.com, (509)979-1468, Stephanie
Transitions
Purpose: Sponsors and initiates programs which, in faithfulness to the mission of Jesus, foster personal growth and wholeness of women and children in need.
Opportunities:
Miryam’s House (maintenance and relief staff volunteers)
Women’s Health (general, reception, tech, and group facilitator volunteers)
Transition Living Center (community classes, maintenance volunteers)
EduCare (spending time with kids, assisting in the classroom)
To learn more visit http://www.help4women.org/
Contact: Susan Tyler-Babkirk, (509)455-4249, stylerbabkirk@help4women.org
Spokane Parks and Recreation
Purpose: Youth, Community, Recreation, and Fitness
Opportunities: Therapeutic Recreational Services; Ski Program. To learn more visit http://spokaneparks.org/
Contact: Alice Busch, (509) 625-6245
The Hutton Settlement Children’s Home
Purpose: Hutton provides a loving and stable home environment while maintaining a belief and practice in traditional values.
Opportunities: 1 hr per week throughout the semester. To learn more visit http://www.huttonsettlement.org/
Contact: Michael Butler, Administrator, (509)838-2789
KDP
Purpose: Education
Opportunities: Literacy Tutoring Program, Saturdays 10:00 – 11:30am.
Contact:
Chris Reiber, Director, Reiber@gonzaga.edu
Megan Maki, mmaki@gonzaga.edu
Brittany Poff, bpoff@gonzaga.edu
YMCA of the Inland Northwest
Purpose: Teen Programs, Health and Wellness, Youth Fitness
Opportunities: Volunteer for one of the YMCA programs. To learn more visit http://www.ymcaspokane.org/
Contact:
Laura Eckardt (Youth Fitness), leckardt@ymcaspokane.org, (509)777-9622 ext 446
Christine Brischle (Teen Programs), cbrischle@ymcaspokane.org, ext 415
Keats McGonigal (Health and Wellness), kmcgonigal@ymcaspokane.org, ext 412
Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane
Purpose: To build foundations for a just and nonviolent world through community organizing and advocacy for peace, economic justice, and human rights.
Opportunities: The Peace and Justice Action League recruits interns with a strong commitment to social justice to assist with campaign organizing, administration, and other duties. To learn more visit http://www.pjals.net/
Contact: pjals@pjals.net