Volunteer
Powerful way to support youth
Contributing your time is a powerful way to support youth and teens in your community. Just a few hours a week can have a tremendous impact on a young person’s life. Our volunteers beautify our Clubs, support our programs, and inspire young people to reach their full potentials. We offer a variety of opportunities for adults to work directly with youth as homework helpers and tutors, Reading Buddies, and program activity assistants.
There are many ways to get involved at every level of our organization. We’re flexible, and we will strive to match you with an opportunity that fits your skills, interests and availability.
Volunteer Hours
Depending on location, our Clubs are open 2:30 pm to 6:30 pm (Monday – Friday) during the school year and 9:00 am to 6:30 pm (Monday – Friday) during the summer. All individual volunteer opportunities listed below are available within those hours.
Requirements
To volunteer directly with youth and teens, you MUST:
- Be at least 18 years old
- Commit to a regular schedule of at least 1 day per week for a minimum of 10 weeks
These commitments are crucial. We need volunteers who’ll be with us for at least 10 weeks, so our Club members can gain the stability and familiarity that’s needed to make an impact on a young person’s life. (We currently do not offer “drop-in” volunteer opportunities in our Clubs.)
If you can commit to this, then we’d love to have you on our volunteer team!
Process
Step 1: Check out our available volunteer opportunities.
Step 2: Submit a volunteer application online or in person at one of our Clubs.
Step 3: Submit a background check. The safety of our Club Members is our top priority, so all volunteers are required to submit a background check (criminal history and sex offender registry) with a $12 fee before being approved. Please complete the Volunteer Application to receive a link to our background check form.
Step 4: Get matched. Once approved, our Volunteer Coordinator will connect you with your preferred site’s Youth and Family Supports Coordinator, who will lead you through the orientation process. Volunteers are usually approved in 1-2 weeks, depending on their background check and the orientation schedule.
Get Started
Individual Volunteers
We’re looking for individual volunteers who are at least 18 years old to make an ongoing commitment to help in a Club at least one day each week for at least 10 weeks.
Homework Help
Power Hour, our after-school homework help program for 1st through 5th graders, is always in need of positive and supportive volunteers to help Members with their homework. For those Members who need more personalized assistance, we provide one-on-one tutoring.
Reading Buddies (Our Kids Read)
Our partnership with Our Kids Read allows us to pair a Reading Buddy with each of our Club Members in grades 1 to 3. Each adult Reading Buddy reads virtually with a Club Kid, helping them gain extra reading practice, so they can stay on-track with grade-level reading proficiency by the end of 3rd grade. This is foundational to being ready for graduation and successfully pursuing a post-secondary pathway beyond high school.
Lemonade Day
Lemonade Day helps youth learn entrepreneurship, business and money management skills. You can support the 8-week program as a curriculum teacher or team coach, or you help on competition day by setting up and tearing down lemonade stands, delivering lunches or judging the competition.
Club Café
We provide nutritious meals and snacks each day at no cost to our Club Members, providing an essential need and help youth develop lifelong healthy habits. We’re looking for volunteers to help serve meals, count the youth served, and assist with cafe clean up.
Clothing Closet & Food Pantry
Our Inukai Family Club in Hillsboro features a robust program to provide the families we serve with the wraparound supports they need. We’re looking for volunteers to run our Clothing Closet and Food Pantry twice each week and track the number of families served.
Mission Support
As a mission support volunteer, you’ll commit to weekly times to help empower Club Members in various programming areas, including STEAM, sports, game room, and other areas.
Team Opportunities
We love to host corporate, school, and community groups! Learn about our current team opportunities, and submit an application for your group today.
Day in the Club
Your team can help broaden our Club Members’ horizons! We can help you facilitate a project in the Art Room, get active with a field day in the Gym, coordinate a tournament in the Game Room, or help us provide another special activity.
When: Weekdays between 2:30pm and 6:30pm (school year)
Group Size: 5 to 20 people
Club Beautification
Take on a project to ensure that our Clubhouses are clean and inviting to all! Opportunities at each site might include: painting walls, decorating classrooms, updating bulletin boards, cleaning high-traffic areas, fixing equipment, landscaping, and so much more.
When: Weekdays between 9:00am and 2:30pm, limited weekends
Group Size: 5 to 30 people
Community Events
Our Clubs host monthly events to strengthen our connections with families and celebrate the successes of our Members. Help us make these events a success by volunteering to set up and clean up, welcome guests, serve meals, facilitate activities, and coordinate giveaways. Check out our Events Calendar below to find an opportunity near you!
When: Weekdays between 4:00pm and 7:30pm, limited weekends
Group Size: 5 to 20 people
School Supplies
Support BGCP through Schoolhouse Supplies, a nonprofit that gives students and teachers free classroom supplies. When your team visits their Free Store for Teachers to sort and tally donated supplies, our Clubs earn vouchers to shop for new materials for programs, activities, decorations, and prizes for our Members!
When: Tuesdays or Thursdays; 3-hour shift between 2:00pm and 6:00pm
Group Size: 5 to 15 people
