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VOLUNTEER WORK DESCRIPTIONS
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Family Education Tutors teach English as a Second Language (ESL), Citizenship, and GED classes. Tutors can also help in classes to provide more personalized attention to each student or work one-on-one with students outside the classroom setting. Catholic Charities will provide training or refer volunteers to off-site ESL and/or Basic Literacy training.
Childcare Services Providers assist Catholic Charities staff in the childcare center. Tasks include nurturing the children and creating a safe and comforting environment.
Office Aides maintain general office up-keep. Some tasks may include working on mailings, filing, copying, sorting donations, and greeting clients. Hours and times are flexible.
Pickup and Delivery Volunteers pick up and deliver donations, supplies, and other items for our clients.
Immigration Interns and Volunteers greet clients in the lobby, manage office up-keep, and take photos of clients. Bilingual (English/Spanish) capability is a plus.
Immigration Translators translate individual case documents from Spanish to English and English to Spanish. Volunteers must have bilingual written skills and computer literacy.
Refugee Case Manager Aides shadow and assist case managers during their daily activities. Some tasks would include driving clients to appointments, distributing donations, and greeting refugee families at the airport.
Donations Drivers pick-up and distribute donations to all of our clients. Catholic Charities will provide transportation.
Family Partnership Volunteers are volunteer families, school groups, and parish partners who are paired with an incoming refugee family. These volunteers will meet the refugees at the airport as a welcoming committee, set-up their apartment, host their first meal, and then acclimate the refugees into Albuquerque society. Volunteers work closely with the case manager of each refugee family, and are required to come to a monthly meeting.
Refugee Set-up Volunteers help to prepare apartments for incoming refugees.
Proyecto La Luz Case Manager Volunteers and Interns shadow and assist case managers. Some tasks may include client intakes, filing, distribution of donations to clients, and home visits.
Transportation Volunteers drive the elderly to doctor's appointments, the bank, or the grocery store. Catholic Charities receives over 40 requests a week from seniors who need assistance, and the only way Catholic Charities can accommodate them all is with help from volunteers. Volunteers can request the days, times, as well as the areas in which they would like to drive.
Friendly Visit Volunteers visit an elderly person at their home. Spending time with a home-bound elderly can really brighten up their day. Volunteers can request the days, times, as well as the areas in which they would like to visit.
Faith in Action Volunteers, working through different parishes around Albuquerque, visit the elderly. To find out if your parish is involved, or to get involved, please call 247-9521 extension 122.
Telephone Assurance Volunteers are matched up with clients who would like some social interaction over the telephone. The volunteer provids the phone call that can help to break up the client's long day. This costs a Volunteer nothing but their time and is a great way to volunteer right from your home.
Additional Opportunities
By contacting the Community Response office, special projects can be arranged for any individual, youth groups, church or parish, school group, or anyone else interesting in serving our community. Community Response is also willing to arrange one day projects for any groups or individuals. Volunteers are especially needed for the special projects during the holiday season. Please contact us before Thanksgiving and Christmas to get involved and to help our neighbors.