Doorways Recent Volunteer Training Class
For some people, the highlight of their month is pay day, date night or Coconut Cream frozen custard day at the Dairy Godmother. For me, the highlight is Doorways’ Volunteer Information Night. I know that sounds farfetched (especially if you’ve ever tasted the Coconut Cream frozen custard at the Dairy Godmother!)–but believe me, it’s true. I can think of nothing better than being surrounded by people who believe in their power to make their community better, safer and more just.
The information session attendees have the same demanding jobs, the same family commitments and the same 24 hours-a-day as the rest of us. But despite all that, they step up and volunteer their precious time to help neighbors they have never even met. It is a great night because I know that for many of them it is just the beginning of a long-term volunteer relationship with Doorways.
They will become the volunteers who answer the hotline at the Safehouse, go grocery shopping for the Family Home and provide childcare for the kids while their parents attend important meetings at the shelters. These potential volunteers know that the fight against family homelessness and intimate partner violence can’t wait until their job slows down or their kids grow up. They know we have to start today. Won’t you join us?
Doorways’ Volunteer Information Session is the first Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm. If you would like to join me, please RSVP sschonenberger@doorwaysva.org or 703-522-8858 x 33.
~Simone Schonenberger, Volunteer and Intern Coordinator
Tags: Doorways, Education, Volunteers
Caroline Jones
Even better than Dairy Godmother? WOW!