Looking for another way to get involved and support DCFYI? Here are some ways you can help:
Program Events
Plan and host a program event. Let your creative juices flow as you plan an activity that teens and adults will love (fyi, we can be very competitive so anything game-like would be a hit with us). Doing an event is a great way to meet some of the DCFYI teens and volunteers and see how the program works. Invite some friends to help you and that means more adults who will get to meet the DCFYI teens!
Photographer
Volunteer to photograph one (or more) DCFYI event. We use event photographs to document our activities and to create the photo albums we give every teen at the spring birthday party. Teens love the photos albums. We love when the photos are professional quality.
Host a Small Event
We hold many small events (games, crafts, cooking) for teens and adults (usually around 10 people total). Small events are opportunities for adults and teens to get to know each other in a smaller setting than the typical DCFYI event. Most small events are held in someone's home or other setting an individual makes available to us. Do you have space and would you host a small event for us?
One example: a "Pamper Party" - an opportunity for some teens and adults to learn about skin care and entrepreneurship and have some fun. The host would provide space in their home (dining room table maybe) for the activity and also provide refreshments.
Blogging
Interested in writing for the DCFYI blog? We'd like to have different voices - those who are volunteering or thinking about volunteering with us, adoptive parents of teens, former foster youth.
Community Service
We'd like to have a list of community service opportunities. These could be things that adults and youth could do together or that youth could do on their own. We believe it's important for all of us to give back. In addition, many teens need community service hours for school. There are so many ways and places one can volunteer; we're hoping a volunteer will help us maintain a listing of opportunities so we can share it with the DCFYI community.
DCFYI Committees
We're looking for individuals to join Board committees; this is a great way to have a role in making DCFYI a better, stronger organization. Board committees that have room for non-Board members: board governance, communications, fundraising, and programs.
Help with a Fundraising Event
Time limited volunteer role and critical to DCFYI's continued existence - join the committee for one of our fundraising events. We promise not a lot of committee meetings, just some hard work and feeling of accomplishment at the end of a successful evening!
If you're interested in any of these opportunities or would like to learn more, please contact us. And thank you!