American YouthWorks welcomes volunteers or mentors who can share their skills and talents with our students. In addition to working with students on an academic subject, speaking with our young people about your work experience is a great way to expose them to a variety of career options. Your presence and insight into the professional world can make an important difference in helping them select a future career.

Volunteer Opportunities:

• Become a mentor (Must commit a certain number of hours per month). Click here for more details.
• Provide a “job shadowing” experience for a youth
• Tutor and help prepare students for testing (Must commit a certain number of hours per month)
• Offer an internship
• Speak in a class about your career or area of expertise
• Help out with a special event (Help Clifford Help Kids, Graduation, etc.)
• Provide a workshop for students or teachers
• Assist with administrative tasks
• Translate newsletters, flyers, and other materials into Spanish as needed
• Provide Spanish/English conversation with students learning English
• Help with technical/computer support for staff
• Assist with a service learning project

Corporate Opportunities

Your company and your employees can make a contribution to American YouthWorks both financially and through volunteer work. Together you can:

• Make a donation to support our programs and services
• Adopt a class and work with our students as tutors
• Complete necessary maintenance at one of our campuses or worksites during a weekend
• Sponsor and volunteer with a Casa Verde or Environmental Corps crew at their work site

If we do not have an existing volunteer opportunity that suits your company’s needs or capabilities, we may be able to work with you to create a program that will be a positive experience for your employees and our students.

To Apply

All volunteers must pass a background check before they are able to work with our students. Click on the links below to download and print the required Volunteer Application and Background Check forms.  Email the completed forms to Melissa Miller at mmiller@americanyouthworks.org.

AYW Volunteer Application 2010 (pdf)
Volunteer Consent for Background Check 2010 (pdf)
AYW Volunteer Application 2010 (Word doc)
Volunteer Consent for Background Check 2010 (Word doc)

To learn more about mentoring opportunities with AYW,  please email Louise Liller at lliller@americanyouthworks.org or click here for more info.