Wedgwood: The Home Based Services program serves boys and girls 7-15 years of age who have not yet been involved with the juvenile justice system; however they have come into contact with Network 180. Wedgwood seeks mentors who can be a positive role model and teach good behavior in order to prevent any possible future interaction with the juvenile justice system. Mentors must be at least 18 years of age and have own transportation. Mentors must undergo a DHS and criminal history background check and complete a certain amount of hours of training provided by Wedgwood. Mentors should also fill out an application and will then be hired by Wedgwood. Depending on the time length required and services being offered to each youth in the Home Based Services Program, a mentor should make a commitment to meet with the mentee for at least 1 hour a week for the duration of 6 months to 1 year.

Web Site: www.wedgwood.org

We need volunteers who are free at these times: Evenings, Weekdays, Monthly, Weekends

This volunteer opportunity is available to the following types of volunteers: Young Adults (18-25), Adults (26-54), Adults (55+), Individual, Interns, Women's Leadership Council Member

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KIDS HOPE USA is the nation's leading provider of well-trained, faith-inspired mentors for at-risk children in public schools. KIDS HOPE USA helps churches establish programs for members to build caring one-on-one relationships with area elementary school-age children...one child, one hour, one church, one school.

KIDS HOPE USA is a church-based mentoring model that equips a local church to build a caring relationship with its neighborhood public elementary school by providing faithful mentors and behind-the-scenes prayer partners. KIDS HOPE USA teaches affiliate churches how to recruit, screen, train, supervise, and evaluate their own members for ongoing one-on-one relationships with children the school identifies as at-risk. Mentors and students meet every week at the school for one hour. We focus on elementary school-age children because these are the critical, formative years for self-esteem, values, and academic skill development.  

Web Site: http://www.kidshopeusa.org

We need volunteers who are free at these times: Evenings, Weekdays

This volunteer opportunity is available to the following types of volunteers: Adolescents (13-17), Young Adults (18-25), Adults (26-54), Adults (55+), Individual, Women's Leadership Council Member

Interested in this opportunity? Click Here to Apply

Junior Achievement is a non-profit organization that provides economic education programs for K-12 students. A key component is the volunteer portion of JA programs. All classes are conducted by a volunteer coming from either the business community, parent, or college student. 

Make a difference! Junior Achievement volunteers "teach" in the classroom for eight lessons at middle schools and five lessons at elementary schools following a one-time training where all materials needed are provided. The commitment is once a week for less than an hour and the rewards are irreplaceable! JA recruits volunteers from corportations, business owners, college students, parents, grandparents, retirees and many other sources.

We have classroom openings in GRPS and Christian schools including many outlying areas such as Hopkins, Saranac, Belding, Sparta, Hudsonville and more. Over 500 classrooms need a volunteer for the upcoming semester running anywhere from mid-January to mid-May. YOU ARE QUALIFIED! We will provide a one-time training for you along with providing all the materials needed to "teach" the class. Please consider being a positive role model to students in your community.

Web Site: www.westmichigan.ja.org

We need volunteers who are free at these times: Weekdays

This volunteer opportunity is available to the following types of volunteers: Young Adults (18-25), Adults (26-54), Adults (55+), Individual, Women's Leadership Council Member

Mars-Bros invests deeply in adolescent males through academic, social and moral empowerment, so they develop a mindset to serve God and their community to their fullest potential.Volunteers, who participate in the Mars-Bros program, receive ongoing training and support through the Mars-Bros Coordinator. Individuals interested in mentoring undergo a background check and will have an interview through Mars-Bros.

Web Site: www.marsbros.org

We need volunteers who are free at these times: Evenings, Weekdays, Monthly, Weekends

This volunteer opportunity is available to the following types of volunteers: Young Adults (18-25), Adults (26-54), Individual Adults (55+)

Big Brothers Big Sisters: Volunteers, high school age and older, are matched to children 5-17 in either the community based program where contact is 2-3 hours a week or in a school based program where contact is less than an hour a week and on school grounds. Service areas include Kent and Eastern Ottawa County. Interested mentors must be at least 18 years of age and graduated from high school; unless mentoring for the school based program, but must have own transportation. Mentors must fill out an application then a BBBS social worker does a home visit with all potential mentors, and goes over a training manual. Mentors must be willing to make a one year commitment and 2-3 hours per week of interaction with the mentee as well as once a month contact with the mentee's family.

Web Site: www.dablodgett.org

We need volunteers who are free at these times: Evenings, Weekdays, Monthly, Weekends

This volunteer opportunity is available to the following types of volunteers: Adolescents (13-17), Young Adults (18-25), Adults (26-54), Adults (55+), Individual, Women's Leadership Council Member