Volunteer: Clothing Closet & Supply OrganizationOur agency maintains several closets stocked with essential items for children entering foster care. One of these is a spacious room filled with clothing that requires sorting and organization. Another is dedicated to hygiene products and diapers, which needs to be relocated to another floor and arranged properly. Lastly, we have a room with toys and school supplies that also needs to be moved and organized. This project would be an excellent volunteer opportunity for groups of any age. Agency: Brightside Child & Family Advocacy, Inc. Our agency maintains several closets stocked with essential items for children entering foster care. One of these is a spacious room filled with clothing that requires sorting and organization. Another is dedicated to hygiene products and diapers, which needs to be relocated to another floor and arranged properly. Lastly, we have a room with toys and school supplies that also needs to be moved and organized. This project would be an excellent volunteer opportunity for groups of any age. Agency: Brightside Child & Family Advocacy, Inc. Need Type: Volunteer Date: Is Ongoing Zip Code: 31401 Allow Groups: Yes |
Volunteer: Brightside BuddiesOur organization needs flexible volunteers who can sit with children in foster care while DFCS case managers look for placement. This will require a full background screening and short training. It is often last minute when we learn a child will be in the DFCS office during the day. We need a group of volunteers who will be notified by email and text that a child is in need of supervision. The volunteer will then come to the DFCS office and spend time with the child during a time that can be scary for them. Volunteers will not provide counseling or ask questions of the child; they will distract the child with fun activities until a case manager is able to take them to their new foster placement. This volunteer opportunity is best for individuals who are flexible during the day. Agency: Brightside Child & Family Advocacy, Inc. Our organization needs flexible volunteers who can sit with children in foster care while DFCS case managers look for placement. This will require a full background screening and short training. It is often last minute when we learn a child will be in the DFCS office during the day. We need a group of volunteers who will be notified by email and text that a child is in need of supervision. The volunteer will then come to the DFCS office and spend time with the child during a time that can be scary for them. Volunteers will not provide counseling or ask questions of the child; they will distract the child with fun activities until a case manager is able to take them to their new foster placement. This volunteer opportunity is best for individuals who are flexible during the day. Agency: Brightside Child & Family Advocacy, Inc. Need Type: Volunteer Date: Is Ongoing Zip Code: 31401 Allow Groups: No |
Volunteer: Court Appointed Special AdvocatesA CASA volunteer is appointed by a Chatham County Juvenile Court Judge to watch over and advocate for abused and neglected children, to make sure they don’t get lost in the overburdened legal and social service system or languish in an inappropriate group or foster home. They stay with each case until it is closed and the child is placed in a safe, permanent home. For many abused children, their CASA volunteer will be the one constant adult presence. Because children are often unable to provide a voice for themselves during this critical and difficult time of their life, a CASA volunteer makes it possible to be their voice by advocating on their behalf. Savannah CASA is always recruiting volunteers to serve as CASAs Agency: Brightside Child & Family Advocacy, Inc. A CASA volunteer is appointed by a Chatham County Juvenile Court Judge to watch over and advocate for abused and neglected children, to make sure they don’t get lost in the overburdened legal and social service system or languish in an inappropriate group or foster home. They stay with each case until it is closed and the child is placed in a safe, permanent home. For many abused children, their CASA volunteer will be the one constant adult presence. Because children are often unable to provide a voice for themselves during this critical and difficult time of their life, a CASA volunteer makes it possible to be their voice by advocating on their behalf. Savannah CASA is always recruiting volunteers to serve as CASAs Agency: Brightside Child & Family Advocacy, Inc. Need Type: Volunteer Date: Is Ongoing Zip Code: 31401 Allow Groups: No |