Volunteer

Giving of your time and experience may be the best way to support community members in need.

Ways You Can Volunteer

By volunteering with Denver Human Services or one of our many community partners, you can help everyone in Denver be connected, supported, safe, and well.

Volunteer with Denver Human Services

We're always in need of volunteers to help with our annual #BeAGiver seasonal drives. Opportunities are available during the drives (listed below):

  • Spring Showers Hygiene Drive (May)
  • School Supply Drive (July-August)
  • Holiday Gift Drive (November-December)

Volunteer in the Community

If you’d like to be connected to community agencies in need of volunteer support, simply call the Mile High United Way’s 2-1-1 Help Center. Once you dial 2-1-1, you’ll be connected to a community resource expert, who will ask about your skills, experience, and interests and help you identify a volunteer opportunity.

You can also search online listings of open volunteer positions throughout the Denver Metro area by visiting Spark the Change Colorado, our local volunteer center. Spark the Change Colorado offers volunteer matching, training, and advocacy services. 

 

Become a Parent Advocate through DPALS

If you have personal experience navigating the child welfare system, then consider volunteering as a partner through Denver Parent Advocates Lending Support (DPALS). Parent partners have put in the work to change their lives and strengthen their families. Drawing on that experience, they volunteer to provide support, encouragement, navigation assistance, and more to parents who are new to the child welfare system.

Interested in becoming a parent advocate? Email DPALS@denvergov.org

 

 

Support Youth in Foster Care

Raise the Future (formerly the Adoption Exchange) connects youth waiting in foster care with the adults who will become stable forces in their lives. They offer volunteer opportunities throughout the year.

Learn more by visiting the Raise the Future website at the link below:

Raise the Future Volunteer Opportunities

You May Also Find Helpful

Our GIVE Center leverages contributions, volunteers, and community partnerships to provide essential services to Denver residents in need.

 

Denver Parent Advocates Lending Support (DPALS) connects parents involved with child welfare with parent partners for support and advocacy.

 

Check out volunteer opportunities throughout metro Denver at Spark the Change Colorado.

 

Keep your eye on volunteer opportunities, including our Project Homeless Connect in November, coordinated by our partners at Mile High United Way. 

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