Volunteer

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)

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. 

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. 

CHOICE is a mentoring program that helps foster youth build permanent connections with adults and families outside the traditional adoption process. The program, which is offered by The Adoption Exchange in partnership with Colorado Department of Human Services, focuses on helping foster youth age 12 to 18 as they transition into adulthood.