Volunteer - Inside/Out Youth Services

Interns at Inside/Out Youth Services get involved in our direct services, from program development to implementation and evaluation. We will customize internships to benefit your need for experience with our mission’s need for help.

Volunteer Facilitators

We are seeking supportive, outgoing individuals to supervise and facilitate our youth programming hours at both our downtown location and our satellite library program in northern Colorado Springs and Falcon. Youth hours occur Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday beginning at 3:00 pm and ending at 7:15 pm (7:30pm on Fridays). Programming during these hours includes unstructured free time (Drop In hours), as well as structured programming hours and recreation night. For detailed descriptions of these program hours, browse our calendar.

Communication Specialist Intern – Fall 2018

Inside/Out Youth Services is seeking an intern to manage our communications needs, including weekly emails to volunteers, donor communications, event promotions, and curation of our social media. Students entering a Spring 2018 semester at a local college, with versatile tech skills and experience, would be well-suited to this task.

Event Assistance

Help us host and organize events for youth and Inside/Out fundraising events throughout the year! Volunteers can be involved in every aspect of events from planning committee to marketing to being present at the event. Whether you love to throw parties and you know everyone who’s anyone, or you enjoy quietly helping out from behind the scenes, we will always have a role for you to play.

Volunteer/Intern Application 2018

Thank you for your interest in volunteering for Inside/Out Youth Services. Please review and complete this application and return it to tracey@insideoutys.org or mail to 223 N Wahsatch Ave. Colorado Springs, CO 80903. You may reach the office at (719) 328-1056.

Volunteer Application

Inside Out Youth Services

www.insideoutys.org

Please note as youth service providers, we are legally obligated to report certain crimes against children

(people under 18) as mandatory reporters. We also require all volunteers to have a criminal background

history report clear of any felony, child abuse, or unlawful sexual offense.

Today’s Date: ________________________

Name: __________________________________________________________DOB: __________________________________

Address: _________________________________________________________________________________________________

Phone(s): ___________________________________Email: ________________________________________________

Best way to contact you phone/email? Please circle one.

Occupation/Duties: ________________________________________________________________________________________

Employer & Address: ______________________________________________________________________________________

Please answer the following questions on a separate piece of paper:

1.Why are you interested in volunteering for Inside/Out Youth Services? (i.e. facilitating youth groups, board participation,

administrative assistance, outreach or recreation supervision?)

2.How did you hear about volunteering for Inside/Out Youth Services?

3.List any of your skills, abilities, areas of interest that could benefit the Inside/Out program.

4.How has your life been touched by issues relating to sexual orientation or gender identity?

5.Have you been or are you now, involved with a “coming out” process of any kind (yourself or others)?

6.Will you be able to fulfill the commitments of the program – attend the volunteer 4-hour training, monthly facilitator

meeting, and one to three days of facilitation per month preferably on the same day and shift?

Yes ________No__________

7.Please list any current or past volunteer experience:

Please list two (2) references you have know for at least one year, not related to you and not your partner.

NamePhoneRelationship

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Emergency Contact/Notification

__________________________________________________________________________________________

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

1.Background checks are required and cost $20 annually, which you pay.

2.Volunteer time slots for working with youth are typically as follows:

Monday: 3:00 – 5:00 and 5:00 to 7:15 – drop-in/life skills

Tuesday: 3:00 – 6:00 – drop in 6:00 to 7:30 – TransFormation Support Group (closed group)

Wednesday: 3:00 – 5:00 and 5:00 to 7:15 – community dinner/activities

Friday: 3:00 – 5:00 and 5:00 to 7:30 –drop-in/projects/games/special speakers/Glitter Wars

PLUS: Satellite Location Programs

PLUS: Special activities noted below

My preferred volunteer shifts: _______________________________________________________________________________

Additional Youth Activities Include:

●Lock-In Sleepovers

●Hiking

●Queer Prom

●Gay Day at Elitches

●Quarterly work days to improve the space

●Camping Trip

●Denver LGBTQ Lobby Day

●Conferences

●Youth Leadership Team

●BBQ’s, Picnics, Other events happening

around the city/area

Other Volunteer Needs:

●Website support

●Data entry/grant management

●Office support

●Sponsorship solicitations

●AllyUp Breakfast Event

●Table Captain for AllyUp

●When We Knew Everything Event

●Safe@School Coalition

●Maintenance/Repair/Cleaning

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