Ongoing shifts
A regular slot with one of our lines of work: La Carpa on Saturdays, the clinic, food delivery, or clothing distribution. Best if you can commit to the same day for a few weeks.
Get Involved · Volunteer
Show up ready.
We train you first.
Then you’ll see exactly what you’re certified for, what to refer, and what’s due — all inside the same system that runs the whole network. Not a service you qualify for. A network you join.
The path
From signing up to serving — three steps, in this order.
01
Sign up.
Tell us your skills and availability. No commitment yet — just what you actually have to offer.
02
Train.
Attend the sessions for the role you want. Every volunteer is paired with a mentor before any shadow shift.
03
Get placed.
You’ll see only what you’re certified for. When a case needs more, the system routes it — not you.
What you’d actually do
Five roles. Each one has a clear time commitment.
01
Sit with a family at the clinic.
Help with intake, translate, prepare paperwork. Sit with someone through a hard morning.
See the clinic →
02
Show up at the carpa.
Set up the tent. Make coffee. Sit with families before and after visits to the MDC.
See La Carpa →
03
Drive a delivery route.
Pack boxes, drive the route, knock on doors. Same 10 families, every week.
See Food Delivery →
04
Sort and hang.
Sort by size and season. Hang. Fold. Get it ready for whoever walks in.
See Clothing →
05
Teach or lead.
English class, workshop, or educational activities with the kids. Adults learn while their kids do activities of their own.
See Education →
Have a skill that doesn’t fit one of those five?
We don’t only look for volunteers for tasks that already exist — we map the capacities already inside the community. Tell us what you can offer, and we’ll find where it fits. Here are some of the skills the network already uses:
Ways to help
Give an afternoon, a season, or a skill. There is a place for you.
Much of our work runs on volunteers, and we welcome help with clerical and administrative tasks as much as work on the front line. How many people we need at once depends on the week and on who is available to guide them.
Projects
Focused work with a start and an end, such as helping with a particular case file, a campaign, a document, or a translation.
One-time events
Trainings, community days, and special collections. Come once, see how we work, and decide if you want to stay.
Most of the families we meet speak Spanish, so fluent Spanish is especially welcome. If you speak another language besides English, we may also ask you to help translate outreach materials and messages to families. Fundraising events and special projects need hands too, and a passion for social and racial justice is the only thing you need to bring.
We can only take on as many volunteers as we can train and supervise well. That is how we protect the families we serve, and it is why we sometimes ask you to wait for the next training.
Tell us what you would like to do below. We will write when something fits.
No account needed
Raise your hand. We’ll take it from there.
Tell us a little about you. Someone from the network will reach out within a few days — a real person, not an autoresponder.
This isn’t an application. It doesn’t create a case file or touch any legal record. It just tells us you’d like to help, and how.
Got it. We’ll be in touch.
Someone from the network will reach out within a few days. If you don’t hear from us, it’s not because we didn’t want you — it’s because we’re slow, and we’re honest about that.
Training sessions
Three sessions. Then you serve.
Add yourself to the calendar to get reminders. Every session is led by someone already doing the work.
Session 01
Orientation
Who we are, how the network runs, what we never ask, and what we always protect. Two hours.
Session 02
Role-specific training
Led by the coordinator of the line you chose. What you’ll see, what you’ll refer, what you’ll never do alone.
Session 03
Shadow shift
You ride along with a mentor before you serve alone. Every role, every time. No exceptions.
What builds your certification
Your level isn’t a title. It’s what you’ve actually completed.
01
Course completion
You finished the sessions for the role you want. Logged, dated, verifiable.
02
Quiz scores
Every role has a short check — not to gate you, but to make sure you’ll never be handed something you weren’t ready for.
03
Hours served
Your hours in the field count toward your certification, and toward your Impact Units.
04
Partner endorsement
A coordinator from the line you served in confirms you’re ready for more. Nothing moves forward without that hand.
Impact Units
Hours that count, on the record.
Verified actions are scored with the PHREVO impact formula and become recognized social contribution. When you’re done, you have a record of what you built — not a certificate nobody checks.
Referral boundaries
You only see what you’re trained for.
Every task is training-gated. When a case needs more than you’re certified for, the system routes it to the right place — not to guesswork, and not to you.
Onboarding takes a few minutes. Training comes before any task.
Ready to put your skills to work? The network will meet you where you are.