Get Involved in StandUp For Kids Volunteer Form!

Description: You will soon find that being a street outreach counselor is dramatically different from anything you've ever done before! National statistics report the number of homeless kids at over 1.5 million. Over 500 thousand are under the age of 15, some as young as nine! As counselors we're going to go the streets and try to reach these kids! We are going to try and try again. We will walk the streets week after week never knowing the "real" number of kids that we are reaching. We may never know, that a few years from now, a youngster was able to leave the streets because of the commitment and work we are doing today. Don't give up, they need us! The single greatest need, for homeless and street kids is our continuous caring and real support. We must convince them that we care, we want them back, and we want to help them get off the streets. All to often we've heard the term "the kids have fallen through the cracks. " I submit that it is more than a crack that a million kids can fall through.

Required Skills: We train all our Outreach Counselors! Counselors must commit to at least 6 months, 2-3 hours per week, to be effective with the kids.

Director of Community Resource Development & Asst. Director of Community Resource Development

Description: The Director of Community Resource Development for STANDUP FOR KIDS will work in cooperation with other members of the leadership team to determine the resource needs of the program. Specific responsibilities include: *Helps sustain local resource contacts that can help homeless and street kids! *Work with community members to ensure our kids have the most recent information on area clinics, shelter, food, and other basic services. *Develop support from sponsors that are of a continuing nature. (Additional info upon request. )

Required Skills: The ideal candidate should be an enthusiastic team player able to work effectively with both leadership and volunteers. Candidate should have: Strong leadership ability, Ability to plan and manage work with minimum direction Superior verbal communication skills. Excellent organizational and planning skills, strong sense of personal integrity, and a sincere desire to help homeless and street kids.

Description : "We are a program that goes to the streets and helps homeless and street kids. We feed, clothe, and counsel them, helping kids get off the streets. Our volunteers are consistently making the difference in the lives of hundreds of homeless and street kids on a weekly basis. "Whatever your skills, or time commitment, we can use your help! STANDUP FOR KIDS has been recognized by the White House on three occasions, the U. S. Justice Department, The Governor's Office for Children, Arizona on two occasions, the Secretary of State for Colorado, American Express, AT&T and USWest, and has been awarded the prestigious JCPenney Golden Rule Award. "We tell homeless and street kids that we care about them and then go to the streets and prove it!"

Required Skills: After receiving our extensive training program, Outreach Counselors go to the streets, for a few hours each week, to help homeless and street kids. We take food, clothes, hygiene products, and information to help the kids that believe no one any longer cares. . We do!

Description: The Director of Adult Training for STANDUP FOR KIDS will work in cooperation with other members of the leadership team to determine the ongoing training needs of the volunteers. Specific responsibilities include: Coordinate and implement monthly training sessions by community agencies and programs such as: CPR, First Aid, Gang Task Force, Alcoholics Anonymous, and Planned Parenthood.

Required Skills: The ideal candidate should be an enthusiastic team player able to work effectively with both leadership and volunteers. Candidate should have: Strong leadership ability. Ability to plan and manage work with minimum direction. Superior verbal communication skills. Excellent organizational and planning skills. Strong sense of personal integrity. Sincere desire to help homeless and street kids

Description: The Director of Fund Development for STANDUP FOR KIDS will work in cooperation with other members of the leadership team to determine the financial needs of the organization. He/she will lead the effort in the identification of appropriate sources of funding and will execute strategies to secure needed funding. Specific responsibilities include: Developing and maintaining a program budget. Help lead the creation of a Fundraising Plan. Execute the Fundraising Plan. Grant writing. Planning and coordinating fundraising events. Maintaining a fundraising database

Required Skills: The ideal candidate should be an enthusiastic team player able to work effectively with both leadership and donors. Candidate should have: Superior verbal and written communication skills. Excellent organizational and planning skills. Strong sense of personal integrity. Sincere desire to help homeless and street kids Time Commitment: At least four hours per week to dedicate to fulfilling leadership duties. At least six months commitment to the organization

Description: The Director of Kid Development for STANDUP FOR KIDS will work in cooperation with other members of the leadership team to help homeless and at-risk youth reach their goals through educational development. Specific responsibilities include: *Help kids get on the right track to obtain a high school diploma or GED *Help kids track down their previous school records *Help kids find the right school for them (public, street, alternative), etc.

Required Skills: The ideal candidate should be an enthusiastic team player able to work effectively with both leadership and volunteers. Candidate should have: Strong leadership ability. Ability to plan and manage work with minimum direction. Superior verbal communication skills. Excellent organizational and planning skills. Strong sense of personal integrity. Sincere desire to help homeless and street kids.

Description: The Director of Marketing for STANDUP FOR KIDS will work in cooperation with other members of the leadership team to determine the marketing, communication and PR needs of the organization. He/she will create and execute a marketing plan to inform and educate the community about STANDUP FOR KIDS. The Assistant Director of Marketing will work under the direction of the Director of Marketing to develop and maintain a strong marketing program. Specific responsibilities of both positions include: Defining marketing goals and strategies. Developing a marketing plan. Creating presentations for various community groups. Writing articles and/or press releases. Creating and maintaining a marketing calendar. Coordinating marketing events. Evaluating marketing effectiveness.

Required Skills: The ideal candidate should be an enthusiastic team player able to work effectively with both leadership and volunteers. Candidate should have: Director of Marketing skills. Strong leadership ability. Ability to plan and manage work with minimum direction. Director of Marketing & Assistant Director of Marketing: Superior verbal and written communication skills. Excellent organizational and planning skills. Strong sense of personal integrity. Sincere desire to help homeless and street kids. Time Commitment: At least four hours per week to dedicate to fulfilling leadership duties. At least six months commitment to the organization

Description: The Director of Outreach for STANDUP FOR KIDS will work in cooperation with other members of the leadership team to determine the outreach needs of the organization. He/she will support and manage qualified and trained outreach volunteers. Specific responsibilities include: Identify location of homeless & street kids. Identify needs of homeless & street kids. Coordinate with Director of Support to ensure enough supplies are available. Ensure outreach supervisors & counselors are qualified & trained. Support counselors. Ensure completion and filing of outreach reports. Ensure counselors are mentally prepared for street outreach. Create standard forms & templates. Manage schedule for phone .

Required Skills: The ideal candidate should be an enthusiastic team player able to work effectively with both leadership and volunteers. Candidate should have: Strong leadership ability. Ability to plan and manage work with minimum direction. Superior verbal communication skills. Excellent organizational and planning skills. Strong sense of personal integrity. Sincere desire to help homeless and street kids

Description: The Director of Volunteers for STANDUP FOR KIDS will work in cooperation with other members of the leadership team to determine the volunteer needs of the organization. He/she will create and execute a plan to recruit, train, and support volunteers. The Assistant Director of Volunteers will work under the direction of the Director of Volunteers to develop and maintain a strong volunteer program. Specific responsibilities of both positions include: Ensuring that all volunteers are approved for the program screening, interviewing, and reference checking all volunteers. Maintaining CONFIDENTIAL files on all volunteers. Ensuring that volunteers are assigned to positions commensurate with their skills and interests, Creating and maintaining a training plan. Coordinating training logistics. Ensuring that appropriate training is undertaken and recorded. Implementing volunteer performance evaluations. Creating and implementing a volunteer recognition program.

Required Skills: The ideal candidates should be an enthusiastic team player able to work effectively with both leadership and volunteers. Candidates should have: Director of Volunteers: Strong leadership ability. Ability to plan and manage work with minimum direction Director of Volunteers & Assistant Director of Volunteers: Superior verbal communication skills. Excellent organizational and planning skills. Strong sense of personal integrity. Sincere desire to help homeless and street kids Time Commitment: At least four hours per week to dedicate to fulfilling leadership duties. At least six months commitment to the organization.

Description: Information will be provided upon request. Please email your resume to our National Director of Program Development: BradB@standupforkidfs.org

Description: We really need your help. We've built 20 programs in the last ten years. We want to build 20 more and your city has been selected. All funds raised for this program will be used in this program! Sure, professional fund raisers would be great, but we can all have a hand in reaching out to homeless and street kids. We can all show them that we care. We really need your help too! Whatever your skills we need your help! Join us in this great time to serve kids that most people have forgotten about! Thank you. . .

Required Skills: Sure, some previous knowledge of raising funds would be great. Really, no skills are necessary. School/college students of all ages have been helping us raise the funds to build new programs.

Description: We need your help with research and preparing of grants. There are funds out there to specifically help homeless kids and youth at risk. We've been walking the streets and helping homeless and street kids for TEN YEARS now! We've been recognized by the White House, US Justice Department, and the Governor's Office for Children in Arizona. We have a program that is committed to homeless and street kids. We need your assistance to help us raise funds to help more kids.

Required Skills: Please come and help us help homeless and street kids. Kids, who for the most part, believe that no one cares. We do! THANKS. . . . . . . . . .

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Description: We are seeking dedicated and talented volunteers to help us tell the story about homeless and street kids on the web! Please visit our site and see what we've done already: http://www.standupforkids.org. We have many ideas and concepts we wish to implement on our site, and we always need new volunteers that can be original in their work on-line! Volunteer and collaborate directly with the Founder and CEO of STANDUP FOR KIDS, Rick Koca. Thank You!

Description: Hats Off For Kids is a national fund development campaign created to raise funds to successfully support the STANDUP FOR KIDS national office, strengthen programs already on-line, and too build additional programs. We are seeking assistance in contacting celebrities of all areas (sports, tv, motion pictures, political, etc. . . ) who are willing to donate hats for this effort. These hats will be auctioned off on the Web and special auctions.

Please help us help more kids! If you can provide any assistance with this national campaign, please contact us!

Description: "We are a program that goes to the streets and helps homeless and street kids. We feed, clothe, and counsel them, helping kids get off the streets. Our volunteers are consistently making the difference in the lives of hundreds of homeless and street kids on a weekly basis. "Whatever your skills or time commitment, we can use your help! STANDUP FOR KIDS has been recognized by the White House on three occasions, the U. S. Justice Department, The Governor's Office for Children, Arizona on two occasions, the Secretary of State for Colorado, American Express, AT&T and USWest, and has been awarded the prestigious JCPenney Golden Rule Award. "We tell homeless and street kids that we care about them and then go to the streets and prove it!" After receiving our extensive training program, Outreach Counselors go to the streets, for a few hours each week, to help homeless and street kids. We take food, clothes, hygiene products, and information to help the kids that believe no one any longer cares. We do!

Required Skills: We're looking for leaders who will help us grow and guide this program! We've been helping kids on the streets for more than Fifteen years. If you possess leadership or management skills, then we're looking for you and for your much needed help!

Description: Be part of a nationally acclaimed volunteer non-profit organization dedicated to the rescue of homeless and street kids! We are now in more than 15 states and the largest national volunteer agency working on the streets with homeless and at-risk youth. As we continue to grow every day, we need talent and experience to help build and maintain additional programs! Prospective candidates will be contacted directly by the Founder and CEO of STANDUP FOR KIDS. Email Rick at: Rickk@standupforkids.org

Required Skills: This position entails 5-8 hours per month. Must travel to the National Headquarters in San Diego, California every quarter (individual expense). Required to assist in raising awareness and funds for the program. In being committed to at-risk youth, posses the needed skills and abilities to contribute to the goals of the national organization. Potential members are asked to serve for 1-3 years with $1,000 annual dues.

Description: Individuals or a group who will provide 20-30 meals once a month. Meals should be foodstuffs that kids can eat on the street. (Small Serving Sizes A Moist Towelette, Napkin & Plastic Ware Packet, One Small (pop top) Beenie Weenie / Spaghetti etc. , Two Juices (small carton w/straw), One Granola Bar, One Small (pop top) Pudding/Fruit Cup, One Small Box of Raisins, One Chocolate Candy Bar, One Package of Chips. )

Required Skills: The bags of food are generally $2 - $3.00. Any number of bags that can be donated is greatly appreciated!

Description: As a national non-profit organization dedicated to the rescue of homeless and street kids, STANDUP FOR KIDS, (an all volunteer organization) is always in need of obtaining clothes, hygiene products, food, and other resources that are in high priority of local programs. WE NEED YOUR HELP IN COLLECTING THESE ITEMS! They are crucial to having a successful and sustainable outreach program. If we do not supply our street kids with these items, where do they get it? PLEASE WE NEED YOUR HELP!

Required Skills: Be understanding and caring to our children living on the streets.