Volunteer Opportunities
Current Volunteer Opportunities
Who do we need?
We need you! We need people who enjoy meeting people from other cultures; who want to help refugees adapt to life in Utah and who have time to spend with a refugee family/individual.
What do we need?
Household items
New Quilts
School Supplies
Monetary gifts and gift cards are also appreciated
Send Your Donations to:
Refugee Services Office
Attn: Gerald Brown
140 East 300 South
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
Become a Certified Refugee Volunteer
The comprehensive volunteer training we provide is geared towards helping you understand all facets of refugee resettlement. When you finish the training, you should have an in-depth understanding of how the programs and services, designed to assist refugees, work together. Equipped with this knowledge, you will be in the best position possible to assist refugee families.
Contact Information:
Amy Wylie, Volunteer Coordinator, awylie@utah.gov
Online Refugee Mentor Training
http://refugeetraining.utah.gov
International Rescue Committee
Phone: (801) 328-1091
Address: 231 East 400 South, Suite 50 Salt Lake City
Catholic Community Services (CCS)
Phone: (801) 977-9119
745 East 300 South, Salt Lake City, Utah 84102
Asian Association of Utah (AAU)
Refugee Employment & Community Center (AAU)
Gayane Manukyan, Volunteer Coordinator, 801-412-0577, ext. 227, GayaneM@aau-slc.org.
If you are 18 years of age or older and have a few hours per week to share please consider becoming a volunteer mentor with Asian Association of Utah. A mentor is someone who guides, encourages, motivates, teaches, and inspires. Volunteer Mentors assist refugees or refugee families with a variety of activities.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Utah, 801-313-0303
151 East 5600 South, Suite 200
Salt Lake City, UT 84107
http://www.bbbsu.org/
Big Brothers Big Sisters helps children reach their potential through professionally supported, one-to-one relationships.
Boys and Girls Clubs
English Skills Learning Center
631 West North Temple, Suite 70
Salt Lake City, Utah 84116
The English Skills Learning Center provides free individualized English instruction to adult refugees and immigrants with limited language skills. Catherine Barnhart, Executive Director, 328-5608
Utah Federation for Youth, Inc., 801-468-0699
Salt Lake Community College, P.O. Box 30808, Mail Stop UFY, Salt Lake City, UT 84130-0808
http://www.ufyi.org
Promotes safe, healthy communities through the prevention of substance abuse and violence. Project Guuleysi helps refugee
and immigrant youth acclimate to new culture through programming, life skill classes, and prevention.
Because He First Loved Us Ministry
Discovery Christian Community Church
5929 South 900 East, Murray, Utah 84121
Danielle Griffin Alcala, 801-979-7707, becausehefirstlovedus777@gmail.com
Tutoring and homework help for refugee kids and parents.