CERTIFICATION
Volunteers can help victims of domestic violence and sexual assault in numerous ways:
- Provide peer support, information,
referral and advocacy for residents and their children.
- Support a resident in completing task,
such as making appointments, locating housing etc.
- Participate in house maintenance
(assisting clients in general house clean-up, cooking, and
other needed household tasks)
- Show our residents how to play, relax,
and pamper themselves.
- Have fun growing as an individual
and helping to empower others.
- Listen.
- Interact with the children through
play, games, crafts and reading stories etc.
- Participate in the children’s
support groups.
- Help mothers to gain & implement
parenting skills; parent mentoring.
- Coordinate with Children’s Program
to plan organized games, groups, and new programs.
- Be nurturing and caring to both the
moms and the kids.
- Laugh, play and giggle with the kids
at every possible opportunity.
- Take families on special outings,
host parties, participate in community outreach event
For more information about becoming a OSI volunteer, Contact Us.