It is a gift that is impossible to quantify. Volunteers provide services that aid every aspect of our organization’s work — from administrative support functions to assisting with grief sessions and events, to maintenance, to learning how to become support group facilitators and actually working with our members. It is an amazing effort and we are deeply grateful for it.
The services our volunteers provide are invaluable.
A core of about 100 volunteers contributes more than 10,000 hours annually.
Direct Services:
- Peer Group Facilitation
- Please Note: This volunteer position is typically open once a year.
- Requires a background check.
- Spanish Speakers are needed.
- 8 hour training will be provided upon commitment and continuing education will be required annually.
- One year commitment required.
- Opportunities online and in-person
- Kids Who Care Program
- please note: requires a background check.
- Works with kids 5-12 in-person
- Potential for working with teens ages 13-17 as needed.
- One year commitment required.
- Student Intern
- Please note: we may not be accepting interns at time of submission, please call our Internship Manager for more info at 512-467-2600
Indirect Services
- Special events (Planning, organizing, and coordinating events. The time and commitment/location will depend on the event)
- If you are interested in collaborating with other paid and volunteer staff members of the Christi Center to plan and implement events that assist its members, this committee is for you. Events include Heart Connections, the Remembrance Service, and other activities that contribute to the giving and caring culture of the Christi Center.
- Skills needed:
- Skills to plan events
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to collaborate
- Ability to solve problems and make quick changes
- Being creative on a budget
- Networking
- Providing or serving meals to Kids and/or snacks to Teen Group
- Outreach (work in person or virtually to help address remembrance cards, sending thank you notes to donors, and other outreach tasks).
- Board Member
- Leadership within an organization is critical to its success. Without a solid leadership foundation, organizations struggle to serve their members effectively. At the Christi Center, a core value is that no one should have to grieve alone. Serving on the Board of Directors carries the responsibility of making decisions that impact on the lives of
individuals experiencing the loss of a child, a family member, or a friend. It requires a strong commitment to guide, influence, and lead an organization like the Christi Center. Ensuring a positive outcome from all its decisions demands effective leadership. - Skills needed:
- Â Organizational and management experience
- Understand finances
- Ability to work with a diverse group of individuals
- Communication and collaboration skills
- Be able to solve conflicts and problems
- Long term vision
- Donor relationships
- Ability to participate in and execute the business of the Christi Center
- Planning skills in conjunction with the strategic plan
- Understand fiduciary responsibilities
- Communication
- Teamwork
- Leadership within an organization is critical to its success. Without a solid leadership foundation, organizations struggle to serve their members effectively. At the Christi Center, a core value is that no one should have to grieve alone. Serving on the Board of Directors carries the responsibility of making decisions that impact on the lives of
- Communications and Marketing (3 to 7 members– ongoing)
- If you like to help “get the word out” about events and have marketing and communication skills, this is the committee for you. Developing communications and marketing plans, while ensuring a cohesive and uniform message for the Christi Center, will help the community continue to recognize the Christi Center as the place where no one has to grieve alone
- Skills needed:
- Understand how to work with and connect to social media
- Understand the principles of marketing
- Know the community and how to reach specific groups and individuals
- Ability to develop content for printed and digital mediums
- Ability to develop targeted marketing pieces to specific groups
- Ability to develop fundraising marketing pieces
- Develop and maintain donor relationships
- Development and Fundraising (3 to 7 members– ongoing)
- If you enjoy encouraging people to contribute to and participate in a wonderful philanthropic cause that helps individuals through their grief journey, this committee is for you. Working alongside paid staff, the treasurer, and finance committees, thiscommittee oversees the fiscal health of the Christi Center.
- Skills needed:
- Ability to develop and execute a development and fundraising plan
- Community knowledge so a specific list of potential development partners with foundations and corporations can be developed
- Understand how to explore grant opportunities and vet potential grantors
- Writing and reviewing grant applications
- Ability to develop relationships
- Strong communication skills
- Understanding the process for ensuring the Christi Center’s fiscal health
- Creativity
- Teamwork
- Networking
- Finance (3 to 7 members-– ongoing)
- As with any organization, the Christi Center must maintain its fiscal health. Without it, the Center would be unable to assist members in their grief journeys. This committee collaborates with the Treasurer and the Development Committee to oversee expenditures and ensure due diligence in all financial matters. Previous experience as a
CPA, CFO, or in a financial role is required. - Skills needed:
- Budgeting and forecasting
- Financial analysis
- Accounting principles
- Ability to review financial activity
- Understanding of internal controls
- Reporting to the BOD
- Communication
- Understanding the process for ensuring the Christi Center’s fiscal health
- As with any organization, the Christi Center must maintain its fiscal health. Without it, the Center would be unable to assist members in their grief journeys. This committee collaborates with the Treasurer and the Development Committee to oversee expenditures and ensure due diligence in all financial matters. Previous experience as a
- Governance (3 to 7 members – ongoing)
- Although it is difficult to link governance to assisting members through their grief journey, it is important to remember that without governance, the paid staff, board members, and committees would lack needed governance guidance. Through the governance process, this committee helps to move the Christi Center toward ensuring that no one has to
grieve alone.
Skills needed: - Attention to detail
- Collaboration skills
- Organizational abilities
- Ability to research information
- Ability to develop or edit written materials
- Understanding of procedures
- Although it is difficult to link governance to assisting members through their grief journey, it is important to remember that without governance, the paid staff, board members, and committees would lack needed governance guidance. Through the governance process, this committee helps to move the Christi Center toward ensuring that no one has to
- Nominations and Elections (3 to 7 members – ongoing)
- The nominations committee has the ability to recruit board and committee members to assist the Christi Center with its governance, fiduciary responsibilities, and its capacity to serve hundreds of families each year. Without volunteers, the Christi Center would be unable to help families in this community avoid grieving alone.
- Skills needed:
- Understanding of the methods to recruit volunteers
- Understands the skills that are needed on the BOD
- Knowledge about the interview process
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to critically evaluate individuals
- Working with the BOD to recruit
- Networking
- Understanding succession planning
