Volunteer opportunities

Whether you are working or retired, entering the job force for the first time or between careers, 16 or 116 years old, there is a place for your skills at Tubman Family Alliance.

Volunteering at Tubman is an excellent résumé builder, a great source for job references, provides a high level of satisfaction, provides leadership opportunities, and, most importantly, volunteering allows you to make a difference in our community.

• Greet Visitors/Answer Phones
• Data Entry
• Clerical Projects
• Read to children
• Help a child with his or her homework
• Be a foster grandparent
• Teach knitting, crocheting, or mending
• Lead a quilters' circle
• Organize a holiday meal
• Teach residents how to cook your favorite gourmet meal
• Teach computer classes
• Help clients write résumés
• Speak about your career
• Fix a bicycle
• Rebuild computers
• Play computer games with the children
• Put on a skit or tell a story
• Lead a journal group
• Organize a drive to collect school supplies, toiletries, socks, or toys
• Garden with children, rake leaves, or plant flowers
• Help run the “Dress for Success” program
• Teach a family how to build and follow a budget
• Drive residents to the park or appointments
• Facilitate a focus group
• Analyze data

Special Events

Tubman also has annual special events at which you can volunteer throughout the year. One-time and long-term opportunities are available for each event.

Wing Ding–April 26
Family Peace Ride–June
Denim and Diamonds –July
Very Vintage Gala–November

We need volunteers that can work the day of the event and volunteers to serve on planning committees for each event.

Internships

Communications/Marketing Intern

Spring term 2005 (with possibility to continue into Summer)

Tubman Family Alliance, a national leader in family violence prevention and intervention services, seeks a Communications/Development Department intern to assist with special events, marketing campaigns, e-communications, and media relations. A commitment of 10-20 hours per week preferred. Will facilitate college credit for this unpaid internship. For more info or to submit a resume, contact Barb Mullikin at bmullikin@tubmanfamilyalliance.org, or Tubman Family Alliance, 3111 First Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55408.

Development and Fundraising Team Event Intern

Tubman Family Alliance is seeking two interns to enhance and support the development and fundraising team with events.  The intern will work with donors, take care of donor paperwork and money transfers, plan and organize fundraising events, communicate fundraising goals and recruit new donors.  A commitment of 10-20 hours per week preferred. Will facilitate college credit for this unpaid internship. For more info or to submit a resume, contact Barb Mullikin at bmullikin@tubmanfamilyalliance.org, or Tubman Family Alliance, 3111 First Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55408.

Tubman also offers a variety of internship opportunities throughout the year. Unpaid positions are available in a variety of direct service and administrative roles. Contact the volunteer coordinator at 612-767-6680 to inquire about internship possibilities.