Volunteer at FCSCR

• What are you looking to get out of volunteering with Family and Children's Service?
  
• Have you ever volunteered anywhere else? If so, where?
  
• If you have volunteered anywhere else, please briefly describe your best experience in volunteering.
  
• Do you use the computer in your everyday life? If so, then how?
  
• Which of the following workplace qualities best describes you:
  • I am good at following directions and I don’t ask too many questions.
     Yes    No  
  • I prefer to think creatively and am usually successful with charting my own course.
     Yes    No  
  • I both follow directions and chart my own course.
     Yes    No  
• Use three words that best describe you.
  
• If you have a question at work, what do you do?
   Directly ask for help from those around me.
   Try to find the answer and then ask for help or clarification
   Find the answer on my own
   Answer by utilizing the information I have available at the time.
  

Volunteer Opportunities at Family and Children's Service

The following are a list of volunteer opportunities available at Family and Children’s Service of the Capital Region. Please select up to three choices, and indicate your first, second, and third choices by placing a 1, 2, or 3 in the box adjacent to your preferred volunteer opportunities.

• Administration

  • Reception: general reception for counseling and agency programs.
  • Data Entry: data entry for various programs within the agency.
  • Bookkeeper Assistant: in support of administrative financial team.

• Facilities

  • Grounds Maintenance: mowing, trimming, and general landscape maintenance.
  • Light Facility Maintenance: painting and assisting facility maintenance personnel.
  • Gardening: beautification of facility grounds.

• Events

  • Event Service: provide assistance to numerous annual events.
  • Social Art Gallery Caretaker: event organization, curation, and promotion of social art gallery events.
  • Youth Event Chaperone: escort and provide guidance to youth at program events.

• Organizational

  • Board Member: a member of the Board of Family and Children's Service of the Capital Region.
  • Committee Member to the Board: a member of a committee to the board of directors in the following areas: development, strategic planning, bi-centennial celebration, finance, public affairs, internet technology, and more.

• Communications

  • Marketing: consultant for program marketing.
  • Program Outreach: represent agency or program at tabling events.
  • Community Outreach: represent agency or program with numerous community groups.

• Technology

  • Webmastering: administration and editing of agency website.
  • Social Media: assist in online promotion of agency and programs through social media.
  • Content Editor: expert proofreading and editing of critical content on agency websites.
• Please describe your strengths you offer for the volunteer opportunities you are most interested in.
  

If none of these volunteer opportunities interest you please consider applying to volunteer with United Way 2-1-1 and CONTACT Lifeline. Click here to see more details.

Volunteer Time Availability

• What do you prefer in terms of your availability as a volunteer for Family and Children's Service?
   1-3 hours weekly
   4-5 hours weekly
   5-9 hours weekly
   10-15 or more hours weekly
   As needed (events, etc.)
  
  Please describe:
  
• Are you available to volunteer on days or evenings? Weekdays or weekends?
   Days    Evenings  
   Weekdays    Weekends  
  
  Please describe:
  
• How long would you expect to continue volunteering with Family and Children's Service? Please explain.
  

Contact Information:

• Name:
  
• Cell Number:
  
• Home Number:
  
• Work Number:
  
• Which is the best number to contact you at?
   Cell Number
   Home Number
   Work Number
  
• E-mail:
  
• Address:
  
• Occupation: