Volunteer Opportunities

Foodies 4 Refugees Volunteers provide a first hot meal or groceries for a newcomer family.

Tutoring Together is a volunteer program for supporting middle- and high-school-age students academic growth and confidence as newcomers, through one-on-one tutoring for language acquisition and core subject area growth to reach grade-level goals.

Support one-on-one as a Community Connector and help ease a refugee family or individual’s transition into their new community to reduce isolation and build community among newcomer populations at the IRC in Denver.    Community Connectors will focus on a refugee’s English acquisition, socialization of American culture, and integration into the local community.

The Front Desk Volunteer Assistant will serve as the primary point person for front desk operations and will oversee a variety of clerical activities and related tasks. This includes greeting and directing visitors who come to the office in-person, answering the main office phone line, managing the general email inbox for the office, notifying staff of visitors’ arrivals and calls, maintaining the reception and front desk areas, and support overall cleanliness and organization of the office. As the first face for many interacting with the IRC, the Front Desk Assistant provides a warm welcome and exercises patience and diplomacy to represent the IRC in Denver.

Volunteers will help set up a home for a newly-arriving refugee family or individual. Volunteers will be added to an on-call list and receive 1-3 emails per week. Volunteers respond to the opportunities that work best for their schedule.