Volunteer Opportunities
Volunteers who give their time and talents are a large part of New Door's success in helping youth become work-ready and self-sufficient. Here's how you can help!
Give Your Time
- Host a youth intern at your workplace (ALLY Program)
- Tutor
- Lead a “life skills” workshop about an area of expertise
- Speak about your job on a career panel
- Interview youth in short “mock interviews”
- Help assemble agency mailings
- Host an event to benefit New Door
Give In-Kind Services
- Copywriters, photographers & videographers for youth stories
- Graphic designers and printers for collateral materials
- Website support and maintenance
- SEO (search engine optimization) resources and expertise
- E-commerce resources and expertise
- Social networking marketing help
- Sales leads for Ashbury Images (our custom screenprinting business)
- Light construction and painting for the New Door Youth Warehouse
Give In-Kind Gifts
- Food donations for job training workshops & program completions
- Wallets for youth to keep track of cash and fast passes
- 12 personal computers (less than 3 years old) and flat-screen monitors for the youth computer lab
- 6 laptop computers
- 2 24-port ethernet switches
- 1 shared printer for the youth computer lab
- 2 video cameras for job-training and youth projects
- Lapel microphone for youth events
- Movie tickets for youth program completion gifts
- Restaurant gift certificates to take youth out to eat
- $25 gift cards to Safeway for youth achieving job milestones
- 10 stacking chairs with wheels for our conference room
- 6 office chairs with arm rests and wheels
- Paint and painting supplies for the New Door Youth Warehouse
- Electric stove for the youth space to cook meals for youth
- Art supplies for leading job-training workshops (flip chart paper, sticky notes, markers)
- A paper drill (table top or otherwise) with a 3/16” or less drill bit attachment (for drilling hang tags at Ashbury Images)
- Donated road bikes for Pedal Revolution (our bicycle store)
Call New Door Ventures at 415.920.9200 x312 and we'll help you connect to the right staff member.