Get Involved.
Current Volunteer Opportunites.
Are you ready to start volunteering with IWRC? Check out our current volunteer opportunities.
Download Free Promotional Materials.
We offer various free downloadable promotional materials, mini media kits, and informational flyers to help you spread the word about IWRC!
Volunteer.
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One-on-One Tutors
Either online or in-person, work individually with participants to help improve their English skills, study for a high school equivalency exam or prepare for the citizenship test. There are no residency requirements for one-on-one tutors.
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Workshop Leaders
Either online or in-person, facilitate a workshop for participants on a topic within health literacy, family literacy, workforce preparation, citizenship, financial literacy, or fun! There are no residency requirements for workshop leaders.
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Mentors
Match one-on-one with a participant and meet up at least once per month for some fun and support. Mentors must reside in Los Angeles.
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Support Group Leaders
Online, lead a weekly support group for women in a language of need, such as: Chinese, Armenian, Ukrainian, Tigrinya, Spanish, Tagalog, etc. Support group leaders must reside in California.
Other ways to help.
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Kids’ Volunteer Club
Kids between 5-16 can join the volunteer club and attend a quarterly volunteering event where they can spend a couple of hours on a Saturday afternoon learning about the organization and completing a task, such as assembling birthday party kits after the party supply donation drive. Kids’ volunteer club participants must reside in Los Angeles.
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Promote IWRC
You can help dispense information about opportunities for volunteering and donating as well as information about services for participants by posting printed materials that we can provide for your physical space or promoting our pages via social media and other online platforms.
Click here to browse our free, downloadable promotional materials.
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Host a Fundraiser
Host an in-person or virtual fundraiser to help raise much needed money for programming that is free for participants.
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Host an Event or Party
If you have an event space, or even a big backyard, and you would like to host a mixer or family literacy event for the participants and/or their children, we would love to hear your ideas. Event and party hosts must reside in Los Angeles.
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Organize a Donation Drive
Each month we will focus on collecting donations for specific items (craft supplies, birthday party supplies, interview clothing, and more). We can provide a promotional box for collecting donations, if you can host a drive in your business, school, or home. IWRC will collect the donations. Donation drives must be held in Los Angeles.
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Purchase IWRC Gear
Head over to our online shop and purchase some IWRC swag. All the proceeds go towards supporting the organization.
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Donate
All of IWRC’s programming is absolutely free for participants. Your financial support allows us to offer such a wide array of wrap-around, comprehensive services and also enables us to also provide fun, community-building activities for the participants and their children.
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Have Another Idea?
If you have an idea about how to help IWRC, please let us know! We welcome community input. Contact us directly using the contact form on this site.