National Emergency Child Care Network provides free child care services to families in western North Carolina who are experiencing hardship. Many of these families have experienced Hurricane Helene and still need care in the long-term recovery of the disaster.
You will be deployed to help families with trauma-informed child care. Many families contact us when they are in desperate need of relief and respite. Once a family fills out a web form for help, an alert goes out to all volunteers within the local 60-mile radius. Most deployments are 5-10 miles from where you live. We have helped 60 families and 100 children with emergency child care from North Carolina to Los Angeles, CA. Most deployments will be at the home of the family in need -- and ALL volunteers have absolutely loved the families.
When a family calls, we deploy volunteers. When a partner calls, we deploy volunteers. We are a local NC organization helping families in North Carolina.
Shifts can be up to 4-8 hours per day. Multiple days. It's up to you!
Requirements:
All volunteers are required to attend a 2-hour virtual training on Psychological First Aid
Must be 18 years or older. We will ask you to sign two documents:
Background check approval
Volunteer Agreement
Attire: Professional attire includes a logo t-shirt and name badges. We buy t-shirts and ship them to you.
Location:
We do not know yet where the location will be. We have 400 volunteers already registered, of whom, 150 have gone through the full training. :-) We deploy 2-4 volunteers every week to help 1-2 families with child care. And, those families are GRATEFUL!
Health and Safety:
Volunteers are deployed in two's or more
Bring your own snacks and drinks
To express interest in this volunteer opportunity, simply
Click the blue "respond" button above to secure your spot and receive next-step instructions from our organization.
An employee from National Emergency Child Care Network will contact all interested volunteers and give them the next steps.
Hands On Asheville-Buncombe is not responsible for opportunities managed by partner agencies. If you are onsite at a volunteer opportunity and don't feel safety guidelines are being followed, please connect with onsite project organizers and if not addressed, please let us know by emailing info@handsonasheville.org.
